Mercyful Fate - "The Oath"

About this episode

Brian Slagel discusses the song 'The Oath' by Mercyful Fate with Elliott Fullam, covering various aspects of heavy metal culture and production.

SONG - Mercyful Fate : "The Oath" Released September 7, 1984 Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel discusses the Mercyful Fate song "The Oath", the quasi-title track from 1984's "Don't Break The Oath" with actor-musician-host Elliott Fullam. They also discuss his heavy metal upbringing, his Little Punk People interviews, current musical endeavors and his role in both "Terrifier 2" and "Terrifier 3". Producer Mark Lewis also discusses the production of the song and Martin Popoff provides all sorts of useful information and historical context for the song. You can watch the entire unedited version of the interview HERE: https://youtu.be/V8is6iutE4M Follow Elliott Fullam on Instagram @ElliottFullam and on X @LittlePunkPPL Follow Mark Lewis on Instagram @MarkLewis720 Follow Brian Slagel on Instagram and X @Brian Slagel Follow 100 Songs That Define Heavy Metal on X, Instagram and TikTok @100Metal Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Brian Slagel

Guest: Elliott Fullam

Topics covered

• heavy metal
• music history
• song analysis
• interviews
• production

Keywords

• Mercyful Fate
• The Oath
• Brian Slagel
• Elliott Fullam
• heavy metal
• music production
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mercyful Fate, Metal Blade Records

Books & works: The Oath, Don't Break The Oath

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