Ghost (Ghost B.C.) — Tobias Forge
Ghost (Ghost B.C.) — Ludvig Kennberg
Ghost (Ghost B.C.) — Nameless Ghouls
Ghost (Ghost B.C.) — Papa Nihil
Ghost (Ghost B.C.) — Salem Al Fakir
Producers: Tom Dalgety
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AllMusic · 4.0 / 5 · · 2026-07-26 11:38:36
MiskamNiretet · 3.5 / 5 · · 2024-08-04 12:16:09
EveryDisc · 3.5 / 5 · · 2018-06-07 07:26:56
Ghost nowadays is Papa Emeritus (sometimes I, sometimes II, sometimes III depending on the album) and his Nameless Ghouls. On the fourth album Prequelle, Papa renamed himself to Cardinal - Cardinal Copia. Actually, judging by everything, the leader of the collective is the Swedish musician Tobias Forge. The identities of the other musicians are more difficult to reveal, but is that so important? On the whole the image of Papa and the Ghouls worries people on the order of Kiss in the middle of the 70s. The comparison, of course, is rough, but the constant wearing of masks began to worry the rock community precisely then. Careful concealment of names is fairly problematic in the modern world, but after all, if one doesn't dig on purpose, then each listener can invent a personal mystical story for himself, and self-deception is one of the engines of history, musical included. On the fourth record Ghost finally made their mysterious-mystical sound also full-weight. Primarily at the expense of the rhythm section. Guitar riffs also became more (Rats), however vocals and guitar, like before, sound more academic than the rest of the instruments. However, there is no sense in changing such an approach, because this is the main motive for creating the sensation of a metal-sermon (Faith) from the anti-Papa and his suite. Ghost started with doom and heavy with a clear, but moderately-restrained nod in the direction of yet another European metal-occultist King Diamond. On Prequelle the departure from traditional styles to a new alternative school is clearly felt in See the light; Dance macabre sounds like a lightened new-wave late Amorphis; excellent ballad Pro memoria with delayed vocals; Witch image - a real radio-format hit; and Life eternal shows again that now ballads succeed for the band best of all. And instrumental tracks Ghost still haven't learned to make interesting. They don't bring mystery and don't impart epicity. A sensation is created that this is only a way to fill the void between the traditional seven songs.
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