I Wasn't Expecting This..[Ghost - Kaiserion REACTION!!]

[@absea7918]

This song is not typical for Ghost, but is "call to arms" - as as start of the Impera album. Ghost's leader (Tobias Forge), mentioned that the theme of Impera is the rise and fall of Empires. Kaiserion starts at the beginning. Ghost opened their shows with Imperium/Kaiserion for their last tour in the US.

[@NexterZulu]

Funny thing that you say that, as my first thing I noticed about this song is that the opening riff reminds me of Call To Arms by Angels And Airwaves.

[@MattKrogmeier]

The influences on this album are ALL OVER the road. It probably would have made a better listening experience for you to listen to Imperium AND this one in the same reaction. That’s how the songs were presented on the last US tour. As you get further into the whole thing, there are shorter interlude songs that should definitely be paired with the song they introduce. Do “Dominion” and “Twenties” in the same reax, then as you near the end of the album, do “Bite Of Passage” and “Respite On The Spitalfields” together to finish the album out.

[@GeekFurious]

"It's not bad at all." Right. It's amazing. The whole album is more or less an amalgamation of 70s & 80s influences. The song is about a scientist who was murdered by Christian extremists for daring to care about facts.

[@Lazarus_Cardinalis]

And the whole Kaisarion theme, the son of Caesar and Cleopatra, the last pharaoh before the fall of Greco-Egyptian society and the rise of the Roman Empire, the incarnation of the rise and fall of empires~

[@iansimmons735]

@@Lazarus_Cardinalis And not to mention *Hypatia,* mentioned in each chorus, an ancient female philosopher who was murdered horribly by early Christians in a building called the Kaisarion.... this article also mentions 'her Satanic wiles', a line we recognise from this song en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia

[@ronaldomolina8986]

Weaboo I’ve been watching you since when you had that little apartment I’m assuming lol glad to see you’re still doing videos my guy. Stay safe

[@Ram-2112]

Dude I watched all of your Rush videos the past few years and ghost recently became my 2nd favorite band after Rush of course. Checkball of Ghost out you won't regret it.

[@HLY66]

I had a very similar reaction. Was expecting a completely different sound. The song was premiered during their previous tour before the album came out so I was avoiding all live videos so I can listen to the single. I too immediately had Green Day on my mind when it came up. Like if Green Day decided to experiment with power metal but keeping it punk.

[@iltonwhite]

Green Day are comic book pop, just like Blink 182, they're about as punk as One Direction are Thrash metal!

[@TheFlem69]

Ice Nine Kills - The Shower Scene

[@druid187]

only song i like off this album.....lol thought the rest of the album was boring and just straight up sucked.... still don't understand all the hype this band has had over the years..... a lot of it i believe is based their gay for satan image that has been played out by metal bands for decades...... Meliora is the only album from them i really like..

[@KlutzDeluxe]

Sucks to be you, I guess