Meliora Tracklist
Meliora is the third full-length studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Ghost BC. The album was released on August 21, 2015. It marked the retiring of lead vocalist Papa Emeritus II’s stage name, who now goes by Papa Emeritus III.
From Revolver Magazine:
It has been widely reported that Meliora marks the debut of a new singer, Papa Emeritus III, who is the successor of Papa Emeritus I and II— the vocalists on ‘Opus Eponymous’ and ‘Infestissumam,’ respectively. The band members are staunch in their assertion that they welcome a new singer with each album to mimic the Catholic Church’s succession of popes—even while conveniently ignoring the fact that it is clear to listeners that each Papa has sounded, well, exactly the same. And yet, Nameless Ghoul is only too happy to expound upon just how much Papa III differs from his ‘Infestissumam’ predecessor.
“Meliora” Q&A
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What does the title name mean?
According to a Nameless Ghoul:
I think that the super-correct translation [from Latin] is ‘for the pursuit of something better,’ or ‘all things better,’ or something like that. It is actually more thematical with the lyrical content and the backdrop that we wanted to paint in front of which we’re playing these songs, basically, which was supposed to be, or is supposed to be, a super-urban, metropolitan, pre-apocalyptic, dystopic futuristic thing. The title is more implying, ironically, this zenith that we think that we have reached. We’re always building higher, and we’re always getting a little bit faster, and everybody keeps earning a little bit more money, and everybody gets a little bit taller and a little bit tighter and a little bit… It’s a constant improvement that we’re hysterically trying to achieve.
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What's the album theme?
The album theme is ‘the absence of God,’ mainly present on “Deus In Absentia,” which translated to English is ‘absence of God.’ As a Nameless Ghoul said:
The lyrics deal with the void that happens when there is no God, when there is no one there to help you. But even then, there will always be some fucker there to give you guidance. And the band is basically portrayed as the religious party that comes in there with a guiding hand. We offer the one place in the world that is spiritual.
Another Ghoul also said that it was…
more about the modern man and woman in their pursuit of purpose in life. It’s hard to live in a society if you’re not willing to buy that you are in a collective, yet usually in the Western world, there is a big disregard for individual responsibility.
