Although technically a NWOBHM band, Demon's sound is more along the lines of progressive/power
metal. I've only heard their first four albums.
"The Plague"
- "The Plague" (6:17)
- "Nowhere to Run" (4:59)
- "Fever in the City" (7:27)
- "Blackheath" (2:55)
- "Blackheath Intro" (1:50)
- "The Writings on the Wall" (5:49)
- "The Only Sane Man" (5:34)
- "A Step Too Far" (6:22)
- "Outro" (0:54)
Without a doubt, their best album ever. It's sort of a concept piece about a city under
quarantine after a virulent disease breaks out...or something like that. At least, when I read
Albert Camus's novel The Plague, I got the same feel from the book as I did from
this album...
I was inspired to search for this CD after listening to a tape of my brother's album,
and was reminded once again how much crappy vinyl SUCKS...problem was, I couldn't find it ANYWHERE, and NONE of
the stores that listed it could get it! It wasn't until after many years that I was browsing
through the "completed auctions" portion of eBay, and saw some guy had offered this very CD for
a mere ten bucks...AND NOBODY BOUGHT IT. Quickly, I wrote an email to the guy and begged him to
send it to me. YEAH BABY!!! This was without a doubt the greatest SCORE I've ever come
across on the Net...until I found Hirax, of course...
"British Standard Approved"
- "First Class" (4:45)
- "Cold in the Air" (2:59)
- "Touching the Ice" (4:49)
- "Second Stage"--instrumental (3:11)
- "Proxima" (3:59)
- "The Link (part one)" (2:56)
- "The Link (part two)" (3:07)
- "New Ground" (6:22)
- "From the Outside" (5:38)
- "Wonderland" (4:39)
- "Hemispheres (British Standard Approved)" (5:55)
Another concept album, even more obscure than the one before it. The sound is much
more quiet & melodic, in fact the only fast songs are "First Class", "The Link" (pts. 1 & 2),
and "Wonderland" -- with that last one being downright POP metal! Lots of ambient sounds
dominate the rest of the disc. I actually threw this on as an afterthought with an order
for some much more rare & desired CDs, and this was the only one I got...oh well.
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