The Bell Witch is a short, promotional EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 released by Mercyful Fate

Mercyful Fate

Mercyful Fate was a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen. Initially active from 1981 to 1985, they reunited in 1992. The band went on hiatus again in 2000, when frontman King Diamond decided to continue his solo career...

 to herald the band's reunion album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

. It features two tracks off In the Shadows

In the Shadows (album)

-Credits:* King Diamond - Vocals* Michael Denner - Guitars* Hank Shermann - Guitars* Timi Hansen - Bass guitar* Snowy Shaw - Drums * Morten Nielsen - drums* John Marshall - Harpsichord, Drums* Lars Ulrich - Drums on "Return of the Vampire"...

, of which one is based on the American legend of The Bell Witch

The Bell Witch

The Bell Witch or Bell Witch Haunting is a poltergeist legend from Southern United States folklore, involving the Bell family of Adams, Tennessee...

, plus four live tracks. The EP was released in 1994. It was re-released in 2004 on Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

.

Track listing

1. "The Bell Witch" (Hank Shermann
   Hank Shermann
   Hank Shermann is a Danish heavy metal guitarist. He began playing guitar in 1977.Shermann is best known for his work with Mercyful Fate, a band influential on Metallica. He has also played with the groups Brats, Fate, Zoser Mez, Gutrix, Virus 7, and his last main focus, Force Of Evil...
   
   ) – 4:34
2. "Is that You, Melissa" (King Diamond
   King Diamond
   Kim Bendix Petersen , better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Grammy Award nominated Danish heavy metal musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his extensive vocal range, in particular his usage of falsetto. He is the lead vocalist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond...
   
   ) – 4:37
3. "Curse of the Pharaohs" (Diamond, Shermann) – 4:24 |¹
4. "Egypt" (Diamond) – 4:53 |¹
5. "Come to the Sabbath" (Diamond) – 6:48 |¹
6. "Black Funeral" (Diamond, Shermann) – 3:40 |¹

|¹ Recorded live October 8, 1993 in Los Angeles, California.

Credits

• King Diamond
  King Diamond
  Kim Bendix Petersen , better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Grammy Award nominated Danish heavy metal musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his extensive vocal range, in particular his usage of falsetto. He is the lead vocalist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond...
  
   - Vocals
• Hank Shermann
  Hank Shermann
  Hank Shermann is a Danish heavy metal guitarist. He began playing guitar in 1977.Shermann is best known for his work with Mercyful Fate, a band influential on Metallica. He has also played with the groups Brats, Fate, Zoser Mez, Gutrix, Virus 7, and his last main focus, Force Of Evil...
  
   - Guitars
• Michael Denner
  Michael Denner
  Michael Denner is a Danish heavy metal guitarist.Denner is a fourth generation musician. Denner is known for playing a Gibson Flying V guitar. He lists his inspirations as Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Ollie Halsall. He was a member of Mercyful Fate and King Diamond amongst others...
  
   - Guitars
• Timi "Grabber" Hansen
  Timi Hansen
  Timi "Grabber" Hansen is a Danish bass player. He played in the Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate from 1981 to 1985 and from 1992 to 1993, and King Diamond from 1985 to 1987.He plays with his finger rather than a guitar pick....
  
   - Bass
• Snowy Shaw
  Snowy Shaw
  Snowy Shaw, born Tommie Helgesson in 25 July 1968, is a Swedish heavy metal musician , based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame and Memento Mori...
  
   - Drums (on live tracks only, studio tracks feature Morten Nielsen)

• Sharlee D'Angelo
  Sharlee D'Angelo
  Sharlee D'Angelo is the bassist for Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as the Swedish hard rock band Spiritual Beggars.Sharlee has also been in various bands in the past, either as a studio session player or full member. Some of these include IllWill and Mercyful Fate as well as...
  
  - Bass (on live tracks)