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I’d say the instrumental part leans heavily on Light My Fire, while Baard’s keys also sound a lot like Manzarek’s on Riders on the Storm. Me personally, I’m still a big fan of GtC.
I just found and listened through a recording of this over at the Archives. Great stuff, with two nice interview sections. Highlights: 1) Interviewer and big fan Torfinn Borkhus being (possibly) the only person in the room to be fooled by an old inside joke, and 2) the story of Helge/Deathprod’s «potato summer». Never heard that one, and it cracked me up. Would have loved to watch this and the second show. So, were they ever made available for watching? I can’t find them on YouTube anyway.
Indeed it is! No idea about the subject. Tbh, I tend to listen to songs a LOT of times before I really pay any attention to the lyrics. Lots of interesting stuff going on here, though! Not least the lyrics to Neotzar. And what does «E-I-O, Sab, E-O» etc. mean anyway? Is it some kind of occult mantra, merely jibberish or something completely different?
Ok, another association from the Neotzar intro: the creepy synth in the background sounds quite a bit like something from the radio theater version of «Day of the Triffids» (from the 60s, I think). Again, minor (and fun) details. The album overall is soo good, I think it’ll make it to my top 3 MP of the last two decades.
@Arild: Indeed it does! Probably just as coincidental as that Chemical Brothers thing, though. 😀
@Johnny_Heartfield: That is indeed a 10 000 per cent more probable source of inspiration, yes. I stand firmly by what I think that bass actually sounds like, though. 😉
The bass riff (and sound) on Lucifer is so un-Bentish! Actually, it immediately made me think of Block Rockin’ Beats by the Chemical Brothers – which is a really odd reference in a MP context. There are so many funny, little details all over this album, I don’t even know where to start! Anyway, I haven’t bought the physical album yet. Who’s responsible for the artwork this time? I really like those masks that also show up in those loops on Spotify.
A slightly more personal observation: Listening to This is Your Captain immediately after Balthazaar is like talking to someone really bright with a lot of cool ideas and then meeting their brother who’s probably equally bright but who also happens to smoke a LOT of weed. It works pretty well, actually!
@suntripper: I was very close to namechecking that album as well! I just can’t imagine Bent admitting to have taken any inspiration from that one. 😉
Laird of Heimly sounds like something off Led Zeppelin III with strings arranged for George Harrison by George Martin.
