From the Pinnacle to the Pit
"From the Pinnacle to the Pit" | ||||
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Single by Ghost | ||||
from the album Meliora | ||||
Released | July 17, 2015 | |||
Recorded | January 2015 | |||
Length | 4:03 | |||
Label | Loma Vista | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Klas Åhlund | |||
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"From the Pinnacle to the Pit" is a song by the Swedish rock band Ghost. The track was released as the second single from the group's third studio album Meliora.
Background and release
A Nameless Ghoul called "From the Pinnacle to the Pit" a "truly stomping riff-based song, Led Zeppelin-style" and "something that would sound great coming out of a car stereo in an American high school parking lot."[1] The song was released on July 17, 2015.
Music video
The song's music video was directed by Zev Deans,[2] and was filmed in a style reminiscent of 1920s silent movies. Clips from the 1949 educational film Act Your Age and the 1930 Cecille B DeMille movie Madame Satan were also used, including a scene where actress Kay Johnson and actor Reginald Denny danced. In the video, a student is sent to the headmaster's office only to be shown how man can harness the power of a god. The student is turned into an all-powerful man who despises what he's become. This evolves into the creation of Ghost vocalist Papa Emeritus III.
Personnel
Music
- Papa Emeritus III − vocals
- Nameless Ghouls – all instrumentalists: lead guitarist
, bassist
, keyboardist
, drummer
, rhythm guitarist
Artwork
- David M. Brinley – single artwork
References
External links
- Music Video on YouTube
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- Papa Emeritus IV
- Nameless Ghouls
- Papa Nihil
- Martin Persner
- Simon Söderberg
- Mauro Rubino
- Martin Hjertstedt
- Henrik Palm
- Opus Eponymous
- Infestissumam
- Meliora
- Prequelle
- Impera
- If You Have Ghost
- Popestar
- Phantomime
- "Elizabeth"
- "Secular Haze"
- "Year Zero"
- "Cirice"
- "From the Pinnacle to the Pit"
- "Square Hammer"
- "Rats"
- "Dance Macabre"
- "Faith"
- "Hunter's Moon"
- "He Is"
- Seven Inches of Satanic Panic