The intro to Pro Memoria was written for Meliora while the verses and chorus were written during the recording of Popestar. 8

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Washed the LP with an Okki Nokki machine before playing it, there is no noise, not even a pop, the LP is flat and centered. Some of the piano sequences seem to be influenced by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar musical, specifically the titular song which is also known as The Song of Judas. For those who aren’t musically inclined, it is easier to hear the similarity at the 3 minute mark when compared to Laibach’s cover of Jesus Christ Superstar as the piano arrangement is louder. Start from around 3:50 onwards.In addition to breaking tradition with the cover, Ghost broke with the traditional Latin naming for the album by using the French word for Prequel but the biggest change was the band itself. Gold (Limited, total number unknown. A2 poster) available from kingsroadmerch.com, nuclearblast.de, emp.de, impericon.com, hmv.com, flight13.com, saturn.de, mediamarkt.de, hrrshop.de, velvetmusic.nl, napalmrecords.com Greg Eliason worked as assistant engineer; he has previously worked with Lorde and Jennifer Lopez and others. Ghost have a habit of writing music that is ‘reminiscent’ of other songs from time to time. We suspect that Ghost may just be fans of The Eagles as Pro Memoria sounds a touch like Journey of the Sorcerer. Full credit to Eclectician on YouTube for spotting that. The Eagles song was used as the theme of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Pro Memoria Lyrics

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Also, it’s another song about the former Ghouls going by the ‘Swede Saint Peter’ line – Saint Peter, originally known as Simon then later Simon Peter, was Jesus’ closest disciple and while Judas betrayed Jesus to the Romans, Peter also betrayed him by denying that he knew Christ on three occasions. It doesn’t take much to figure out which former Ghoul this references. On the 17th of August, Ghost’s front man hosts the Swedish radio show Sommar i P1 under his real name with accompanying photographs of him unmasked. The video was shot on February 23rd and 24th 2018 with four admins from the Legion of Ghost Facebook group (Juan Leon, Camille Cottrell, Carolyn Arleen and Mikey Elms) appearing as dead bodies. Matrix / Runout (Side A - Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic): 193301H1/A MRP2014 / LVR00739 - A -R-33485To confuse matters, the passages above do not name the Horsemen but their names seem to be Conquest, War, Famine and Death. With Conquest and War being essentially the same thing, it was debated that the last sentence of the description for Death was of the Horsemen as a whole, not just Death. Add to this, Revelations was written John of Patmos, Patmos being a Greek island where John would have been exposed to the legends of the Greek Gods including Apollo. Apollo is thought to be the same God as the Hittite and Hurrian God Aplu, the God of Plague and Apollo is said to have spread plague via arrows he would shoot from his bow. Therefore it’s now largely accepted that the first rider is Pestilence, the second is War, the third Famine and the last, Death with their powers to kill by sword (War), famine (Famine), plague and the wild beasts of the earth (Pestilence) with Death overseeing them and reaping the souls for Hell/Hades as none killed by the Horsemen would go to heaven. There are so many problems with that pressing that I feel it could be worth something at some point! hahaha! This release was issued with covers with five different placings of a rider and a horse. It seems the various versions of the cover has been randomly distributed among the different versions of the release. Red Smoke (Limited, total number unknown. A2 poster, Lenticular 3-D cover) available from kingsroadmerch.com [SOLD OUT?], lomavistarecordings.com [SOLD OUT?]

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Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped [LVR00363-B1 JN-H B8 etched]): MRP1228 / LVR 00363-B 172124E2/A3 LVR00363-B1 JN-H STERLING A number one hit in the UK for The Pet Shop Boys in June 1987, It’s a Sin is allegedly the best selling single in Europe for 1987. The song was originally written and demoed in 1984, the subject matter being Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant’s Catholic upbringing and how everything he enjoyed in life was sinful (Tennant is openly gay).The record has a very good soundstage, guitars and vocals are well defined and I could not listen to any distortion on both. At the September 30th 2017 gig in Gothenburg Papa Emeritus III is dragged from the stage by suit clad men and a previously unseen Papa takes the stage, introducing himself to the crowd in Italian, “I am Papa Emeritus Zero. The party is over and now a new era begins. The Middle Ages begin now.” 1 Dies Irae was traditionally used during Requiem masses (funeral services) but during 1969 and 1970 the Vatican revised the standards for masses, eliminating many traditional parts of masses unchanged since the Middle Ages that referenced the negative aspects of Old Testament Christianity such as judgement and fear. Masses from that point on were to emphasise hope, forgiveness and the more positive aspects of Catholicism. The Sibyl referred to in the passage were ten female oracles who directly spoke the word of God. The ‘Drink me, Eat Me, Then you’ll see The Light’ chorus is a reference presumably to Communion at Catholic Masses where blessed unleavened bread is eaten symbolising the body of Christ and blessed red wine is drunk signifying the blood of Christ. These are consumed by the congregation as a literal acceptance of Christ into them, a rite resembling The Last Supper where Jesus made the same gesture to his disciples. See the Light Lyrics Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped [LVR00363-A1 JN-H A8 etched]): MRP1228 / LVR 00363-A 172124E1/A LVR00363-A1 JN-H STERLING A8 etched