"Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a song by German

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band

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. It was a first single released from the album ''

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''. The song earned the

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award in Czech Republic.

Background and release

It is the first single released by Powerwolf with new material since the ''

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'' 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

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instead of guitars. The song, which has the motifs of

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melodies, is textually concerned with temptation and sin. Powerwolf's keyboardist

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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 Chiara Cerami for VDPICTURES. It was released on

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on 25 May 2018. It tells a story of a

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and six nuns who can not resist their carnal lust. Powerwolf's vocalist

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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.

Track listing

Personnel

Powerwolf *

– vocals *

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– lead and rhythm guitar *

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– bass and rhythm guitar *

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– drums, percussion *

– organ, keyboards Additional musicians *

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– 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

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