The songs on Out Of This World are connected by a loose concept - a connection between fantasy and some mythological themes.
"What the hell would make a band call themselves Ghost Toast? Turns out, Ghost Toast are amazing! They’re a Hungarian band that do indeed perform instrumental prog. However, musically they meld as a complete band. The musicianship is stellar, but they’re not just taking turns to flail. They’re sound is somewhere between Russian Circles, Scale The Summit, and Tool with touches of world music."
- Metal Injection -
"I think you have to put yourself into a different mindset when you listen to this record. It is not a collection of songs, it is a musical journey with recurring thematic imagery."
- Metallum Sub Terra (10/10) -
"Nach einem letzten musikalischen Höhenflug geleiten GHOST TOAST den Hörer mit ruhigen Klängen zur Erde zurück. Es ist wie das sanfte Erwachen aus einem wunderschönen Traum. Mit dem Unterschied, dass es für “Out Of This World” einen Replay-Button gibt, den ich nur zu gern betätige." - Silence magazin (9/10) -
Como dije antes, no me sorprendería si este disco llega a ser el mejor título instrumental del año pues está en otros estándares de composición sobrepasando la locura procreada a base de sueños lucidos y sonrientes memorias. “Out of This World” es una mano que todos los amantes de la creatividad deben tomar para transportarse fuera de los conceptos establecidos por la memoria terrestre y experimentar más allá de este mundo. - Return to my blood (9/10) -
“O álbum acaba, assim, por ser quase uma banda sonora para a vida. Como a vida, só mesmo experimentando se consegue entender a diversidade de estruturas e elementos sonoros que compõe a música dos Ghost Toast… Não é possível colocar em meras palavras.” - Ultraje (9/10) -
"...Mert ez olyan zene, ami számtalan fordulatot, ágat-bogat, csavart és meglepetést tartogat, ám végig, de tényleg végig nagyon magával tud ragadni, és vinni, vinni messzire. De ez még nem minden. Talán még ennél is nagyszerűbb, hogy minden dal igazi Dal." - Hammerworld (9/10) -
"With a highly varied and tonally interesting batch of well-executed songs on their new record, they have crafted something that will surprise and engage you time and again throughout its near hour-long runtime." - It djents (8/10) -
released June 7, 2017
△ Ghost Toast:
László Papp (drums)
János Stefán (bass, sound fx, samples)
János Pusker (cello, keyboard)
Bence Rózsavölgyi (guitar)
Label: Inverse Records (FIN)
△ Album credits:
Mixing and mastering: Zoltán Cserfalvi, Béla Boros - Denevér Hangstúdió (Szolnok, Hungary)
www.deneverstudio.hu
Cover art: Gergely Madarász
www.madaraszgergely.hu
△ Track credits:
* Alia:
0:42-1:31; 4:42-4:45: quotations from Dune: the Bene Gesserit - Dune Month by Pop Culture Mythology (Youtube) - which is a quote from the Dune (novel) by Frank Herbert -
2:42-2:54; 2:56-3:10; 3:12-3:20: quotations from Dune (TV series) directed by John Harrison; produced by David Kappes; based on Dune (novel) by Frank Herbert
4:53-5:00; 5:35-5:43; 5:55-6:19; 6:28-7:20: vocal parts are from Storms by Hannah da masta
* The Dragon's Tail:
1:18-1:32: quotation from Beowulf by Benjamin Bagby (DVD)
3:15-3:48: quotation from Polyglot_Lord's Prayer in 8 ancient languages by ArmorSapientiae (Youtube)
6:41-6:45: quotation from Dragonborn by Jeremy Soule (recorded by Ghost Toast)
* Kaia:
All vocal parts are from the song called Kaiababies by Kaia
* Last Man:
0:00-0:11; 2:01-2:33; 5:12-5:20; 5:37-6:00: quotations from The Last Man on Earth (film) directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow; produced by Robert L. Lippert, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Harold E. Knox; based on I am legend (novel) by Richard Matheson
0:14-0:42; 6:02-6:08: quotations from The Omega Man (film) directed by Boris Sagal, produced by Walter Seltzer, based on I am legend (novel) by Richard Matheson