As you'll see, still in the midst of writing my review.... And won't probably finish it until tomorrow.
Was watching earlier. The album is/was due to arrive June 1st, so I had wondered if that was on Sweden's time zone and apparently it was... erm is! They sent out the link to the album download at Midnight Swede time and I've got... 20 seconds left of the download!
Most excited!
I read two reviews today though that gave rave reviews of the first of the album, but said by the end that the song quality trailed off. I think one lady gave 'Prequelle' a 7/10 and the other reviewer didn't 'rate' it as such, just went through a near track by track and also said that the last couple of tracks were "lacking"... But I am not either of those reviewers, nor do I know their taste in music.. So, I'll be the judge!
'Ashes' - Just an intro ditty, children singing 'Ring Around the Posies' As the albums 'theme' is loosely based on the 'black plague'
'Rats' - The first single with video, an awesome upbeat, stuck in your head hook. Tobias has that knack for hooks and for breaking down the walls of the corporate Rock radio fortresses, it's the hooks that count. 'Rats' obviously has to do with the black plague, as does 'Dance Macabre'. Most of us Ghost fans have had a couple of months or so to digest 'Rats' and it's grown on my ... Like the plague!
'Faith' - Maybe the heaviest track on the album, but not devoid of them great hooks.
'See The Light'
'Miasma' - The Instrumental track of this album, has that eerie, ghost-ish sounding keyboard, soe great rockin' moments, especially the dang sax solo! Hell's ya! When was the last Metal album out that had a sax solo anywhere? By anyone? GWAR had the bagpipes, as did Korn, but sax? Ghost brings it!
'Dance Macabre' - The second single off the album, we've had this for a few weeks.
'Pro Memoria'
'Witch Image'
'Helvetesfonster' - Unpronounceable... And good thing, it's an instrumental. I was mulling this over in my head outside... On each album there's been an instrumental or two. Some might consider this to be album filler. There's 10 tracks on the album plus 2 cover songs, while the instrumental's have their 'heavy' parts, maybe they are meant to cater to the musicians out there... I dunno. Tobias is a great song writer, that's undeniable (well at least to us fans), but the instrumental tracks are not really anything to write home to Momma about. Nothing really progressive, they could really have had lyrics thrown on them. So what is Tobias doing with these on the albums? I mean, I don't mind 'em, but I'm a lyric and chorus kinda dude.
'Life Eternal'
'It's A Sin' - The 'Pet Shop Boys' 'It's A Sin'... Ghost has been consistent with cover songs. The Beatles' 'Here Comes The Sun' was the track that got me to really listen to this band. They've done an ABBA cover (I'm A Marionette), which was fantastic. They did Army of Lovers 'Crucified' awesome... Depeche Modes 'Waiting For The Night' is amazing. The only cover I really didn't like was their Eurythmics 'Missionary Man' cover and funny that, because I hated Mary Manson's cover of 'Sweet Dreams'.
'Avalanche' - A cover of Leonard Cohen's. Before I realized that these were covers, I didn't much care for either of these two songs. Albeit I quickly realized that 'It's A Sin' was the Pet Shop Boys song, I felt like Ghost's cover of the Eurythmic's 'Missionary Man', that it was severely lacking in terms of being a great cover or song. I can get that Ghost is trying to cover songs that have to do with religion in one way or another, and that makes me half suspect we'll see a cover of 'Like A Virgin' or 'Like A Prayer' by Madonna. And again, it's odd that it was a cover song that turned me on to the band in the first place. If I had got a 'regular' download over the 'deluxe' version of 'Prequelle', and had never heard these two covers I would have probably loved this album all the more.
Was watching earlier. The album is/was due to arrive June 1st, so I had wondered if that was on Sweden's time zone and apparently it was... erm is! They sent out the link to the album download at Midnight Swede time and I've got... 20 seconds left of the download!
Most excited!
I read two reviews today though that gave rave reviews of the first of the album, but said by the end that the song quality trailed off. I think one lady gave 'Prequelle' a 7/10 and the other reviewer didn't 'rate' it as such, just went through a near track by track and also said that the last couple of tracks were "lacking"... But I am not either of those reviewers, nor do I know their taste in music.. So, I'll be the judge!
'Ashes' - Just an intro ditty, children singing 'Ring Around the Posies' As the albums 'theme' is loosely based on the 'black plague'
'Rats' - The first single with video, an awesome upbeat, stuck in your head hook. Tobias has that knack for hooks and for breaking down the walls of the corporate Rock radio fortresses, it's the hooks that count. 'Rats' obviously has to do with the black plague, as does 'Dance Macabre'. Most of us Ghost fans have had a couple of months or so to digest 'Rats' and it's grown on my ... Like the plague!
'Faith' - Maybe the heaviest track on the album, but not devoid of them great hooks.
'See The Light'
'Miasma' - The Instrumental track of this album, has that eerie, ghost-ish sounding keyboard, soe great rockin' moments, especially the dang sax solo! Hell's ya! When was the last Metal album out that had a sax solo anywhere? By anyone? GWAR had the bagpipes, as did Korn, but sax? Ghost brings it!
'Dance Macabre' - The second single off the album, we've had this for a few weeks.
'Pro Memoria'
'Witch Image'
'Helvetesfonster' - Unpronounceable... And good thing, it's an instrumental. I was mulling this over in my head outside... On each album there's been an instrumental or two. Some might consider this to be album filler. There's 10 tracks on the album plus 2 cover songs, while the instrumental's have their 'heavy' parts, maybe they are meant to cater to the musicians out there... I dunno. Tobias is a great song writer, that's undeniable (well at least to us fans), but the instrumental tracks are not really anything to write home to Momma about. Nothing really progressive, they could really have had lyrics thrown on them. So what is Tobias doing with these on the albums? I mean, I don't mind 'em, but I'm a lyric and chorus kinda dude.
'Life Eternal'
'It's A Sin' - The 'Pet Shop Boys' 'It's A Sin'... Ghost has been consistent with cover songs. The Beatles' 'Here Comes The Sun' was the track that got me to really listen to this band. They've done an ABBA cover (I'm A Marionette), which was fantastic. They did Army of Lovers 'Crucified' awesome... Depeche Modes 'Waiting For The Night' is amazing. The only cover I really didn't like was their Eurythmics 'Missionary Man' cover and funny that, because I hated Mary Manson's cover of 'Sweet Dreams'.
'Avalanche' - A cover of Leonard Cohen's. Before I realized that these were covers, I didn't much care for either of these two songs. Albeit I quickly realized that 'It's A Sin' was the Pet Shop Boys song, I felt like Ghost's cover of the Eurythmic's 'Missionary Man', that it was severely lacking in terms of being a great cover or song. I can get that Ghost is trying to cover songs that have to do with religion in one way or another, and that makes me half suspect we'll see a cover of 'Like A Virgin' or 'Like A Prayer' by Madonna. And again, it's odd that it was a cover song that turned me on to the band in the first place. If I had got a 'regular' download over the 'deluxe' version of 'Prequelle', and had never heard these two covers I would have probably loved this album all the more.
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