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Rating: The question mark that has always made me wonder when hearing this band is why groups like Scorpions, Savatage, Judas Priest, etc., etc., have become revered giants of rock while Demon has always remained a small niche reality. I really don't know.
Listening to "Night of the Demon," a chill runs through the spine, enough to give you goosebumps, a masterpiece of heavy metal, there is no doubt about it. The album, released in 1981 when the NWOBHM had already ushered in a flood of great albums, created a great stir due to the cover, which at the time was too blasphemous.
Their music is perfectly played, no errors, everything in its place, Dave Hill's voice doesn't have anything to envy in comparison to the frontmen of that era, warm and high, coming from a Hard Rock school, it is accompanied in the most impeccable way by Les Hunt's guitars, a musician of remarkable technical and compositional preparation, with brilliant inspirations rooted in '70s rock. One cannot fail to mention songs like "Liar," an undisputed masterpiece of the record, with a freshness and fluidity of a hit parade or the no less noteworthy "Ride the Wind," a song that partly recalls works of Kiss, without overlooking "Fool to Play the Hard Way."
After all this description, I ask myself again: why are Demon still so little regarded? Why, instead of all those Maiden T-shirts, don't we see those of this band as well?
I'm speechless. At least this album, if you don't have it, you must get it, I assure you, it's music that will leave you breathless.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Night of the Demon (03:17)
There's a scream in the night
There's death on the wind
And a heartbeat that's pounding like rain
There's a flash in the sky
A cry of a hound
As if someone is wailing the dead
And the nightmare begins as the Devil rides out
From the heat thru the gates of Hell
And there's no escape from the curse of the damned
You better beware
Don't you know it's the night of the demon
When spirits run high
Don't you know it's the night of the demon
When spirits run high
Better lock up your doors
And get off the streets
If you fear for the reaper of souls
For they say when he rides he never returns
Till he's paid back the debt that he owes
So beware of the night
As the darkness descends the terror's about to unfold
And pray that your life will be spared of the fate
You better beware
Don't you know it's the night of the demon
When spirits run high
Don't you know it's the night of the demon
When spirits run high
And the nightmare begins as the Devil rides out
From the heat thru the gates of Hell
And there's no escape from the curse of the damned
You better beware
Don't you know it's the night of the demon
When spirits run high
Don't you know it's the night of the demon
When spirits run high
05 Decisions (03:40)
(Dave Hill-Mal Spooner)(Intersong/Warner Chappel)
It's time to get together
Thank God the night has passed
Thru evil and thru good things
You know we all must pass
It's time to make decisions
To see a better day
A lesson from this nightmare
We won't be fools again
Looking back on history
See confusion
And on every page the same mistake
And where's the line
Between the darkness and the light?
So short on time to be waiting for a sign
When you're stretched out on that line
It's time to make decisions
To see a better day
A lesson from this nightmare
We won't be fools again
Do we look for new beginnings
In the future or the past?
The end was always there right from the start
So take your time
You ain't going anywhere
Don't be so blind
You'll never cheat your fate
Don't your blow that fuse too late
It's all a mystery
Though I know it to be true
It's still a mystery
And it still comes down to you
You see it's just a point of view
It's time to make decisions
To see a better day
A lesson from this nightmare
We won't be fools again
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