Demon's Eye Feat. Doogie White
Under The Neon
Rock legends like Jon Lord and Ian Paice from Deep Purple had several concerts together with the band and were quite taken with their musicality and power. After building up a reputation as a Deep Purple Tribute Band, they established their name as an original band with their successful debut album "The Stranger Within" in 2011. With "Under the Neon", Demon's Eye will now release their second album, once again featuring Doogie White, former singer of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and current lead vocalist with Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock. After the spherical intro "Epic", your socks get knocked off by the uptempo track "Road to Glory", not least because of the formidable, baroque influenced soloing by guitarist Mark Zyk and organ player Gert-Jan Naus. The slightly oriental, heavy rocker "Closer to Heaven" surprises with an almost dreamy chorus, before lifting off into an unexpected fast middle part. "Five Knuckle Shuffle" grooves like hell and is followed by the monumental hard rock epos "Welcome to my World", which takes the listener onto a more than 7 minute long musical journey. The blues-rock oriented song "Finest Moment" proves - once again - the versatility of Demon's Eye, bringing out one of the most impressive and touching vocal performances of Doogie White's career. Generally the songs of "Under the Neon" seem to fit Doogie White's voice like a glove, enabling him to sing with great passion. This kind of music seems to lend wings to the Scottish singer. With "Fallen Angel", "Master of Destiny", "Dancing on Air" and "Blood Red Sky" some more pearls of classic rock pass by, before the album ends with the majestic, heavy riff of "The Messenger". 53 minutes of Classic hard rock at its best