Metal Anarchy

During a recent appearance on the That Metal Interview podcast, Becky Baldwin further opened up about joining Mercyful Fate. On top of that, the bassist also confirmed that new music is “on the way.”

Baldwin said the following about joining the band:

“It’s great. It’s just really nice to feel settled into the position now. I did those couple of runs of shows back in 2022, and, of course, it was great to do those, but always being able to see the end in sight and knowing that the next show is probably going to be Joey [Vera] coming back in to do the live shows. And so now I just feel — I don’t know — like a sigh of relief almost that I know that I did a good job doing that first tour and that I feel welcomed and just that my role is stable. I guess before I just wanted to do a good job and make a good impression. And not because I wanted the job permanently — of course, I wanted it, but I never thought that that would be an option. But just to know that such a band that I have so much respect for that I would do a good job, and to know that I did that, because they want me back. It’s just very reassuring.”

She also added the following when asked about release plans for a new album:

“I’m guessing, my guess is gonna be toward 2025, maybe towards the end of 2025. But it depends how it all goes, ’cause King is working on a King Diamond album first. So we’ve got a little bit of time there. And they’ll have to tour that as well, give it the full world-tour treatment and everything. But there is something in the works. I’ve listened to Hank [Shermann]’s demos. He sent me, I think about nine songs, a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been listening through those. So it’s on the way. It’s all just been in the works for kind of a while and now things are just starting to fall into place.”

[via Blabbermouth]