figured they oughtta have their own thread, as they've got a new album out and the last was pretty well liked around here. first single, "secular haze", is a proggy five-minute waltz that saves its biggest hook for the closing moments. weird move, and it took me a while to come around, but now i can't get it out of my head:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyQZ13jobIY
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Monday, 15 April 2013 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
Love the vid.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 15 April 2013 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
Nice one, loved their last album!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 15 April 2013 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
well, from the name/image etc, the vocals are nothing like i expected ..
i was waiting for gruff/indecipherable shouting, and certainly nothing as melodic as this is !
this is really good stuff ...
― mark e, Monday, 15 April 2013 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
digging this record a lot. worshipping satan has never sounded so wholesome.
― inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 01:42 (eleven years ago) link
okay, so this thread hasn't gone far since i started it
ALBUM OF THE FUCKING YEAR - calling it here, daft punk or no
everything about this is magnificent, a huge leap forward from the already brilliant debut. unlike the new uncle acid, they don't sacrifice a bit of what made them initially compelling. if anything, they double down. creamier, sweeter, catchier, more deeply infused with pure fresh (demon) seed. opus eponymous was approximately four brilliant songs padded out to album length, but this thing never flags, it just keeps building and building. i was convinced at "jigolo har megido", but holy shit at what, ska surf doom on "zombie queen"? that's after an intro that for a moment might be air or goldfrapp. sounds godawful, but it works! it's unspeakable and absolutely perfect, like the drooling bastard whelp of satan spawned upon a limpid nun. the single, "secular haze", is really just the jumping off point.
i sometimes think that "don't fear the reaper" is my all time favorite song, and this album is like that song turned into a band. soaring, glossily seductive, almost comically dark (okay, more than "almost" in this case), and catchy as all holy hell. maybe the most telling thing about this is that they cover an abba song and it doesn't overshadow the originals in any way. they're writing at that level, or near it, anyway. "year zero" is the real "first single", and it comes halfway through the album. like before they unfurl the full majesty, they want to show you that the tier two material is at least twice as good as any sane person had right to expect. and fuck, "body and blood", giving saturation era urge overkill a run for their money.
i expect it'll be way too cartoonish and cartoonishly "rock" for ILM in general, and it does maybe flag a bit at the very end, but this shit was weaponized specifically with me in mind. gorgeous goth pop horror metal from dimensions lost, beaming in on late night radio. "suffer little children to come unto me." have never heard a band take blue oyster cult so much to heart. brings a tear, i tell you. bloody, perhaps fecal, but a tear nonetheless.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkBt7yLXyDk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtin1QiLrEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRB1hTjxjMg
this is pop
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
This sounds like Sensefield
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 18 April 2013 08:57 (eleven years ago) link
kind of kidding with the AOY! biz, but i really do like it
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 April 2013 11:18 (eleven years ago) link
thanks for ringing the bell only to leave a bag of flaming shit on the mat, JD.
had never heard "sensefield". gonna be all morning scrubbing that shit outta my brain with a toothbrush.
note to all interested parties: this sounds nothing like sneesefield.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 April 2013 11:20 (eleven years ago) link
also, it is possible that i may have been a leeetle bit drunk when i wrote that long "review" last night...
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 April 2013 11:23 (eleven years ago) link
up from the stinking earth she rises ghastly paleshapeshifting soon, but now she's rigid, stiff and stale
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 April 2013 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
realize i'm out on a storm-lashed promontory in the moonless night with this one, but that's cool. i think i passed a castle back down the road a few miles. maybe they have a telephone i might use.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 April 2013 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
obv the BOC references are obvious but i never thought of Saturation by Urge Overkill until you said it contenderizer, but yeah totally....also the Stull EP
that said they are kinda like a less funny/varied/amazing BOC
but yeah i like the satanic pop bubblegum vibe
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
they say satan so much on this album it made me lol at points
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
and surely thats the point ? panto rock a la alice cooper etc ...
― mark e, Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I mean I love the campiness of it
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
me too .. the sound. the concept. the look. etc.if ever there was a band who dreamt up the perfect 'klf vs doom' colective, then ghost b.c. would be damn close to the outcome.tis one of my favourite albums in a long long time ..
― mark e, Thursday, 18 April 2013 21:14 (eleven years ago) link
zombbbbiiiieeeee quuueeeeeennnnn
― errant flynn, Saturday, 20 April 2013 21:39 (ten years ago) link
you forgot less talented, which is the real problem.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 20 April 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Thursday, April 18, 2013 7:20 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha! I was just being mean. It WAS the first thing that popped into my head when I heard it, though. Can't get behind this band at all.
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 20 April 2013 23:46 (ten years ago) link
nor can pitchfork metal dude, which bums me out cuz so many (apparently) take tips from them :(
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Sunday, 21 April 2013 00:09 (ten years ago) link
accessibility and catchiness get a bad rap in certain quarters. a shame, imo.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Sunday, 21 April 2013 01:15 (ten years ago) link
I'm so happy to have stumbled upon this thread. I didn't even know they had a new album out. Opus Eponymous proved that Satan does have the best music, and if this anything like that, it will be well worth a download.
― o. nate, Sunday, 21 April 2013 02:51 (ten years ago) link
dig the look. reminds me of a less manic arcturus
― Spectrum, Sunday, 21 April 2013 03:18 (ten years ago) link
On first listen, I'm not sure I like this better than Opus Eponymous. It seems the organ is more prominent and there's more of an oompah-band rhythm going on, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but the songs didn't grab me as much at first, except for "Secular Haze" which is pretty catchy. Calling Opus "approximately four brilliant songs padded out to album length" sets a pretty high bar. It doesn't seem like there are even four songs on this as good as the best stuff on Opus, but I'll try to keep an open mind.
― o. nate, Monday, 22 April 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
Maybe I was a bit too hard on this. It's been growing on me. I still think it could have been a couple of songs shorter, and I'm not sure it matches the highs of Opus, but complaining would be churlish of me.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
can not keep a straight face listening to this record, and i mean that in the best possible way
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 May 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
totally.its a proper chesiree cat grin album ..
― mark e, Friday, 3 May 2013 17:50 (ten years ago) link
Dang, Opus is good. I love the concept (bubblegum Satanic ought to be perennial), so I'm glad I like all of the songs too.
― lazulum, Monday, 6 May 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
*Satanism
― lazulum, Monday, 6 May 2013 13:59 (ten years ago) link
The new record definitely isn't as strong as Opus Eponymous for me, but I still like it a great deal.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 9 May 2013 11:43 (ten years ago) link
I'm with the man from Pitchfork on this one. Too many weak melodies. I do really like Ghuleh, though.
― lazulum, Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:58 (ten years ago) link
"Ghuleh" is great.
― o. nate, Thursday, 9 May 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
new album !
kids vs satanic doom rock :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Ao4t_fe0I
cannot wait.
― mark e, Thursday, 11 June 2015 22:24 (eight years ago) link
"Cirice" is so goddamn catchy. I hope the whole album is like that.
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Sunday, 12 July 2015 00:57 (eight years ago) link
whole album is great. ends with an evil hymn
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 05:10 (eight years ago) link
Album is rocking in a strange kind of Darkness / Queensryche manner.
― obstacle illusion (calstars), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
The world is on fiyah.
― obstacle illusion (calstars), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 00:24 (eight years ago) link
I haven't heard this yet, how does it compare to their previous stuff?
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 18:12 (eight years ago) link
On first listen (so apply liberal grains of salt), I'm leaning towards "return to form". A bit front-loaded perhaps, but doesn't wear out its welcome.
― o. nate, Thursday, 27 August 2015 02:21 (eight years ago) link
very brief discussion of the new one on Rolling Metal
He Is = one of 2015's best songs
― alpine static, Thursday, 27 August 2015 07:34 (eight years ago) link
almost embarrassed by how much I like this album
― it me, Thursday, 27 August 2015 18:44 (eight years ago) link
when i return to normal life, i.e. next week when mk2 goes back to school and i go back into the office, this is top of the list to help me get through the week.
― mark e, Thursday, 27 August 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
suspect that the more excessive/prog/psych they become the more i will love them.
― mark e, Thursday, 27 August 2015 19:01 (eight years ago) link
Old-school Satan worship filtered through contemporary Swedish pop production. The record's producer, Klas Ahlund, has previously worked with Robyn, Britney Spears and Katy Perry.
― it me, Thursday, 27 August 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
that moment at the end of "Spirit" where Papa Emeritus hits the high note on "spiiiiii-iiii-riiiiiit" right into the dope riff is ace
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 29 August 2015 05:11 (eight years ago) link
THE WORLD IS ON FI-YAH
― pdf booklet in the cheesecaked factory (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 September 2015 22:44 (eight years ago) link
― obstacle illusion (calstars), Tuesday, August 25, 2015 5:24 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^ this song just makes me want to start it all over again
― pdf booklet in the cheesecaked factory (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 September 2015 22:47 (eight years ago) link
HE IS
― alpine static, Friday, 4 September 2015 07:41 (eight years ago) link
"from the pinnacle to the pit" is molten blue oyster cult / uriah heep alloy
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 4 September 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
My impression of the new one is that it will appeal especially to people who liked the debut but thought the band lost the path on the second.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 4 September 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
i'm liking the MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE vibes i'm hearing
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 4 September 2015 20:19 (eight years ago) link
got the vinyl in mail today and loving it
― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 4 September 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
bloody hell, one listen in, and I am in awe of this.
so so much fun.
― mark e, Thursday, 10 September 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link
told you
― Cosmic Slop, Thursday, 10 September 2015 23:05 (eight years ago) link
let's rank the hooks on this thing:
1. all of He Is
2. "You are cast out from the heavens to the ground. Blackened feathers falling down"
3. "Put your hands up and reach for the sky / cry for absolution!"
4. "The world is on fi-yahhh, and you are here to stay and burn with me"
what else?
― alpine static, Friday, 11 September 2015 02:36 (eight years ago) link
"Old oneeeeeeee...masterrrrrrrrrr"
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 11 September 2015 04:14 (eight years ago) link
If the title of "mummy dust" wasn't the same, I'd have no idea what papa is saying
― calstars, Friday, 11 September 2015 05:54 (eight years ago) link
originally thought it was latin
― pdf booklet in the cheesecaked factory (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 11 September 2015 15:11 (eight years ago) link
There is a certain volume at which this gets really good
― calstars, Friday, 11 September 2015 21:37 (eight years ago) link
what, "off"?
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 11 September 2015 21:39 (eight years ago) link
(I don't think this at all, I fell on that sword so no other jokester could zing Ghost itt)
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 11 September 2015 21:40 (eight years ago) link
agree 100% ...
put the album on earlier at a good volume, and it totally opened up.
― mark e, Friday, 11 September 2015 21:51 (eight years ago) link
I'm mostly listened to it on headphones thus far.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 11 September 2015 21:51 (eight years ago) link
Def Lep chorus on Absolution comes out of fucking nowhere
― calstars, Friday, 11 September 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
still can't figure out why the vocals are a dealbreaker for so many. can't imagine Ghost without them
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 11 September 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
yeah. pfork review was baffling.
― pdf booklet in the cheesecaked factory (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 11 September 2015 22:27 (eight years ago) link
also for calling deus in absentia a weaker song or something like that
― pdf booklet in the cheesecaked factory (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 11 September 2015 22:28 (eight years ago) link
just really curious why *this* is the band in 2015 that metalheads are defensive about when the Butcher Babies exist.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 11 September 2015 22:32 (eight years ago) link
I've been picking up Def Lep vibes in a few places on this as well. I guess it's the sweet harmonies, multiple bridge/chorus hooks, and slick production.
― o. nate, Saturday, 12 September 2015 01:54 (eight years ago) link
First 40 seconds of He Is is very Interpol like
― calstars, Saturday, 12 September 2015 02:11 (eight years ago) link
He Is sounds a lot like shack/mick head
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 12 September 2015 02:23 (eight years ago) link
xp the vocals, yeah. the instruments are not very interpol at all, though.
― pdf booklet in the cheesecaked factory (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 12 September 2015 03:32 (eight years ago) link
i'm helping my folks move into their new place tomorrow and I feel like I could play this for her and she might like something like "He Is" without realizing she's humming along to delightful chewy little paeans to Satan.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 12 September 2015 03:47 (eight years ago) link
"and you're doing fine, worshipping your Lord"
― calstars, Saturday, 12 September 2015 21:59 (eight years ago) link
I love the choral breakdown at the end.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 12 September 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link
So the humor here is pretty evident. If that's the case, that they're taking the piss, then the conclusion from a religious belief standpoint is that they are laughing at the ridiculousness of either the existence of Satan or his personality.
― calstars, Saturday, 12 September 2015 23:12 (eight years ago) link
Mummy Dust is skippable, the rest of this essential (interludes aside)
― alpine static, Sunday, 13 September 2015 00:09 (eight years ago) link
Got my tix to see em next month
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 13 September 2015 00:18 (eight years ago) link
anyone seen Purson? i've never heard a note.
i'm three hours from the closest show and srsly considering making the drive, if Purson's great live it'd make my decision a lot easier
― alpine static, Sunday, 13 September 2015 00:21 (eight years ago) link
he is insurrection, he is spite
― calstars, Sunday, 13 September 2015 19:11 (eight years ago) link
Man even if Ned Beatty opens for Ghost...get thee there
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 13 September 2015 19:25 (eight years ago) link
love the "ordinary world" vibe on the "he is" outro solo
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 25 September 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
also love the solo on "cirise." very pagey. such rover.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 26 September 2015 17:43 (eight years ago) link
RAISE YOUR HANDS UP AND REACH FOR THE SKY!
― alpine static, Monday, 28 September 2015 21:38 (eight years ago) link
"If you have ghosts" is so pop
― calstars, Sunday, 4 October 2015 22:25 (eight years ago) link
tomorrow night - Orlando. this could be a show of the year candidate!
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 10 October 2015 05:14 (eight years ago) link
Even now when you're here you are movingHysterically seeking out what needs improvingAnd you're still asking for the sun
All those things that you desireYou will find there in the fire
Put your hands up and reach for the skyCry for absolutionYou'll be down on your knees and you'll cryCry for absolution
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 10 October 2015 05:15 (eight years ago) link
I'll stick up for Infestissumam. I think it still has some incredible bubblegum hooks.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 10 October 2015 19:37 (eight years ago) link
See this band live. Holy shit.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 11 October 2015 01:52 (eight years ago) link
I was just coming here to say Infestissumam gets a bad rap. Seems like everyone I've talked to about Meliora is like "Yup, much better than the last one" or "Yeah they finally gave us the follow-up to the debut that we deserve."
Infestissumam is killerrrrr.
― alpine static, Sunday, 11 October 2015 04:59 (eight years ago) link
one of the best live shows I've ever seen. the theatricality of it really takes the music to another level.
plus the guitars, which are a bit muted on disc, positively CRACK live. the vocals sounded great too.
they also very much know how to construct a setlist. "Spirit" right into "From the Pinnacle to the Pit" and then "Ritual" to begin, "He Is" toward the midway mark, ending with "If You Have Ghosts". they played almost all of Meliora!
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 11 October 2015 14:37 (eight years ago) link
I then got into a row with the street Xtians afterwards
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 11 October 2015 14:41 (eight years ago) link
bloody hell.this album on headphones : immense.wish i had the chance to see them live.
this sounds like the perfect concert set to me.
― mark e, Thursday, 15 October 2015 22:32 (eight years ago) link
so i saw them last night and holy shit ... amazing. two solid hours of basically nothing but killer songs, absolutely seamless playing and obviously engaging stage presence/performance. setlist was nicely spread across the three album, hitting all the best stuff.
best show I've seen in quite some time. i was especially happy about how long it was (and I'm generally a "75 minutes is enough, thanks" kind of concertgoer)
absolutely MASSIVE band
― alpine static, Friday, 23 October 2015 09:35 (eight years ago) link
for me this is the 2015 released album i have enjoyed more than anything else.
i have had friends round and played 'he is' etc, to them, and they were totally in the 'who is this?' groove.
― mark e, Friday, 30 October 2015 00:37 (eight years ago) link
Alpine otm re: massive
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 30 October 2015 01:07 (eight years ago) link
It's grown on me a lot. I must not have been in the right mood when it came out, or just bored of Ghost. It's a huge step up from the last album.
― jmm, Friday, 30 October 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
It's a huge step up from the last album.
agreed.
the mix of tunes, expansive production, and choirs really hits hard on the new album.
― mark e, Friday, 30 October 2015 18:22 (eight years ago) link
They're on Colbert tonight. I'm guessing they'll go with Pinnacle to the Pit, but I could totally see He Is being the song that breaks them to a much bigger audience.
― jmm, Friday, 30 October 2015 23:37 (eight years ago) link
They went with "Cirice". Clip is on Youtube.
― o. nate, Saturday, 31 October 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
That was cool. Satanic pop metal on national TV! I figured Cirice would be too long, but they got it down to 4 minutes.
― jmm, Saturday, 31 October 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMWeIRX-ZHE
Really well done!
― calstars, Monday, 2 November 2015 01:37 (eight years ago) link
that was pretty great, the filter was a corny but nice touch
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Monday, 2 November 2015 02:43 (eight years ago) link
For all my whining on EOY about a lack of 'proper' metal, I'm so glad I gave Ghost another chance. Meliora is a masterpiece.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Monday, 1 February 2016 10:17 (eight years ago) link
I was listening to 'He Is' and thinking 'where have I heard that melody line before? And I realised it was kind of similar to this old Scandi-pop song I used to like off a free CD from Jockey Slut in the early 2000s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgRXbpA1-_Q
Doubt it's any more than a passing coincidence, but strange they come from the same part of the world.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2016 00:41 (eight years ago) link
I can barely hear the connection
― calstars, Thursday, 4 February 2016 01:36 (eight years ago) link
yeah it's tenuous at best. I also think it sounds like Umbrella but it must just be how my brain is wired cos no one else would agree.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Thursday, 4 February 2016 08:04 (eight years ago) link
grammy winners
― Cosmic Slop, Monday, 15 February 2016 23:59 (eight years ago) link
"The nightmare has become a dweam!" [within a dweam!]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb9cy3Me0hk
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link
hah!
I don't think they should have said a word but it was interesting to see the singer
― calstars, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link
wish he would've worn the full get-up
― alpine static, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 19:06 (eight years ago) link
Ghost performing "He Is" at the Grammis, the Swedish Grammy awards, where they won the best metal performance category.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQm8Ssh4ynQ
So beautiful, artful, a love song to Satan, with dancers and a giant creepy marionette seemingly in control of all. Yeah, yeah, Blue Oyster Cult meets Mercyful Fate - it's been done before, but if you don't think there is originality in this band watch this. I listened to a ton of great metal albums last year, and all of them sound like someone but none of them looked like this.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 25 February 2016 10:58 (eight years ago) link
Thoughts on Popestar?
― calstars, Saturday, 17 September 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
I'm okay with EPs of ghoulish covers between LPs, but they're a one-listen kind of thing. Square Hammer is great.
― jmm, Monday, 19 September 2016 00:58 (seven years ago) link
one-listen is a little harsh as the musicality is on a par with the album material.
i happen to think their cover of 'i believe' is fantastic.
― mark e, Thursday, 22 September 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
and the eurythmics one is as insane as you'd expect from a band who already have a lot of love from the industrial scene ..
― mark e, Thursday, 22 September 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
They really are the new Rammstein.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 22 September 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
"I believe" is their wonderwaLl
― calstars, Sunday, 25 September 2016 00:14 (seven years ago) link
this is...great fun
― imago, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
this popped up on my local community radio station and i thought it was late-period They Might Be Giants
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 28 September 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
Fix Idé is out, the new album by TiD (Time Is Divine) - (a band that may or may not contain current and/or former members of Ghost - don't know how to describe the sound, a mix of Rammstein + Tool maybe?)
https://play.spotify.com/album/7DqvtGI5Gviq3PcZIgpvU6http://thesignrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tid-fix-id
Their two previous EPs can be downloaded for free here:Bortom Inom, 2007 http://timeisdivine.com/soz/soz-001.phpGiv Akt, 2010 http://timeisdivine.com/soz/soz-006.php
― StanM, Friday, 7 October 2016 06:57 (seven years ago) link
they were great last night as usual. the showmanship and theatrics have really skyrocketed since the last tour (they even have satanic nuns on stage at one point). all good things of course - the bigger the better with Ghost. I did, however, start to roll my eyes at the almost 5 minute sexual monologue Papa went into before the closing tune, mostly cos he was veering into 'bad standup'.
weird that they omitted "Spirit" - my fav off of Meliora. i may go again tomorrow on a day where I can enjoy myself more.
― Neanderthal, Friday, 4 November 2016 01:50 (seven years ago) link
Sexual monologue?
― calstars, Friday, 4 November 2016 12:35 (seven years ago) link
before they did Monstrance Clock, he found someone in the front row and talked about how basically the next song was going t obe a joint orgasm between the audience and Ghost and it was weird and a little more like somtehing a hair metal band would do.
I preferred the theatrical moments where they brought nuns out in SAtan's service and goofy stuff like that
― Neanderthal, Friday, 4 November 2016 13:27 (seven years ago) link
it did literally take 5 minutes though. they could have squeezed another song in during that time
So... the four ghouls who were fired at the end of last year's tour are now suing the singer - http://imgur.com/a/8m1gU (warning: previously anonymous names are named in the screenshot)
― StanM, Thursday, 6 April 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
lol Metal-Archives people have already updated their artist pages
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 6 April 2017 17:30 (seven years ago) link
Tobias being the vocalist probably the worst kept secret here
Henrik Palm of In Solitude. So there was some truth to that rumour.
― jmm, Thursday, 6 April 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
My understanding is that a lot of people have circulated through the Nameless Ghouls over the years.
― jmm, Thursday, 6 April 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
i never expected anything less to be honest.
― mark e, Thursday, 6 April 2017 18:27 (seven years ago) link
And now you too can enjoy a Wall Street Journal version of 'A Nameless Ghoul.'
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hell-on-earth-satanic-band-files-suit-citing-dreary-work-conditions-1497282380
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 June 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
ghost is the darkness of metal
― calstars, Monday, 12 June 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
Live album, just in time for satan claus
― StanM, Friday, 8 December 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link
the artwork everyone will see: http://www.metalsucks.net/2017/12/08/surprise-ghost-release-live-album-ceremony-and-devotion/
the 8-track tape with papal dong: https://bodega.lomavistarecordings.com/collections/ghost/products/ghost-ceremony-and-devotion-8-track
― StanM, Saturday, 9 December 2017 09:13 (six years ago) link
When I saw them live they were hugely entertaining but sounded exactly like the studio versions, is this the case here?
― Siegbran, Saturday, 9 December 2017 10:59 (six years ago) link
Yeah, pretty much. I'm not sure what the point is unless there's a DVD/bluray as well, which I would prefer
― StanM, Saturday, 9 December 2017 11:18 (six years ago) link
There’s something about meliora that reminds me of the darkness’ “permission to land” - the compression of the production? The twin guitar leads? Something ...
― calstars, Saturday, 9 December 2017 13:17 (six years ago) link
I guess they think slapping an erect cock on the cover counteracts the limpness of the music?
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 9 December 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
Satanism used to be classy, now look at what these guys are doing with it.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 9 December 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
There's a "new" singer and a new single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ijc7A5oAc
― StanM, Friday, 13 April 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
That track picks up in the second half, gets some pop “ohs” and the coda is nice and chunky
― calstars, Friday, 13 April 2018 23:36 (six years ago) link
Finally figured out who Ghost remind me of - pre-fame Europe! Must be the Swedish thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v7byabCFC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lElLEmdYuDM
― Does anybody remember laughter? *audience screams* (Matt #2), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 13:51 (five years ago) link
Ghost is headlining Barclays Arena and The Forum?!?!
― alpine static, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
What do we think of the new single “dance macabre”
― calstars, Saturday, 19 May 2018 03:11 (five years ago) link
it's very 80's but it works
― StanM, Saturday, 19 May 2018 03:21 (five years ago) link
Prequelle is out tomorrow and the deluxe edition contains two covers: Pet Shop Boys' It's A Sin and Leonard Cohen's Avalanche.
― StanM, Thursday, 31 May 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
ordered.3d cover, and 2 cover versions, how could I not succumb.never bothered with the 'live' album though.
― mark e, Thursday, 31 May 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
I feel like I don't actually need to hear the "It's a Sin" cover - I can just generate it in my head.
― Simon H., Thursday, 31 May 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
I hope this is good. Why am I a little worried? Meliora was my #1 of 2015.
― alpine static, Thursday, 31 May 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
It's dece but I can't imagine it topping the metal poll again this year. They've doubled down on the cheese but I don't hear any new tricks in the songwriting department, or any hooks to rival the likes of "Square Hammer", "He Is," or "Cirice."
― Simon H., Friday, 1 June 2018 13:17 (five years ago) link
So I’m assuming the 4 nameless ghouls who sued Papa are not involved in the new album? Or is the new album those 4 plus a new singer?
― calstars, Friday, 1 June 2018 13:41 (five years ago) link
Definitely the same singer, at least.
― Simon H., Friday, 1 June 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
I dig it so far
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 June 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
It's all about the singer - he writes everything and plays some/most/all? of the instruments on the recordings and does all the interviews (disguised as a ghoul)
― StanM, Friday, 1 June 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
Yeah, based on the lawsuit from last year, it sounds like Ghost has been Tobias Forge plus hired musicians for most of its existence.
I've been so out of the loop, I didn't even know about this album until yesterday.
― jmm, Friday, 1 June 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
considering how much they've shifted Ghost into a real full-time band (and merch operation, tbh) in the past couple of years, it's kinda surprising how little promo / buzz i've seen around this album.
― alpine static, Friday, 1 June 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
Yeah it’s a bit of a missed opportunity, I’ve always felt that with better management this band could have exploded to Rammstein level fame within 1 or 2 albums.
― Siegbran, Friday, 1 June 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
until yesterday, I had no idea there was a new album out.it was only cos of this thread revival.and that's pretty insane, given I have bought so much stuff from them directly.and yeah, that's a brilliant comparison re Rammstein …
― mark e, Friday, 1 June 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
which is kinda weird, re: fame level, because they're also headlining two arenas in L.A. and NYC this fall, and my reax to that was "whaaat? how is Ghost playing any arena?"
so maybe they're bigger than we think they are?
― alpine static, Friday, 1 June 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
Those are oneoffs tho, around halloween/xmas. Their profile is def growing but nothing like the promotional steamroller that was Rammstein.
― Siegbran, Friday, 1 June 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
right, i def didn't mean to imply it was on a Rammstein level.
basically i just can't figure out how big Ghost is right now. which is fine. plenty of other things to worry about. :)
― alpine static, Friday, 1 June 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
1.7 mil listeners on Spotify which is..kind of a lot?
― calstars, Friday, 1 June 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
to kind of explain their crossover appeal, lots of my musical theatre friends were at their last show, and only one or two of them listen to metal.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 1 June 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
did they like the tunes though maaan
― calstars, Friday, 1 June 2018 22:53 (five years ago) link
The new album is so surprising and wonderful. Hooks for days as expected (they've taken the Blue Öyster Cult influence and ran like hell with it) bit I was not anticipating the progressive rock element that creeps into the record. I'm elated.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 2 June 2018 02:54 (five years ago) link
someone clearly has a very different viewpoint to me re this band :
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/9k8qbe/ghost-is-the-most-try-hard-satanic-rock-band-on-earth?utm_source=vicefbus
I came to the band as a non-metal fan who loved the excess, theatrics, and massive TUNES.and so far, I have yet to be disappointed.
― mark e, Saturday, 2 June 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
Their entire publicity strategy is like a teenager arriving at Christmas dinner with a face tattoo and then screaming, “GOD, LEAVE ME ALONE!” every time someone points it out.
You mean like every black metal band ever? Fuck this chump. I don't even like Ghost's music, but this guy is the worst kind of metalhead. (OK, second-worst, 'cause he didn't say anything overtly racist.)
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 2 June 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
Don’t you forget about dyingDon’t you forget about your friend deathDon’t you forget that you will dieYup
― calstars, Sunday, 3 June 2018 02:30 (five years ago) link
I lol'd admiringly in the lyrics in several spots including that one
― Simon H., Sunday, 3 June 2018 02:40 (five years ago) link
Those lyrics don't bother me. Probably because I've heard enough, far worse, metal lyrics to last a lifetime.
And that Vice piece is symptomatic of how tone-deaf and paranoid much of the metal scene is.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 3 June 2018 05:02 (five years ago) link
it's hard to be as wrong as that Noisey piece is
― alpine static, Sunday, 3 June 2018 10:13 (five years ago) link
that noisey thing... I'm just trying to imagine a grown adult man writing thatalso he mentioned King Diamond a couple times, like uh did I miss something where King Diamond wasn't high camp? or Priest or Maiden or Kiss or Alice Cooper or Dio? (all legends)
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 3 June 2018 12:58 (five years ago) link
dan ozzi writes there so i can easily imagine a grown adult man at noisey writing that
― lowercase (eric), Sunday, 3 June 2018 13:01 (five years ago) link
Liking this album. It's weird - I often go into new Ghost content feeling a bit weary and dubious, but they have a way of winning me over. Pro Memoria got stuck in my head after like two listens.
― jmm, Sunday, 3 June 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
like uh did I miss something where King Diamond wasn't high camp?
lol otm
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Sunday, 3 June 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
I like the hair-metal-ish touches on "Rats". not that I'm saying it's a hair metal song, but some of the intro chord progs and the "ahh-oooh-wahhh-ahhh" of the chorus.
That Rats riff totally smacks of Jake E. Lee/Vivian Campbell circa 1984.
― A. Begrand, Sunday, 3 June 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
Jake E Lee era Ozzy is very underrated
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 3 June 2018 23:36 (five years ago) link
Miasma is so awesome.
Right now I'm thinking this album's on a level with Opus and Meliora (I don't rate Infestissumam quite as highly).
― jmm, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
ppl say BOC a lot and i hear that some but other times ("Dance Mabacre") i hear a very distinct Scorpions melodic influence
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
cd arrived today.I have been somewhat apprehensive due to the build up press/reactions.so, poured a big glass of red wine.positioned myself in the sweet spot, and pressed play.absolutely wonderful experience.nothing totally jumped out at me, other than the brilliant sax solo during 'miasma' (loving the 2 instrumentals), however, the BIG tunes are there.also, there is quite a gap between the album proper and the bonus tracks.which is of course a good thing.
― mark e, Thursday, 7 June 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
the albums big crowd singalong chorus.bring on world domination.
― mark e, Thursday, 7 June 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
this is my one listen reaction.however with this lot, a few listens in, and everything can change.
― mark e, Thursday, 7 June 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
You're allowed to go completely over the top if you've got the tunes, imho. And Ghost do.
― StanM, Sunday, 10 June 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
ok, new album obvs rules, but one nitpick: why did he choose to go with the "witchu" pronunciation in Danse Macabre instead of "with you"? it doesn't ruin the song for me - not even close - but i do find it kind of distracting and i think it was the wrong choice. Tobias doesn't make many wrong choices, musically at least.
― alpine static, Monday, 11 June 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
It's not just a pronunciation choice - he's doing a pun.
― jmm, Monday, 11 June 2018 17:22 (five years ago) link
OOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
"bewitch"
got it
carry on :)
― alpine static, Monday, 11 June 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
thx jmm
well in that case it's genius!
― alpine static, Monday, 11 June 2018 17:39 (five years ago) link
“Deus In Absentia” b/w “Just Wanna B Witchu”
― calstars, Monday, 11 June 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
If I had to drop a song, it might be "See the Light". It's not bad, but something about the chorus deflates it for me - the note he hits in "then you'll see the liiiight".
― jmm, Monday, 11 June 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
this album grew on me fast, which is really only notable in that Meliora was immediately appealing. new one just took a week, that's all.
probably not as good as Meliora - Meliora has He Is, this one doesn't, if nothing else - but not that far off.
― alpine static, Thursday, 28 June 2018 00:22 (five years ago) link
What is this album’s “he is?”
― calstars, Thursday, 28 June 2018 00:26 (five years ago) link
Been meaning to go back to it, but yeah it hasn’t grabbed me like M did
― calstars, Thursday, 28 June 2018 01:15 (five years ago) link
after a period of caring not,this album is now working its magic.'dance macabre' is as good as anything that has been before.after which there is 'pro memoria' that has the massive chorus as mentioned upthread.outcome : a brilliant harmony heavy double bill in the middle of the album.
― mark e, Thursday, 28 June 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
I really like the two covers.
― Siegbran, Thursday, 28 June 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link
wait which two are the covers?
― alpine static, Friday, 29 June 2018 00:02 (five years ago) link
bonus tracks - Leonard Cohen's "Avalanche" and Pet Shop Boys' "It's A Sin"
― Simon H., Friday, 29 June 2018 00:10 (five years ago) link
thx!
― alpine static, Friday, 29 June 2018 03:43 (five years ago) link
I don't think the Cohen one really works but it's an admirable stab. The PSB one sounds exactly as you'd expect and that's a good thing.
― Simon H., Friday, 29 June 2018 12:40 (five years ago) link
This album is so seamless. Its eclectic nature reminds me of Blue Öyster Cult's Spectres, as well as those late-70s Alice Cooper records he did with Dick Wagner.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 29 June 2018 13:22 (five years ago) link
What is this album’s “he is?”― calstars, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 5:26 PM (two days ago)
― calstars, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 5:26 PM (two days ago)
i mean, i can look and listen and pick something, but to me, HE IS is an all-time stop-you-in-your-tracks kind of song.
i don't doubt Forge has another one (or more) of those in him, but i don't think it's on prequelle. (and i love prequelle.)
― alpine static, Friday, 29 June 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
ok, the new album is bloody fantastic.I was not totally convinced to start with, but having lived with it for a few weeks its really hitting the spot now.guess I should get some BOC albums then.
― mark e, Sunday, 1 July 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link
JUST WANNA BE-I WANNA BEWITCH YOUIN THE MOONLIGHT!
― alpine static, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
THIS IS THE MOMENT OF JUST LETTING GOOOOOOOOOO
― alpine static, Tuesday, 10 July 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
WHILE YOU SLEEP IN EARTHLY DELIGHTSOMEONE'S FLESH IS ROTTING TONIGHT!
― alpine static, Thursday, 12 July 2018 22:26 (five years ago) link
who has more hooks than this band? any genre.
(sax solo)
― calstars, Sunday, 5 August 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8FHSNIc3wI
synthwave vs GHOST.I approve.
― mark e, Friday, 24 August 2018 10:35 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcvEe4949Sk
live excess vs GHOST.I approve.
― mark e, Thursday, 13 September 2018 22:17 (five years ago) link
I love this thread because most in here really enjoy the band. In the outside internet, haters constantly take the fun out of loving the band, but not here! This is my Ghost safe space.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 14 September 2018 05:50 (five years ago) link
these folks are selling out large rooms everywhere they go, man. they're getting *big*
― alpine static, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
supporting Metallica next year too
― StanM, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
Latest album still hasn’t connected with me the way meliora did
― calstars, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
agreed, not quite as good, but imo Meliora was a #1 album of the year kind of thing. this one is more like 5-15 range.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
This album seems more pop - a handful of polished singles and some filler. They also seem to have backed off the explicit Satanism a bit. It’s a fun listen but not their best.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gr63DiEUxw
― StanM, Saturday, 20 October 2018 18:09 (five years ago) link
its very 'American horror story'
― mark e, Saturday, 20 October 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
Tobias won the lawsuit.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Saturday, 20 October 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
Still my favourite album of 2018. I haven't tired of it one bit.
― A. Begrand, Saturday, 20 October 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/10/ghost-tobias-forge-cardinal-copia-interview-2018/
― mark e, Thursday, 1 November 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
"I always thought that we could probably be a big production band, but without necessarily having a hit single or huge record sales — maybe like Diamanda Galás or maybe like Dead Can Dance, a band that would come and play a theater for five nights."
I would suggest he has totally smashed this self imposed glass ceiling.
― mark e, Thursday, 1 November 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
this is basically what i wanted to talk to him about recently, but the publication bailed when the local show sold out. oh well.
― alpine static, Thursday, 1 November 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
sorry the meet up never happened AS, especially now that it seems that Tobias is in a very talkative mood given that the whole 'mystery' aspect is open and the band are more popular than ever.the fact is, it was never about the mystery, but the massive tunes.
I am loving the success of this band.
― mark e, Thursday, 1 November 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
Wow, they’re playing Barclays Center in Brooklyn ... that’s only slightly smaller in capacity than Madison square garden
― calstars, Friday, 2 November 2018 00:17 (five years ago) link
this is interesting, I think: Tobias Forge is doing a live interview as himself:
https://t.co/TrmsTnEYwm
(If that link doesn't work, it's IHeartRadio's FB)
I know he gave up the anonymity thing and he's done print interviews as Tobias before but is this the first video interview / public appearance in no makeup?
― alpine static, Monday, 3 December 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
also interesting: that graphic they have behind him w/ two popes, the cardinal and tobias' face
― alpine static, Monday, 3 December 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
maybe i'm making too much of it but this seems like a corner turned ... or at least the most prominent part so far of a corner turned
― alpine static, Monday, 3 December 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
goddamn i can't listen to this interviewer, tho
― alpine static, Monday, 3 December 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
Hi I still don't like Ghost but I'm impressed that you can hear them - relentlessly - on the hard rock station in Reno, NV.
― blood, loud screaming and nudity (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 7 February 2019 08:03 (five years ago) link
I held off on checking these guys out for a long long time, I think because of the BOC comparisons (I adore BOC beyond all reason and maybe I was afraid of disappointment or just mulishly resisted) but I listened to Prequelle today and fuck this is just breathtakingly good. And the BOC comparisons are... OTM?!?! This is one of very few records which carry the gnostic hard rock whiff of peak Cult. (The Eric-, Albert- and Allen-sung Cult anyway; Ghost don't really have the slinky Byrdsy side of the Buck-sung numbers).
UMS OTM about the Scorpions flavor as well.
I also think Tobias' voice (strictly in timbre mind you, not in deployment) is a little like him out of Voivod?
Mostly I just fucking love this.
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Monday, 11 February 2019 22:22 (five years ago) link
welcome
― alpine static, Monday, 11 February 2019 22:52 (five years ago) link
would have been cool if they would have beat Greta Van Fleet
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 00:30 (five years ago) link
Grammys always been bizarro world
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 01:19 (five years ago) link
THIS IS THE MOMENT OF JUST LETTING GO!
― alpine static, Monday, 18 February 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
just re-ripped my GHOST cds tonight.the amazon rip feature quality aint all that.thankfully you get the cd as well to do the job properly.(i.e. f*ck streaming).
― mark e, Monday, 18 February 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
idk about this new song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyxrzUe_TDM
― alpine static, Friday, 13 September 2019 00:08 (four years ago) link
lol I hate that kiss sound.
― jmm, Friday, 13 September 2019 00:19 (four years ago) link
Lmao this is good
― Simon H., Friday, 13 September 2019 00:33 (four years ago) link
"I will tickle you internally" noooooooooooo
These songs are gross but I like them.
― jmm, Friday, 13 September 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
this is amazing... also makes me wanna check out Spooky Tooth
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 13 September 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
So Papa Nihil is Sid James?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Friday, 13 September 2019 15:12 (four years ago) link
i am still on board.this is a great track.
― mark e, Friday, 20 September 2019 20:18 (four years ago) link
Just back from their Copenhagen show, they've really pulled off this step-up to much bigger venues well vs the last time I saw them in a packed-to-the-rafters 500-odd capacity club. Ghost has also been beefed up to an eight-piece band now with three guitarists and two keyboard players.
I've now seen King Diamond, Rammstein and Ghost all within six months, and I definitely see a lineage here. Loads of kids too, this is really introducing Satan to a fresh audience.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Hellacopters + popeman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEeL4kVFD4I
― StanM, Saturday, 23 January 2021 10:50 (three years ago) link
These guys have a dope instahttps://i.imgur.com/Dwpq2y4.png
― calstars, Saturday, 29 January 2022 13:24 (two years ago) link
this is really introducing Satan to a fresh audience
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 29 January 2022 22:17 (two years ago) link
As a Christian to find myself enjoying them is…interesting
― calstars, Saturday, 29 January 2022 22:35 (two years ago) link
this is so damned hooky and triumphant Satanism.
love the new one.
― i read to 69 position (Neanderthal), Friday, 11 March 2022 06:12 (two years ago) link
hard to say how I feel about it over the last one, but on first listen, it's grabbing me more than Prequelle did
― i read to 69 position (Neanderthal), Friday, 11 March 2022 06:18 (two years ago) link
I’ve been jamming “call me little sunshine” the last few weeks. Looking forward to hearing the album
― calstars, Friday, 11 March 2022 12:12 (two years ago) link
Yeah, quite enjoy Twenties
― imago, Friday, 11 March 2022 12:20 (two years ago) link
Probably cos Simon introduced me to both but it reminds me of gonzo rock freaks melted bodies quite a lot
― imago, Friday, 11 March 2022 12:21 (two years ago) link
x post from the metal thread but it's best suited here.
I like the Ghost album quite a bit, but then again I LOVED Prequelle. "Twenties" sticks in my craw - I like how Tobias combines the fall of German democracy with the current fall of American democracy, but the lyrics lack his usual cleverness. "Spillways" and "Watcher in the Sky" are phenomenal, and I get a kick out of how "Kaisarion" sounds like a Gamma Ray tune.
― A. Begrand, Friday, 11 March 2022 12:23 (two years ago) link
ordered.i have loved every album/ep so far.there is just something about GHOST.this will probably be the only ROCK album i buy all year.
― mark e, Friday, 11 March 2022 21:35 (two years ago) link
Feels like they've gone a lot more 80s AOR on this one. At first listen, it feels like a drop from the last two, but I might need some time to warm up to the production style.
"Kaisarion" is awesome. "Griftwood" sounds weirdly familiar, like it ought to exist already.
― jmm, Saturday, 12 March 2022 00:57 (two years ago) link
new one sounds like Andrew WK doing a Blue Oyster Cult lp. which is fine, and fun.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Saturday, 12 March 2022 01:22 (two years ago) link
the beginning of "Kaisarion" sounds like John Mayer's "Say"
― i read to 69 position (Neanderthal), Saturday, 12 March 2022 02:07 (two years ago) link
"Twenties" works in spite of the lyrics because the character is obviously a witless piece of shit. The backup vocals save it.
― jmm, Saturday, 12 March 2022 02:17 (two years ago) link
Something about the back half of the album
― calstars, Saturday, 12 March 2022 03:29 (two years ago) link
this sounds likke what The Darkness coulda been if they weren't so half-assed and were Satanic af
― i read to 69 position (Neanderthal), Saturday, 12 March 2022 03:38 (two years ago) link
roto tom fill
― calstars, Saturday, 12 March 2022 13:24 (two years ago) link
I'm sold, this album is awesome.
― jmm, Monday, 14 March 2022 04:25 (two years ago) link
it always take a few listens for the glory of GHOST to properly kick in, but f^ck it.one listen and yeah, this is absolutely the album i needed from GHOST.from comments here and there i was concerned that the guitars had been held back and they were going for daytime radio play a la 'he is', which got a lot of radio2 play in the uk.note : this is not a complaint at all as i loved hearing ken bruce announcing GHOST in amongst the usual r2 stuff.however, it turns out that the new album has not softened the bands core sound one iota.massive tunes, production and guitars.
basically, as jmm said : "I'm sold, this album is awesome."
― mark e, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 20:14 (two years ago) link
lol this is ridiculous
and awesome
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 20:20 (two years ago) link
call me little sunshine is great, love it so much
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 21:42 (two years ago) link
This is such a blast, way more fun and more consistent than I’d expected. “Twenties” is the obvious wrong move, but it’s not quite the train wreck I expected based on early reviews. Other than that this is a really good direction for them.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 23:46 (two years ago) link
Honestly think the "hoo-ha" line is the only misstep in that song, and only because it's kind of obvious and overdone.
― jmm, Thursday, 17 March 2022 00:20 (two years ago) link
"Watcher in the Sky" needs an animated video in the spirit of Heavy Metal
― jmm, Friday, 18 March 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
gonna listen to this today while on a long drive.
― DT, Friday, 18 March 2022 16:07 (two years ago) link
a week on, and several listens in ... yeah, this is exactly the album i needed from GHOST.love it.
― mark e, Friday, 25 March 2022 22:42 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Uz9xkBoxs
― StanM, Saturday, 26 March 2022 15:45 (two years ago) link
new album by Magna Carta Cartel, featuring some (one?more?) of the previous ghouls: https://mcc-official.bandcamp.com/album/the-dying-option
― StanM, Friday, 10 June 2022 11:58 (one year ago) link
This is nice. Better than the most recent Ghost album IMO.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 02:50 (one year ago) link
check out TID too - three great releases so far ( https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Tid/3540382936 )
― StanM, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 10:16 (one year ago) link
that Magna Carta Cartel album really is so good too - it kinda crept up on me and now I can't stop listening
― StanM, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
I keep trying to get into the MCC songs I've heard, they are fine and I get the appeal for fans of Ghost, but they never really quite grab my like the best Ghost material does.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link
I can't get into the last two Ghost albums but still like this MCC stuff - new single btw:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izl4v_OT6m0
― StanM, Sunday, 28 August 2022 06:52 (one year ago) link
SEARCHLIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHTS
LOOKING FOR THE WATCHER IN THE SKYYYYYYYYY
― and the worms, they entered his ass (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 02:21 (one year ago) link
― jmm, Wednesday, March 16, 2022 8:20 PM bookmarkflaglink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dNeIAxll2A
― and the worms, they entered his ass (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 02:23 (one year ago) link
2 half hour sessions by MCC (who should have their own thread even though only I would post on it probably)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IEZgMzoYf4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJVKxzCaLKY
― StanM, Friday, 30 September 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
^ audio on bandcamp: https://mcc-official.bandcamp.com/album/digital-greetings-from-nielsen-s-und-2022
― StanM, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 14:57 (one year ago) link
omfg, covers EP and they cover Genesis's "Jesus He Knows me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE3kJeBr9QI
― Trout Fishing in America (Neanderthal), Sunday, 9 April 2023 16:49 (one year ago) link
hmm trying once more
― Trout Fishing in America (Neanderthal), Sunday, 9 April 2023 16:51 (one year ago) link
fuck it, just click the through link. lol
― Trout Fishing in America (Neanderthal), Sunday, 9 April 2023 16:52 (one year ago) link
lol i'm guessing it's age-restricted because the preacher gets pissed on by hockey players at the end
― Trout Fishing in America (Neanderthal), Sunday, 9 April 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
ok after a rewatch please substitute "piss" with "cum"
― Trout Fishing in America (Neanderthal), Sunday, 9 April 2023 17:05 (one year ago) link
clearly catering for their newfound radio 2 audience.
― mark e, Sunday, 9 April 2023 17:15 (one year ago) link
we know the titles but the original artists?
See No Evil - could be one of severalJesus He Knows Me - GenesisHanging Around - The Stranglers maybe?Phantom Of The Opera - Iron Maiden probably?We Don't Need Another Hero - Tina Turner
― StanM, Sunday, 9 April 2023 17:25 (one year ago) link
Despite loving Ghost I'm usually underwhelmed by their covers but that one was pretty good. Really liked Bible too, from years ago.
Also
[Lt. Huff smells a mask]
Lt. Huff: It's urine.
Lt. Steve Milford: Oh thank God. Phil thought it might be semen.
Lt. Huff: Phil needs to talk to a therapist.
― Devilock, Sunday, 9 April 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link
I 100% would be down with Ghost doing Andrew Lloyd Weber but yeah probably Maiden
― Devilock, Sunday, 9 April 2023 18:41 (one year ago) link
the cover art for the EP is giving me big Maiden/Eddie vibes
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0521/6023/3669/products/TOPSECRETPhantomimecover_1024x.jpg?v=1680806869
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
A faithful cover of one of my favourite songs ever, and good gravy it rules.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn-VdZ4LEKg
― A. Begrand, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 03:41 (eleven months ago) link
the whole EP is on YT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pExnH7HVHtw
― StanM, Sunday, 21 May 2023 15:43 (ten months ago) link
okay, linking to playlists doesn't work - anyway, that's the first one & you'll find the rest there too
I haven't heard the whole EP yet, but it is the Television "See No Evil", The Stranglers' "Hanging Around" and definitely Maiden.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 22 May 2023 15:52 (ten months ago) link
i fucking love the Tina Turner cover
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 May 2023 16:01 (ten months ago) link
the timing
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:02 (ten months ago) link
Yeah, the Tina cover is crazy good, which really threw me. I had the lowest expectations for that one, but man do they crank up the bombast in a fun way.
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:11 (ten months ago) link
OH man this is so great. Don't overlook the Genesis cover either
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Friday, 20 October 2023 13:12 (five months ago) link