PICS: King Diamond at the Magnolia

King Diamond was born Kim Bendix Petersen in Rodovre, Denmark, in 1956.

He is also the lead vocalist of Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate.

On their "Garage Inc." cover album, Metallica perform an 11 minute tribute to Mercyful Fate.

While King Diamond is not religious, he considers himself a follower of LaVeyan Satanism.

Like most "Satanists," King Diamond considers Satanism philosophy more than dogma.

In 2017, King Diamond and Hungarian-born singer Livia Zita welcomed their first son.

Zita has made a number of guest appearances on King Diamond albums.

To date, he has released 12 studio albums.

In 2020, he'll release his new album, "The Institute."

It will be his first studio album release in some 13 years.

The band currently consists of King Diamond, Andy LaRocque, Mike Wead, Matt Thompson and Pontus Egberg.

There are some 14 former members of the band.