Night Demon have been releasing a series of 7 inch singles throughout 2020, and I've been having fun picking up each one...with the exception of the Vysteria single, where FedEx lost the entire shipment of records to the distributor, and the band ended up having to reimburse everyone that bought it.
Typically the Night Demon singles feature one new original song, with the band recording a cover song for the b-side. For their latest single, we get two Scorpions covers that were recorded live in Germany. I'm usually not too hot on bands recording cover songs, but Night Demon always manage to make it worth the while. Their live version here of In Trance features original Scorpions guitarist Uli John Roth, and it sounds amazing...the b-side cover of Top Of The Bill sounds great too. Two classic Scorpions tunes and Night Demon pull them off flawlessly.
The band did pressings on black, red and yellow vinyl...you know, to match the German flag...and I grabbed the yellow pressing, which was limited to 250.
My record arrived with a note from Night Demon's singer/bass player, Jarvis...and it's not some simple generic "thank you"...love the personal touch.
4 comments:
Wow that is crazy about the Vysteria record--so are there no physical copies of that in existence at the moment? I love Night Demon, but that song was kind of annoying to me. There's already too many metalheads that think everything is a conspiracy (I guess a steady diet of paranoid thrash metal did that to some people, ha), but despite the lyrics/"they're taking away our freedoms" message, it still sounded great.
I'm not sure if it only affected the green vinyl pressing, or just the ones that were to be distributed in the US. There were obviously some that got out, as there is a Discogs dickhead that is trying to flip one for $100+. Yeah, I hear you on Vysteria. I've been a bit hesitant on the lyrical content as well, and unsure of what message they were trying to deliver as I desperately clung to hopes that it wasn't some conspiracy paranoia bullshit. Ha!
'Don't tell anyone'. Too late, Jarvis!
Well Marcus, it is only posted on this blog, so it is kind of like telling no one.
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