Def Lep chorus on Absolution comes out of fucking nowhere
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