MERCURY

Yes, Demians is one of my favorite bands (one-man band of Nicola Chapel). Mercury is an intimate album, with short but very intenses tracks. A little heavy rock sound, but with an impeccable composition. I can not stop listening. The technical aspect of their sound would describe it as "homemade", something that has caught my attention when compared with the two previous works.

The only thing I miss is that their songs have left something progressive rock territory. But no matter. Definitely a good album, though in a different direction prior art.

As in the previous two albums, Chapel is once again in charge of production and playing all the instruments, apart from singing, of course. This time he does without a drummer again, which gives a drums sound similar to "Building an Empire"

However, on this occasion Chapel almost completely forgets about the progressive and experimental atmospheres that fit so well in his two previous works, offering us an album much more oriented towards alternative rock and post-grunge, apart from experimenting with other genres such as blues.

This wouldn't be a problem for me if it weren't for the fact that the compositional level also suffered a considerable drop. Having listened to the record numerous times, no song has really stuck in my mind maybe with the exception of the two that I will mention later. The album just flows letting itself be heard, but without leaving any kind of mark on the listener.

And it's a shame, since a career that started off on the right way with two interesting albums is cut short here in an uninspired album that doesn't contribute anything beyond fattening Demians' discography, but unfortunately towards a wrong direction in my opinion.

I hope the next and last (for now) Demians album, called "Battles", is better than this disappointing "Mercury"!

Best Tracks: Water and Sigh (a slow and atmospheric song, perhaps my favourite on the album, with guitar work reminiscent of the group No-Man) and Spellbound Lily (good vocal melodies, reminiscent of the best moments of the first albums)