Kiss
Animalize

THE REVIEW

Dear DeBaser readers,  today, for those who read my reviews, I'm going to review another album by the legendary and unbeatable Kiss!

And now I start with my usual introduction. This album was released in 1984, times were changing, it was no longer the era for Kiss's glam rock, heavy metal was on the horizon. So, the Kiss decided to try releasing a metal album themselves: "Animalize". And now "on to the review."

The CD starts off great with "I've had enough into the fire," a beautiful song where the guitar of the legendary Mark St. John, a fantastic lead guitarist, takes the spotlight. The song is beautiful and well-made, the "kiss" are back, after "Lick it up" it really seems like they have resurrected. And indeed, continuing with the second track, "Heaven's on fire," it is clear that the Kiss are not dead. "THE LAST FAMOUS WORDS," here is the right expression; it takes just one song to ruin everything and disappoint the fans "Burn bitch burn," a truly useless track where the riffs are thrown together haphazardly and the only things you can understand in this song are: John's guitar, which gives its best, and Gene Simmons' out-of-form voice. "Get all you can take" is another song like "Burn bitch burn," useless and clichéd. Maybe in the '80s, Gene Simmons sang and produced failed songs because he was too busy basking in his exploits with the Kiss that once were. Another mediocre track plays in the player "Lonely is the hunter," this song is not for the Kiss nor for the Demon's voice, which tries not to go off-key and perhaps succeeds, but the fact remains that the Kiss prove themselves incapable of sustaining the success they achieved with "Creatures of the night" and "Lick it up". Suddenly, a gleam appears through the mist, a finally well-made song on this CD: "Under the gun" finally worthy of the Kiss name! The Starchild gives his best in this song, and you can tell by how he uses his voice: well-placed highs and never a flaw! The glory continues because "Thrills in the night" is wonderful; the guitars are heard, Paul's voice too, and everything seems perfectly calibrated. After the glory, obviously, the four Americans try to ruin everything with another mediocre song and guess who sings it??? Gene Simmons. Throughout "Animalize" he sings out of tune and poorly, and moreover, the songs he sings are the worst except for the last one on "Animalize" "Murder in High-Heels" which, despite being mediocre, is cute as a song.

The album is not well done, although I am a member of the Kiss army, I must be impartial and say this album was not a good product. In this album, you have the preludes of the 80s crisis of the Kiss.