From Kerrang!
The follow-up to Ghost’s 2018 album Prequelle is seemingly on the way…
Though huge metal bands like Avenged Sevenfold have announced that they’ll be holding on to their fresh material until touring resumes, it sounds as though Ghost will be steaming ahead with new music – releasing a record as soon as “this winter”.
According to a new interview that mastermind Tobias Forge did with Sweden’s VK, the band might well be unveiling the follow-up to 2018’s Prequelle within the next couple of months, with touring plans that were supposed to be happening in March 2021 being pushed back.
“I have already made a record about God’s wrath and doomsday, even if Prequelle was not about just infection from a medical perspective,” Tobias says of how Ghost’s new work isn’t anything to do with coronavirus or the pandemic. “But I have a feeling that there will be plenty of doomsday and quarantine-confirming records in the future, and I think I might not participate in it.”
In a pre-COVID interview with Kerrang!, when asked about album number five in 2019, Tobias hinted: “I look at many fifth albums as a guide as to the urgency for what that record will need to be, with [Iron Maiden’s] Powerslave being a great example. By the fifth album you’re at a point in your career where you have this momentum built up, and you have the expectancy of people depending on you, so you have to put something special in those many spotlights. You need to step up and make a record that’s worth it and justifies all of these things.”
He also pondered where a new record could take Ghost and how a huge tour slot supporting Metallica last year gave him food for thought: “I regard Metallica as colleagues and friends now, but they’re still Metallica. I am an ambassador and they are presidents. But when I look to Metallica for influence, I’m looking at what they did in 1988. We’re on our fourth album, as they were on the Damaged Justice Tour, so the next stop is the Black Album.”
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- Ghost (Swedish) - Impera - Maroon Coloured Vinyl + Book Of Illustrations - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $37.79, €36.29 (New Item) (arrived 03-Dec-2024 11:00)on December 21, 2024 at 9:13 pm
GHOST Impera (2024 UK/EU limited edition 12-track LP, a new reissue of their 2022 studio album now pressed on Maroon Coloured Vinyl, featuring the singles Hunter's Moon and Call Me Little Sunshine. Picturesleeve with bonus 28-page book of illustrations inside, hype sticker & factory sealed)
- Ghost (Swedish) - Impera - Baby Blue Vinyl - Shrink - UK - vinyl LP - £44.99, $56.69, €54.44 (Back In Stock) (arrived 28-Aug-2024 09:02)on December 21, 2024 at 9:13 pm
GHOST Impera (2022 UK/EU limited edition 12-track LP pressed on Baby Blue Vinyl - Ghost return with their fifth psalm, fronted by the newly anointed Papa Emeritus IV. A dozen songs take on themes of isolation and demigod worship, as wellas colonization of both space and mind. Featuring new singles Hunter's Moon and Call Me Little Sunshine, picture sleeve with fabulous 28 page lyric/art booklet, turntable slipmat and album themed sticker set. This copy retains its original open shrink and in Near Mint condition LVR02408)
- Ghost (Swedish) - Meliora - 1st Black Vinyl + Booklet - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $37.79, €36.29 (New Item) (arrived 19-Jun-2024 11:50)on December 21, 2024 at 9:13 pm
GHOST Meliora (2015 UK/EU first issue 10-track LP pressed on Heavy Weight Black Vinyl. The third studio album by the Swedish rock band, including the singles Cirice, From the Pinnacle To The Pit and Majesty, housed in a single pocket picture sleeve with a printed inner with lyrics and photo and a 16-page booklet. Although not sealed, this example remains in a 'near mint' condition)
- Ghost (Swedish) - Infestissumam - Translucent Red - UK - vinyl LP - £34.99, $44.09, €42.34 (New Item) (arrived 19-Jun-2024 11:46)on December 21, 2024 at 9:13 pm
GHOST B.C Infestissumam (2013 UK/EU limited edition 10-track LP pressed on Translucent Red Vinyl. The second studio album by the Swedish rock band originally released in 2013 and winner of the 2014 GrammisAward for Best Hard Rock/Metal Album, including the singles Secular Haze and Year Zero, housed in a textured matt gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics printed inside. This example remains in Near Mint condition throughout)
- Ghost (Swedish) - Impera - Cyan Vinyl - UK - vinyl LP - £39.99, $50.39, €48.39 (New Item) (arrived 19-Jun-2024 11:41)on December 21, 2024 at 9:13 pm
GHOST Impera (2022 UK/Worldwide limited edition 12-track LP pressed on Cyan Vinyl - Ghost return with their fifth psalm, fronted by the newly anointed Papa Emeritus IV. A dozen songs take on themes of isolation and demigod worship, as well as colonization of both space and mind. Featuring the singles Hunter's Moon and Call Me Little Sunshine, housed in a single pocket picture sleeve with fabulous 28-page lyric/art booklet. Although not sealed,both sleeve and vinyl are Near Mint LVR02523)
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