BIOGRAPHY

HANK SHERMANN started playing guitar in March 1977. He soon found his alley in Heavy Metal bands like Judas Priest, UFO and Black Sabbath. His first ever concert was July 28th 1978 with the band called Brats. Michael Denner then joined the band and they released an album in 1980. Soon after the band broke up, MERCYFUL FATE came to surface in early 1981 , when singer King Diamond joined the band..starting a new breed in heavy metal music. Shermann started to compose MF’s music , which later became classic songs for the band. “EVIL”, “SATAN’S FALL”, “CURSE of the PHAROAHS”, “BLACK FUNERAL”, ”A CORPSE WITHOUT SOUL” and “DESECRATION of SOULS” to name a few.

Recordings with new band DEMONICA was completed in May 2009, style is Old School Thrash Metal.  The Album “DEMONSTROUS” is out February 2010.

DISCOGRAPHY

1979 BRATS - Pære punk Compilation
1980 BRATS - 1980
1982 MERCYFUL FATE - Mini Album
1983 MERCYFUL FATE - Melissa
1984 MERCYFUL FATE - Don’t break the Oath
1985 FATE - 1st
1986 FATE - A matter of Attitude
1987 MERCYFUL FATE - The Beginning
1991 ZOSER MEZ - Vizier of Wasteland
1992 MERCYFUL FATE - Return of The Vampire
1993 MERCYFUL FATE - In the Shadows
1994 MERCYFUL FATE - The Bellwitch
1994 MERCYFUL FATE - Time
1996 MERCYFUL FATE - Into the Unknown
1996 GUTRIX - Mushroom Songs
1998 MERCYFUL FATE - Dead Again
1999 MERCYFUL FATE - 9
2001 VIRUS 7 - Sick in the Head
2003 FORCE OF EVIL- 1st
2005 FORCE OF EVIL - Black Empire
2007 RACHELLE RAMM - City of Sin
2008 RACHELLE RAMM - Asphalt Lucky Lust
2009 BRATS - Lost Tapes ‘79
2010 DEMONICA - Demonstrous