Ghost has announced their “Black To The Future” North American tour. with support coming from Purson. Dates after the jump.
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Ghost will be releasing a new album in the late summer/fall. They'll be putting out a new single before their June 4th appearance at Sweden Rock Festival. The festival will also be the first show with Papa Emeritus III, the three month younger brother of Papa Emeritus II. (It's parallel to how the pope in the clergy works. New album, new pope.)
It's the end of year (well, almost) so we're counting down our favorite records and games from this year. Be sure to leave a comment and complain if your favorite band didn't make the list! If you can't be bothered to read this wall of text, a more in-depth audio/video version will be at the end of this post.
As a fan of Dave Grohl, I was very excited to ear Ghost’s new EP, “If You Have Ghost”, which he recorded and produced. Unfortunately, I was not very impressed with the new EP. It has a total of 5 songs. One of which is a cover of the song “If You Have Ghosts” by Roky Erickson. This is the song inspiring the EP’s name. Another of the four songs is a live version of their song, Secular Haze. There were a few problems I had with the EP.
My favorite from the EP was the Roky Erickson cover, the other ones just didn’t appeal to me. The song “I’m a Marionette” has a very boring and empty chorus, while the verses are pretty good and full of life. I feel that Papa Emeritus’s vocals are pretty enthusiastic, and that he doesn’t have a vast vocal range, making the singing a bit dragging and generic.
The song “Crucified” has very annoying versus, having no singing, just whispers dark lyrics, kind of like a Haunted House actor. The most different song from the others is “If You Have Ghosts”, the other songs kind of blend together, all having dark lyrics and written similarly.
The album was fairly boring at times, but a bit of it was written decently, and having a unique sound. I personally didn’t like the singers voice and I felt bored at times through the EP. I figured I would like a product of Dave Grohl, but it definitely wasn’t my cup of tea. Most of the songs are over five minutes too, making them get very interesting very quickly. I wouldn’t exactly recommend this album,but I could see many people liking their dark and unique sound to all of their songs.
4/10
Chris Grieco
It’s almost Halloween, which means tons of sites are making their Top 10 lists for songs/movies/etc. Luckily, this one doesn’t suck.
10. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man’s Party
A classic from Danny Elfman’s old band
9. Mr. Bungle - Dead Goon
8. Ministry - Everyday is Halloween
7. Ghost B.C. - Year Zero
Read the lyrics and you’ll see why this song is on here
6. Thriller - Michael Jackson
Surprise! It’s not #1
5. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky - Johnny Cash
4. Scary Monsters and Super Creeps - David Bowie
3. Cry Little Sister - G Tom Mac
2. Jump In The Line - Harry Belafonte
Today, it would be “twerk twerk twerk senora”
1. Unsolved Mysteries Theme
Creepy when I was a kid and it’s still creepy now
It has now been officially revealed that the new Ghost EP will be released in the US via Loma Vista Recordings. The EP was produced by former Nirvana/current Foo Fighters frontman @Dave Grohl, who was also rumored to have possibly played drums on a few tracks. It drops on 11/19. Here is the tracklist followed by a stream of the Roky Erickson cover If You Have Ghosts:
1. If You Have Ghosts (Originally Recorded By Roky Erickson)
2. I Am A Marionette (Originally Recorded By ABBA)
3. Crucified (Originally Recorded By Army Of Lovers)
4. Waiting For The Night (Originally Recorded By Depeche Mode)
5. Secular Haze (Recorded Live At Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
All songs produced by Dave Grohl, except for “Secular Haze” (Live).