Narnia - Ghost Town (2023)

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Narnia - Ghost Town (2023)

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Narnia - Ghost Town (2023)

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Year : 2023
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Sweden
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 109 mb


Bio:

Narnia is a Christian neoclassical progressive power metal band founded by guitarist Carl Johan Grimmark and singer Christian Liljegren. The band formed in Sweden in 1996, disbanded in 2010, and reformed in 2014. Their album themes heavily reference The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis.Liljegren and Grimmark met for the first time in 1993 in Jönköping, a town in the south of Sweden. At this time Liljegren and his band Modest Attraction were just about to release their first album, The Truth in Your Face. Grimmark was a member of a band named Sentinel. They remained in contact over several years, during which both had trouble with their bands. Modest Attraction produced its second album Divine Luxury in 1996, at the same time as Grimmark decided to leave Sentinel.Liljegren phoned Grimmark and asked him whether he was interested in working together on a project. Liljegren had a passion for melodic hard rock, which he was not able to explore in the band Modest Attraction. Grimmark was instantly interested in a project along those lines.

Album:

Twenty-seven years into a career that continues to grow, Swedish melodic metal band Narnia takes huge steps into an exciting chapter with the new album "Ghost Town". The seasoned five-some once again shows how to shape a masterpiece with this melodic metal future classic. On this ninth studio album, Narnia has picked the icing on the cake from its vast catalog. You can't simply label this album a neo-classic metal album or a power metal album, even though these elements are present. There are also parts that are progressive, modern, heavy or just creatively different. But you can summarize by saying this is well-crafted piece of classic and melodic metal.Co-founder, guitarist and producer CJ Grimmark is the crucial architect of the band's sound and also the primary songwriter along with co-founder and lead singer Christian Liljegren and bassist Jonatan 'Jono' Samuelsson. Through well-formulated lyrics and melodies created to enhance the music, the songwriting team has explored new modes of expression that are well represented in songs such as "Thief", with its dramatic arrangement, anxiety-laden, expressive imagery and the progressive "Modern Day Pharisees", a song dealing with the subject of hypocrisy.Title track "Ghost Town" was first introduced to the cheering live-audience at Sweden Rock Festival 2022 and is now an obvious part of the setlist with its bombastic four on the floor-pulse and sing-along chorus. The heartbeat of Narnia, Andreas 'Habo' Johansson, does a tremendous job behind the drums and spares no energy. Martin Härenstam and his keyboards have been given a large but tasteful space on the record and range in sound from vintage synths to grand piano.The record's neo-classical gem, "Rebel", with a nod to the band's earliest influences, should appeal to long-time fans, but also more immediate songs like the soon-to-be crowd pleasers "Hold On", "Wake Up Call" and "Alive". "Descension", on the other hand, is more progressive, but there is a constant and clear common thread throughout the entire production that ties it together brilliantly. "Out Of The Silence" picks up where 2019's "The War That Tore The Land" left off as the album's only ballad. Featured by Saviour Machine's frontman Eric Clayton, who reads the Lord's prayer with his deep baritone operatic voice. "Glory Daze" is perhaps the album's heaviest song, which also addresses one of today's biggest problems: stress and chasing the wind. Something that Liljegren himself experienced during a burn-out. "Different songs will appeal to different people lyrically, but we cover a variety of topics throughout the album and I'm sure people will be able to relate to them, both musically and spiritually. Some of these songs stand out a bit from our previous repertoire, but without abandoning our historical influences", Liljegren explains and continues: "This is an album with a positive message combined with bombastic music. You can't have one without the other when it comes to Narnia", Liljegren concludes. Lyrics that make you reflect combined with the broad musical breadth the band possesses, along with a solid production, is Narnia's musical trademark which runs throughout the entire album. If the latest studio album "From Darkness To Light" from 2019 marked the way, "Ghost Town" is a more than worthy sequel with a life of its own.

Line Up:

Christian Rivel-Liljegren - Vocals (1996-2008, 2014-present) - See also: 7days, Audiovision, DivineFire, Golden Resurrection, ex-Wisdom Call, Christian Rivel, Flagship, Modest Attraction, ex-Trinity, ex-Borderline, ex-Venture
Carl-Johan Grimmark - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Programming (1996-2010, 2014-present) - See also: Grimmark, Rob Rock, Planet Alliance, ex-Fires of Babylon, ex-Beautiful Sin, Flagship, Modest Attraction, ex-Fullforce, ex-System Breakdown, ex-Saviour Machine
Jonatan Samuelsson - Bass
Martin Härenstam - Keyboards (1997-2003, 2010, 2014-present)
Andreas Johansson - Drums (1997-2010, 2014-present) - See also: Rob Rock, Royal Hunt, System Breakdown, DivineFire (live), ex-Wisdom Call

Tracklist:

01. Rebel
02. Thief
03. Hold On
04. Glory Daze
05. Descension
06. Ghost Town
07. Alive
08. Modern Day Pharisees
09. Out Of The Silence
10. Wake Up Call


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