Force of Evil was a Danish 5-piece heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band formed by the twin guitarists of 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...

, 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...

 and 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...

. They joined forces with Hal Patino

Hal Patino

Hal Patino is a bass guitar player who has been a member of the King Diamond and Force of Evil metal bands. He also played in Blakk Totem, Maltese Falcon, Palladion and Doctor Butcher....

, Bjarne T. Holm and Martin Steene, all known for their performance with King Diamond

King Diamond (band)

King Diamond is the heavy metal band that King Diamond formed after the split up of his heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, and the departure of Hank Shermann. He was joined by most members of the then defunct Mercyful Fate. The Satanic focus was replaced by a focus on horror stories...

, Mercyful Fate and Iron Fire

Iron Fire

Iron Fire is a Danish power and speed metal band which was formed in 1995 under the name Misery. The name was soon changed to Decades Of Darkness and finally to Iron Fire.During their history, Iron Fire had a very unstable line-up...

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Formation

Force of Evil was formed in September 2002. Denner and Shermann are the original twin guitars from these classic Mercyful Fate recordings: Nuns Have No Fun, Melissa, Don't Break The Oath

Don't Break the Oath

-Personnel:*King Diamond - Vocals, Keyboards, Harpsichord*Hank Shermann - Guitars*Michael Denner - Guitars* Timi "Grabber" Hansen - Bass*Kim Ruzz - Drums...

, 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"...

, Time

Time (Mercyful Fate album)

-Personnel:*King Diamond - Vocals, Harpsichord, Keyboards*Hank Shermann - Guitars*Michael Denner - Guitars*Sharlee D'Angelo - Bass*Snowy Shaw - Drums...

and Into the Unknown

Into the Unknown (Mercyful Fate album)

Into the Unknown is the fifth album by Mercyful Fate, released by Metal Blade Records in 1996.Into the Unknown is the most commercially successful Mercyful Fate album to date. It peaked at #31 in the Finnish Charts, remaining for two weeks in the Top 40...

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Hal Patino

Hal Patino

Hal Patino is a bass guitar player who has been a member of the King Diamond and Force of Evil metal bands. He also played in Blakk Totem, Maltese Falcon, Palladion and Doctor Butcher....

 has been recording with 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...

 band on "Them"

Them (King Diamond album)

-Remaster bonus tracks:-Personnel:*King Diamond - Vocals, Keyboards*Andy LaRocque - Guitar*Pete Blakk - Guitar*Hal Patino - Bass*Mikkey Dee - Drums...

, Conspiracy, The Eye

The Eye (King Diamond album)

- Personnel :* King Diamond - vocals, keyboards* Andy LaRocque - guitars* Pete Blakk - guitars* Hal Patino - bass* Snowy Shaw - drums* Roberto Falcao - keyboards...

, Abigail II: The Revenge

Abigail II: The Revenge

- Credits :*King Diamond – Vocals, Keyboards*Andy LaRocque – Guitar, Keyboards*Mike Wead – Guitar*Hal Patino – Bass*Matt Thompson – Drums*Kol Marshall – Additional Keyboards, Strings and Harpsichord...

, The Puppet Master

The Puppet Master (album)

The Puppet Master is an album by King Diamond released in 2003. A limited edition includes a DVD on which King Diamond is telling the story of The Puppet Master...

, and Give Me Your Soul...Please

Give Me Your Soul...Please

Give Me Your Soul...Please is a concept album by King Diamond released on June 26, 2007. The album's concept and cover art are both based on a painting titled "My Mother's Eyes." The black cat featured in the album is based on King's own cat, Magic....

. He played with 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...

 in all his tours as well. Bjarne T. Holm joined 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...

 in 1995 and has been recording with the band since then. They went on several US, South American and European Tours. Martin Steene is the main man in the band Iron Fire

Iron Fire

Iron Fire is a Danish power and speed metal band which was formed in 1995 under the name Misery. The name was soon changed to Decades Of Darkness and finally to Iron Fire.During their history, Iron Fire had a very unstable line-up...

. They have released two albums: Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm (album)

Thunderstorm is the debut album by the speed metal band Iron Fire. The album was produced and mixed by Tommy Hansen and released in March 2000.-Track listing:#"Final Crusade" - 4:37#"When the Heroes Fall" - 4:48#"Rise of the Rainbow" - 4:21...

and On the Edge.

2003-2005

They started recording their first album on March 24, 2003 and the self titled CD was officially released on January 26, 2004. On June 13, 2003, the band played their first worldwide performance in Cleveland, Ohio. A DVD was released in 2004, recorded in concert in Stockholm, Sweden, in November of the previous year. Their second album, Black Empire was released in the spring of 2005.

2006 break-up

The band disbanded in 2006, citing the band member's various other projects as the reason.

Discography

• Force of Evil
  Force of Evil (album)
  Force of Evil is the first album by Danish heavy metal band, Force of Evil.-Track listing:# "Dawn of Dominion" - 0:39# "Hell on Earth" - 3:29# "Mindbreaker" - 3:56...
  
  (2004)
• Black Empire (2005)