While the press release for their latest album, Darkness Is My Home, may tout Greek doom/occult rockers Night Resident as a Hellenic answer to Sweden’s Ghost, I don’t find the comparison particularly fair – or even fitting. Besides a predilection for occult rock, there isn’t that much to support the argument. In fact, the similarity only really becomes noticeable when examining Ghost’s cover versions, such as “If You Have Ghost” or “Crucified,” where the ’70s flavour the music is steeped in is that much more prominent than in the pop-rock, mass appeal that colours Tobias Forge’s own compositions. Viewed in that light, a comparison between Night Resident and In Solitude or Lucifer is far more apt, where the hard-rock-of-yesteryear aspect outweighs the insidious occult appeal. This in no way...