Demon - The Night of the Demon
#257
By John Tommassino
Demon
Night of the Demon
Genre: British Heavy Metal with or without the new wave (your pick).
Allen’s Rating: 4.5 out of 5
John’s rating: 2 out of 5
Full admission: I was a teenage metalhead in the order of Bill and Ted or Beavis and Butthead ( but never Wayne and Garth - those two were posers). But looking back I'd say 80-90 percent of the music I collected is unlistenable to me today. I have my favorites but I've come to the conclusion that heavy metal is a European Genre. Sure there are exceptions to that broad rule but metal itself is a genre top heavy in rules regarding sound, vocals and dare I mention - image. I was also was an unhappy teen who couldn't wait to leave the small town where I was raised. Music itself was also hard to come by at the local NRM(early to mid 80s - The Police and U2 were stocked up everywhere but if you wanted something heavy you had to go outside of the town and stock up in cities like New York, Pittsburgh, Washington DC or just mail order LPs. My friends and I would share and trade cassettes, LPs and mixed tapes and enjoy just about every act from Accept to the Tygers of Pan Tang. So somewhere along the line Demon was lost in the shuffle for me. In 1987 I purchased their later album "The Plague" and I was both entertained and horrified by its concept...I was a declared major in Ancient History my freshman year in college so I was aware of what a plague could do to a civilization ( fast forward to today....I can only hope we get by the current global pandemic).
Review: the album is mediocre in comparison to other British bands. The musicians are okay, the vocals are okay but that's it. "One Helluva Night" is a standout song but only genre fans are going to dig this bland record. It's available for free on streaming today but don't waste your money on the vintage record.
https://open.spotify.com/album/5bvtddJVZr3l6BWwL9D8HA?si=vVrJhpS2R3OULW_vec2mzA
