GHOST To Tour North America With ENSLAVED, ALCEST

Mysterious Swedish buzz band GHOST will embark on its first-ever North American tour this fall following the group's crowd-pleasing U.S. promotional performances last week in Baltimore (at the Maryland Deathfest) and New York City. GHOST cult leader "The Ghoul With No Name" (a.k.a. REPUGNANT/SUBVISION's Tobias Forge, who takes the stage in the form of "a satanic pope") and his anonymous ghouls will team up with ENSLAVED and ALCEST for a three-week trek that will launch on September 23 in Springfield, Virginia. GHOST will be touring in support of its debut album, "Opus Eponymous", which has been called "amazing" by Stereogum and "a primer on the creation of melodic hard rock" by The Big Takeover.

GHOST floored music fans with its first U.S. shows and served notice that it is not only a "band to watch" but will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come. In its live review of GHOST's New York City headlining show, the Village Voice called the group's performance "lurching and menacing", saying "GHOST's sound is like heavy metal trapped in a state of suspended animation since 1973." A sneak peek at GHOST performing live can be viewed now as the band was captured on film by a recent attendee of the band's black mass. Check out the band performing the song "Satan Prayer" as part of its May 29 headlining set at the 2011 Maryland Deathfest below.

GHOST's "Opus Eponymous" is a daringly fascinating combination of satanic rock music merged with an almost unthinkable pop sensibility. Enveloped in a shroud of mystery and standing anonymous beneath the painted faces, hoods and robes which their sect demand, the GHOST deliver litanies of pulsating heavy rock and stimulating lyrics which "glorify and glamorize the disgusting and sacrilegious." The music and philosophies of GHOST specifically target "individuals who have a void in their life perhaps caused by some form of emotional trauma or upset" (research suggests these are most likely adolescents); this dearth can then be alluringly filled by GHOST's music and philosophies.

GHOST North American tour dates with ENSLAVED and ALCEST:

Sep. 23 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
Sep. 24 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
Sep. 25 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre
Sep. 26 - Cambridge, MA - The Middle East
Sep. 28 - Quebec City, QC - Imprial
Sep. 29 - Montreal, QC - Cafe Campus
Sep. 30 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
Oct. 01 - Columbus, OH - Outland Live
Oct. 02 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
Oct. 03 - St. Paul, MN - Station 4
Oct. 05 - Winnipeg, MB - WECC
Oct. 06 - Regina, SK - The Exchange
Oct. 07 - Edmonton, AB - The Starlite Room
Oct. 08 - Calgary, AB - Dickens
Oct. 10 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
Oct. 11 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
Oct. 12 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
Oct. 13 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
Oct. 14 - Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour