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GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE On Bringing His Music Video Ideas To Life: 'Most Of The Things That I Come Up With Are Not Done Yet'

In a recent interview with Alternative Press's APTV, GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge discussed his frustrations trying to bring his decadant visions to life while still having to stay on budget and reveals the two music video ideas from GHOST's back catalog that have yet to be produced. Speaking about...

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New MACABRE Album Due This Year

Nuclear Blast has welcomed back MACABRE after over two decades since the last time the two entities worked together. The Chicago legends of "murder metal/death metal" have come back recharged with the premier metal label and are making their entire discography available now with the prospect of a ne...

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT's BUCK DHARMA Addresses GHOST Comparisons: 'I Guess You Could See Some Similarities'

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT guitarist Buck Dharma says that he is aware that many rock fans have compared GHOST's music to that of his own band. "I've also read interviews with the leader of that band where he says he's not really trying to sound like BLUE ÖYSTER CULT," Buck tells Ultimate Guitar in a new inte...

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Havoc At The Midnight Hour

Metalheads are well catered for these days. If you want to listen to bright and shiny modern stuff, there's plenty of that available, and, if you want to pretend that the '90s never happened, you can do that too. AGGRESSIVE PERFECTOR are firmly in the latter camp, of course: naming yourself after an...

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POSSESSED And PESTILENCE To Team Up For Spring 2020 North American Tour

Californian death metal pioneers POSSESSED will team up with long-running Dutch progressive death metallers PESTILENCE for a North American tour in the spring. The "Revelations Of The Ancients" trek will take place in March and April 2020 and will feature THE BLACK MORIAH as the opening act. Exact c...

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TOBIAS FORGE Shoots Down Suggestion DAVE GROHL Is Continuing To Collaborate With GHOST

During a recent conversation with Loudwire, GHOST leader Tobias Forge shot down the suggestion that Dave Grohl is collaborating with the band. Aside from producing and playing both drums and guitar on the 2013 EP "If You Have Ghost", Forge says the FOO FIGHTERS frontman has only served "as an inspri...

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DELAIN To Release 'Apocalypse & Chill' Album In February

Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN will release their new full-length album, "Apocalypse & Chill", on February 7, 2020 via Napalm Records. The disc explores topics of impending doom and human indifference, making this the band's boldest, most daring and undeniable offering yet. Brutal riffs, synth...

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DELAIN Releases New Single And Lyric Video For 'One Second'

Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN have released a new single called "One Second". Taken from their soon-to-be-revealed next Napalm Records LP, the single is accompanied by a lyric video filled with a mix of stunning visuals from the band's recent North American tour and metaphorical glimpses into th...

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GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE To Receive STIM's Platinum Award

GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge will be awarded the prestigious STIM Platinum Guitar this year. STIM, the Swedish performing rights society, protects the interests of authors and publishers of music in Sweden. The Platinum Guitar has been awarded since 2004 to authors who have experienced exceptional...

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Cruelty And The Beast – Re-Mistressed

It's an album that should really require no introduction, at least for anyone that has paid attention to the world of heavy metal over the last 25 years. "Cruelty and the Beast" was originally released in 1998 and was an obvious landmark in the evolution of a seminal extreme metal band. Whether you'...

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Watch GHOST Perform In Hershey, Pennsylvania

Fan-filmed video footage of GHOST's October 24 concert at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania can be seen below. GHOST's current North American tour will wrap on October 26 in Glens Falls, New York. The band's live set includes two new songs, "Kiss The Go-Goat" and "Mary On A Cross", which are bot...

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The Hallow Mass

Gleefully delivering on the macabre promise made by their "The Shapeless Mass" EP earlier this year, DENIAL OF GOD's third full-length album provides yet another reason for fans of heavy metal and horror to get excited. For those unfamiliar with the Danish band, they've been around since the early '...

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Go Behind The Scenes Of GHOST Show With CARDINAL COPIA (Video)

Entercom got an exclusive sneak peek behind the curtain of a GHOST show with none other than Cardinal Copia. You can watch the three-minute feature below. GHOST's current North American tour will wrap on October 26 in Glens Falls, New York. The band's live set includes two new songs, "Kiss The Go-Go...

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TOBIAS FORGE Says PAPA EMERITUS IV Will Front GHOST During Next Album Cycle

GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge spoke to U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine about his plans for the follow-up to last year's "Prequelle" album. Tentatively due in 2021, GHOST's fifth album will be followed by a massive 18-month touring cycle. "I look at many fifth albums as a guide as to the urgency for what th...

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The Infinite Loop

There are few things more thrilling than the sound of a young band with a total disregard for toeing the trendy line. Admittedly, the "prog" tag has been robustly rehabilitated over the last 20 years, but there is still something righteous about the complexity, diversity and sheer craziness that eru...