{"id":9208,"date":"2020-09-01T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solar-guitars.com\/?post_type=artists&#038;p=9208"},"modified":"2024-01-26T10:14:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:14:26","slug":"mike-wead-king-diamond","status":"publish","type":"artists","link":"https:\/\/www.solar-guitars.com\/artists\/mike-wead-king-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Wead  &#8211;  KING DIAMOND"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Mike Wead is a Swedish born guitar player with a professional career spanning over three decades and participation on more than 40 albums. Mike is a long time member of King Diamond and Mercyful Fate as well as the main composer and producer of the Swedish metal act bibleblack, which was nominated for \u201cBest New Band\u201d at the 2010 Swedish Metal Awards. He also received a 2008 Grammy nomination for his work on King Diamond\u2019s \u201cNever ending Hill\u201d in the \u201cBest Metal Performance\u201d category. 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