FATE - DENMARK

Fate - 1985 - EMI
A Matter Of Attitude - 1986 - EMI
Cruisin' For A Bruisin' - 1988 - EMI
Scratch'N Sniff - 1990 - EMI
V - 2006 - MTM
Ghosts From The Past - 2011 - AOR Heaven
If Not For The Devil - 2013 - Avenue Of Allies/Rubicon
Reconnect 'N Ignite - 2024 - Frontiers

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Members
Vocals
Maxim>>Jeff "Lox" Limbo [Jens Peter Meiner] - Dorian Gray, Crystal Knight, Lavina, Ureas>>Per Henrikson [Per Johansson]>>Ureas, Third Eye, The Grandmaster - Eager To Please, Ripe, Test Eagles, Voices Of Rock>>Dagfinn Joensen>>Test Eagles, Voices Of Rock, Bloody Dice, Cosmic Sin - Dorian Gray, Crystal Knight, Lavina, Ureas, Third Eye, The Grandmaster>>PER JOHANSSON>>The Grandmaster

Guitar
Brats, Danger Zone, Mercyful Fate>>Hank Shermann [Rene Krolmark]>>Lavina, Zoser Mez, Mercyful Fate, Gutrix, Virus 7, Force Of Evil, Shermann Soldiers, Rax Load, Volbeat, Shermann Tank, Denner/Shermann - The Mysterious Mr. Moth [Jacob Moth]>>Bl!nk - Frozen Eyes>>Mattias Ia Eklundh>>Freak Kitchen, Freak Guitar, Planet Alliance - Ureas>>Soren Hoff>>Ureas - Solo, Section A, Fatal Force, Acacia Avenue, Decoy>>TORBEN ENEVOLDSEN>>Solo, Section A, Acacia Avenue, Decoy

Bass
Decoy>>PETE STEINER>>Decoy

Drum
Zoser Mez>>Bob Lance [Bjarne T. Holm]>>Zoser Mez, Mercyful Fate, Force Of Evil, Gutrix, Virus 7, Rax Load, Shermann Soldiers, Denner's Trickbag, Art Cinema, Deccoband, Denner's Inferno - Elsesphere, Silent Call>>Micke Kvist>>Silent Call - Iron Fire, Sons Of Tomorrow, MPG, Evil Masquerade, Denner/Shermann, Starrats, Starrats Jam, Copenhagen All Scum Band, Forever Still>>Jens Berglid>>Iron Fire, MPG, Evil Masquerade, Denner/Shermann, Starrats, Starrats Jam, Copenhagen All Scum Band, Forever Still - Acerbic Angel, Lipid, Herezy, Find Lizzy>>SØREN RYAN>>Find Lizzy

Keyboard
Flemming Rothaus - Pete Steiner - Evil Masquerade, Seven Thorns>>Mikkel Henderson>>Seven Thorns - Silent Call>>PATRIK TÖRNBLOM>>Silent Call





History & Biography
Fate was formed by guitarist Hank Shermann following the breakup of Mercyful Fate. The band itself was instigated by Shermann wanting to pursue a more commercial direction while in Mercyful Fate. Unsurprisingly, the two bands’ monickers were related. Ironically, Shermann was responsible for much of Mercyful Fate’s music. Fate drummer Bob Lance would later go in the other direction and join Mercyful Fate.

The debut album was released through EMI in 1985. Singing was newcomer Jeff "Lox" Limbo. Love On The Rox was a 1985 EP. Flemming Rothaus was added for the Cruisin' For A Bruisin' album. Shermann would leave in 1988 and rejoin a resurrected Mercyful Fate five years after that. Fate was supporting Yngwie Malmsteen in Europe in 1988. Shermann would first join the short-lived Lavina however. Lavina, which transformed into Zoser Mez, is notable because it featured three Mercyful Fate members, Shermann, Michael Denner and Timi Hansen. Singer Limbo left in 1989 and former Lavina singer Per Henrikson would join Fate! Moth (who had replaced Shermann) followed singer Limbo out of the door. Fate itself grew to be more hard rock versus AOR and glam rock. The band was touring as openers for Axxis in 1990. Bassist Pete Steiner became a mainstay and was back in 2004 eleven years after the band split up.
The band returned and issued V in 2006. The band was on MTM now. The band was Per Henrikson (singer), Soren Hoff (guitarist), Micke Kvist (drummer) and Pete Steiner. EMI, nonetheless, issued 25 Years - The Best Of Fate 1985-2010. Guitarist Torben Enevoldsen joined in January 2011. The 2013 album featured producer Jacob Hansen again controlling the knobs. Per Johansson (formerly Per Henriksen) was back in 2023. Denmark-based Fate had an album called Reconnect ‘N Ignite through Frontiers Music on 18.10.2024. There was a video for the song Around The Sun.


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