Meliora
by Ghost
- Type: Album
- Released: 21 August 2015
- Label: Loma Vista, Spinefarm
- Country: Sweden
- Length: 41:32
- Community rating: 3.47/5 from 14 ratings
Artists on this release: A Group Of Nameless Ghouls, Papa Emeritus III
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Meliora', Ghost pivoted to a more riff-focused and polished hard rock sound, shaped by producer Klas 脜hlund鈥檚 pop sensibilities to create a blend of heavy, psychedelic, and progressive rock. The album's central theme is the absence of God and humanity's subsequent search for purpose, all set against a futuristic, dystopian backdrop. Its widespread critical acclaim, including a Swedish Grammis for Best Hard Rock/Metal Album and a U.S. Grammy Award for the single "Cirice," marked a major commercial and artistic milestone for the band.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, progressive, theatrical, occult, satanic
Tracklist
- Spirit (05:15)
- From The Pinnacle To The Pit (04:02)
- Cirice (06:02)
- Sp枚ksonat (00:56)
- He Is (04:13)
- Mummy Dust (04:07)
- Majesty (05:24)
- Devil Church (01:06)
- Absolution (04:50)
- Deus In Absentia (05:37)
Credits
- Papa Emeritus III - performer, vocals
- A Group Of Nameless Ghouls - performer, drums, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
- Klas 脜hlund - producer
- Andy Wallace - mixed by
- Brian Lucey - mastered by
- Adam Kasper - engineer
- Greg Gordon - engineer
- BP. Necropolitus Cracovienses Zbigniew Bielak II - sleeve, artwork
- Mikael Eriksson - photography by
- Nicholas Johansson - a&r [coordination], a&r [scandinavia]
- Ryan Whalley - a&r [coordination], a&r [international]
- Tom Whalley - a&r [coordination], a&r [international]
- Kristen Mulderig - management
- Rick Sales - management
- John Jackson - booking [international]
- Nick Storch - booking [north america]