Darkness is creeping in over Cartagena. The sun has set on the first scorching hot day of Rock Imperium, a four-day festival in the beautiful Murcia region of Spain. No longer confined to the shade of the trees or huddled by the walls of the old barracks that loom over El Batel park, the heat really is merciless, even to the locals, and there are few places to take shelter – but a sizeable congregation has formed, ready to be transported to another place and time (hopefully a few degrees cooler) by the delightfully twisted mind of King Diamond.
Saint Lucifer’s Hospital, 1920 – the setting for tonight’s live spectacle and the name of the upcoming King Diamond record which, he tells us, is halfway to being finished (cue cheering).
