Review: BORN- DEMONS

Tracklist:

1. DEMONS

2. GARBAGE

3. 【beauty;beast】

DEMONS-  Born seems to have a knack for titling their songs in a way that doesn't really match the music. A song called DEMONS, to me, that sounds like it should be a pretty hardcore metal song, no? I mean when I first saw the single title and new look, that's what I was waiting for, but nevertheless, I do like this song. I don't think that it's an all around great song, I've definitely heard better from Born, however, I could give you several reasons as to why this is a good song. One of the best things about this song for me are the background vocals and also the intermingled screaming and singing that takes places through the whole song.The guitar work, especially the short main riff, is pretty good, though I wish the guitar player had been given a chance to shine a bit more. And truthfully, I'm not extremely fond of the chorus, though I'm willing to admit it's very catchy. My favorite part: 2:13 to 2:27, I really enjoy the smooth underlying guitar that this starts off with, and then of course the "whoa, whoa" flows right along with the rythm of the guitar, bass and drums.

Credit: missyoufairy 

(Anyone else notice that Ray [the 2nd guitarist] is kind of.....super good-looking....?)

GARBAGE- I like the opening and how it moves fluidly into the first verse, I'd specifically like to compliment the drumline through this song. Actually the entire rhythm section in itself I find quite well done. In fact, the bass line is relatively noticable during the verses, which I'm really happy about, because this bass player is very talented, I would expressly like to point out 50 seconds to 1:00, if you weren't paying attention to the bass line before then check this part out. I actually find Ryouga's vocals from 1:59 to 2:16 rather intriguing, I like the change up. Also, 2:36 to 2:39 is another great peek into that drumline I mentioned at the beginning of the song

【beauty;beast】- I wish there was a little more to this lyrically, because I REALLY like it! But it more or less gives off the feeling of an intro or conclusion song, mainly instrumental and screaming and like I said not much available lyrically. But this may actually be my personal favorite off the single, I just wish there was a extended version, this song is definitely the most appealing to me. I actually found myself thinking the same thing of dogmanism (off the DOGMA album), if BORN would take some of their intro songs and make them "real" song, they'd awesome! Moving on, as always the screaming and singing ride well together and the instrumentals are great. My favorite part: the feed-back sounding guitar from 1:11 to 1:28, then this goes right back into the rhythm of the song.

All of these songs are, in general, very good, however, I definitely don't consider this to be BORN's best work. Their last release DOGMA, though a full abum, I think the quality and intensity of the music was much better. And I dislike that the most commercial songs off the single/ album seem to be the songs that a lot of people judge from. In that respect I would say that Red Desire and DEMONS are equally good, though neither are songs that I would think of as my favorite from BORN.

My Grade:  A-, 3.5/5


I'm curious, what are some of your favorite songs from BORN?