Didn't become a massive appreciator of this band until this year... the year I turned 50.

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Well you are still 10 years ahead of me, I was 60! - Phil :)

Great ranking and review. I completely agree on Ghost. Tremendous band that keeps getting better with each release. The new album is their best yet. I can’t stop listening to it. Great channel you have here.

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Teslafied, thank you very much for watching and your kind comment. I agree their latest is just superb. Phil :)

Great video....amazing band indeed! Just an fyi...check out Opeth if you haven't, another incredible band from Sweden (Stockholm). The connection is this: Frederik Åkesson. Opeth guitarist, plays all guitars on Impera! Check 'em out!

Great to hear you reviewing and ranking Ghost! I got into them at the start after listening to a sampler compilation cd (Classic Rock magazine I think?)which included the Ghost track `Ritual`. This song has one of my favourite guitar outro`s of all time! Incidentally I also discovered The Devils Blood and Blood Ceremony bands I believe from the same free sampler compilation. My Ghost albums ranking if I may - 1.Ghost (debut album) 2. Impera 3. Prequelle (this might have been second if they`d included the two tracks from the `Seven Inches of Satanic Panic`) 4. Meloria (this was number two in my list until quite recently!) 5. Infestissuman (still not keen on this one) I also particularly love the track `Square Hammer` from the Popestar EP. Talk about catchy! Best wishes to you Phil

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sjhue, thank you for watching and great to see you are also a fan. I am quite late to the Ghost party but I am really enjoying all the albums. Phil :)

Just been introduced to Ghost recently. I'm enjoying going down that rabbit hole.

@NowSpinningMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy the journey and thank you for watching - Phil

Hi Phil, I had heard the name of the band but wrote them off (without hearing anything) as a Scandi Black Metal outfit. Joe Elliott played a few tracks on his Planet Rock show. Really liked what I heard and snapped up the bands latest 'Impera' for £8.99 at my local HMV. I am impressed and will probably delve into Ghost's back catalogue.

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, I did this video because I thought a lot of older rock fans will have have looked at the image and passed judgment. I was one of them! Great to hear you have also made it through to the other side and can see how fabulous they are. Phil :)

Hi Phil, couldn’t agree with you more, Ghost are one of my favourite band’s. Got all their albums on CD and a few on vinyl the new one Impera I have on Rose pink vinyl looks awesome and sounds just as good, keep up the great work, keep spinning the music…Another great video..

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin, thank you for watching. The vinyl copies sound great! They really are a fabulous rock band. Thank you for your support - Phil :)

This is probably the best video commentary I've seen about Ghost.

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for watching and your very kind comment. I hope more people will discover it and also enjoy it! - Phil :)

Popestar got me into the band with sqaure hammer and nocturnal me. It might be my #1 just for those two. But I have to consider it is half covers But more recently infestissumam has been my favorite. Opus is also up their. I don't think this band has put out a single bad album making this the hardest ranking I have ever done. For example I know my slipknot album ranking and that will never change. But for ghost, that is a difference. It changes every day. 6. If you got ghosts (it's a cover album so I couldn't put it above original work) From this point on I love all of these 6. Popestar 5. Prequelle 4. Impera 3. Melora 2. Opus imponinus 1. Infestissumam

Fantastic band, can't wait to see where they'll be going in the future! I'll be following them till they do a stadium tour!

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for watching. It will be interesting to see how their career develops in the next few years - Phil

Ghost fan here. Glad to hear you love the new album, and are so enthusiastic of the band! I feel like they should be the biggest band in the world right now that came out after the 2010s. To me the songwriting and catchiness of the songs are top notch. So cool to hear you mention the live album (so old school rock fan of you!) as most people don't talk about that one much. I don't know why so many older rock fans can't seem to get in to them more, I thought u would be the same, so I'm glad to see the enthusiasm. My list is: 1. Meliora 2. Opus Emponymus 3. Impera 4. Prequelle 5. Infestissuman And check out some of their tracks that aren't on their albums (on youtube or streaming if u don't want to buy). Check out the 2 tracks on the "Seven Inches of Satanic Panic" single which are called "Kiss The Go-Goat" and "Mary On A Cross", their cover of the Beatles "Here Comes The Sun", the cover of Pet Shop Boys "Its A Sin", the song "Zenith", and "If You Have Ghosts (Roky Erickson cover)" from the EP you didn't buy. And check out the acoustic version of the song "Jigolo Har Megiddo (Live Acoustic)" on the Harddrive Radio channel on youtube. Keep up the good work Phil!

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and your patience in waiting for me to cover Ghost. Your comment is fantastic and a great resource for me to explore even more music by the band. This is really exciting! Phil :)

Never really get these guys. They are very talented agree. The first albums were much darker and in someways lost a lot of fans,but hats off clever marketing etc and a change of direction has worked. Good luck to them, I won't slag them off, just not me. I am a big melodic death metal and black metal fan. Will be interested to see how they get on.

Hello Phil, A brilliant band, indeed. I completely agree with your comments and observations. A couple of notes: When I first saw Tobias(Papa) without the mask/makeup, I had a good laugh because he looks like Rick Astley !! Also the new album opens and closes with a chord progression very similar to one from a song by the great Ric Ocasek called "True Love" from the "this side of paradise" album, which ends with a reprise of the same progression(great album)...Check it out. It would have been nice if there was an instrumental or two on the new one, but I also think that they are all great albums for the same reasons that you mentioned. Cheers

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Stan, thank you for watching. I have just had a look at Tobias and you are right he does look a bit like Rick! Since making this video I have discovered other songs on Spotify and the cover of It's a Sin by The Pet Shop Boys, which is brilliant as well. I will also check out the 'This Side of Paradise album. Phil :)

Great band.. Great live .. I'm 44 probably a youngster . I seen ghost 5 times , there the real McCoy. Been into metal/ rock since late 80s. Other great artists I enjoy are PIG IRON, Joanne Shaw Taylor, REEF, The ANSWER and black star riders🎸

@NowSpinningMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, thank you for watching. Love all the other artists you mention as well. I am interviewing The Answer on my Podcast soon. Phil

I completely agree but I would put meliora and infestissumam over prequelle I'm currently trying to collect all CDs I'm missing opus eponymous and impera

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

All good choices! Phil :)

Hey Phil, off topic, just curious, do you know the band Avatar from Sweden?

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't it sounds like I should!

@prof.vonspooky4562

2 жыл бұрын

@@NowSpinningMagazine You're in for a treat.

very nice greetings from poland try polish masterpieces BREKAUT " BLUES " , NIEMEN ENIGMATIC and TSA " HEAVY METAL SWIAT "

hi phil , i trust in you i'm goin' listen (the sleeves are very ugly but remembering "the crazy world of arthur brown in 1969), have you listen "the hu" ?? thanks again for discovery .

@jean-lucpernel2202

2 жыл бұрын

hi phil ,i'm listening "ghost" not bad att all ...

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, can you hear aspects of Blue Oyster Cult in the vocals ?

@jean-lucpernel2202

2 жыл бұрын

thanks, see you .....

@jean-lucpernel2202

2 жыл бұрын

@@NowSpinningMagazine yes, i like b o c, the band was a big good surprise at the release of 2 "firsts" lp (always my favorites with "godzilla") ,it's a pleasure to speaks music with you my friend !!!

This just shows that prog rock is alive and kicking in the 21st century

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

It does indeed! Thank you for watching - Phil :)

1. Meliora 2. Impera 3. Infestissumam 4. Prequelle 5. Opus Eponymous

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin, thank you for watching and sharing your top Ghost albums - Phil :)

Ghost were not what I expected either. The sound belies the image. I’m not into satanism and all that cobblers, but at the end of the day, it’s entertainment and that’s what Ghost deliver and HOW! My ranking worst to first is exactly how they were realised. They get better with every release. Their new album is ASTONISHINGLY good. (Except the song twenties which is the worst song they have ever done). The ghost cross over audience is huge too. If you got to their concerts, there’s male, female, young, old and black and white. They unite people better than any politician ever could. Long Live Ghost.

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you for watching. It is amazing how many rock fans felt the same and now are big fans! Phil

@fcamiola

10 ай бұрын

Worst song? Umm no.

What do you think of the new ghost album

@NowSpinningMagazine

Жыл бұрын

I have yet to get it ! Thank you for the reminder, what are your thoughts? Phil

@mat2093

Жыл бұрын

@@NowSpinningMagazine I thought it was pretty good. I would say see no evil was my favorite track.

The album hit #2 in the U.S

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and for letting me know - phil :)

I have heard them on a couple of tracks. Not taken with them and not sure why. The issue I have is that I am forever playing catch-up with established artists and it's hard to keep up when I have limited funds. I do buy some new artists and would say I love Electric Callboy from Germany and they have been around since 2010. I do listen to some female metal artists from Japan and my fave is Aldious who have two guitar players that utilise twin lead solos. They have also been around since 2010. The worst offender for saying Rock is Dead is Gene Simmons. I shall give Ghost a listen on the streaming.

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, thank you for watching. It is similar for me, the two bands you mention are very new to me and I do have to pick and choose what I buy as there is just so much music out there. Phil

Gotta agree 1. Impera (Masterpiece) 2. Prequelle (Haunting, Brilliant) 3. Meliora 4. Infestissumam 5. Opus Eponymous

Ghost is an awesome band! But I find their last album too pop rock... 1 - Opus Eponymous 2 - Infestissumam 3 - Meliora 4 - Prequelle 5 - Impera

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Prof, thank you for watching and sharing your list of your favourite Ghost albums - Phil :)

@GeekFurious

2 жыл бұрын

If you have to call it pop rock, at least be more accurate & call it pop melodic prog rock.

*sigh*. Okay. I'm an oldie, 50 is well into the rear view mirror. Honestly, I don't have the energy for this stuff. I still listen to some Hard Rock, but it's legacy stuff I've known since the 1970s, 1980's, etc. I don't seek this high energy music any longer. Not as a rule. I listened to some of Ghost's music, and watched a bit of a live performance. I found their masks quite odd, because the music I heard didn't match the visuals. It looks like a metal/prog blast, and instead seems to be melodic rock. If I had to compare them to someone, I'd refer to Live and their debut album. Remember them? Where Ghost seem to have a leg up is in the production. From what I heard, the production doesn't seem too squashed, which gives the impression of being more subtle and nuanced than what we've grown used to with rock today. But I can't say I'm going to get Ghost's music because honestly, I'm not the target audience. Masks, religious iconography, melodic rock - how many times have I experienced that in my musical life? It just feels..... used up. I think this is an age thing.

@NowSpinningMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mater, thank you for watching. You are a mere youngster!! I am 63 and have to say still love heavy metal even if I also listen to jazz, classical and well most stuff. I appreciate your input and your thoughts. Music is a very personal and subjective and the fact we all like different things is what makes us human. Phil :)