Ghost Tower released two haunting full-length albums "influenced by Mercyful Fate, early Fates Warning, old horror films, Black Sabbath, and obscure cult metal in general".
Here is the line-up:
Ameven: Vocals, Lyrics
Matt Preston: Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Mike Biggs: Drums
Ghost Tower's music is drenched with crepuscular atmospheres thanks to great dark melodies and to singer Ameven's peculiar, strained vocals, not to mention the impressive guitar shreds provided by master guitarist Matt Preston. Skills on strings were invariably backed up by skills on skins by drummer Mike Biggs.
You can read my rants about both albums by Ghost Tower HERE and HERE.
The band is presently on hold but this doesn't mean that cool things are not happening. As a matter of fact, Ghost Tower's "Head of Night" full-length album (which had been released during February 2012) has been finally re-mastered in summer 2013 specifically for the official cassette release on Germany's MetalPunxRex label. Cool, eh? It gets even cooler if you think that label MetalPunxRex is host to some of the Bands of The Week selected by the metal guru Fenriz of Darkthrone fame!
I mean, folks at that label have good sniff and good taste ...
TRACKLIST
1. Ninth Tooth of the Gravekeeper's Grin
2. Secret of Black Moss Lake
3. The Brooding Silence...
4. ...Of Untimely Death
5. House of Wary Shadows
6. An Elusive Encounter
7. Scroll of the Lunar Tribe
8. Island of All-Knowing Eyes
9. Elegy of Dreamtime
The cassette tape of Ghost Tower's "Head of Night", is in limited edition and comes with a poster.
Check out the the link below to get hold of the new, tape edition of this magic album, 40 minutes of great heavy doom metal.
This is also the occasion for reminding you that during these last years guitarist Matt Preston has been a busy man. Beside interacting with thrash metallers Infectonator and reviving act Dungeon Beast (see HERE), he has been and is currently playing guitar in the Michigan-based traditional heavy metal band Borrowed Time. Their debut full-length LP will be available in late 2013 on High Roller Records (another cool label, btw …).
As a fan commented on Ghost Tower’s Facebook page, this music yells for vinyl release. Well, hopefully, soon, and maybe together with new tunes …
Words: Marilena Moroni
Ghost Tower's "Head of Night" tape - on MetalPunxRex
Full album available for streaming on Bandcamp - HERE
Contact for Matt Preston: mpreston717@gmail.com