Official new Ghost Album "Prequelle" tmb thread

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by pnk$krtcryna$ty, Jun 1, 2018.

  1. Shookup

    Shookup Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Georgia Bulldogs

    They’ve never been a heavy band - I’m starting to wonder if we are listening to the same thing.
     
    UCFkc123 likes this.
  2. pnk$krtcrÿnästÿ

    Donor
    Rutgers Scarlet KnightsArizona WildcatsTexas AandM Aggies altTennessee Volunteers

    I just don't agree. I'm having so much fun listening to this album. It's pure power pop candy, and i think it's actually quite inspired. I wish we could all just have too many drinks and dance our candyasses off to this shit cuz while i agree it's not by conventional measures ghost's best album, I've never had more fun listening to one.

    And I think you're mistaking this album's misalignment with your particular tastes, expectations and musical centrality with poor quality. I've yet to read a review that says this album's anything less than great (I'm dismissive of critic takes generally, but adds more credence to the idea that this is not objectively a bad album).
     
    Redav likes this.
  3. electronic

    electronic It’s satire!
    Donor
    Georgia BulldogsSeattle MarinersCharlotte FC

    It depends on how you define heavy. I don't think that double bass drums and screaming = heavier. I consider Con Clavi Con Dio and Ritual to have some pretty heavy riffage.
     
    Butthead and Shookup like this.
  4. Redav

    Redav One big ocean
    Donor

    It's really about how you define it. I think slower tempo grinding type stuff can be heavier than thrash. I think Cirice is pretty heavy and if you listen to the guitars, they aren't that heavily distorted
     
    electronic likes this.
  5. Joe_Pesci

    Joe_Pesci lying dog-faced pony soldier
    Donor
    Wolfsburg

    Maybe if you say "it's not objectively bad" a few more times I'll start liking it
     
  6. pnk$krtcrÿnästÿ

    Donor
    Rutgers Scarlet KnightsArizona WildcatsTexas AandM Aggies altTennessee Volunteers

    I'll say whatever I have to say to make you like this album
     
    Butthead, Redav, LuPoor and 1 other person like this.
  7. Joe_Pesci

    Joe_Pesci lying dog-faced pony soldier
    Donor
    Wolfsburg

    It may grow on me but Faith is really the only one I keep listening to. Rats will probably be cool live, whenever they head this way. Hopefully they have whatever pope succession thing they're doing sorted out by then because it's sweet when he walks out in the robe and huge hat.
     
    electronic likes this.
  8. pnk$krtcrÿnästÿ

    Donor
    Rutgers Scarlet KnightsArizona WildcatsTexas AandM Aggies altTennessee Volunteers

    It might grow on you after you have a chance to get it in ya live, but I doubt it'll really grow on you much with just more listens. Not much acquired taste here with this one.

    Don't think the show will disappoint you.
     
  9. Joe_Pesci

    Joe_Pesci lying dog-faced pony soldier
    Donor
    Wolfsburg

    That Cirice guitar riff was wasted on the rest of the song :twocents:

    Also Celestial by Isis is still probably the heaviest album I've heard
     
  10. Joe_Pesci

    Joe_Pesci lying dog-faced pony soldier
    Donor
    Wolfsburg

    That dude is somehow completely full of shit at all times across every topic fyi
     
  11. Joe_Pesci

    Joe_Pesci lying dog-faced pony soldier
    Donor
    Wolfsburg

    After buying and listening to this album a lot in the past week or so

    I've warmed to Dance Macabre quite a bit

    The other non-instrumentals that I didn't like to begin with only seem to get worse. "Don't you forget about dying. Don't you forget about your friend death." I wish they could stop trying to make this sort of shit happen. The playing is still pretty good on these songs, though. It's like he wanted to have big prog stuff without actually going all the way. No half measures.

    The mastering/mixing is really fucking good for this sort of album. It makes me wonder how the stuff I'm talking above got through.

    Ghost has hit Portland on each one of its West Coast tours going back to like 2010, so I would be happy to pay to see them for the 3rd time. It will also be the first "metal" concert for 4 or 5 of my friends.
     
    Redav likes this.
  12. LuPoor

    LuPoor Cuddle with the homies watching Stand By Me
    Donor
    Tulsa Golden HurricaneOklahoma City ThunderTottenham HotspurSeattle Kraken

    They're coming to Tulsa October 26th. I will be in attendance.
     
    Joe_Pesci likes this.
  13. Redav

    Redav One big ocean
    Donor

    It's just ok for me. I like Dance Macabre and Faith but little else. Faith is really good but it's really disappointing that's the only song i feel all that strongly about.
     
    Joe_Pesci likes this.
  14. NP13

    NP13 MC OG
    Donor
    East Carolina PiratesAtlanta BravesCharlotte HornetsCarolina PanthersWashington Football TeamCarolina HurricanesAvengers

    Pro Memoria is really the only song I dislike, but the whole album is a little too poppy for me. Just used to there previous albums too much.
     
  15. Joe_Pesci

    Joe_Pesci lying dog-faced pony soldier
    Donor
    Wolfsburg

    No northwest date on this tour :|
     
  16. Shookup

    Shookup Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Georgia Bulldogs

    My man ugafish just picked up second row seats to see the glam rock band Ghost at the North Charleston PAC. Cannot wait. My other buddy got two tickets as well (second row) so we may have an extra if any of you fags want to join us. Cannot wait.
     
  17. Daddy Rabbit

    Daddy Rabbit obviously silly and not productive
    Donor
    Tennessee VolunteersAtlanta BravesNashville PredatorsGrateful DeadBonnaroo

  18. electronic

    electronic It’s satire!
    Donor
    Georgia BulldogsSeattle MarinersCharlotte FC

    4698ED3D-7EFC-4DB8-A03F-018E732A7771.gif
     
  19. LuPoor

    LuPoor Cuddle with the homies watching Stand By Me
    Donor
    Tulsa Golden HurricaneOklahoma City ThunderTottenham HotspurSeattle Kraken

    They're catchy
     
  20. Shookup

    Shookup Well-Known Member
    Donor
    Georgia Bulldogs

    The should end the "Ghost is a metal band" line of reasoning forever.
     
  21. AIP

    AIP Team bush
    Donor
    Temple OwlsPhiladelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia EaglesPhiladelphia Flyers

    Kiss the goat, wow that’s pretty bad

    Sorry Joe_Pesci i know this must sting
     
  22. Joe_Pesci

    Joe_Pesci lying dog-faced pony soldier
    Donor
    Wolfsburg

    Not really. I only liked 3 songs off of Prequelle.
     
    electronic likes this.
  23. Redav

    Redav One big ocean
    Donor

    Listened to it yesterday. Not great
     
  24. Joe_Pesci

    Joe_Pesci lying dog-faced pony soldier
    Donor
    Wolfsburg

    I actually like Mary On A Cross but I also like ABBA
     
  25. Redav

    Redav One big ocean
    Donor

    I think he's influenced by ABBA which doesn't make sense from a genre aspect but obv he's from Sweden
     
  26. Joe_Pesci

    Joe_Pesci lying dog-faced pony soldier
    Donor
    Wolfsburg

    They did an ABBA cover as the bonus track on their second album also
     
    Redav likes this.
  27. LuPoor

    LuPoor Cuddle with the homies watching Stand By Me
    Donor
    Tulsa Golden HurricaneOklahoma City ThunderTottenham HotspurSeattle Kraken

    Dance Macabre was their first ABBA song
     
    Redav likes this.
  28. BP

    BP Bout to Regulate.
    Donor
    Atlanta BravesGeorgia BulldogsAtlanta Falcons

    Those songs are really pop-py
     
  29. LuPoor

    LuPoor Cuddle with the homies watching Stand By Me
    Donor
    Tulsa Golden HurricaneOklahoma City ThunderTottenham HotspurSeattle Kraken

    Update: both these songs are fucking good
     
  30. Daddy Rabbit

    Daddy Rabbit obviously silly and not productive
    Donor
    Tennessee VolunteersAtlanta BravesNashville PredatorsGrateful DeadBonnaroo

    25 more minutes

    [​IMG]
     
    Joe_Pesci, ShuPoor and Redav like this.
  31. Daddy Rabbit

    Daddy Rabbit obviously silly and not productive
    Donor
    Tennessee VolunteersAtlanta BravesNashville PredatorsGrateful DeadBonnaroo

    What an awesome show all the way around.:rockin:

    I enjoyed the fuck out of it.
     
    Redav likes this.
  32. Daddy Rabbit

    Daddy Rabbit obviously silly and not productive
    Donor
    Tennessee VolunteersAtlanta BravesNashville PredatorsGrateful DeadBonnaroo

    My 4yr old daughter loves Rats and Dance Macabre. Wants to hear Rats every time we get in the car.
     
    Redav and Joe_Pesci like this.
  33. Daddy Rabbit

    Daddy Rabbit obviously silly and not productive
    Donor
    Tennessee VolunteersAtlanta BravesNashville PredatorsGrateful DeadBonnaroo

  34. Daddy Rabbit

    Daddy Rabbit obviously silly and not productive
    Donor
    Tennessee VolunteersAtlanta BravesNashville PredatorsGrateful DeadBonnaroo

    "
    Forge says: “I want to make a different record from Prequelle. I want it to feel different. If I dare to say heavier, people think that it's going to be Mercyful Fate all the way – but I definitely have a darker, heavier record in mind.”

    But he cautions: “I have always pushed myself to write the songs that we don't have instead of going back. It maybe would've been a smart move to just try to replicate Opus Eponymous.

    “I can regurgitate. I grew up with metal. It's in my DNA, so I can formulate death-metal lyrics easily. But I try not to repeat myself on that.”"

    :blessed:

    :bananallama::bananallama:
     
    nexus likes this.
  35. nexus

    nexus TMB’s TSO
    Donor TMB OG
    Indiana HoosiersNotre Dame Fighting IrishChicago CubsPittsburgh PenguinsReal MadridTool

    Yes please on something heavier and no more of that stadium butt rock thx
     
  36. Odin

    Odin social distancing since 1990
    Donor
    Alabama Crimson TideAtlanta BravesChelseaMetal

    their cover of here comes the sun is still their best song
     
  37. nexus

    nexus TMB’s TSO
    Donor TMB OG
    Indiana HoosiersNotre Dame Fighting IrishChicago CubsPittsburgh PenguinsReal MadridTool

    Not even their best cover (which everyone agrees is Nocturnal Me)
     
  38. Odin

    Odin social distancing since 1990
    Donor
    Alabama Crimson TideAtlanta BravesChelseaMetal

    maybe but thats not a song ive ever heard
     
  39. Butthead

    Butthead narmas, narmas

    I think he's said that before every one of their albums and in general it's standard pre-album hype talk for pretty much all rock and metal bands. "The new album is going to be weird and softer" doesn't generate much interest
     
    electronic likes this.
  40. electronic

    electronic It’s satire!
    Donor
    Georgia BulldogsSeattle MarinersCharlotte FC

    I still believe that Martin Persner and Simon Soderberg were significant contributors to the writing of the good Ghost songs, and am skeptical that this album will be anywhere close to the first 3.
     
    nexus and Redav like this.
  41. Redav

    Redav One big ocean
    Donor

    Prequelle gave a lot of credence to that because it wasn't great. Still hard to know. Tobias is pushing 40 and usually most bands start sucking around that age if not sooner
     
    electronic likes this.
  42. LuPoor

    LuPoor Cuddle with the homies watching Stand By Me
    Donor
    Tulsa Golden HurricaneOklahoma City ThunderTottenham HotspurSeattle Kraken

    Based on their current trajectory, next album is going to sound like Air Supply singing about Satan
     
    electronic and Redav like this.
  43. burnttatertot

    burnttatertot butt tuck zoomies
    Donor
    Washington State CougarsSeattle MarinersNew York MetsSeattle SupersonicsMetal

    So more of this?

     
    electronic likes this.
  44. Daddy Rabbit

    Daddy Rabbit obviously silly and not productive
    Donor
    Tennessee VolunteersAtlanta BravesNashville PredatorsGrateful DeadBonnaroo

    a year later



     
    shaolin5, UCFkc123 and Redav like this.
  45. Redav

    Redav One big ocean
    Donor

    Kind of meh on the new song. Don't feel like they're as good as they once were. :cryingjordan:
     
    Butthead and nexus like this.
  46. nexus

    nexus TMB’s TSO
    Donor TMB OG
    Indiana HoosiersNotre Dame Fighting IrishChicago CubsPittsburgh PenguinsReal MadridTool

    they’ve leaned far too hard into the “arena pop rock”
     
    Redav likes this.
  47. Redav

    Redav One big ocean
    Donor

    Yeah I'm not really a fan
     
  48. Butthead

    Butthead narmas, narmas

    that song sucks. maybe it will be like the last album where like 3 of the songs were worth listening to.

    i liked mary on a cross though :welpseeyalater:
     
  49. Butthead

    Butthead narmas, narmas

    reading back through this thread

    i want this guy to log on again
     
    TC likes this.
  50. electronic

    electronic It’s satire!
    Donor
    Georgia BulldogsSeattle MarinersCharlotte FC

    That song fits pretty seamlessly with the rest of Prequelle. Hoping it was cut from the album and they threw it on this soundtrack.

    Every album to this point has sounded quite different than the previous, so I’m really hoping that they do the same here.

    Not optimistic though.
     
    nexus likes this.