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Ghost Appreciation Thread

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  • #32
    ush
    Registered Users Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭ush


    Agreed. Metal should be humourless.


  • #33
    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,094 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    buck65 wrote: »
    Gave the new album a listen on Spotify to see what the talk was all about, but really lads isn't this a joke? Does anyone listen to this and believe it's serious music.
    Are they not having a Spinal Tap laugh at metal? Their music is rubbish and the singer is surely hamming it up.
    Jesus if I paid money for this I'd be ****ing upset. Joke music.

    Riffs like in Con Clavi Con Dio are class, but yeah, its harmless stuff. Wouldnt take it too seriously. Id put slipknot in the same category.


  • #34
    Forces of Steel
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Forces of Steel


    The only thing I can appreciate them for is their sense of humor in putting out dildos and butt plugs. Other than that, they are a poor man's Blue Öyster Cult attempting to imitate King Diamond's image.

    This band is seriously overrated, and I don't see how so many traditional metalheads enjoy listening to them. I find them rather boring.


  • #35
    Dystopia
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12 ✭Dystopia


    Any fans? Been listening to them a lot recently, especially their album Opus Eponymous, been playing it to death!


  • #36
    blastman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,449 ✭✭✭blastman


    The Ghost appreciation thread is this way...


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  • #37
    Morf
    Registered Users Posts: 3,822 ✭✭✭Morf


    Dystopia wrote: »
    Any fans? Been listening to them a lot recently, especially their album Opus Eponymous, been playing it to death!

    I suggest you check out the Elizabeth and Ritual demo tracks.


  • #38
    Dystopia
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12 ✭Dystopia


    Any Irish gigs planned?


  • #39
    Dystopia
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12 ✭Dystopia


    Thanks guys :)


  • #40
    Vic Vinegar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,241 ✭✭✭Vic Vinegar


    Got Infestissumam recently and i've listened to it loads already, very addictive, some very catchy tracks on it. Not as heavy as people expect them to be but who gives a sh1t.

    Very good band imo. I love the whole schtick.

    Year Zero, Ghuleh/Zombie Queen, Secular Haze & Monstrance Clock are personal favourites.


  • #41
    Motley Crue
    Registered Users Posts: 6,382 ✭✭✭Motley Crue


    Dystopia wrote: »
    Any Irish gigs planned?

    I think they're afraid to come to Ireland given the fact if someone will discover their true identities it would be the Irish


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  • #42
    whiterob81
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭whiterob81


    Loved Opus Eponymous. Played it to death. Just haven't been able to get into the new one in the same way. They're not heavy by any stretch of the imagination but the first album is fun and catchy. Which ironically is probably blasphemous to some metallers


  • #43
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Giving this a bump, a new Ghost track surfaced online, taken from their upcoming 3rd album Meliora, album due for release August 21st.



  • #44
    Motley Crue
    Registered Users Posts: 6,382 ✭✭✭Motley Crue


    Their new track is simply amazing. It's the first bit of new music in a long time to get me really excited about what a band can produce. Faith no More aside, of course.


  • #45
    Passenger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,144 ✭✭✭Passenger


    Like the new track a lot.


  • #46
    nyarlothothep
    Registered Users Posts: 5,176 ✭✭✭nyarlothothep


    It's really good when it goes into the "I can feel the thunder" etc. It's quite a good track, the solos are frustrating as they always threaten to go into full fledged shred mode but never quite and you know they can shred from those solos. I would prefer if they didn't sing about Satan all the time, it's getting a bit worn out at this stage, could they not sing about something else? What's the need for the costumes anymore? It's a shame that in order to get noticed they've had to rely on this element, let the music speak for itself etc. I don't object to it either though in the sense that they created some very iconic images/videos from that approach.


  • #47
    Wrongway1985
    Registered Users Posts: 6,348 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    Like the new track think I'll treat myself to one of their bundles https://secure.kingsroadmerch.com/ghost/ any recommendation regarding Tee sizes think they're likely American sizes.


  • #48
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    Everyone seen the video by now? If not, it's glorious!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Ao4t_fe0I


  • #49
    Vic Vinegar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,241 ✭✭✭Vic Vinegar


    Some new material has been released

    From The Pinnacle To The Pit




    Absolution




    Majesty (live)



    Class stuff as always.


  • #50
    RayCon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Everything Ive heard from the new album is instantly better than anything fromInfestissumam (which I thought was a step done from their debut).

    Looking forward to it .... now if only they'd announce a Dublin gig


  • #51
    Somnus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭Somnus


    The new songs are class. Really looking forward to the album now. Must go back and listen to the last one


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  • #52
    Lithium93_
    Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    For anyone who can't wait until Friday.



  • #53
    nyarlothothep
    Registered Users Posts: 5,176 ✭✭✭nyarlothothep


    Intial impression: awesome.


  • #54
    Wrongway1985
    Registered Users Posts: 6,348 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    nyarlothothep wrote: »
    Intial impression: awesome.

    Yep caved and have listened to twice now as pre order hasn't arrived. Deadly riffage and dare I say it catchy tunes :D


  • #55
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    I wasn't crazy about the last album, although I like it. But this is unreal. The production is insane. There's a chance I could be over-excited, but I think it's the best of the three.


  • #56
    spiritcrusher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭spiritcrusher


    Wonderful album. Song writing, playing and production of the highest quality. The balance between metal, goth rock and Abba is pretty much perfect.


  • #57
    Grayditch
    Registered Users Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    I noticed after the 342nd listen...

    ...it's still fantastic.


  • #58
    Reiketsu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭Reiketsu


    Meliora is fantastic :D. Can't stop listening to it.


  • #59
    Red Wolf
    Registered Users Posts: 397 ✭✭Red Wolf


    As others have said it really is a great album. I thought the previous one was a completely boring snooze fest disaster and really hadn't any hopes for this at all. Glad I a gave it a chance, hooked from start to finish.


  • #60
    Reiketsu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭Reiketsu


    They are touring the UK in December. Not an Irish date in sight :(


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  • #61
    RayCon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭RayCon


    Reiketsu wrote: »
    They are touring the UK in December. Not an Irish date in sight :(

    :(:mad::( MCD get yer finger out


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