Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend (Powerwolf song)

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"Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend"
Powerwolf - Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend.jpg
Single by Powerwolf
from the album The Sacrament of Sin
Released25 May 2018
Recorded2018
StudioFascination Street Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
GenrePower metal
Length3:38
LabelNapalm Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jens Bogren
Powerwolf singles chronology
"Armata Strigoi"
(2015) 		"Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend"
(2018) 		"Fire & Forgive"
(2018)
Music video
"Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend" on YouTube

"Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a song by the German power metal group Powerwolf. It was a first single released from the album The Sacrament of Sin.[1]

The song earned the Platinum Record award in Czech Republic.[2]

Background and release[]

It is the first single released by Powerwolf with new material since the Blessed & Possessed album from 2015. It was released on 25 May 2018 for a digital download.

It was physically released as a special edition, available only at the Masters of Rock festival. In this way, the band wanted to thank their Czech fans for the Golden Record they had received for Blessed & Possessed.[3]

Composition[]

In contrast to other songs from the album, "Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend," gives preference to organs instead of guitars.[4] The song, which has the motifs of pop melodies, is textually concerned with temptation and sin.[5] Powerwolf's keyboardist Falk Maria Schlegel in an interview with metalnews.pl said that the song's topic is innocence and seduction.[6]

Music video[]

The music video for the song was directed by Matteo Vdiva Fabbiani and Mattia Michael Cavaliere.[7] It was released on YouTube on 25 May 2018.[8] It tells a story of a demon and six nuns who can not resist their carnal lust.[9] Powerwolf's vocalist Attila Dorn plays the role of a priest.

The nuns are played by the actresses Francesca Peruzzi, Elisa Sutti, Daniela Caputo, Giulia Colombo, Nikita Pelizon and Sara Federico and the demons are played by Jeez Kult and Hervè De Zulian.[7]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend" 
2."Armata Strigoi (Live at Masters of Rock Festival 2015)" 
3."Coleus Sanctus (Live at Masters of Rock Festival 2015)" 

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Powerwolf - "The Sacrament Of Sin" [RECENZJA]". Powerwolf - The Sacrament Of Sin [RECENZJA] (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  2. ^ "POWERWOLF: Platin-Auszeichnung für 'Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend' in Tschechien". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  3. ^ "Napalm Records verleiht erstes Gold der Labelhistorie an Powerwolf". beta.musikwoche.de. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  4. ^ jason. "Album review: POWERWOLF – The Sacrament Of Sin". Get Ready to ROCK! News | Reviews | Interviews | Radio. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  5. ^ "POWERWOLF dostali zlatou desku za "Blessed & Possessed"". Spark Rock Magazine (in Czech). Retrieved 2019-09-21.
  6. ^ Grzybowski, Szymon (2018-05-28). "Powerwolf: Jesteśmy uzależnieni od Iron Maiden i tak chcemy komponować (wywiad)". MetalNews.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Powerwolf - Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend (Official Video) | Napalm Records". madness-factory.com. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  8. ^ Blabbermouth (2018-05-25). "POWERWOLF: 'Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend' Video Released". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  9. ^ "Nowy klip Powerwolf premierowo na Antyradio.pl! Jak prezentuje się wideo do "Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend"?". Powerwolf zaprezentował klip do „Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend”. Zobacz wideo premierowo na Antyradio.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-03-27.

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