Dancing with the Devil


Dancing with the Devil is the name of the second full-length recording from the band Mother Mercy. Recorded at “For The Record” studios in Orange County, California by the band's third lineup consisting of RJ Blaze, Randall Justice, and Seann Scott with several guitar players throughout the CD. It was originally released in a limited production on drummer Seann Scott's record company "SS Records" in 2001 and later re-mastered and released by Perris Records in 2003 with several bonus tracks added and one song, "Rock City Boys", removed. That song was instead released by Perris Records on a compilation CD “Hollywood Hairspray Vol. 2”. The cover artwork between the two versions was also changed slightly.

Musical style

Described as Mötley Crüe meets Love/Hate, this recording continued the band's glam metal sound found on their first CD ‘’Love at First Bite’’, albeit somewhat heavier sounding. The song "Waste of Skin" did receive slight airplay on the Internet-based heavy metal radio station KNAC, and other similar online radio stations. The added tracks on the Perris Records release were recorded later and are said to sound more like Godsmack or early 80’s Metallica.
The album never charted in the U.S. and the sales statistics were disappointing. There was a small amount of international attention received in Europe but the band did not travel to Europe to promote the CD.

Track listing – (2001) SS Records

  1. Thunder, Perfect Mind – 1:15
  2. Dancing with the Devil – 3:43
  3. Waste of Skin – 4:06
  4. Ragman – 6:05
  5. Mercy’s Law – 4:47
  6. Machine Gun – 2:30
  7. Blood – :40
  8. Creatures of the Night – 3:22
  9. Devil Child – 5:03
  10. Chosen One – 3:54
  11. Rock City Boys – 3:15
  12. Little Nikki – 3:27

    Track listing – (2003) Perris Records

  13. Thunder-Perfect Mind – 1:13
  14. Dancing with the Devil – 3:38
  15. Waste of Skin – 4:03
  16. Mercy's Law – 4:41
  17. Machine Gun – 2:29
  18. Blood – 0:37
  19. Creatures of the Night – 3:17
  20. Devil Child – 5:00
  21. The Sideshow – 0:20
  22. Ragman – 6:00
  23. Little Nikki – 3:25
  24. Chosen One – 3:51
  25. Invisible – 4:19
  26. Don't Bury Me – 0:18
  27. Kicking N' Screaming – 4:29
  28. Mercy Killing – 3:29

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