'The Demise' is the concluding part of two-part concept album that tells the story of the fall of a modern day icon.  Something that can't be said about Blackie Lawless.  As this goes to show that no matter what people say about him, he still manages to pull out all the stops.

To appreciate this album in full you must first listen to Part 1 - The Rise and then play Part 2 to fully understand what Lawless has achieved with this project.  I say project as that’s what the Neon God is, not just another WASP album but a in-depth look into the mind of Blackie Lawless and his ability to write good meaningful lyrics and also to put down in musical form ideas that others can only dream of and still guarantee a polished end product.

The opening onslaught is 'Never Say Die'.  As the chorus is chanted, it leads into a crescendo of guitar and drums that soon picks up the pace where Part 1 left off, and is a rousing opener with Frankie Banali's drums being at the forefront of the track.  'The Demise' continues the pace and feel of the album.  Again the magnificent drum work of Banali is highlighted on this track as well as some excellent guitar work by Darrell Roberts.

If you haven’t listened to much WASP over the last fifteen years of so then you wouldn’t have noticed the change and the depth of the song writing on recent albums. Since 'The Crimson Idol', (which to me has to be one of the finest WASP albums to date and the obvious similarities between that and The Neon God wont go unsaid), has so much feeling been put into an album.

'The Demise' and 'Clockwork Mary' are good examples of this, with Blackie putting his all into the vocals and the rest of the band backing him up to the hilt.  ‘Tear Down The Walls’ is pure WASP hard fast and dangerous a track that takes you back to the glory days of ‘Electric Circus’ and ‘Heldardo’.  Much of the same on ‘Come Back To Black’ but things slow down with the meaningful ‘All My Life’.

‘Destiny’s To Come’ picks up the pace again and contains some of the meanest guitar riffs on the whole album.  The inclusion of some 70s keyboards gives the track extra depth.  The final track is ‘The Last Redemption’ is very much in the same vain as the opening track on Part 1 and it is the final chapter of the story, which concludes this magnificent piece of art.  That’s exactly what the whole concept parts 1 & 2 are, a piece of art put to music, and both well worthy of the WASP moniker.