{"id":18074,"date":"2022-03-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=18074"},"modified":"2022-03-13T18:54:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T18:54:57","slug":"ghost-impera-spinefarm-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=18074","title":{"rendered":"Ghost \u2013 ‘Impera’ (Spinefarm Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Ghost first appeared on my radar when I saw them live at a festival, it may have been Download, or it may have been Sonisphere? Anyway\u2026I didn\u2019t really get them. I thought they were a little bit like Kiss, the image and the music don\u2019t sit well together. I heard the odd song here and there; I loved the track Ritual <\/em>from their debut ‘Opus Eponymous’ <\/em>but didn\u2019t really explore them much further at the time. It was with the release of the Rats<\/em> video from 2018\u2019s Prequelle <\/em>that I really started to sit up and take notice of Papa and the boys. That album is never too far away from my turntable or CD player, it really is an exquisite piece of work, ‘Dance Macabre’<\/em> should have been a worldwide hit for the band, it\u2019s their ‘I Was Made For Lovin\u2019 You<\/em>‘! I then delved deeper into Ghost\u2019s back catalogue and loved it all. There really is no denying Tobias Forge\u2019s genius, and I genuinely feel that Ghost is one of the only bands around now that can take the reigns from the old guard and headline big shows and festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did of course wonder how they could ever top the Prequelle <\/em>album, it really is their ‘Master of Puppets’<\/em> or ‘Led Zeppelin IV<\/em>‘. The first glimpse of the new material was sprung on us last October with the first single and video ‘Hunter\u2019s Moon’ <\/em>which was included on the soundtrack to ‘Halloween Kills’,<\/em> (I waited for the end credits in the cinema to hear it in all its glory). While it\u2019s a decent enough track, it does feel a little bit like Forge just phoned it in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next single ‘Call Me Little Sunshine’,<\/em> however, is Ghost doing what they do best. Atmospheric, heavy when it needs to be and downright catchy. The video is great too. Let\u2019s get to the new album then! ‘Impera’ <\/em>is Ghost\u2019s fifth studio album, and it gives us twelve new tracks to get our teeth into. Opener ‘Imperium’<\/em> is an atmospheric instrumental leading into ‘Kaisarion’<\/em> which jumps out of the speakers with abandon. A brilliant, up-tempo song with some superb guitar work from whichever of the latest ghouls are crunching the fretboards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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