By Greg Maki Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge has said “Impera,” the band’s fifth full-length, is about the rise and fall of empires, yet even more than that it plays like a celebration of Ghost itself, reveling in all of the over-the-top, bombastic tendencies that have propelled the occult act to the top of the hard... Continue Reading →
Live photo galleries: GHOST, NOTHING MORE-----Review by Greg Maki-----With reasonable certainty, I can say I was a witness to the first time anyone, anywhere, asked the following question: “Hershey, do you like to have your assess wobbled?!” Same goes for this one: “Hershey, do you like to have your taints tickled?!” CARDINAL COPIA (TOBIAS FORGE)... Continue Reading →
Photos by Greg Maki
Ghost has premiered a new webizode, "Chapter 7: New World Redro." This chapter first brings the viewer up to date with the Cardinal Copia-Papa Nihil-Sister Imperator storyline and then begins to lay the foundation for more backstory secrets yet to be revealed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVvAByIDtmk&feature=youtu.be Ghost is spending the bulk of its summer as special guest on Metallica's... Continue Reading →
Ghost has announced a six-week North American headline tour that will see the Swedish rock band's elaborate rock theater presentation metamorphose into a full-on arena production. Billed as the "Ultimate Tour Named Death" and produced by Live Nation, the tour is due to kick off Friday, Sept. 13, in at the Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield,... Continue Reading →
Review by Greg Maki ------ Ghost’s third album, “Meliora” (2015), is a masterpiece, one of my favorites of the current decade. Its fourth, “Prequelle,” is the record that will take the occult-themed, formerly niche band into the stratosphere of superstardom. Outed last year in a lawsuit brought against him by former bandmates as the man... Continue Reading →
My pick of the week for the 3rd week of May 2018 is an easy one—Ghost's catchy brand new track, "Dance Macabre." And if you don't know Ghost, then you've either never visited our site, or have been living under a rock for the past several years or more. Watch the video for the song... Continue Reading →
Ghost will release its fourth full-length studio album, "Prequelle," on June 1 via Loma Vista Recordings. The band is led on the effort by its "new" frontman, Cardinal Copia, replacing Papa Emeritus III, its leader throughout the "Meliora"/"Popestar" album cycle. Watch the video for the record's first single, "Rats," and see the "Prequelle" cover art... Continue Reading →
