''Mercyful Fate'' is the first official release by Danish heavy metal band

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. It is also known as ''Nuns Have No Fun'', the "first album" or the "EP". It is a four track,

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effort and was recorded and mixed at Stone Studio in

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, Netherlands, in two days in September 1982, and released on the independent label Rave-On Records as RMLP-002. The album was produced and mixed by Jac Hustinx and engineered by Willem Steetjes. The cover is drawn by Ole Poulsen. The album in its entirety was later re-issued in 1987 as part of '' The Beginning'' compilation. There are three pressings: * First pressing is white bordered. * Second pressing is black bordered. * Third pressing is black bordered but distributed by Bertus Holland.

Track listing

Side A # "A Corpse Without Soul" (Hank Shermann,

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) – 6:53 # "Nuns Have No Fun" (Shermann, Michael Denner, Diamond) – 4:17 Side B # "Doomed by the Living Dead" (Shermann, Diamond) – 5:06 # "Devil Eyes" (Shermann, Diamond) – 5:48

Credits

– vocals * Hank Shermann – guitar * Michael Denner – guitar *

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– bass *

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– drums

References

{{Authority control Mercyful Fate albums 1982 debut EPs