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Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend
| cover = Powerwolf - Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend.jpg
| type = single
| artist = Powerwolf
| album = The Sacrament of Sin
| released = 25 May 2018
| recorded = 2018
| studio = Fascination Street Studios
| genre = Power metal
| length = 3:38
| label = Napalm Records
| writer =
| producer = Jens Bogren
| prev_title = Armata Strigoi
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Fire & Forgive
| next_year = 2018
| misc =
}}
"'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'.
The song earned the Platinum Record award in Czech Republic.
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'.
Composition
In contrast to other songs from the album, "Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend," gives preference to organs instead of guitars. The song, which has the motifs of pop melodies, is textually concerned with temptation and sin. Powerwolf's keyboardist Falk Maria Schlegel in an interview with 'metalnews.pl' said that the song's topic is innocence and seduction.
Music video
The music video for the song was directed by Matteo Vdiva Fabbiani and Mattia Michael Cavaliere. It was released on YouTube on 25 May 2018. It tells a story of a demon and six nuns who can not resist their carnal lust. 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 Herv De Zulian.
Track listing
Personnel
'Powerwolf'
*Attila Dorn vocals
*Matthew Greywolf lead and rhythm guitar
*Charles Greywolf bass and rhythm guitar
*Roel van Helden drums, percussion
*Falk Maria Schlegel organ, keyboards
'Additional musicians'
*Dianne van Giersbergen vocals (additional)
*Marcela Bovio vocals (additional)
*John Cuijpers vocals (additional)
*Jacobus van Bakel vocals (additional)
*Dirk Bersweiler vocals (choir, additional)
*James Boyle vocals (choir, additional)
*Manfred Flick vocals (choir, additional)
*Titan Fox vocals (choir, additional)
*Tom Kurt Germann vocals (choir, additional)
*Bjrn Hacket vocals (choir, additional)
*Daniel Herzmann vocals (choir, additional)
*Toni Hilbert vocals (choir, additional)
*Fritz Krber vocals (choir, additional)
*Dirk Reichel vocals (choir, additional)
*PA'dam Chamber Choir vocals (choir)
'Technical personnel'
*Jens Bogren producer, mixer, recording, engineer
*David Buballa recording, editing
*Joost van den Broek arrangements (orchestral, choir), recording (choir), programming, score (choir)
*Maria van Nieukerken PA'dam Chamber Choir conductor
*Tony Lindgren mastering
*Jos Driessen engineer (choir)
*Linus Corneliusson mixer, editing
'Other personnel'
*Zsofia Dankova cover art, illustrations
*Matthew Greywolf layout
*Tim Tronckoe photography
*Matteo Vdiva photography
References
Category:Powerwolf songs
Category:2018 singles
Category:2018 songs
Category:Napalm Records singles
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