along with gypsy and come to the sabbath, this is mercyful fates best song. The riff between the lines "Not to play with the powers of hell" and "some people have lost their way" is the scariest i ever heard even though black sabbath have a similar on children of the grave and judas priest on stained class
The song "Evil" by Mercyful Fate explores themes of darkness, death, and sadistic pleasure. The lyrics depict the speaker as someone who was born in a cemetery and raised from their grave by the dead, making them a servant of evil. The speaker revels in their position as a merciless soldier of Hell and claims to be the "king of pain" and "insane."
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