Ghost : Meliora [Best Buy Exclusive Edition Deluxe]

I FEEL YOUR PRESENCE

AMONGST US

YOU CANNOT HIDE

IN THE DARKNESS

CAN YOU HEAR

THE RUMBLE?

CAN YOU HEAR

THE RUMBLE THAT'S CALLING ?

 Meliora

 Latin for

 "better things",

 and not 

"the pursuit of something better" 

as the band claims

 is the third 

studio album

 by Swedish rock band 

Ghost

 The album was 

produced by

 Klas Åhlund

 and released on 

August 21, 2015.

 The album was

 generally well received, 

placing on

several music 

publications' lists

 of the best 

heavy metal albums

 of the year 

and winning 

Best Hard Rock/Metal Album

 at the 

2015 Grammy Awards.

 The lead single

 "Cirice" 

won the

 2016 Grammy Award 

for Best Metal Performance.

 In September 2016,

 the band released a

 special edition 

of the album, 

called 

Meliora Redux.

Background and Recording

Ghost 

began crafting

 their third

 studio album, 

the follow-up to 

2013's 

Infestissumam, 

at the end of 2014. 

The impetus for its

 "futuristic"

 theme came to 

a Nameless Ghoul

 a month 

or so prior 

to starting the

 Infestissumam tour. 

While trying out a 

new guitar rig 

during a rehearsal,

 the Ghoul created a 

"spacey echoed"

 effect that made

 a guitar riff sound 

"futuristic [and] sci-fi". 

At this point,

 he had the idea

 for their next album.

A Nameless Ghoul 

said that,

 because guitar took

 a backseat on 

Infestissumam,

 the band focused on 

guitar riffs

 from the beginning 

of the new album. 

He explained that 

part of this was

 achieved by having 

four different guitars, 

each played through 

three different amps, 

making four performances 

going through 12 amplifiers.

 They used two 

Gibson SGs,

 one from

 the early 1980s 

and the other 

from the 1960s; 

a 1962

 Gibson Les Paul; 

and a 

Fender Telecaster.

Discussing the selection of

 Klas Åhlund

 as producer,

 the Ghoul said that 

despite his reputation 

for working with 

pop singers 

and having never

 produced a 

heavy metal band before,

 Åhlund had many 

of the same 

musical interests

 as Ghost.

A member of the band 

said that 

the pre-production, 

writing and arranging

 of Meliora

 took a long time,

 not allowing for

 the luxury of 

recording any

 non-album songs

 with the exception of 

"Zenith", 

which was left off

 the main album 

but added as an 

extra track

 to a

 limited edition.

TRACKLIST

Spirit

From The Pinnacle To The Pit

Cirice

Spoksonat

He Is

Mummy Dust

Majesty

Devil Church

Absolution

Deus In Absentia

Year Zero

 [Live]

If You Have Ghosts 

[Live]

BONUS

Popestar

Zenith

Square Hammer

Nocturnal Me

I Believe

Missionary Man

Bible

Here Comes The Sun [*]

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