Ghost is headlining Barclays Arena and The Forum?!?!
― alpine static, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 19:31 (six 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