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sztorm75
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GHOST SIGN WITH A MAJOR LABEL, DEAL REPORTEDLY WORTH $750,000
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Ghost have hit the big-time: after a fierce bidding war, the mysterious Swedish occult rockers have signed to Seven Four Ent., the new label formed by ex-Warner Bros. exec Tom Whalley that’s launching under the Universal Republic umbrella.
That Ghost signed with a big label shouldn’t come as a surprise, but that they didn’t sign with Roadrunner — whose staff blanketed the NYC show a few months back and from what I’m told pursued Ghost hard over the course of several months — is frankly pretty shocking. Do Ghost really think a gigantic major label is going to do a better job than Roadrunner, whose staff, despite being part of a major label foodchain themselves, live and bleed metal?
Of course not; it’s all about the Benjamins; that big advance Ghost got — worth something in the $750,000 range according to an extremely reliable anonymous industry insider — is good for the band’s pockets right now (and their manager’s 15% cut is good for him, too), but long-term it would’ve been much smarter for Ghost to sign with Roadrunner, or even Metal Blade, Century, Nuclear Blast, Relapse, et al. They are never EVER going to re-coup that $1 million advance, not in a hundred years. I’d bet Axl’s life on it. Then when their new label realizes this after the first album, they’ll be dropped and left for dead. Ghost have proven they have a widespread appeal beyond just the metal audience (similar to Mastodon), but there is a ceiling for weird satan-touting Swedes dressed up in robes.
Here’s a challenge to Tom Whalley, or for that matter any of his staff members: without consulting anyone or the Internet, name five Swedish heavy metal bands other than Ghost. Right… didn’t think so.
There’s of course the “cred-factor” too; are Ghost’s existing fans gonna jump ship since they signed to a major? It’s possible. I certainly don’t care — the music will speak for itself — but I know there are those who will.
By the way, before you guys get all “WTF why didn’t Metal Blade re-sign Ghost???”, understand this: Metal Blade released Opus Eponymous through a licensing deal with Rise Above Records, Ghost’s former label, so Metal Blade never really “had” Ghost to begin with.
Anyway, sound off with your thoughts below.
-VN
http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/05/21/ghost-sign-with-a-major-label-deal-reportedly-worth-750000/
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Agree with everything except I dont think Roadrunner "lives" metal so much these days.
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| No surprising. |
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Why the fuck would the crowd that likes Ghost jump ship because of a label..? It's not like they are obscure legends or something. |
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Was it Cradle Of Filth that signed with Sony Music? And how many albums did they release? One? To my understanding Sony had no idea how or where to promote a band like COF. It was a total failure and in my opinion Ghost will face similar fate. Not surprised though that they got such a good deal. It was just a matter of time before someone took notice.
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| It also happened with Morbid Angel for the Covenant album. Great record ,but not the cash cow they hoped it would be. |
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 4:41 pm Post subject: Re: GHOST signs with major |
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| I wonder if this will make their sound more commercial ? I hope they don't sell out. |
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Unless they plan to do one album and then split, why the fuck did they get such a huge advance? Their never going to pay it back if they decide to continue beyond one release
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| ADB wrote: | | Unless they plan to do one album and then split |
i actually reckon that's what they gonna do, i dont think they would still be in fashion by the time of their 3rd album anyway.
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| Demoniarch wrote: | | I wonder if this will make their sound more commercial ? I hope they don't sell out. |
They just did! They were meant to. |
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