The Misfits - The Devil’s Rain
With The Devil’s Rain, Jerry Only proves two things:
1) The man can still pen a catchy tune; and it wasn’t an accident that some of the most beloved tracks in The Misfits’ catalog have him listed as a contributing songwriter. There are moments on this album that will have you humming along long after the record is through, and that is something that every era of The Misfits have been able to deliver.
2) Jerry Only is not a lead singer. He is really trying to be on this album, and it’s obvious that he’s taken the role seriously. This doesn’t change the fact that the vocal delivery is stiff and lacking in dynamics. More than a few times it’s just outright flat. What we have here is Only doing his best to do a job that someone with a more natural ability would deliver a hundred times more effectively, and the material would be all the better for it. I have nothing but respect for the man, and his determined efforts to keep The Misfits out there after multiple line-up changes and assorted other dramas. But, this really could have been a much stronger record with a more confident voice at the forefront. Fiends will certainly be divided over this release, but I will cast my vote on the side of it being a solid LP, and worthy of the band name.
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