Why is Ghost's first album so good but the rest of their discography is dogshit?
>>1277310341st album = proof of conceptrest of their discography = selling outNot to shit on popular stuff, you do you, but they did sell out. I remember when they started big with that album, it was fresh, it was metal with popular music elements, it was cool, sounded like a revival of something. With the amount of merch they're selling you just know they sold their ass to the music industry, I constantly see normies sporting Ghost merch, again not to shit on anything pop anything, but they're doing it for the money now and it shows.
>>127731034>so goodIt's alright but hardly exceptional in any category.
The more they push forward, the more I'm solidified in my opinion that they peaked with Meliora. Also Impera was so weak it made me retroactively like Infest moreStill holding out for a full Doors-type psych record. The potential's been there for years
Skeletal is their best album thoughever
>>127731034It's because they gradually stopped taking themselves seriously
>>127732056>implying they were ever seriousTheir whole satanic Catholicism thing is something 13 year olds find amusing.Their adult fanbase reminds me of Disney adults or Mandalorian fans. Unironically liking GWAR is more respectable.
>>127732447>implying they werentpretty sure they were successfully anonymous for the first 4 years or so but okay
>>127731034They clearly make albums with live shows first in mind now. If you saw them live you'd get it.I think Skeleta sucks compared to Preqelle and everything before it, but seeing them play some of the tracks from it live was an unforgettable experience. Side note, he is extremely based for forcing a no phone policy on the Skeleta tour, it was awesome to see a modern concert with zero phones out
>>127731034First album is just good retro rock that's been done before. Why the fuck would you think he doesn't want to develop and expand his music?
>>127735255Literally everything's been done before
>>127731034YEAH MAN EXACTLY! I thought I was the only one who noticed this, their first one is pure gold, like, one of the finest records ever even, it blends modernity with classic rock from the 70s like grunge did but with some guitar pop driven approach and then there's the sound aesthetic itself and the compositions are so excellent, satan prayer, Elizabeth, stand by him... Elizabeth in particular is my favourite one because I used to love a girl called Izabel which is Spanish for Elizabeth and the vibe is different.
Why don’t I hear about black magic ss anymore?
>>127731034It was over when they did mary on a cross and all the transexuals called lillith flocked to ghost, the music might be ok but the smell is terrible
>>127731034hhhmmmmmmmmmmm......... Meliora best one
>>127731034Because in the beginning the players wrote the parts, later on Forge consolidated and went strictly for the hired gun approach with the ghouls. The early stuff is by Real Ones. Was even a lawsuit involved i believe.
>>127731034Simon Soderberg and Martin Persner. After they left it all went downhill
>>127736970You know a musician is an egomaniac when the rest of the band are faceless mooks. I saw Les Claypool and the rest of the band had pig face masks it seemed self centred; then he didn't even play Tommy The Cat or Mary The Ice Cube and everyone seemed mad
>scooby doo chase music>goodlollmao
Their best is actually Infestissumam
>>127738368*worst
>>127738376How it feels like to be wrong all the time?
>>127731034Ghost is gay as fuck. Have you seen what their fans look like these days?? Holy fucking LMAO. They are the weirdest, gayest, cringiest outcast faggot goth losers I’ve ever seen. Couldn’t pay me to go to one of their shows.
>>127731034>the commercialization of the upside down cross lol >”muh Satanism! I’m SaNtaNiZeD!”>goodwill ghetto version of KISS Nah, I’m good. I’ll listen to actual evil music if I want to. Ghost can fuck off and die.
>>127731424Also he's not nearly as much a character as Arthur Brown, whom is arguably his heaviest inspiration
>Ghost>Good
>>127731034loaded question, false premiseall ghost albums are good.
>>127738561Nothing remotely goth about Ghost or their fanbase.
>>127738561Yeah I rode the train with a group of them when Ghost came to town. Fat chicks with a bisexual flag pinned on their backpack and a fat, short guy with a non binary flag and a furry patch. Very cringe. Sounds like a parody a boomer conservative would come up with on Facebook.
>>127738561the people watching at their concerts is top tier, it honestly adds to the experience. It's like they all walked through a hot topic, then a spirit of halloween, then waltzed up to the concert with zero self-awareness. The occasional smells were not pleasant though, you'd really think they'd shower and brush their teeth before dressing up. also there was an INSANE spread of demographics, from boomers to gen z, that was the most shocking.but lucky for me I have a master's degree in separating the art from the artist/fanbase, and I'd see them again, 10/10
>>127741813imagine being a member of ghost and having to go city to city pretending to like these wastes of life. fat, flyover retard single mom 420 friendly walmart shopping nothingsi think i might just quit playing guitar. i never want people like that to hear or enjoy what i'm doing, much less try to associate with me because of it.
>>127741813>I have a master's degree in separating the art from the artist/fanbaseYou have no business on /mu/, kindly leave
>>127738561It's like black metal but wholesome. Bring the whole family. You know the guy on the left is somebody's accountant.
>>127738561The gimmick is they wear costumes so of course the fanbase is full of nerds. Same shit with Slipknot and other gimmick bands.
>>127731034went somewhere in public and saw the most normie looking girl walking around in a ghost t-shirt. are they big with normies now?
ARE YOU ON THE SQUARE?ARE YOU ON THE LEVEL?ARE YOU READY TO SWEAR RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOWBEFORE THE DEVILTHAT YOU'RE ON THE SQUARETHAT YOU'RE ON THE LEVELTHAT YOU'RE READY TO STAND RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOWRIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
>>127731034This is the better Ghost.
>>127745316Good thing SWE Ghost made them remotely relevant then
>>127743814Since Mary on a Cross, yes
>>127745248dogshit
Did someone say Ghost?
>>127741866>implying you can pick who your fans are
>>127741866Well I mean it helps if you make good music.
>>127741208Precisely. These “people” are the weirdo loser dregs of society that only come out when gay bands like this come to town. Kek
