'Ritual' by Ghost is kind of a banger...

Today I listen to 'Ritual' by Ghost for the first time ever!
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[@stevenlurati3691]

Ghost is unique, most bands just wear costumes and paint but they created a persona, a whole lore with back story, the lead singer even changing into new "characters" for each album. Its fun and different. Each album tells a story as a whole and one builds upon the next until prequelle where they changed it up some, even with the lead persona (as opposed to singer)

[@metalcoffie]

Yeah, I think it was around maybe their 3rd album, when people fond out Tobias was playing all the Papa characters. Was wild stuff being this, mystery band for a while. Also, their 1st record is like a gateway drug into the rest of their discography. They may get slightly more poppy per record, but if you've been there from the start you're like the frog in boiling water. It's very gradual and you just don't notice or care. LOL (Next track to check on the debut is Elizabeth. ANOTHER BANGER. Whole album is.)

[@progperljungman8218]

I'd say the got more diverse and original, going from that vintage BÖC/Meryful Fate inspired sound to doing pop/metal/prog etc. I do really love their early sound/songs (maybe the most) The "pop label" of late, might have come from some more mainstream hits while their albums are more diverse.

[@fayemanning197]

I second the vote for Elizabeth! 🔥🤘😜🔥

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

No, it's not like a frog in boiling water. There's a big jump in "poppiness" from album 2 to album 3, but beyond album 3, it's just straight radio rock/hard rock. Everything after Meliora is generic trash (especially square hammer and rats). Their cover of Phantom of the Opera is also bad.

[@jameshitt3263]

This will always be their best album. It's hard to pin down their sound because they are such dazzling masters of pastiche. They take so many different styles and combine them and----with the extremely clever songwriting----they form it all into something that is both a great homage to it's influences, and also something even more than the sum of its parts. Truly nothing exactly like this has ever existed before, but somehow it still makes you feel nostalgic.

[@josephsoto9902]

Ghost's best album

[@absea7918]

Great reaction. This is from their first album - they wanted it to be like a "found" album of some old 70's metal band - for me its a bit like Blue Oyster Cult or older Sabbath, with a big dose of pop sensibility. Tobias is from Sweden, and loved the Black metal from there, but also loved ABBA - and I think that explains their sound best.

[@jonathancunningham4159]

I came across Ghost earlier this year and I've listened to them everyday since. I'm glad I came across them as a later fan because I have whole catalogues of songs to help shape my preception of Ghost. I feel that if I was an earlier fan got bits and pieces over the years, it be a whole different feel to it. Anyway, good review! Ghost is best listened to in sequence (start to finish).

[@jsavage71]

What I love most about Ghost and newer bands like Spiritbox and SleepToken, is that you can't pinpoint them to a genre. They just keep writing great songs and don't worry about people freaking out about it. They're not going to get put in a metal subgenre without a fight. And if you say they're not metal, they just shrug and keep writing songs the angriest Internet people will claim isn't metal despite the original metal bands being full of harmonies and what would be called "pop" vocals now.

[@iansimmons735]

Strange how far Ghost has come. I love this early period, Opus and Infestissumam, which are very much about pseudo-satanism. But it has all the signs of the direction Tobias would be heading. Melodic, memorable choruses, mixed with heavy riffs, dark multi-layered lyrics... Looking at the entire discography, I struggle to find any of Ghost's material I don't like, with the possible exception of some covers. All the way up to the latest album, *Impera,* which has no fillers and is one banger after another (one song had me struggling for a while, but I've come to terms with it now!).

[@pizzashorts887]

Ghost is great. They changed their sound slightly later on, but still consistently bring out good albums.

[@JacobsKrąnųg]

"slightly" is a big underestimation lol they changed their sound completely to pop hard rock

[@AUTOPSY666]

@@JacobsKrąnųg so?

[@MW-cx3sb]

>slightly lol

[@pizzashorts887]

@@JacobsKrąnųg not wrong.

[@henrikvidin]

Ghost is a fantastic band, in my opinion! I've listened to them since 2014, though I heard of them from their release but didn't gave them a chance. Opus eponymous is a masterpiece. It's their best album overall. Meliora is also a really great album. But after a while, you had these on repeat everything makes sense and you enjoy everything.

[@louithrottler]

Got another one for ya Kaiya, Exorcist - 'Nightmare Theatre' , a solid proto death metal classic

[@impulse4079]

Love the King Diamond vinyl in the back!

[@kenwheeler3637]

I love Ghost. Great song structures and harmonization. It's kind of difficult really defining their sound. They don't fit any particular genre.

[@nola281]

Depends on which song. I have a very difficult time explaining what they are and their genre is. I just say ghost is ghost, like queen is queen.

[@kenwheeler3637]

@@nola281 Precisely.

[@mave.7665]

Great Band , saw them Live a couple of times but best show was at wacken 2018 when they played in the middle of the night from 1:45 to 3 am. That was amazing 🤘

[@justitia257]

Happy Halloween Gorgeous Kaiya 🎃

[@JK-ld8cd]

best song and album by Ghost!

[@robertpetre9378]

I originally found out about Ghost when I saw them support Paradise Lost in 2011. I think and apart from their fans nobody really knew about them. I saw them again in 2017 on one of their own shows and they were pretty cool live then as well.

[@CLS4Real666]

Happy Halloween Kaiya! I really loved Ghost first few albums and EPs. I seen them around 30 times between 2012-2018. Got to meet Tobias a few times before everyone knew his identity. He isn’t a poser! He listens to metal! ( but a sell out now!) Ghost have a interesting story and he’s the mastermind behind the whole project. They had to call their self GHOST B.C. For their first few releases in the states someone else had the name Ghost. Also his identity became public because I believe all the musicians that helped him on the first recordings and touring sparked up a lawsuit and attempted to sue him. That failed. Lots of reading material (and watching material as well) for Ghost, check it out when ya have time!

[@tubelious]

easily the best Ghost album.

[@squashedeyeball]

I agree, Ritual is the song that sol me on (older) Ghost :) It too me years. I could never understand why everyone like them. Late to the party, I listened to the first two albums again and again. And it clicked, and I liked it.

[@JacobsKrąnųg]

their first two albums are the best, I remember when I found out about them in 2013, opus and infestissumam were my everyday albums. then Meliora came out and I lost all interest, their newer albums are just plain crap

[@squashedeyeball]

@@JacobsKrąnųgYeah man, there are some songs past infestissumam here and there, that i liked. But overall, I miss that soft, sinister shock rock sound they sued to have.

[@EmeritusIV616]

their fist 2 albums are doom metal.@@squashedeyeball

[@joshuajohnson760]

Ghost always made me think of Blue Oyster Cult and Sabbath at least the first two albums I never heard anything after those but I dig it

[@papabillydeth4723]

I refuse to believe that Martin Persner wasn't involved with the guitars on this album. If you listen to Magna Carta Cartel you can hear the songs feel almost like they could be the base skeleton to a ghost song

[@mr.pooper7615]

Yay, my fav song from the 1st album.

[@tinplatedave]

It's totally OK to enjoy this song exactly how it is \,,/ Also it's super cool that you have King Diamond's House of God album right above your shoulder.

[@virgil5650]

My favorite Ghost song. Im a grown man and I don't dance...ma hips were getting down when I saw this song live! haha

[@guitarslinger16]

Ghost is amazing

[@joebarrera9741]

I love this Song Ritual ...on Xmas I bought my Brother in Law his First Ghost Shirt

[@citizenbrain8065]

Opus Eponymous is the best Ghost record, in my opinion. They kind of lost me after Infestissumam.

[@robertbathory9088]

All the nameless ghouls and Tobias were anonymous until a court case happened that publicly released their names. When they did interviews back then they pitch shifted their voices and every interview Tobias was a part of he did as a nameless ghoul instead of Papa.

[@chasethepops-n-flix2485]

💚new Sub here! Love ghost! You should definitely check out the song Cirice, if you didn't yet. You'll love it

[@_Lux_Ex_Tenebris]

The chorus progression that you can't quite figure out mimics a heavy metal version of Toto's Africa.. And if you want your beach surfer song you need the track Gouleh/Zombie Queen

[@AUTOPSY666]

Love GHOST, do Year Zero next...

[@Thescottishguyreacts]

He was taken to court over band earnings by other members of the band and was outed due to that he never chose to take the mask/paint off but was glad after as it makes it so much easier to be himself during the day and papa at concerts

[@wolandbegemotazazello]

Classic rock...

[@kcrich1310]

Speaking of vibes.....this song has me thinking about the Scooby Doo cartoons......just saying...... Years ago I seen Ghost play live in St. Louis on the evening of Easter Sunday. If THAT don't say a few things........

[@25shinedown]

you'd really like Elizabeth from the same album 👌 take it from a top 0.03 percent Spotify ghost listener 🤣

[@dennislinehan6548]

Parts of this song really harken to early Mercyful Fate

[@kyojhin6451]

Hard rock to Pop rock

[@PapaMetal47]

I totally get why metalheads hate Ghost. Their early stuff is really awesome heavy rock. But then they tried to turn metal into pop, and metal is the antithesis of pop, by definition. This first record is cool because they were trying to do something different, but then they just went mainstream. It's a shame, this is a great debut!

[@diegosotomiranda4107]

I totally get it, metalheads being annoying gatekeepers without Even understanding the band they are listening

[@PapaMetal47]

You raise a valid point. But lack of understanding and lack of preference are not synonymous.@@diegosotomiranda4107

[@Afther]

Man metalheads crying because something is not metal enough is so metal. Jokes aside, how can u not love this band? their songs are so catchy

[@user-dn4vk8vc9x]

🎉

[@Thescottishguyreacts]

Seen your video from a year ago. Changed your opinion yet? The more you listen to ghost the more you will become addicted

[@justitia257]

🌹

[@Ingwerbrot]

I mean this Sounds fire af but it’s satanic lyrics so I wouldn’t listen to it

[@bryandaniel2856]

I would rather listen to Death's "Zombie Ritual".

[@urmomschesthair9669]

Ghost is my favorite band of all time, I’ve been in the fandom for 3 years now and had the pleasure of seeing them live at their 8/24/23 ritual in VA I love watching these videos and seeing others fall in love with them too. I found them through this song so it warms my heart seeing you have the same reaction I did ❤️

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Wrong version

[@mucanan]

This ain’t it, at least for me

[@troy8979]

Fun fact , this song is in the top 50 of most evil songs made .

[@Ryliarc]

yeeaahh, I don't think so. The lyrics are /decently/ satanic and dark, but it's not near the most evil songs ever created. it's probably not even in the top 100

[@troy8979]

@Vulcan_the_dragon well it's a fact . Search it up, I'm not saying it's the most evil ever but it's in that top 50

[@pointlessmanatee]

@@troy8979 is there like a list of top 50 evil songs that were personally decreed by god?

[@Afther]

Man "Tops" dont make any sense in any art form.

[@Afther]

Dont get me wrong i like a lot of Ghost songs, specially this one, but these tops simply dont make sense to me because the are only a certain amount of people that contribute to it and that cannot be an universal truth. Tops just make sense if its a personal one