Harnessing the frenetic fretwork of lead guitarist Mark St. John as he did, it's no surprise Paul Stanley & Co. role as astute metal-shred tamers on Animalize flat out worked! Perhaps the warmest hard rock album of 1984, it's Friday-Night-Video ready hooks and supercharged KISS sound held the wolves at bay regardless Gene Simmons non-primal commitment to the feast - KISStorian.com