Spirits of the Dead

Spirits of the Dead – a psychedelic-stoner-folk-rock with one foot in the electric magic of the seventies and the other in the modern electric rock sound of 2012. Reviews on the new album, "The Great God Pan": "This is superior stuff, and as a Soundtrack to a trip trough imaginary green and pleasant lands, delivers in full" - 7/10 Classic Rock Magazine "Spirits of the Dead are giving psychedelic rock a welcome with bold colourful brushstrokes and a genuine sense of wonder" - Classic Rock Prog "Deeply powerful and captivating every second of the way" - Shindig Magazine "This is a rich and surprisingly elegant album" - 4/5 Rock and Reel "A pagan folkocalypse. SOTD do it incredibly well and with a remarkable flair for balancing the modern and classic sides of their sound" - The Obelisk "The prog-tinged Norwegian classic rockers have ensured they maintain the momentum by rolling out the fantastic follow-up The Great God Pan. Dead Good!" - 9/10 Rush on Rock "Spirits Of The Dead have gone out of their way to more than fulfill any high expectations." - 83/100 Altsounds " Hallucinogenic may been involved in making some of the music. For fans of King Crimson, Nick Drake and Tame Impala" - 7/10 Rock Sound "The Great God Pan will stand as one of the best Norwegian Rock albums this year" - 5/6 Norway Rock Magazine With The Great God Plan, Spirits Of The Dead have managed to create an album that’s completely unique, every single track takes you on a journey of discovery into a previously uncharted world, it’s eclectic, it’s different and it’s oh so very daring in a musical world of sound-a-like bands. If you want something to challenge, to seduce, to mesmerize I suggest you get hold of The Great God Plan, you won’t be disappointed. -10/10 Rhythm and Booze Reviews on the Debut "Spirits of the Dead": The album sounds heavenly. A dream debut. 4/5 CD Review, Revolver Magazine/ Robert Haagsma (NL) Not a drop of water found in this wine. The debut of Spirits Of The Dead is an undisputed recommendation. - Progwereld (NL) SOTD focuses his sights on both the past and the future. Their music points the way for the next generation of stoner bands - 8/10 Rock Tribune (NL) Spirits Of The Dead reigns! - 9/10 Lords of Metal (NL) The Norwegian act has found a rather intriguing voice that smacks of a lethal beauty - Muzikreviews(US) – Pick of the week! It would appear that Norway, the band's home, is where the dead spirits of the rock gods go to be conjured up by young lads willing and able to channel them. – CMJ.com (US) While their influences lie in the past, their vision looks to the future, setting them apart from so many of their peers. - Glide Magazine(US) Spirits of the Dead make for a wild album that can be both light and agile as well as crushingly heavy. - Rock and Roll and Meandering Nonsense (US) Fifth tune T.I.T. sort of introduced some early Black Sabbath influences in brief moments, but on Spirits of the Dead longer segments are totally dominated by the almost evil-sounding, dark and twisted guitar riffs with a late 60's tinge to them..." Progressive Ears (US) Never was a repeat button as valuable as it was today – Eclipsed (DE) Short but very powerful debut! Muziekagenda (NL) Magnificent psychedelia. From melodic and delicate tender to really hard and frenetic; fearless Spirits of the Dead is grand and fascinating - Bergens Tidene (N) Tasteful psychedelia. This debut album is the best I have heard of rock this year – Trønderavisa (N) - Also picked Top 5 Album of the Year Behind a sophisticated silver-embossed cover hides another Scandinavian retro-trip to the golden age of hand-made guitar music.-Musikreviews(DE) Spirits of the Dead have come here with a very hot iron from the cold Norway swept around the corner!!! - Rocktimes (DE) I've listened over and over trying to find at least one negative point to say about this album but the truth we must face is that there isn't one bit negative on this whole album.. it all falls to pieces perfectly and SOTD proves with this killer album that they are scandinavian top! - Metal to Infinity (BE) Excellent! The best debut album I’ve heard in a long time. – FHM (N) Spirits of the Dead pounds away, in between their psychedelia and arena rock- references. – Haugesunds Avis (N) Grand psychedelic stoner rock – Groove (N) Spirits of the Dead shows that Norway has bands that got great skills and brilliance. Natt og Dag (N) We’re bewitched since the first notes. The fiery SPIRITS OF THE DEAD’s psychedelic rock sweep aside all that lay in its passage -Progressive-Area(FR) SOTD is a MUST hear for all Classic Rock and stoner rock fans, as well as stoners - Crash and Burn (US) They're not just a cheap knockoff, though. They are the real deal. So far, their album, Spirits of the Dead, is an absolute must buy –Chronicles of a Soda (US) Listen to the muscular rhythm section on that boogie-woogie bass riff-not a single extra note out of place, nor a poorly placed cymbal hit to be found.- Itsatrap (US) Everything sounds and looks perfect in this release. Metal Perspective (GR) One of the coolest bands in that direction, is Spirits of the Dead - Amboss-Mag (DE) The band storms up with a great rumbling psychedelic album – Mestrock (SE) They pull out some seriously sexy early Zep-esque strokes and some succulently drilled smoked till just right hazy transcendentalist slow burn freak outs – Losing today(US) Spirits of the Dead have created with their impressive debut, the lively sound of 40 years ago with the musical and technical developments of recent years to unite - The Pit (DE) I'd say start off with “White Lady/Black Rave,” “Fields of Gold,” and “SOTD,” and if you like what you hear, go indulge in the rest. I sure did. Recommended - Stonerrock.com (US) The ghosts play bold, loud, erotic, even forgotten, fast, taut and researching – Ragazzi (DE) The Debut album is an exhibition in psychedelic rock. - Joyzine (S) The sound of this astonishing debut album, is as it should be: warm, full-and juicy - Hooked on Music (DE) In conclusion, this is a classy album which successfully manages to establish its own identity and sound relatively timeless DPRP - Dutch Progressive Rock Page (NL) Buy the new album "Rumours of a Presence" here: https://itunes.apple.com/no/album/rumours-of-a-presence/id655042978?l=nb