Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend (song)

"Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend"
Single by Powerwolf
from the album The Sacrament of Sin
Released	25 May 2018
Recorded	2018
Studio	Fascination Street Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Genre	Power metal
Length	3:38
Label	Napalm Records
Songwriter(s)	Attila Dorn Charles Greywolf Matthew Greywolf Falk Maria Schlegel Roel van Helden
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 German power metal band 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 Chiara Cerami for VDPICTURES.[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.	Title	Length
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

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) Björn Hacket – vocals (choir, additional) Daniel Herzmann – vocals (choir, additional) Toni Hilbert – vocals (choir, additional) Fritz Körber – 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 – videography Chiara Cerami - videography

References

1. "Powerwolf – 'The Sacrament Of Sin' [RECENZJA]". Powerwolf – The Sacrament Of Sin [RECENZJA] (in Polish). 20 July 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. "POWERWOLF: Platin-Auszeichnung für 'Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend' in Tschechien". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
3. "Napalm Records verleiht erstes Gold der Labelhistorie an Powerwolf". beta.musikwoche.de. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
4. jason. "Album review: POWERWOLF – The Sacrament Of Sin". Get Ready to ROCK! News | Reviews | Interviews | Radio. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
5. "POWERWOLF dostali zlatou desku za 'Blessed & Possessed'". Spark Rock Magazine (in Czech). Retrieved 21 September 2019.
6. Grzybowski, Szymon (28 May 2018). "Powerwolf: Jesteśmy uzależnieni od Iron Maiden i tak chcemy komponować (wywiad)". MetalNews.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
7. "Powerwolf – Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend (Official Video) | Napalm Records". madness-factory.com. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
8. "POWERWOLF: 'Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend' Video Released". Blabbermouth.net. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.