Ghost ~ Opus Eponymous CD 2010 Rise Above Records UK •• NEW ••

Description: GHOST Opus Eponymous AUDIO CD BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED Rise Above Records RISECD124 UPC | 803341331778 2010 ►Jewel Case with Transparent tray ►Made in Europe (EU) TRACK LISTING 01. Deus Culpa 02. Con Clavi Con Dio 03. Ritual 04. Elizabeth 05. Stand By Him 06. Satan Prayer 07. Death Knell 08. Prime Mover 09. Genesis By all rights, one would expect a band that hails from a heavy metal hotbed like Sweden, signs with a British heavy metal label, and pens songs steeped in Satanic liturgy, then performs them in frightful disguises while maintaining secret identities, to be a heavy metal band. But Ghost's 2010 debut album, Opus Eponymous, confounds such expectations by rating no higher than a three or four out of ten on a third millennium scale of metallic heaviosity, if you catch the meaning. In other words, although its songs are rife with heavy metal's favorite subject matter and unmistakably menacing brand of staccato guitar riffing, the restraint of their attack, not to mention their production (no overdriven amplifiers are to be found here), hark back to what passed for a metallic aesthetic during the very early '80s, or even before. What's more, striking tunes like "Ritual," "Stand by Him," and the especially spectacular "Satan Prayer" boast choruses so musical (not shouted, grunted, or shrieked, but rather mewled morosely by Ghost's evil Pope of a frontman) that they may not even pass metallic muster with most modern-day fans of the style. And yet metal-heads old and/or savvy enough to remember the genre's nascent characteristics (think Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Pentagram, etc.) or even the most commercially oriented New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands such as Praying Mantis and Demon (both of them melodic hard rock bands lumped into that catch-all category), won't fail to see Ghost's connections to its not always subtlety-free roots. The members of Ghost also pay evident tribute to the seminal works of Mercyful Fate on both "Con Clavi con Dio" and "Elizabeth, and, to top it all off, contrasting keyboard parts and backdrops often play a prominent role, particularly on "Death Knell" and the book-ending instrumentals "Deus Culpa" and "Genesis." Finally, one feels compelled to mention the recent exploits in occult throwback metal perpetrated by the Netherlands' the Devil's Blood for their obvious influence on Ghost's sound, even though the latter do a very fine job of crafting great songs with some of the same ingredients. These ingredients, now largely foreign to the new millennium heavy metal status quo, may ultimately perplex many of Ghost's would-be consumers, but their metallic intentions on Opus Eponymous are sonically pure; too pure for some. SHIPPING TO USA ONLY Buyer Pays Shipping $3.99 1st CD $3.99... each additional $1.50 CDs will only be combined with other CDs or DVDs To qualify for the combined discount, all items must be purchased together, paid for with 1 payment, and shipped all together in 1 shipment. Please use the add to cart feature, once you have ordered all your desired items, proceed to checkout to complete your order with the combined total.

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Artist: Ghost

CD Grading: Mint (M)

Record Label: Rise Above Records

Release Title: Opus Eponymous

Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard

Case Condition: Mint (M)

MPN: 803341331778

Inlay Condition: Mint (M)

Catalog Number: RISECD124

Type: Album

Format: CD

Producer: Gene Walker

Language: English

Release Year: 2010

Era: 2010s

Instrument: Bass Guitar, Drums, Electric Guitar, Voice, Keyboards

Style: Doom/Sludge Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Nu Metal, Stoner Metal, Album Rock, Melodic Metal, Melodic Rock, Metal, Rock/Pop, Theatrical Rock, Modern Rock

Features: Import, Sealed

Run Time: 34:41

Genre: Metal, Pop, Rock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Rock, Melodic Metal, Rock/Pop, Nu Metal, Progressive Rock/Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Rock

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom