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I just started the album.  The intro, "Ashes," is pretty cool, as always.  It's some kid(s) singing Ring Around The Rosie, but a little differently than I remember. Eerie sound.  Transitions nicely into "Rats", which I'm on now.

 

The end of "Rats" is so awesome.

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Track 4 - "See The Light"

Soft vocals paired with a fairly hard riff.  Might be a skippable track for me.  Will have to grow on me.

Reminds me a lot of this band I remember from 10-15 years ago called Angtoria.  Operatic woman singer backed up with hard music.

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Track 5 - "Miasma"

An instrumental song. I like it.  Drums sound really good.  Tons of synthesizer/keytar.

Holy shit. A saxophone solo.

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Track 6 - "Dance Macabre"

This one is so catchy. Nice driving beat. This will have some crossover success like "Square Hammer."

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Track 7 - "Pro Memoria"

Orchestra intro gives way to piano. Not a bad beat. Not my favorite song on the album, but not skippable.

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Track 8 - "Witch Image"

Nothing really stood out about this one to me.  I'll have to give it another listen.

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Overall, I lost interest around Track 7.  The first 3 tracks + Miasma and Dance Macabre will be my go-to songs.

Still doesn't hold a candle to their first album.

7 hours ago, Longhorn Al said:

I just started the album.  The intro, "Ashes," is pretty cool, as always.  It's some kid(s) singing Ring Around The Rosie, but a little differently than I remember. Eerie sound.  Transitions nicely into "Rats", which I'm on now.

 

The end of "Rats" is so awesome.

So true.  One of those "I must learn how to play that" riffs.

Also, there are two bonus tracks...covers of Leonard Cohen and Pet Shop Boys.  I preordered the album on iTunes but both tracks were not included.  Maybe there’s a bonus album coming?

 

8 hours ago, Longhorn Al said:

Track 5 - "Miasma"

An instrumental song. I like it.  Drums sound really good.  Tons of synthesizer/keytar.

Holy shit. A saxophone solo.

Holy shit indeed.  can't decide if awesome or the WTF moment of the album.. needs more listens

listened to the album 3 times in a row this morning, definitely good. and i dig the sax solo. 

On my 4th listen. All killer, no filler. 


My first thought was that the name Prequelle is due to the throwback sound, but they’ve always had a throwback sound.

Dunno what the name means, don’t care, I dig it.
3 hours ago, I Got Worms said:

Dance Macabre could easily crossover and be the song of the summer. 

Gave this a listen. Is it supposed to remind me of Night Ranger?

This is a very interesting Ghost album -- I would say it is less focused tonally than other albums   (Rats & Dance Macabre are very 80's sounding, Pro Memoria almost has a Broadway/show-tunes vibe with how the chorus is sung, Helvetesfönster has a cool medieval sound, Miasma is very proggy...), but thematically is very solid. I also noticed that the bass line in a lot of the songs are more intricate and standout musically more than on previous albums. I don't think there is a bad or throwaway song on the album, but definitely some songs may only interest me when I am in a certain mood while listening.

 

IMO, the songs can be broken down into the following tiers:

 

Solid (depends on my mood if I can get into them)

  • See The Light
  • Life Eternal

 

Good

  • Pro Memoria
     

Really Good

  • Ghost Witch
  • Miasma
  • Helvetesfönster (probably the best name of any song ever: link)

 

Really, Really (Fucking) Good

  • Ashes+Rats
  • Dance Macabre
  • Faith
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Pro Memoria still needs to grow on me.

See The Light definitely has already. 

What song should I start with?


Rats is super approachable and has a very 80s metal thing going on. Good place to start.
15 hours ago, Thujone said:

Also- All you dorks need to listen to their cover of Roky Erickson's IF YOU HAVE GHOSTS. Just a beautiful cover with a tremendous finish.

This is one of my favorite covers of all time. It really shows how talented Tobias is for taking a cool, raw, and schizophrenic rock song and making it an organized, melodic masterpiece.

I can’t stop listening to this album. Who ever thought Ghost would release the party album of the summer.

That Beat It -esque riff at about the 4’ mark of Miasma is so great.

And I totally thought the lyric in Dance Macabre was “I wanna be witch-u”, kinda QOTSA like. I guess it works both ways.

Also- All you dorks need to listen to their cover of Roky Erickson's IF YOU HAVE GHOSTS. Just a beautiful cover with a tremendous finish.


It’s not on Spotify, where can I find it?
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Pro Memoria has now grown on me.  I'm waiting for Witch Image and Life Eternal to grab me.

This band has come a long way. Their records were banned from the majority of the US retailers and their songs were banned from the airwaves. Now they're winning Grammy awards, recorded a #1 hit and take part in extensive US tours. There are some familiar faces in this music video.

This band has come a long way. Their records were banned from the majority of the US retailers and their songs were banned from the airwaves. Now they're winning Grammy awards, recorded a #1 hit and take part in extensive US tours. There are some familiar faces in this music video.

Hail Satan!
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Nice run down of each song's lyrics and how they tie into the theme of the album, Black Death:  https://genius.com/Ghost-ashes-lyrics

Just click on the song titles at the bottom to navigate.

Interesting tidbit: the vocals for Ashes is Forge's daughter.

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11/20 at Bass Concert Hall in Austin. Do not like that venue but will definitely be there. 

Man tickets are going fast in ATL. General sales haven’t started and they’re almost sold out on presale.

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On 6/13/2018 at 2:48 PM, stc said:

11/20 at Bass Concert Hall in Austin. Do not like that venue but will definitely be there. 

I got my 2.

Surly meet-up?

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