Our Reaction to Bite of Passage & Respite on the Spitalfields by Ghost!

We are a fantasy based progressive power metal band releasing our new album Spring 2022! If you are a fan of bands such as Blind Guardian, Dream Theater, Opeth, Ghost, Evanescence, Nightwish, or Within Temptation, give us a listen! Lyrically we draw inspiration from J.R.R. Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, Jules Verne, and many more!
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[@bramford7e]

I get goosebumps when he sings "Was quite a scene, wasn't it?". It's almost as if a proud Jack the Ripper is channeling Tobias voice at that moment.

[@magnusblomqvist966]

And there you are. 46 minutes of the best rock album ever released. It's a masterpiece and just brilliant in every way. Ghost has just finished their USA stadium tour with Volbeat and Twin Temple and played for full house every night. And Jennifer is right. Tobias is a perfectionist and involved in everything.

[@FlameImperishable]

Hope they come back to Texas soon. We'll definitely go next time!

[@thenamelessghuleh]

@@FlameImperishable I hope so, too! Saw them in Dallas last month, but I really want to see a full show. I can’t wait to hear the live arrangements for some of the songs on Impera. So far, “Respite on the Spitalfields” is my second favorite track on there next to “Darkness at The Heart of My Love.”

[@magnusblomqvist966]

@@FlameImperishable According to Tobias they will return with a new USA tour this fall. No dates or cities is official yet but will soon be released.

[@lsufan70438]

Yes yes yes!!!! Really a great album, from beginning to end! Wow!

[@rafaelgonzalez7075]

I went to the gym listening to this whole CD and so many emotions overcame me. I was happy, laughing one minute and then almost in tears the next. The bass, guitars, and drums are amazing on this CD. The vocal, to include the Ghoulettes, are mind-blowing. This is the CD we need today.

[@theGabbynaut]

the bass in this record is outstanding. Tobias know how play music.

[@proteusblack8913]

The closing of Respite (which is the last track on the album) is the same melody as the track Imperium (the opening instrumental of the album). They are bookends. :)

[@Lazarus_Cardinalis]

I think that's a reason for the fadeout, to further emphasize the cyclical nature of rise and fall of empires that goes on and on, the empire that was built during Kaisarion dies during Respite, and a new one is born and plays its triumphant anthem, just like the fallen one did. Nothing new under the sunt~

[@Lazarus_Cardinalis]

*the sun

[@FlameImperishable]

Look at Comrade quoting Ecclesiastes! ❤️

[@mattynutrition9353]

Similarly I think the use of Spoksonat (Meliora) to make the main riff for Rats (Prequelle) was ultra clever.

[@Fuhrdaddy]

@@Lazarus_Cardinalis Kaisarion is such an awful song lol IMO

[@cieply1234]

Spitafields was one of the places where Jack the Reaper was murdering people. So the first part of the song refers directly to his work. However, the second part refers not so much to satan as to false prophets and leaders that claim to be righteous and just saviors (first mentioned in griftwood) but turn out to be just manipulators who bring nothing but death (The king that we hailed was the wizard of Oz, now another kingdom, as mentioned in kaiserion, will go softly into the night). This whole album was heavily inspired by what was happening in America with Trump, so I take this song summarizes how people in the end saw him as little more than a showman. As a sidenote, the lyrics also perfectly match what is happening with Putin and Ukraine, so I guess it only cements that this song is about false prophets taking people to their deaths.

[@FlameImperishable]

Good point!!

[@mattynutrition9353]

Now after a few weeks into this Ghost journey, can’t you see how addicting the songs are?

[@lukemuller876]

Spitalfields is a part of London where Jack the Ripper was active. This is also who the song is about. :)

[@nurseshark857]

With that reference to "The streetwalking dead", who could miss it?!

[@216trixie]

Christ as Jack the Ripper.

[@Declantheone]

The guitar in the outro is the same from the intro of Imperium. Perfect bookend to an incredible album!

[@FlameImperishable]

Not sure how I missed that on the first listen… I’m disappointed in myself!

[@wesleymooiman6272]

I hear it at the first time ! And i get Goosebumps

[@mattynutrition9353]

How about the way that the end of Faith foreshadows Life Eternal or Spoksonat on Meliora becomes the guitar riff for Rats…Tobias is fucking genius

[@rambosambo95]

5:34 reminds me of Still of the Night by Whitesnake. Love how Tobias takes familiar feelings from different riffs but still makes it his own. Love it

[@BigMikeBLFC]

Yes first time I heard this song I heard still of the night it's rift just before the main solo

[@aydenburris8631]

I love the reference to the poem "Don't Go Gently Into That Good Night" The poem tells that although all things end, one should fight with everything they have to fight the end even when it's inevitable. Him saying "we will go softly into the night" sounds like it tells of how empires fall willingly as they're torn apart from the inside. The end of the song repeats the opening of the album, symbolizing an empire being built from the ashes of the prior empire, just to return to the ashes once more. Brings out the meaning in "I'll be the shadow, you'll be the light"

[@TheAssassin2299]

The thing is... The "new empire" that is built by the beginning of the album becomes the old empire by the second half after Dominion. Twenties is their celebration as the new empire before their inevitable downfall as the 'old empire' that was just as bad if not worse that the first. There will always be an uprising. It is inevitable. Power is inevitably limited, so one must accept that it may inevitably crumble before their very eyes. The enemy they once feared has become their new form, and thus, they are the enemy worthy of a new uprising. Thus is the legacy of empires: to fall

[@aydenburris8631]

@@TheAssassin2299 that's what I was gettin at

[@Taibshe]

@@TheAssassin2299 Spot on

[@sreed171]

I can't recommend enough to go see them live. I have several times on different album cycles and it's always an incredible experience. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts after you've listened to the album a few times through

[@fastnfurious29]

agreed. if you even remotely like an album version of a song the live version will be that much better and their songs play heavier live

[@rafaelgonzalez7075]

Saw them live on the Pale Tour Named Death when they went to Nebraska in 2018. OMFGosh! I was fighting a fever, but still managed to go see them. I love them!

[@Pengarmy]

The instrumentals in this song are just pure bliss. And that baseline in the middle of the song is just so good

[@albomusicman85]

Seeing this tour live I can say that it was probably my fav live show of all time... up there with the first time Rush came to Italy in 2004 i saw them for the first time it was just pure bliss!!!

[@TECfan1]

There is a reason this band gets more and more popular every cycle. Sooooo good at what they do. One of the brilliant bands of this time.

[@Taibshe]

"Pop music appeals to the lowest common denimator..." Truth. So true. That's why we all need to be listening to metal. I believe Doom Metal, Black Metal, even "Scooby-Doo Doo Chase Music " as Ghost has playfully been called--- it is meticulously crafted, which is born of amazing lyrics, inspired music, and surgically precise production. It really is the antidote to the drivel that comprises most music today. It is the dinner to which you're invited via a hand-delivered parchment with blood-red ink, dressed to kill, velvet sofas and a roaring fireplace before eating in a satin draped room with gleaming silver, wall sconces bathing the room in amber light, while a lone blindfolded violinist plays haunting medodies from a darkened corner, with conversations so engrossing in hushed tones that the air percolates with the sharp ozone scent of curiosity and yearning while the flickering light turns goblets of wine into blood-tinged chalices from which the scarlet libations whisper of loves lost to the haze of memory, followed by languid contemplation of the many flames in whose fiery countenance each guest's face is rendered a shadow play of secret sorrow and private joy, versus making a "run to the border" at 2 a.m. for two chalupas and some of that crunchy cinnamon cardboard twist shit. Ave Ghost.

[@johanbrodin8629]

Very.Well.Written!

[@Taibshe]

@@johanbrodin8629 *flourish*

[@stephenfernald2490]

Awesome review. Impera entered the Billboard charts at #2 their highest ever. Apparently it’s sold more physical media first week than any other album this year. Masterpiece.

[@terrywright7754]

This song is a Ghost masterclass. A real piece of genius by Tobius. This album is not my favorite but it’s so damn good. Love your reactions and thoughts on the music. Great channel 👍

[@playthefooldubs]

This is probably the Greatest ghost song of all time imo. Frick square hammer and zenith

[@proteusblack8913]

I agree, fuck square hammer, but Zenith? That one is special. We don't dis Zenith.

[@playthefooldubs]

@@proteusblack8913 I'm sorry I was just emotional. Your right.

[@simonr9809]

Cirice

[@rodneyevans8975]

@@simonr9809 definitely cirice

[@harmony5305]

Zenith and Respite their best works definitely

[@chuckthefreak]

Rise and fall of an Empire....ends with the riff from Imperium symbolizing the start of a new Empire and the journey continues.

[@FlameImperishable]

Brilliant usage of bookends!

[@viniciusborges1832]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh i didn't have looked at this!

[@gwhats]

The second you mentioned video games I was like omg the water level 😂

[@FlameImperishable]

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[@bobbyboy2205]

Guitar solo in spitalfields reminds me of John norum from Europe,the tone is so clean,with bits of whitesnake and def leppard thrown in

[@DarkMatterBurrito]

Don't forget the lyrical homage to Europe's "FInal Countdown": "we're leaving this city / so this is farewell / ... / one day he will come back".

[@DeGlennen]

The bass line starting at 5:40 really reminds me of the bass line of "We Care a Lot" by Faith No More, but slowed down. Respite of the Spitalfields is one of my favorites on the album. Evertime you listen to it, you hear something new.

[@magnusblomqvist966]

Beautiful to see two musicians paying respect to another musicians. Tobias wrote this with Joakim Berg who is famous only in Sweden. And with Huxflux Nettermalm:s drumming, Martin Hederos piano and Fredrik Åkesson:s guitar this combined is a true masterpiece.

[@FlameImperishable]

This album sounds so unique unlike anything I’ve ever heard but also reminds me of so many different things!

[@extremelightningstrike5184]

Love watching you guys. Thanks for the fun content. Respite I think is the best song on the album. It’s beautiful.

[@amandawines8922]

Respite makes me feel so many nostalgic emotions. Its wild and pure magic. I love it so much!

[@KingArthas]

I feel so connected to Jennifer who's trying to connect the dots and discover the bigger picture behind the song by just listening to it for the first time! This one is about Jack the ripper and the fact that he was never caught. As the song progresses, Tobias compares that disappearance to all sorts of political figures who keep deceiving the people like the wizard of Oz. When the curtain unveils, we find out that these individuals are nothing more than ordinary men and soon after, their empires/societies crumble and fall.

[@216trixie]

It's Christ as Jack the Ripper.

[@Max-nm2pt]

This album is a masterpiece! Love to see your reactions, you complement each other so well. Keep up the good work!

[@iamrandom532]

This song changed my life, idk why but its effected me so much that i see the world so differently now

[@Respman]

This album connects on a visceral level. Love it!!

[@CassetticonTune]

I am loving your insights on this album!

[@showmetimefelix7500]

I've seen GHOST live twice and this is going to be an experience to see performed live. Surpurb craftsmanship in writing and arrangement. Let's see this rise to the top of the real pop chart.

[@kevineldracher9297]

Omg especially with the back up singers. It's what imagined Angels signing would sound like.

[@MrHebe72]

Love GHOST and you guys

[@absea7918]

Love this track. So moody. The first solo is very November Rain. The middle is a bit Whitesnake, but no one sets mood like Ghost.

[@avacadosupreme8272]

One of my fav songs from this album 🤙🏽

[@Admiral_John]

I've lost count of the number of reaction videos to this song I've watched but every single one of them has had some variation of the reaction you two did at 3:58. :)

[@kevineldracher9297]

Amazing review! You guys really got it.

[@FlameImperishable]

Thanks a ton!

[@wordswordseverywhere9113]

I get Whitesnake’s Still of the Night vibes from the middle part of Respite

[@bobbyboy2205]

Love your ghost reactions,great how the album ends the same way it starts

[@Distortion360]

This album is meant to be looped it seems. So good with the ending and opening parts coming in.

[@colettepost5185]

The one Satan song on this album is Call me Little Sunshine. This song is about Jack the Ripper. The Spitalfields was an actual place where the murders happened in England.

[@a.m.g._2972]

Amazing Song

[@Drummerjeffkazee]

Impera is a freaking masterpiece!!! 🔥

[@cosmicghost811]

"Call me little sunshine" is the "Satan" track of the album. This song is about Jack the ripper and how he represents the corruption of those in power and how that ties with the inevitable fall of civilization.

[@FlameImperishable]

Cool thanks man!

[@ScottishGeekPlays]

Really enjoying your vids. Also gonna check out your tunes tomorrow 😊 oooh and if you fancy it might I recommend a band or two - magna Carta Cartel, Volbeat, aesthetic perfection and subvision

[@Cabal97]

Awesome song, and could be best of the bunch. That guitar tone is so 80's metal and Kirk Hammet comes to mind.

[@Steel_Bison]

This song has some connections to Jack the Ripper. The Spitalfields is a marketplace in London that's just a hop and a skip away from Whitechapel and one lyric in the song mentions "the Autumnal Reaper"

[@cougarric97]

That is a magnificent moustache

[@Recklessghost]

GHOST FOREVER!!!!

[@UnKnownEx]

what kind of sound system are you guys using? sounds amazing just from the video!

[@FlameImperishable]

The audio is just from my iPhone mic. My studio monitors are Krk rockit 5!

[@MrIllbatten]

Funny with the tv-game thing. I get alot of vibes from the Amiga computer music era. This is like a old nice power ballad from the 80's. Great great song and great reaction. 🤘🇸🇪🤘

[@FlameImperishable]

Thanks man! I love video game music so that’s a good thing!

[@seamans90]

Tobias has stated that his specific inspiration for respite was Jack the Ripper and in this instance I think he's using Jack has an analogy for the inevitable decline of empires; no matter how total and complete an empire can dominate and succeed there is always an evil at the heart of it that must be reckoned with and a phenomenon like Jack is a great personification of that.

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

PLEASE react to Spillways and Griftwood

[@impossivel2006]

Spillways is so good

[@connormarek1028]

Yeah, Griftwood is fantastic. There are some great songs on this album.

[@impossivel2006]

@@connormarek1028 Tobias just got all his 70's and 80's influences take over this album.

[@johanbrodin8629]

The little steal of "Still of the night" in the stick......

[@legoaxel8695]

This song is actually about Jack the Ripper

[@valmyesquiwis1245]

I love the way Respite on the spitalfields ends because Is the same Rift(?) (I don't really know a lot about musical terminology, sorry) as imperium because It represents the constant rise and fall of empires

[@81vintage]

Spitalfields was my fave off the album to begin with. But over time I just let the whole thing flow and not repeat 2 songs for my hour drive to work..

[@bobbyboy2205]

Just wondering if you have ever watched any of the ghost videos you have reacted to ? You should check out a video for ritual live from music feed.oh and you should definately check out “if you have ghosts”

[@rodgill9376]

This is kind of a heavier version of Life Eternal with Monstrance Clock vibe in my eyes.

[@DangerKennyB]

That time Bobby Fish got into some Swedish Metal

[@Phantom-kc9ly]

Yall should check out In Cauda Venenum by Opeth if you like prog rock and attention to detail.

[@gfig1737]

5:09 All of us did it that face 🤣

[@jasona4815]

The ending chorus has similarities to Faith No More at 2:56

[@Coreagrus]

I can't unhear the similarity to Dire, Dire Docks now that you mentioned it. Ghost and Mario 64... huh. Hmm... yeah!

[@FlameImperishable]

Great so I’m not crazy! 😬

[@DarkEtherealRhythm]

Pausing right at the beginning of the chorus and killing the flow, what a pair of geniuses.

[@dustinparker9456]

My favorite song from the album. The ending reprise reminds me of Dream Theaters Finally Free but condensed.

[@magnusblomqvist966]

Mine too ❤️

[@daniobri11]

it's to give you an idea of the Era this album takes place witch is Victorian Era London

[@erickenneycreative]

I guess Tobias likes Whitesnake's "Still of the night"

[@proteusblack8913]

Btw, are you not going to upload your reaction to Watcher in the Sky?...

[@FlameImperishable]

We will of course!

[@kevineldracher9297]

Lol then do Twenties. I've heard it described as symphonic reggaeton.

[@eliash8903]

Bro about the mario Water level: I had the EXACT same vibe first I heard this!

[@FlameImperishable]

lol, nice! I hated that level back in the day! It was so stressful

[@ChristyAbbey]

A seven beat rest in Bite That'll keep ya off-kilter. Bartok? From Oingo Boingo? 😉

[@Lazarus_Cardinalis]

The beginning of Respite sounds a lot like a grunge song for some reason

[@Lazarus_Cardinalis]

the whole Spitalfields is a reference to Jack the Ripper if I'm not mistaken, there are a few other lyrics that strengthen that theme

[@TheAssassin2299]

@@Lazarus_Cardinalis Gotta say, I also hear allusion to Freddy Krueger within the lyrics, with the mention of dreams and slicing and dicing them. The 'final girl' is the light, and he'd be the shadow.

[@Fuhrdaddy]

Sounds like Type O negative to me.

[@crackajack913]

Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels vibes

[@ParanormalLight.]

No other references to Satan, on this album? What do think "Call me Little Sunshine" is about guys? Watch the video....

[@daniobri11]

respite on the Spitalfields is about Jack the ripper

[@lostless00]

I read it as kind of a of telling of the book of revelation told from the point of view of the devils side. And they are walking away saying goodbye saying they will always be around in the shadows.

[@mikemorrison4084]

This song is all about Jack The Ripper.

[@rosscarpenter9611]

Call me little sunshine is also a big “satan one”

[@josejoglar1792]

It's about Jack the ripper spitalfields it was a market I believe the was killing of jack the ripper

[@orlandolanderos5750]

It’s about the grim reaper

[@hopkinsdesign4027]

Song is about Jack the Ripper, not Satan. This time, lol

[@spencervanhauter]

Pretty sure this song is about Jack the Ripper.

[@hallowarts640]

Your facial hair is Godly.

[@FlameImperishable]

Thank you so much! I am very passionate about my mustache :)

[@hallowarts640]

@@FlameImperishable I'm honestly jealous. I can barely grow a mustache, I got ot just thick enough to work for my beard. Now I just look like a giant dwarf. Keep up the good work you two, I'm liking the content

[@FlameImperishable]

Haha, nice! Thanks!!

[@Sh4dow_7802]

I think you missed some songs from the album

[@FlameImperishable]

We are not done, not posting in order

[@BigMikeBLFC]

This song is based on jack the ripper. Your satan song is call me little sunshine

[@MelioraSR]

Call me little sunshine is the most satanic song on the album.

[@ABABSAVAR]

I saw you yawn...

[@Lazarus_Cardinalis]

So?