Swedish metallers GHOST (known in the US as GHOST B.C., for legal reasons), have landed at #1 on the Swedish Album chart with their sophomore psalm, Infestissumam, released April 16th in North America via Loma Vista Recordings.
Infestissumam, the follow up to the band’s debut album, Opus Eponymous, was produced by Nashville-based Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (DEATH ANGEL, DEFTONES, FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH).
BraveWords’ Infestissumam review can be found at this location.
The Infestissumam videos for ‘Secular Haze’ and ‘Year Zero’ can be seen below:
Canadian dates on Ghost’s North American Tour:
April
29 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
30 – Calgary, AB – Republik
May
1 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room
3 – Winnipeg, MB – Garrick Centre
4 – Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights
6 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
7 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre
8 – Quebec City, QC – Theatre Petit Champlain
In celebration of Swedish metallers GHOST B.C.‘s sophomore psalm Infestissumam, (out on April 16th via Loma Vista Recordings), BraveWords wants you to win An Audience With The Pope! A chance to meet Papa Emeritus II and his band of Nameless Ghouls on their upcoming Canadian dates!
To enter the contest you must “Like” BraveWords on Facebook and then send us an email to contests@bravewords.com with the subject line “I WAnt To Meet The Real Pope!”. The winner will be chosen at random. Contest closes Wednesday, April 17th. Please include your snail mail in your email! Transportation is not provided to the venue. All tickets and instructions will be at the door of each venue.
Canadian dates on Ghost B.C.’s North American Tour:
April
29 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
30 – Calgary, AB – Republik
May
1 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room
3 – Winnipeg, MB – Garrick Centre
4 – Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights
6 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
7 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre
8 – Quebec City, QC – Theatre Petit Champlain
Infestissumam, the follow up to the band’s debut album, Opus Eponymous, was produced by Nashville-based Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (DEATH ANGEL, DEFTONES, FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH).
The Infestissumam videos for ‘Secular Haze’ and ‘Year Zero’ can be seen below:
Swedish metallers GHOST B.C. are streaming the new single, ‘Monstrance Clock’, online at this location.
Last month the band released their new music video for ‘Year Zero’ – the second visual offering from their forthcoming sophomore psalm Infestissumam, due out on April 16th via Loma Vista Recordings. The NSFW video for ‘Year Zero’ was directed by Amir Chamdin and can be seen below:
Infestissumam, the follow up to the band’s debut album, Opus Eponymous, will be released via Loma Vista Recordings on April 16th and was produced by Nashville-based Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (DEATH ANGEL, DEFTONES, FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH). The cover art can be viewed below:
Infestissumam tracklisting:
‘Infestissumam’
‘Per Aspera Ad Inferi’
‘Secular Haze’
‘Jigolo Har Megiddo’
‘Ghuleh / Zombie Queen’
‘Year Zero’
‘Idolatrine’
‘Body And Blood’
‘Depth Of Satans Eyes’
‘Monstrance Clock’
Check out the new video for the track ‘Secular Haze’ below:
Ghost B.C. will be delivering their sweet satanic melodies, snaking distorted riffs, and vaudevillian keyboards to audiences across the continent for their tour Haze Over North America 2013, which will bow at this year’s Coachella Valley music & Arts Festival on April 14th at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA. Tickets are currently available for purchase. For a complete list of dates, click here.
According to SPIN.com, the release date of “Infestissumam”, the sophomore album the mysterious Swedish buzz band GHOST, has been pushed back a week to April 16 after four compact disc manufacturers allegedly refused to print a piece of artwork that was meant for the deluxe version of the new CD. The manufacturers all took issue with the sacrilegious imagery, inspired by the work of Gustave Dore, which showcases what looks like a forest nymph orgy.
“We kept on getting turned down because of the CD art, which is basically a 16th century illustration of an orgy,” a source close to the band told SPIN.com. “[The bandmembers] weren’t surprised. The comment was ‘Well, I thought this would have happened sooner.’ The artwork was meant to provoke some sort of thought, but it’s been one obstacle after another.”
The controversial art can still be found on both the vinyl and European copies of the “Infestissuman” CD. “Vinyl manufacturers don’t have a problem with the artwork. Neither does Europe,” the source told SPIN.com.
“Infestissumam” track listing:
01. Infestissumam
02. Per Aspera Ad Inferi
03. Secular Haze
04. Jigolo Har Megiddo
05. Ghuleh / Zombie Queen
06. Year Zero
07. Idolatrine
08. Body And Blood
09. Depth Of Satans Eyes
10. Monstrance Clock
GHOST was forced to modify its name in the U.S. to GHOST B.C. for “legal reasons.”
Swedish metallers GHOST B.C. have released their new music video for ‘Year Zero’ – the second visual offering from their forthcoming sophomore psalm Infestissumam, due out on April 16th via Loma Vista Recordings. The NSFW video for ‘Year Zero’ was directed by Amir Chamdin and can be seen HERE.
Infestissumam, the follow up to the band’s debut album, Opus Eponymous, will be released via Loma Vista Recordings on April 16th and was produced by Nashville-based Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (DEATH ANGEL, DEFTONES, FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH). The cover art can be viewed below:
Infestissumam tracklisting:
‘Infestissumam’
‘Per Aspera Ad Inferi’
‘Secular Haze’
‘Jigolo Har Megiddo’
‘Ghuleh / Zombie Queen’
‘Year Zero’
‘Idolatrine’
‘Body And Blood’
‘Depth Of Satans Eyes’
‘Monstrance Clock’
Check out the new video for the track ‘Secular Haze’ below:
Ghost B.C. will be delivering their sweet satanic melodies, snaking distorted riffs, and vaudevillian keyboards to audiences across the continent for their tour Haze Over North America 2013, which will bow at this year’s Coachella Valley music & Arts Festival on April 14th at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, CA. Tickets are currently available for purchase. For a complete list of dates, click here.
“Year Zero”, a brand new song from the mysterious Swedish buzz band GHOST, can be “unlocked” in exchange for a vote to make the group’s frontman, Papa Emeritus II, the new “supreme pontiff.” Check it out at PapaEmeritus.com. The track can also be streamed below.
“Infestissumam”, the sophomore album GHOST, will be released on April 9 via Loma Vista Recordings.
“Infestissumam” track listing:
01. Infestissumam
02. Per Aspera Ad Inferi
03. Secular Haze
04. Jigolo Har Megiddo
05. Ghuleh / Zombie Queen
06. Year Zero
07. Idolatrine
08. Body And Blood
09. Depth Of Satans Eyes
10. Monstrance Clock
The “Secular Haze” video was filmed by Amir Chamdin in the band’s hometown of Linköping.
GHOST was forced to modify its name in the U.S. to GHOST B.C. for “legal reasons.”
Papa Emeritus II recently emerged on the 100th issue of Decibel magazine for an extensive feature detailing the making of the forthcoming “Infestissumam” in which a nameless ghoul declared, “Regardless of your religious beliefs, we like to trigger the imagination of the listener so they can become a devout burner in Hell or a keen participant of devil worship for at least an hour or two. That’s the GHOST experience.” Decibel editor-in-chief Albert Mudrian said, “For the cover of our 100th issue, we wanted to spotlight a band that embodies the ideals of the magazine: theatricality, black humor, love for both the past and present of extreme music. GHOST meets and exceeds all of those criteria, and we couldn’t be more excited to reveal the exclusive story of the making of their sophomore album.”
The cover artwork for “Infestissumam”, the sophomore album from the mysterious Swedish buzz band GHOST, can be seen below. The CD will be released on April 9 via Loma Vista Recordings.
“Infestissumam” track listing:
01. Infestissumam
02. Per Aspera Ad Inferi
03. Secular Haze
04. Jigolo Har Megiddo
05. Ghuleh / Zombie Queen
06. Year Zero
07. Idolatrine
08. Body And Blood
09. Depth Of Satans Eyes
10. Monstrance Clock
GHOST was recently forced to modify its name in the U.S. to GHOST B.C. for “legal reasons.”
Papa Emeritus II recently emerged on the 100th issue of Decibel magazine for an extensive feature detailing the making of the forthcoming “Infestissumam” in which a nameless ghoul declared, “Regardless of your religious beliefs, we like to trigger the imagination of the listener so they can become a devout burner in Hell or a keen participant of devil worship for at least an hour or two. That’s the GHOST experience.” Decibel editor-in-chief Albert Mudrian said, “For the cover of our 100th issue, we wanted to spotlight a band that embodies the ideals of the magazine: theatricality, black humor, love for both the past and present of extreme music. GHOST meets and exceeds all of those criteria, and we couldn’t be more excited to reveal the exclusive story of the making of their sophomore album.”
The band’s debut album, “Opus Eponymous”, was released in late 2010 in Europe and in early 2011 in North America via Rise Above Records.
Swedish heavy rock buzz band GHOST will release a new full length studio offering, entitled Infestissumam, on April 9th. The follow up to the band’s debut album, Opus Eponymous, will be released via Loma Vista Recordings and was produced by Nashville-based Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (DEATH ANGEL, DEFTONES, FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH).
Infestissumam tracklisting:
‘Infestissumam’
‘Per Aspera Ad Inferi’
‘Secular Haze’
‘Jigolo Har Megiddo’
‘Ghuleh / Zombie Queen’
‘Year Zero’
‘Idolatrine’
‘Body And Blood’
‘Depth Of Satans Eyes’
‘Monstrance Clock’
Check out the new video for the track ‘Secular Haze’ HERE. Swedish music retailer Bengans is now offering international pre-order options here.
On April 17th a strictly limited 10-inch clear vinyl version of ‘Secular Haze’ will be released featuring a B-side cut ‘I’m A Marionette’ (ABBA) with FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl as guest drummer. The cover is now available via Spotify and can be streamed in full below:
In other news, due to legal reasons, Ghost are forced to change their name to GHOST B.C. for their upcoming US dates. The band’s North American Tour, with support from IDES OF GEMINI, includes the following dates:
April
18 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
19 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
23 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
25 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency
26 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
27 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market
29 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
30 – Calgary, AB – Republik
May
1 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room
3 – Winnipeg, MB – Garrick Centre
4 – Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights
6 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
7 – Montreal, QC – Corona Theatre
8 – Quebec City, QC – Theatre Petit Champlain
10 – Boston, MA – Royale
11 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
12 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Theatre
13 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
15 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
17 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall
18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls
19 – Columbus, OH – Rock On The Range
Swedish heavy rock buzz band GHOST will release a new full length studio offering, entitled Infestissumam, in spring 2013. The follow up to the band’s debut album, Opus Eponymous, will be released via Loma Vista Recordings and was produced by Nashville-based Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (DEATH ANGEL, DEFTONES, FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH).
On April 17th a strictly limited 10-inch clear vinyl version of the new song ‘Secular Haze’ will be released featuring a B-side cut ‘I’m A Marionette’ (ABBA) with FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl as guest drummer. Swedish music retailer Bengans is now offering international pre-order options here.
Infestissumam tracklisting:
‘Infestissumam’
‘Per Aspera Ad Inferi’
‘Secular Haze’
‘Jigolo Har Megiddo’
‘Ghuleh / Zombie Queen’
‘Year Zero’
‘Idolatrine’
‘Body And Blood’
‘Depth Of Satans Eyes’
‘Monstrance Clock’
This past weekend Papa Emeritus was laid to rest during a ceremonial live concert in their hometown Linköping, Sweden and those in attendance were introduced to Papa Emeritus II. See below for a live video of the succession which includes footage of the band performing their new offering ‘Secular Haze’:
Swedish heavy rock buzz band GHOST will release a new full length studio offering, entitled Infestissumam, in spring 2013. The follow up to the band’s debut album, Opus Eponymous, will be released via Loma Vista Recordings and was produced by Nashville-based Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (DEATH ANGEL, DEFTONES, FOO FIGHTERS, RUSH).
Infestissumam tracklisting:
‘Infestissumam’
‘Per Aspera Ad Inferi’
‘Secular Haze’
‘Jigolo Har Megiddo’
‘Ghuleh / Zombie Queen’
‘Year Zero’
‘Idolatrine’
‘Body And Blood’
‘Depth Of Satans Eyes’
‘Monstrance Clock’
This past weekend Papa Emeritus was laid to rest during a ceremonial live concert in their hometown Linköping, Sweden and those in attendance were introduced to Papa Emeritus II. See below for a live video of the succession which includes footage of the band performing their new offering ‘Secular Haze’:
‘Secular Haze’ was recently unveiled via six lit candles – fans can hover their mouse over each candle to isolate an instrument. Check it out here.
