Ghost. (classic modern satanic/psychedelic/MWBHM)

i just discovered this band during my many visits to metal-archives.com.
they're a newer band from Sweden that dress like ghosts and their lead singer dresses like some version of a satanic pope. and... like the Residents and Ghoul: their identities are kept secret. (it might be a supergroup for all we know). anyway... they sound a lot like early mercyful fate/pagan altar with an almost pop-like sensibility. really really kool retro sounding stuff... thought i'd share them with you geeks and freaks:

http://www.myspace.com/thebandghost

if the future of metal is a revival of retro satan psychedelica, then sign me the-fuck up...

Totally weird and awesome disc!

I you dig that kinda stuff...

hell yea.. this is awesome.. thanks for the heads up

I've been totally digging this shit lately. i checked them out after i read fenriz call them the best rock band in ages


its rumored to have a few members of watain as well

I also dig this.

new ghost sukkas!

I saw them two nights in a row when they opened for Opeth and Mastodon. I liked the music.

At the end of one show when Opeth was playing, my friend looked up in one section of the balcony that had been empty for most of the night and saw several people now sitting. I didn't look very closely at them but my friend said maybe they were members of Ghost since nobody knew who they were or what they looked like .

whats this wizardry

pretty kool new ghost track.
thanks for the headsup!

Couple covers...I'm sure you all already know about them.

The Beatles one is great.

In love with the beatles cover. I have to listen to it at least 5 times a day.

Has anyone seen their music video for Year Zero? Warning there are boobies in it. And a cock at the end.
http://www.vevo.com/watch/ghost-bc/year-zero-explicit/USUV71300503

Most of the vids don't work fo Germany. Yay! And I don't feel like suffering through the sloth of my vpn connection. Maybe tomorrow, I'll try again, when Americans are asleep.

I 1st listened to this band last summer. 7 out of 10 for me. Great live band.

An article regarding the recent name change for legal reasons and it has a link to stream their new album:

http://loudwire.com/ghost-never-call-ourselves-ghost-b-c/

I've been listening to this all day trying my best to ignore my one-hit-wonder assumptions.
so far its a kool album, definitely not as heavy as the first LP and theres not that many memorable riffs, but the keyboards and bass sound good... the lyrics are satanic as heck as well. I can see a lot of metalheads hating it. its probably gonna be one of those albums I listen to once a week. the ABBA worship is at full force.

was watching an interview with a member of ghost earlier, pretty sure its akerfeldt



there was also a ghost, opeth, and mastodon tour a few years ago. I bet he did double duty. maybe this is another reason he quit bloodbath, makes perfect sense

The hands look a little different to me. Also...April 18 Ghost is playing Denver, CO and Opeth is playing in Buffalo, NY. No way Akerfeldt will be able to pull off being in two places so far away on the same night.

im pretty sure these guys are ghost

Why not? Read it wrong. Could very well be. I don't think we'll know for a while.


Streaming the new album here:
http://pitchfork.com/advance/67-infestissumam/

I love the new album. I might even like it better than the first one.

the more I listen to this the more I love it.
the melodies have been stuck in my head all day.
zombie queen is fuckin awesome.

That's also my favorite track so far.