Ob die Welt nun darauf gewartet hat oder nicht: KING DIAMOND veröffentlicht am 30.10. via Metal Blade eine CD sowie diverse Viinyl-Versionen des ursprünglich 1988 erschienenen „The Dark Sides“, laut dem king himself im klanglichen Originalzustand.

The Dark Sides track-listing
1. Halloween (previously released on Fatal Portrait)
2. Them (instrumental track, previously released on Them)
3. No Presents for Christmas (previously released as the A-side of No Presents for Christmas single; later as a bonus track on the 2007 remastered version of Fatal Portrait)
4. Shrine (previously released as the B-side of The Family Ghost single; later as a bonus track on the 2007 remastered version of Abigail)
5. The Lake (previously released as a B-side of Halloween single and as a bonus track on CD versions of Fatal Portrait)
6. Phone Call (previously released on CD versions of Them)