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Still sealed Japan press in mini lp replica cover with one bonus track

By the time Taking The World By Storm was released in 1989, Demon had fully made the transition from pioneering New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) band to straightforward arena/pomp rock. That’s not to suggest that this is some wimpy AOR album (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Taking the World by Storm is more of a harder rocking version of what Magnum and Uriah Heep were releasing at the time. The songs are catchy and melodic, but they also rock quite a bit. After the Ac/dc-esque opening track Commercial Dynamite, the songs on Taking the World by Storm have an epic, almost progressive quality, especially the lengthy tracks like Remembrance Day and Time Has Come. As always, vocalist Dave Hill’s songwriting proves to be the band’s greatest strength. The songs on Taking the World by Storm are all quite well written, both musically and lyrically. It’s a very solid album not only in terms of 80’s rock, but in general. Listening to it now, it doesn’t seem all that dated, which can’t be said for a lot of that era’s albums.

Track listing:
1. Commercial Dynamite
2. Taking The World By Storm
3. The Life Brigade
4. Remembrance Day
5. What Do You Think About Hell
6. Blue Skies In Red Square
7. Time Has Come
8. Trick Of The Light