We’ve been waiting for this one for a while, but at long last we finally have a brand new single from the master of horror metal, the incomparable King Diamond!
‘Spider Lilly’ is the first single and video taken from KD’s forthcoming new Horror Trilogy, of which part one is titled ‘Saint Lucifer‘s Hospital 1920’. A first-time mixing collaboration with Arthur Rizk, who also mastered ‘Spider Lilly’, has produced an incredibly powerful sound picture, as clear and dynamic as a full moon on a star filled black night. The music and lyrics are written by KD.
The lineup is still the same with the King handling lead and backing vocals plus playing the hammond organ, Andy La Rocque and Mike Wead on guitars, Pontus Egberg on the bass, and Matt Thompson on drums. There is also a special guest appearance by Danish black metal vocalist Myrkur with some amazing additional backing vocals.
Part of the new ‘Spider Lilly’ video was filmed at the very haunted Pennhurst Asylum outside of Philadelphia on a travel day during the band‘s recent North American tour, two days before Halloween. It was only King himself and actress Jodi Cachia who could participate on that specific day, together with producer David Brodsky, Allie Brodsky, and their killer crew.
“What a dark but great experience,” King says, “Hopefully that was not the last video we will be able to film there.”
Pic by Jeremy Saffer.
Check out the new video here: