Metamorphosis2005

METAMORPHOSIS provides a definitive visual record of the first twenty years of legendary Japanese psych-rockers Ghost (they carried on for another decade before disbanding in 2014). Opening with footage of frontman (and sole constant member) Masaki Batoh protesting the occupation of Tibet in front of the Chinese embassy the year the band was founded, METAMORPHOSIS, despite its occasional poor lighting and utilitarian framing, is an irreplaceable document of the band’s musical evolution (as well as a lingering archive of the only representations of their kaleidoscopic improvised sets). - Tom Fritsche