How much of our love of Mercyful Fate is based on nostalgia versus the fact that they were an incredibly innovative, talented band with great songs?  As a relative newbie to the band Rod helps us answer the question as we dive deep into their classic first LP while touching on their equally great follow up Don’t Break the Oath, discuss the conviction in the bands approach and debate how many riffs is too many riffs.      RIP Jerry Lee Lewis  RIP Timi Hansen    Recommended Listening: King Diamond Fatal Portrait  https://open.spotify.com/album/0l9HvMchT9T7ZPoWBhu1Zj?si=35hHcYFrSzWpGaufjpIENQ   Metallica Mercyful Fate https://open.spotify.com/track/45oVrneg2MiwAA74KgmtBj?si=943491a4c53a4c4d   manhuntsman Convalesce  https://open.spotify.com/album/68hyowzBh18ZcDvg1edBtJ?si=7QMxfxVOTyCX73fsH4s5CA   Movie The Munsters https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14813212/   huntsmanhill.com [email protected] instagram.com/huntsmanhill https://twitter.com/HuntsmanHill Spotify Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/user/1298220429/playlist/4gy1wWwypkoFS2lUztvZ44?si=waSq07DBQlq3x9G1_nK0pg   HHPP Amazon Affiliates Store https://huntsmanhill.com/2022/06/09/hhpp-store/   Our Music manhuntsman:  https://manhuntsman.com Academy O.C:  https://academyoc.bandcamp.com/album/academy-o-c   Omertà 68:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dfiCa0qTlbPQUrqtIkStS?si=6SCjNtXbSO2xRBDuBKJelQ