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GHOST Announces 'Rats! On The Road' U.S. Tour

Swedish occult metal band GHOST will embark on the "Rats! On The Road" U.S. tour in May. The trek will kick off on May 5 in Riverside, California and visit U.S. cities throughout the spring. Tickets and VIP packages for the "Rats! On The Road Tour" will go on sale on this Saturday, March 3 at Ghost...

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Former EUROPE Guitarist KEE MARCELLO Releases 'Fix Me' Video

"Fix Me", the new video from Kee Marcello, can be seen below. The track is taken from his latest studio album, "Scaling Up", which was released in October 2016 via Frontiers Music Srl. With "Scaling Up", the former EUROPE guitarist is using his past as a springboard to take a giant leap into the fut...

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EMPEROR's IHSAHN To Release Seventh Solo Album, 'Ámr', In May

Ihsahn will release his seventh solo album, "Ámr", on May 4 via Candlelight/Spinefarm. True living legends are few and far between, but Ihsahn has long since earned the right to be regarded as one of metal's all-time greats. As frontman and chief songwriter with legendary Norwegian black metal pione...

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DAN SWANÖ's '80s Hard Rock Band GHOST: Demos And Live Recordings To Be Released In May

Long before Tobias Forge achieved worldwide fame with GHOST, there was another Swedish hard rock band with the same name. In 1983, then 10-year-old Dan Swanö started GHOST with his 12-year-old friend Anders Måreby, drawing influences from KISS and other classic rock groups of the late '70s and early...

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GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE On Upcoming Album: 'It's A Heavy Record With A Heavy Theme'

Swedish occult metal band GHOST will release its as-yet-untitled fourth album in late spring or early summer Loma Vista Recordings. The follow-up to 2015's "Meliora" was recorded last year at Artery studios in Stockholm with producer Tom Dalgety (OPETH, ROYAL BLOOD) and was mixed in January at Westl...

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Former GHOST Keyboardist Releases Home-Video Footage From Band's First-Ever Visit To U.S.

Former GHOST keyboardist Mauro Rubino, who performed with the Swedish band from 2011 until 2016 under the stage name Air, has uploaded personal home-video footage from the group's first ever visit to the U.S., which took place in May 2011. He wrote on his Facebook page: "We were invited to play Mary...

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GEOFF TATE Felt Weight Getting 'Lifted Off' His Shoulders After He Completed OPERATION: MINDCRIME Trilogy

Eric Peterson of Shockwave Magazine recently conducted an interview with former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME singer Geoff Tate. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the "dark" mood of his OPERA...

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GHOST Releases Live Album Digitally; Physical Version Out In January

Swedish band GHOST has surprise released the digital edition of a live album called "Ceremony And Devotion", just hours after posting a video teaser for the set online. It is available for streaming at all premium outlets and for purchase at Amazon and iTunes. The official cover artwork for the disc...

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GHOST To Release 'Ceremony And Devotion' Live Album; Cover Artwork Unveiled

Swedish occult metal band GHOST has begun teasing a live album called "Ceremony And Devotion". The official cover artwork for the disc, which is reviewed in the latest issue of Sweden Rock Magazine, can be seen below. An official release date for "Ceremony And Devotion" has not yet been announced, b...

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GHOST: PAPA EMERITUS III's Reign Comes To A Close With Dramatic Concert Finale

Swedish-based occult outfit GHOST wrapped the tour cycle for 2015's "Meliora" album and last year's "Popestar" EP with a concert Saturday night (September 30) in Gothenburg that ended dramatically with singer Papa Emeritus III getting forcibly removed from the stage by two men. A short time later, a...

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Former GHOST Members Shoot Down TOBIAS FORGE's 'Solo Project' Claim

Former members of GHOST have fired back at frontman and founder Tobias Forge over his claim that the group was never formed as a band and was always essentially a one-man project. Back in April, Forge was sued by four ex-members of the Swedish act who accused Forge of cheating them out of their rig...

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'My Name Is TOBIAS FORGE And I'm The Man Behind The Mask In GHOST'

GHOST lead singer and founder Tobias Forge — who performs as Papa Emeritus — unmasked himself publicly for the first time since the band's formation for an appearance on "Sommar i P1", Swedish radio channel P1's daily one-man show which has aired every summer since 1959. Each ninety-minute episode o...

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GHOST Leader Says IRON MAIDEN Has Been 'Very Influential' On Him Musically

In a brand new interview with the Dallas Observer, GHOST lead singer and founder Tobias Forge — who performs as Papa Emeritus and does the act's interviews disguised as a member of his backing band of Nameless Ghouls — spoke about being inspired by IRON MAIDEN, with whom his group is currently touri...

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Former GHOST Member HENRIK PALM Releases 'Elephant' Solo Track

Henrik Palm, who was a member of the Swedish band GHOST from 2015 until 2016, has released his first solo song, titled "Elephant". Track is taken from Palm's debut album, which will be released in the fall. Palm is one of four former members of GHOST who filed a lawsuit against the band's founder an...

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TOBIAS FORGE Says He Is Already Thinking About GHOST's Fifth Album

In a brand new interview with Albuquerque Journal, GHOST lead singer and founder Tobias Forge — who performs as Papa Emeritus and does the act's interviews disguised as a member of his backing band of Nameless Ghouls — spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the group's follow-up to...