Mediante su Instagram, Lars Ulrich escribió unas líneas para su amigo Timi Hansen, el bajista de Mercyful Fate que falleció por cáncer.


En dicha nota, el baterista de Metallica asegura que la banda también mantenía una amistad con el difunto músico y es que tocó para su 30 aniversario en 2011 junto al mismo King Diamond.

Además, contó que su compatriota fue una influencia para en la dirección musical, además del deseo de estar una banda de hard rock.

Lars Ulrich recordó que Mercyful Fate les prestó el estudio en 1984 para grabar el disco "Ride the Lightning" que se lanzó al mercado para el mismo año: "King, Hank, Michael y Kim nos recibieron con los brazos abiertos", anotó el baterista.




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Incredibly saddened to hear the news of Timi Hansen’s untimely passing. He was not only a close friend of mine and a close friend of the band’s, but he was part of a musical force that helped shape Metallica’s sound, direction & desire to be in a hard rock band. Timi was of course the OG bass player in Mercyful Fate, who most of you hopefully know have played a significant role in our history. Along with his fellow bandmates, King, Hank, Michael & Kim, they welcomed us to Denmark in 1984 with open arms, let us use their rehearsal studio where we wrote songs for the “Ride the Lightning” album, leant us their equipment, showed us the best of Copenhagen, became our partners in crime....Over the years we enjoyed endless amounts of incredible moments together, including an almost complete reunion at our 30th Anniversary shows at the Fillmore in 2011. And ultimately, again as most of you know, we recorded 12 minutes of their finest musical moments as the track “Mercyful Fate” on the Garage Inc. album in ’98 and have enjoyed playing that occasionally over the years with various members joining us for their respective parts. Timi Forhelvede man, tak for de fede minder og for de fedeste stunder! Rest In Peace.
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