Label : Metal Blade
Release : 17-1-2025
Limited 2025 re-issue on “evil orange marbled” vinyl, with the original artwork, lyric sheet and a free MP3 download code
Melissa is the debut studio album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released in October 1983 on Roadrunner Records. It was the first album to be released by Roadrunner Records. This was also Mercyful Fate's first attempt at an official release in the United States through Megaforce Records, as the self-titled EP was a highly sought-after import and the BBC sessions were only available on bootleg tapes. Melissa is seen as one of the earliest examples of extreme metal, and is often credited as a major influence on the then-developing genres of thrash metal, black metal, and death metal.
Tracklist
Side A
01. Evil
02. Curse of the Pharaohs
03. Into the Coven
04. At the Sound of the Demon Bell
Side B
05. Black Funeral
06. Satan's Fall
07. Melissa
