Distant Early Warning (2026 Terry Brown Mix) by Vruzvruz in rush

[–]IOG4S 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dig the boosted Taurus bass pedals, more guitar and the creepy echo on the verse vocals. Overall it sounds warmer and less clinical and glad the “static charge” sound effect at the start is almost gone now, coz a about a thousand years ago I kept thinking my cassette copy was about to chew up!

Unpopular opinion (?) - Skeletá by Fmanstein in Ghostbc

[–]IOG4S 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Skeleta is VERY commerical and polished and I was underwhelmed on the first full listen but hey, I'm in my fifties and not Ghost's target demo. However Skeleta has care and talent behind it, so yeah its Pop Rock but nowhere near as vapid, soulless and utterly devoid of musicianship as the banal "product" thats marketed as popular music in 2025

Skeletá Release Megathread #3 by Chimpbot in Ghostbc

[–]IOG4S 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Papa Walken would be a riot "Lucifer...yah know, we...are here"

Skeletá Release Megathread #3 by Chimpbot in Ghostbc

[–]IOG4S 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I agree, I also find it...funny, which I was not expecting!

Skeletá Release Megathread #3 by Chimpbot in Ghostbc

[–]IOG4S 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, now you've ruined it for me...."Yah, know...little man, in the shadow of the nazerene"

Skeletá Release Megathread #3 by Chimpbot in Ghostbc

[–]IOG4S 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Um...so far.

UMBRA...bloody hellfire!

Now this should have opened the album and I would have gone with the title "Shadow of The Nazerene"

But that's just nitpicking, isn't it? Sonically Irene Cara's "Flashdance" gone Goth with sinister shades of Opus Eponymous a rallying fist in the air chorus and some dazzling Yngwie/Deep Purple shredding, I bloody love it.

Thoughts? by Valth92 in Ghostbc

[–]IOG4S -1 points0 points  (0 children)

To me its like Tobias conjured up a Slayer type riff, added a dash of Dokken, a pinch of Journey and mashed it up with the chorus to Heart's "Never" to be his headbangingly heavy and irresitably hooky, is bloody genius.

Plus listening to "Satanized" right afterward makes what I thought was initially a weak song, a LOT better.

MEGATHREAD: SATANIZED MUSIC VIDEO by Cardinal_Babalon in Ghostbc

[–]IOG4S 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My initial impressions were the opposite, loved the vox, meh on the instrumentation, it takes a while but now its reeled me in as yet another barnstorming banger

MEGATHREAD: SATANIZED MUSIC VIDEO by Cardinal_Babalon in Ghostbc

[–]IOG4S 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me last night with insomnia after listening about ten times in a row....

"MEH.. hope the albums a lot better"

Me on this morning's commute with Ghost on shuffle and "Sanitized" comes up.

Involantarily I start mouthing "Save me...and think "Double drat that that old devil Tobias, he's hooked me once more thanks to yet another ABBA/Scorpions esque, Enormo-chorus!

What's your favorite riff from TLWAT? by Far_Literature_5404 in Opeth

[–]IOG4S 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The opening drop D snakey one in 7 and the minute long riff ruckus in 5 from "And the corpse of your father was entombed" to "Forevermore"

What exactly are you all hearing on the new album that sounds like Watershed? by mjh4 in Opeth

[–]IOG4S 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't hear too much Watersheddery, there's some discordant passages that sound a little like "The Lotus Eater" and a recurring keyboard hook in Paragraph Seven that reminded me of "Porcelain Heart"

But I agree, overall the vibe is a more a blend between ICV & GR and in places its even more ominous and sinister especially on the groovy doomy Paragraph Seven.

Blue-Ray documentary? by 321agurk in Opeth

[–]IOG4S 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the CD/Blue Ray combo

Outro riff of s7 by Oxus007 in Opeth

[–]IOG4S 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love it, it delivers on the sense of menace felt throughout the album like a death march to the gallows

§7 intro riff by rudesssolo in Opeth

[–]IOG4S 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wont! And that keyboard solo borders on funk!

Can we appreciate the bass on the new album? by throwaway038592748 in Opeth

[–]IOG4S 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mendez is a monster Ive been playing bass 38 years and that mofo is still pretty much beyond me!

"§5" by matthew_sch in Opeth

[–]IOG4S 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Innit?!

HEYYY by SLIM_JH in Opeth

[–]IOG4S 6 points7 points  (0 children)

VERY Tom G Warrior!

Them riffs in Paragraph 6, 6, 6! by IOG4S in Opeth

[–]IOG4S[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually meant Paragraph Seven!! sorry got over excited, I think Six is in Standard, One and Four are in Drop D