King Diamond is a Danish heavy metal band formed in 1985 by vocalist King D… Read Full Bio ↴King Diamond is a Danish heavy metal band formed in 1985 by vocalist King Diamond, guitarists Andy LaRocque and Michael Denner, bassist Timi Hansen and drummer Mikkey Dee. Diamond, Denner and Hansen had recently departed the group Mercyful Fate, and decided to form a new band under the King Diamond moniker, as it was already known from the Mercyful Fate days. In 1986, King Diamond released their debut album Fatal Portrait. Since then the band have released a total of twelve studio albums (most of them concept albums), two live albums, two extended plays, five compilations and five singles.

Since the band's inception, there have been over fifteen musicians in and out of King Diamond, with the only two mainstays being vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Andy LaRocque. In 1987 the band released their second studio release Abigail (their first concept album). Throughout the 1980s, King Diamond released a total of four studio albums. In the early 1990s, the band was put on hold when King Diamond reunited with his former outfit Mercyful Fate. After reforming King Diamond in 1994, Diamond would balance recording and touring with both Mercyful Fate and his eponymous band throughout the 90's. Since the early 2000s, King Diamond have kept recording and touring and, since 2014, the band has been composed of vocalist King Diamond, guitarist Andy LaRocque, guitarist Mike Wead, drummer Matt Thompson, and bassist Pontus Egberg.

Aftermath
King Diamond Lyrics

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The "LOA" house and the old voodoo burial ground
Are still standing in all their glory.
The Lafayetes left the hospital and Louisiana
And went to, I don't care.

Malone survived. He's a scared old man now.
By the way, my name is Salem.

You cannot say, that everybody's happy.
But you can say, that everybody is now
safe from each other.

At least I sought so, until a few days ago
When I heard of some mother
By the name of Sarah Lafayette
Who's newborn baby was speaking in the strangest tongue
Backwards.

A miracle?

Some expert had uttered the word:

VOODOO

Keep your

Overall Meaning

eyes wide open.

The lyrics of King Diamond's "Aftermath" describe the aftermath of the events that occurred at the "LOA" house and the old voodoo burial ground. Although the Lafayetes, the family that owned the house, left Louisiana after the incident, the house and burial ground still exist. The singer of the song, Salem, reveals that Malone, one of the survivors of the incident, is now a scared old man. Salem also suggests that everyone is now safe from each other, although the events that unfolded were not happy ones.

However, the song takes a strange turn when Salem hears about Sarah Lafayette and her newborn baby. The baby is speaking in a strange, backwards tongue, leading an expert to conclude that voodoo may be at play. The song ends with Salem warning the listener to keep their eyes open.

Line by Line Meaning

The "LOA" house and the old voodoo burial ground
The house called "LOA" which represents the Voodoo spirits and the old burial ground of those who practiced Voodoo still stand with full pomp and glory

Are still standing in all their glory.
Both the "LOA" house and the old voodoo burial ground have not been affected or destroyed by any temporal force and continue to be intact.

The Lafayetes left the hospital and Louisiana
The Lafayette family abandoned the states of Louisiana and the hospital, in particular.

And went to, I don't care.
I do not care about the exact whereabouts of the Lafayette family after leaving Louisiana and the hospital. It is irrelevant to me.

Malone survived. He's a scared old man now.
Malone, despite all the events that transpired around the LOA house, survived it all. However, age and fear have since caught up with him and he is now an old, scared man.

By the way, my name is Salem.
I, the singer, am a person named Salem, who is speaking about the events surrounding the "LOA" house and the Voodoo burial ground.

You cannot say, that everybody's happy.
It is impossible to claim that everyone involved in the events surrounding the "LOA" house is now happy or content.

But you can say, that everybody is now safe from each other.
On the bright side, all parties involved in the events around the "LOA" house are now physically safe from each other and their harmful intents.

At least I sought so, until a few days ago
I, the artist, had believed that everyone had moved on and that the events were in the past, at least until a few days ago.

When I heard of some mother
I, the artist, became aware of a new development involving a particular mother.

By the name of Sarah Lafayette
The mother in question is specifically named Sarah Lafayette.

Who's newborn baby was speaking in the strangest tongue
Sarah's newly born baby was saying things that were considered strange and uninterpretable.

Backwards.
Moreover, the baby's speech was occurring backwards.

A miracle?
The possibility arose that this unique occurrence might have been a miracle.

Some expert had uttered the word:
At some point, an expert had spoken about this incident and its possibility of a miraculous origin.

VOODOO
The expert had attributed the strange occurrence to the practice of Voodoo.

Keep your
The artist ends his perspective with a cliffhanger, allowing readers/listeners to imagine the rest of what he was about to say.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: TONY BERT NILSSON, VIKTORIA SIFF EMELIE HANSEN, SHARON VAUGHN

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