Release: Head of Night, 2012
Label: Self Released
Genre: Heavy Metal
Country: USA (Bellevue, Nebraska)
Bitrate: 224kbps
►Mediafire
Highly recommended new album from GHOST TOWER, check it out!.
Uploader Notes: Hi, this is Matt Preston from the band. Info on how to order the CD is attached to a file with the tunes, as is a JPG file of the cover art. Thanks again for posting our previous album on here, I hope this one gets out to some good metallers !
Other album notes/bio:
Ghost Tower began in Summer of 2007 when longtime metal enthusiasts Ameven (vocals) and Matt Preston (guitar) joined forces to write and record original music on their own terms. Some of their main influences are Mercyful Fate, John Arch-era Fates Warning, Abattoir, thrash and speed metal from the 1980s, little-known NWOBHM singles, 1970s Camel and other good progressive '70s rock, Nasty Savage, Crimson Glory, Iron Maiden, Candlemass, Black Sabbath, Goblin, obscure '70s and '80s horror films and the overall attitude and sound of dark old school underground metal. Despite an otherwise fleeting band lineup, Ghost Tower self-released a raw demo in 2008, "Curse of the Black Blood" in 2010 and, finding their true sound, "Head of Night" in February 2012.
Matt Preston - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Backing Vocals (Dungeon Beast)
Ameven - Lead Vocals
Mike Biggs - Drums
Why does the cover read, "GHOSI IOHER"? The artwork is eerie, but the lettering is crappy.
haha how can you complain about a logo? listen to the music goddammit.
Well, Slayer had a shitty cover on their first album. I swear it's the same artist who did Jag Panzer. But look at where they're at now.
Ghost Tower sounds promising. Don't know if I can get used to the female singer - but then again, Vixen (before they were Hawaii) had an annoying singer and took me a while to get used to it. But on the new Ghost Tower sounds like a different singer.
A note about the artwork: it was actually a photograph that I took at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, MA - after which I used a computer program to edit the colors and black out around the 'face' that the trees created. As for the inquiry about T's looking like I's in the logo - it was done on purpose, and the bottom of those letters represent tree roots. It has been a theme since the band's conception, mainly for our long-time passion for both the roots of metal, and 'organic' metal in general. We were going more for creativity than legibility with the logo. -Matt P.
MATT & STRAPPADO,Thanx for this great offer,the infos,the front scan and above all the music!!!Inspired metal with a dark aura,delivered by very talented musicians!!The vocals don't seem bad to me at all,they are done in an 80s underground style,not polished ,but with feel,direct from the gut!!!I like the singing of AMY HUNLEY!!!Love also the eerie keyboard fills,the sub doomy and gloomy feel of the songs which are direct and at the same time quite rich,arranging wise!!Keep up the good work guys(MATT i love your guitar work!),you got a gracefull beast rearing it's head to the metal masses!Grab it guys and enjoy pure metal!!Mega thanx again for offering us your labour!!
Uh, my comment regarding the lettering was meant in jest, and not to be taken seriously. To quote Warren Oates as Sgt. Hulka in Stripes: "Lighten up, Francis."
This is now available on cassette, finally mastered for better audio quality with a rehearsal bonus track, new artwork and a poster.
http://metalpunxrex.de/shop/product.php?id_product=101