the ending guitar part is the same as the album opener......history repeating itself.

That end part that fades out is “Imperium” so that, at the end of the album, you’re back at the beginning. The cycle continues. Such a great track. Such a great album closer for such a great album. It’s been fun watching you discover Ghost’s discography! 🤘

Kaiserion gets a whole lot of life live. It is what they played last year right when the curtain drops to start the show. It is my least favorite song on Impera (which by no means makes it a bad song) but, like Mummy Dust, the energy it has live is insane. When we saw them, the guy sitting next to us had seen them 4 or 5 times before and he wished they were playing Respite live. I now agree.

Respite on the spitalfields will be always one of my fav. Songs,lifetime. So mystical,so romantic,so dark,so classic,so modern. A song we all want to be able to write. Well done!

In Sympathy for the devil Tobias makes an orgasmic interpretation of the song hahaha I really love how his voice sound in that cover. You should check "If you have ghost" too, its almost an icon in Ghost, a fantastic cover.

THIS IS THE SONG I’VE BEEN SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO GET TO. I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. This song is dark, it’s heavy, it’s groovy.. the riffs are some of the best I’ve ever heard. I love it. This song represents everything I’ve ever loved to hear in music.

Really feel like whoever said there were two solos fucked this experience up for you. This song is so great. The solo is fine but it’s so much more than that. The ending closes the album the way it started the album. And after such an amazing journey when you hear that it actually feels almost emotional. I could tell in your face, you were let down. The anticipation of some incredible solo messed it up for ya.

The ending wasn't so much a guitar solo as it was just the Imperium riff to close out the album. You may remember that the "concept" of this album was the rise and fall of empires. It was made to loop back around. With Imperium it signifies the start of an empire and with Respite it signifies the end of it, and with the looping you can think of it as history repeating itself. One rises but it'll eventually fall and there will be a new one to take its place and so the cycle continues. This is the top Ghost album for me. Amazing songs and incredibly thought out. I also agree with you that the interludes should just have been part of the song. Don't really know why they were made separate, especially Bite Of Passage

Tobias actually is very interested in the Jack The Ripper case. He talked about it in a pod you can find here on KZfaq and he knows the case in and out. Even has a theory of who he really was. Spitalfields is for you who doesn't know the area in London where he committed his crimes and when he stopped the locals said it was respite on the Spitalfields. The part when Imperium comes back in the end indicating that the empire has fallen and a new one is about to rise is so geniously thought out that it's just blew my mind first time i heard it. Tobias is not only a musical genious but also so incredibly smart that you at the end are lost for words. All i can say is that Impera in my mind is the best rock album ever released. Period. The Europe reference is "where leaving the city so this is farewell". The riff is Whitesnake "Still of the Night".

This may be my fave Ghost video of yours 🤩 …your mention of Interview With The Vampire being one of your favourite movies really hit me in the feels since I recently fell in love with the story all over again after reading the book it was based on 🥰🥰 It’s actually one of my comfort movies by now which is odd since I first watched it when I was super duper young 😆 So close now to finishing watching all (and oh yes I mean all) of your Ghost reaction videos and I just love how you also share the specific insights you’ve gained from your experience with rock music and your progressive metal band, The Cardinal Endeavor. (I checked it out a few times and I’m sad it has so little views on KZfaq and Spotify as you can really tell the effort you guys put into the song writing!! The song Ghost/Reset may be my current fave funnily enough! 😆) A bit more personally, yesterday it was my birthday 🎂 and since I’m still quite young, each new age I gain holds a lot of weight to me so I was kinda dreading this most recent one, but after a really fun weekend of break from my studies with my friends and family, and now this awesome video of probably my favourite song on Impera, I thought I’d just comment for my first time on this channel to show my appreciation and to help the algorithm recommend this channel to more people. Thank you for this 😊

I agree with you. I think the reason Ghost is so great is they take the best elements of all my favourite music and churn out technically masterful music the is at the same time tribute and unique.

Thanks for this amazing trip through the entire Ghost discography! It's been one hell of a ride! If you're planning on checking out any covers, If You Have Ghosts is kind of a must-listen. It's become sort of a theme song for the band and their fans. If you have Ghost, you have everything.

Outside of Kaisarion which is the greatest song ever written, this is now one of my top Ghost songs. And the riff is definitely similar to Whitesnake's "In the Still of the Night."

Just thank you man. I really enjoyed this journey with you. I was already a big Ghost fan and to listen all their music again with you was great. I really love that you loved Ghost haha. Keep it up, man!

Loved this series❤️ you are officially a fellow Ghoul👏. Their live performances are also phenomenal if you ever get around to reviewing those!!

More GHOST! as Papa Emeritus once said "If you shred, You're Dead!" Now go to the live TV appearances with Sympathy for the 😈 Devil with the Helicopters and live acoustic of If you have Ghosts, you have everything from Paris France 2015

Man, I have LOVED these videos... your reaction to the bridge is the exact same reaction I had. It's like discovering Ghost all over again.

Love how it ends with same riff in different key to first song on album

Hopefully you can watch and respond to the "Messages from the Clergy" around the storyline itself. If anything Tobias is damn funny. The tricycle...oh man the tricycle. Oh, and his father, and his father's father, and his father's father's father and....

I’m so glad we got to here. That’s such a great song. I can’t get over how it effectively loops back to the start of the album. Then I get back to “HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA” Best song on the best album by the best band. Can’t get enough.

Didn't miss a single Ghost song upload. Was fun to see your journey, welcome to the club! Looking forward to the us tour dates and possible new music on the way soon!

Great reaction. The bridge riff is based on Still of the Night by Whitesnake. I think the first guitar solo sounds like Slash on November Rain. Ghost always knows the best bits to mine to enhance the song. This song is a perfect closer of an amazing album.

Sympathy for the Devil: He's singing with the band Heliacopters....something like that. They're on a TV show. It's easy to find. Here Comes the Sun, a Beatles cover...find a live version Current song, you're listening to is about Jack the Ripper There's 14 chapters. Some are very short. Theresanother song Tobias sings. It's called House of Affection.

If you want to get up to speed with Ghost lore as a whole, their video "Metal Myths: Ghost Pt. 2" is an amazing (and hilarious) resource! Later on, you can move to their Chapters, which start at the beginning of the Prequelle era and are still being released.

The main journey came to an end. It was a blast watching you experience Ghost. Hell yeah lore videos. I would suggest if the chapters are shorter put two in one video. And I'm begging after all the lore do Metal Myths Ghost pt2. Band is such a troll and it would be hilarious to see someone react (even tho video is maybe long)

You absolutely have to go see a ritual..I fell in love with Ghost when I saw them live, I didn't know anything about them and now it's been 9 months and there isn't a day that I don't listen to them. 🖤 Now you could do covers, chapters and lives..and there is another band of Tobias which is Subvision! And I will be here with you and enjoy your rections.😊

That riff is from Whitesnake "Still of the night' bridge.

Fellow rock musician here, I’ve been following your entire Ghost journey for the last couple of weeks. Been enjoying the crap out of it! Songs you NEED to hear and react to: If You Have Ghosts Crucified I’m A Marionette Waiting For The Night These are all cover songs, but all are bangers. If You Have Ghosts is a Rocky Erickson cover, and to me it’s one of Ghosts greatest tracks ever. It is pure greatness, and the guitar solo sounds SO good! My Top 10 songs from Ghost! 1) Ghuleh/Zombie Queen 2) If You Have Ghosts 3) Con Clavi Con Dio 4) Cirice 5) Year Zero 6) He Is 7) Ritual 8) Genesis 9) Elizabeth 10) Miasma

Thanks for the video and the series, was great to watch. Also, if you're thinking of a way to do a ranking/ratings of all Ghost tracks/albums I would definitely watch a tier list video of that

Frederik Akesson, Opeth's guitar player did all the lead guitar tracks on this album and I believe Prequelle as well.

The lyric "We will go softly into the night" is a reference to Dylan Thomas's poem "Do not go gentle into that good night".

Ghost brings classic rock into the modern day, and that's their niche. I don't think they started that way, but have evolved into that sound especially in the last two albums. Honestly, one of the biggest things that hooked me on Ghost is the lyrics and the meanings of the songs and even albums as a whole. It isn't just the sound, it's the message - though the sound itself is pretty damn phenomenal most of the time. I would recommend checking out the lyrics of the songs when you get a chance; not as a reaction, but just for yourself. Some of the songs are far deeper when you understand the message - and some are just as simple as they seem. Either way, I cannot recommend enough that you go to at least one Ritual. The theatricality is fantastic and most if not all of the songs sound even better live. I do hope you'll react to their covers, though. I think you'll be pleased with most of them.

wow 40 minutes video? lets go

Well damn, you made it all the way to the end. It’s been a hell of a journey! I really can’t tell you how fun it’s been to watch each and every one of your reactions to this band’s music, it’s really made my day and helped me enjoy the tracks in ways I hadn’t even thought of before. Respite on the Spitalfields didn’t really click for me at first- I thought the lyrics were a bit clunky and as someone that listens closely to them I found it a bit off-putting. However, as time’s gone on, it’s grown on me quite a bit, especially with the instrumentals being as downright gorgeous as they are. I think I still prefer Monstrance Clock or Life Eternal for my favorite album closers, but I can definitely see why this one would be considered the best, especially with its connection to the album as a whole. Honestly, Impera is just such a damn near perfect album thematically and has given us so many iconic bangers of songs, it really has deserved every single bit of praise and acclaim it’s gotten. They really did outdid themselves with this one and I’m so glad it’s gotten so many people into Ghost, myself included! If you’re thinking of going into the covers next, the Sympathy for the Devil really is a good one. The rest of the comments have already suggested basically all of the If You Have Ghosts ep (which is deserved, those covers slap and I find myself often singing I’m a Marionette because of it) but for my own bit I might also recommend you look into their cover of Avalanche by Leonard Cohen, it’s only available on KZfaq as far as I know but I’ve been listening to it almost daily cause it’s got such a unique sound delivered so masterfully. Their version of Nocturnal Me is also very good if you have the time! Once again, it’s been a pleasure watching you go through their discography, I hope you find yourself having just as much fun listening to the covers and stuff from the other bands as you have here!

Such an awesome album closer indeed! Given the theme of the album is Empires and how cyclical they are, the fact this song ends with the start of Imperium is a perfect example of that. Also! Definitely check out the Sympathy for the Devil cover, though only Papa IV (Tobias) is featured there (the instrumentals are played by The Hellacopters). I would also recommend If You Have Ghosts, It's a Sin, Here Comes the Sun, and Enter Sandman! Really enjoy how they take each song and give them a Ghost rework and it'd be fun to see your thoughts and reactions to them! Awesome reaction as always !! Keep giving us honest and thoughtful reactions, it's nice seeing people giving their real opinions and not just catering to the fans :)

The interludes imo are separate tracks because we as listeners are supposed to listen to an album and not as a bunch of separate songs. The way we oldies used to listen to vinyl 😊

Bring on the chapters. Can't wait to see your reaction to them. They are genius

As for Repugnant, their only album "Epitome of Darkness" is a masterpiece of pure Death Metal, but the highlights are definitely: • Draped in Cerecloth - Good image and sound live version with a young unmasked Tobias singing and shredding the guitar kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odKUeseCx7nen3k.html • Another Vision • Premature Burial • Voices of The Dead

To bad people led you to believe there was a second guitar solo at the end of Spitalfields. It’s obviously not a solo, but a repeat of the melodic guitar line from the opening track/intro “Imperium” (which means “Empire” in Swedish). I was hoping you would appreciate the way the album ends with the same melody as it opens with, but I guess your expectations got diluted by people calling it a second solo. Either way, I think it’s the perfect way to end this album. Both Genesis and Deus In Absentia are equally great closers though, I think. Genesis is also their greatest show opener as well. They opened with Genesis during 2015, then launching straight into From The Pinnacle To The Pit! Man, were those great concerts. I saw Ghost live three times in 2015.

If you want more ghost you should react to the chapters of the ghost story/lore that they have uploaded on their channel! There’s 14 episodes out currently!

One thing that I find extremely interesting is the usage of that riff from the intro track and the way it is perceived in each context. In the opening it presents itself as a triumphant clarion call to the rest of the album, and is perceived as Major key as such. At the end the exact same riff reappears but this time, with the added context of this being the final moments of the album, it is perceived as a much more somber Minor key. This also aligns perfectly with the theme of the album itself, with the death of every great empire paving the way for a new one to take its place. The end of one may be indistinguishable from the beginning of another. Two identical riffs, two very different ways to interpret it.

Whitesnake - Still of the night

At 11:57 of your video you say " This really reminds me of something?" Me too - sounds like White Snake "Still of the night" when the guitarist used a violin bow to play the guitar!! I'm I correct? And the piano at the end of the song sounds like they stole those notes from Van Halen's "Right Now" This Ghost album is such a masterpiece - love it. Also enjoyed your reaction

Haha, when you mentioned someone said there were two solos in this one I was like, "Huh? Are there??" Glad that the lack of a solo didn't let you down there. I know I've commented quite a bit on your vids, and I always tried my best to refrain from 'spoilery' things. I think when you were coming up on Twenties I had to re-write my reply about 5 or 6 different times because I was like, "I don't want to give it away" and then it was "well, I also don't want to hype him up on it too much either, what if he doesn't like it???" I probably still left a comment that teetered on some spoilers though, haha It's always a tricky line, lol A bitter sweet ending in this one though. I suppose the good news is that Ghost isn't done yet, and music from should be on its way (maybe we get a surprise single in the next two months that makes us all collectively go, "Well now why wasn't THAT on the album!") I do look forward to seeing the MCC stuff. My person favorite for MCC is a 'live studio' video they did that's about 20 minutes long and they go through like 4 or 5 tracks. I don't know if that's going to fly as a reaction vid, but maybe you could break it into parts? My minor spoiler for you on that one is they give me a very vague Pink Floyd vibe. It's not exactly Pink Floyd, but there's kind of an eerieness to their music that really reminds me of a lot of PF. I'm actually not too familiar with Repugnant (I think I heard a small clip of a song once?) so I'll definitely make sure to check out your vids on that too. For Ghost covers, the ones I'd really recommend: If You Have Ghosts Sympathy for the Devil Enter Sandman (there is a live performance similar to SftD where they do this in a tribute concert to Metallica, it has Forge on vocals, and I think Candlemass and others are involved; but there's also a studio version that's all Ghost, toss a coin on which one you'd rather see, both are quite similar though if I remember right.)

Going Softly into the night is in reverse....the actual saying is...Let us NOT go softly into the good night. Did you notice the song went into Imperium at the end...tied up into a pretty bow...ends with the beginning I knew you were going to dig this song...especially, when Tobias got the growly

I Guess that riff you remember is from In The Still Of The Night with Whitesnake 🤘🤘

For MCC…if you want to hear stuff that Tobias was a part of, stick with the first album, “Goodmorning Restrained” or the “Valiant Visions Dawn” EP. Martin resurrected MCC after he left Ghost, so Tobias hasn’t been involved since Ghost took off. All that being said, the newest MCC album is amazing. “Arrows,” “Silence” and “Savantgarde” are all solid tunes.

I recommend the songs Melancholia, Nightbound and The Lament by the band Tribulation. They have really cool guitarwork and their guitarist played also in Repugnant.

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You should do (If you have Ghost you have everything) and Bible Two covers i love. and the chapters so you get a hint of the papas and papa nihl

The Final countdown reference is "one day we'll come back" which is also sung with the same melody as in TFC (but in TFC it continues with To earth again)

Such a phenomenal ending track

Now you should react to Ghost live Vids, starting from Beginning

The riff in the middle of the song the break down is white snake still of the night riff

“If you have Ghosts” is my favorite cover by them. Both the album version and acoustic version sound like different songs lol

My favorite track on the album

This ending is everything I just went to their ritual in mass on the 19th and this live is fucking phenomenal

It's the lyrical lines in that section that have to be shouting out The Final Countdown, but not the riff. Vocals though seem to be a nod to the "were leaving together so this is farewell, maybe we'll come back to Earth, who can tell" from TFC.

Sympathy for the Devil is only avaliable on KZfaq, it hasn't been released. It was a preformance on the swedish familj game show "På Spåret". Just Papa Emeritus IV (no Ghouls) together with the band The Hellscopters.

I get the musician going to shows thing. Wasn't until I semi-retired I could relax and enjoy.

My guess on the riff/song you were thinking of: Whitesnake - Still of the night Sounds a lot like that..for me at least..

YES PLEASE DO THE COVERS😮☺️🤘

The riff you're thinking of is Still of the Night by Whitesnake!! Lol pretty much exact copy. If you do the covers my favorites are If you have Ghost, Here Comes the Sun, Crucified and Zenith

Also the breakdown u thought sounded familiar is Whitesnakes Still of the Night

the wizard of AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHZZZZZ. good track.

All of the Subvision songs for sure

Didn't dig through the comments so I don't know if you figured it out, but the musical break that sounded familiar to you has always, for me, evoked "Still of the Night" by Whitesnake, which features a similar section and would totally fit with the early-to-mid-80s pastiche of the entire record.

Is it In the still of the night you're thinking of?😁

I have totally enjoyed your reactions thru the discography. Well done sir. Now that you're finished with that, I hope you will now systematically review their official & concert videos..? To fully appreciate all that is Ghost, the videos are next level entertainment. Now for my 2-cents...consider the acoustic version of, "If you have Ghost" from Loudwire. Tobais' voice is pure magic. Follow that up with the rock version from the Geezer Sessions. From there, go crazy. Don't be afraid of the covers...they are awesome and 100% Ghostfied. Salute!

I think this song shouldve had a killer solo, before going into Imperium outro.. If it had that, and the solo was amazing as im sure it wouldve been with Frederik on guitar.. It would book a place beside Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb. This song is that good yes.

That riff that reminds you of another song comes from a Whitesnake song! Haha

OOPPPS i did not read down far enough in the comment section - others heard the White Snake riff as well - not just me!

The riff in the middle you’re thinking of is from Still of the Night by Whitesnake

The rif isn't from The Final COuntDown, but a lyric is. "We're leaving this city, so this is farewell" seems to be a reference to TFC's "We're leaving together, so this is farewell"

Whitesnake: “Still of the Night” is the riff you were thinking of

OMG, I hope they let you watch the chapter videos on here LOL.

12:00 it probably reminds you of Still of the Night by Whitesnake

Has a still of the night by whitesnake feel to it or def leppard,the solo sounds like Europe to me

I know it’s an old reaction video but that riff you were wondering about is White Snake’s In there still off the night

Just letting you know that Lovebites dropped a second track from the album “Judgement Day”, in fact the track that immediately follows the track Judgement Day. It’s called “The Spirit Lives On”. Nobody is reacting to it because it doesn’t have an MV, but I know you’re ok with reacting to songs alone if it’s all that’s available. Second song featuring Fami.

Have you listened to the live version of Elizabeth from Ceremony & Devotion? It's only on the CD I think but surely someone has put it up somewhere on KZfaq. I'm curious if you'd like it any better than the original. I already like Elizabeth to begin with but I really prefer the live version.

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My MCC recommendation for you is That It Is Already Too Late To Leave but specifically from the live recording video they put out called Digital Greetings From Nielson Sound Part 1. It's the first song out of 6 in that video and I really do think that watching that specifically is the best way to introduce MCC to you because it's almost like an experience. I know you can't watch all the songs in one go so do pause it after that first song but I truly think it's a must watch. Can't wait to see those reactions. Peace and love man 🤘 Edit: here is the link to that video m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aa91jcp-39W9lmg.html

Damn... Now what? Hahahaha

The FxLauren video please

100% with you on Elizabeth. No idea why that's so popular as a fan favorite -- I think it's the sloppiest constructed song in the whole discography

Oh, also, I got ya on finding Sympathy for the Devil (I have it saved on one of my playlists 😆). Here's the link directly to the video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sMejgKWltc-xoXk.html

Not sure if I've heard you bring them up, so apologies if this has come up, but how do you feel, if you've heard them, about Russian Circles?

Its a whitesnake song that riff is from...Dont remember what song:-) But sure its whitesnake

Too bad you skipped Missionary man & bible, two really good songs.

You should set up a go fund me page, to get you to Europe this summer for a festival ritual. Or to France for a genuine ritual.

To be honest, I don't think MCC would make sense as one of the next steps into the "Ghost related stuff". There's almost nothing from Tobias there, he only played bass for a really really short period, he wasn't even an official member. If I remember correctly none of the MCC recorded stuff has Tobias at all, singing, writing or playing. MCC is Martin Persner's child. It definitely worth checking out, but later on. Now SUBVISION makes total sense, since it was Tobias band, writing, playing and singing. It's mora of a "brit rock" sound but we can already hear a little bit of what was gonna become Ghost later. Their only album, "So far So Noir", is nothing but excellent. Subvision would be a nice palate cleanser, hearing Tobias real singing voice (out of any character) before jumping into the malevolence of Repugnant.Good tracks to react to: • Scenario • Room 611 • Fault • Psycamore • Beyond The Moon

I would just stick to Ghost and leave MCC, Repugnant and Subvision out of this. Even the covers are way more interesting.