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GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE Is Among Top-Earning Young People In Stockholm

GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge has made Expressen's list of top-earning young Swedes. The 38-year-old musician came in at No. 7 on the newspaper's list of top earners in Stockholm under the age of 40, with a taxable income of 7,979,300 Swedish kronor (approximately $837,000) in 2017. Forge founded GH...

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New GHOST Collectible Figures Coming Soon

KnuckleBonz, creator of the Rock Iconz music collectible series, has announced the production of a new range of GHOST figures, available for pre-order now at this location. Each of the new GHOST figures — Papa Emeritus II, Cardinal Copia in a red cassock and Cardinal Copia in a black tuxedo — is in...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Announces Spring 2019 Headline Tour

ALL THAT REMAINS has announced a spring 2019 headline tour with support from UNEARTH, BIG STORY and THE 9TH PLANET OUT. The trek will kick off on May 30 in Amityville, New York and conclude on June 15 in Poughkeepsie, New York. ALL THAT REMAINS is continuing to tour in support of its latest album, "...

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GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE: 'I Had To Transform Into Someone Else In Order To Be Interesting Enough To Be Able To Be On Stage'

GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge spoke to Australia's Silver Tiger Media about the importance of his alter ego, explaining that he "had to transform into someone else in order to be interesting enough to be able to be on stage." Forge, who creates demonic characters for every album, performed as a "new...

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GHOST Announces Fall 2019 North American Tour With NOTHING MORE

With "Dance Macabre" becoming the band's third No. 1 single at Rock Radio, Grammy Award-winning artist GHOST has announced a six-week North American headline tour that will see the Swedish rock band's elaborate rock theater presentation metamorphose into a full-on arena production. Billed as the "U...

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GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE Says His 'So-Called Anonymity' Often Led To 'Awkward, Weird' Fan Encounters

GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge, who was publicly unmasked in 2017 when former bandmembers sued him, forcing him to reveal his identity, has told Music Feeds in a new interview that it has been easier to promote the band since his anonymity was taken away. "There are advantages and disadvantages to b...

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GHOST Is Trying To Decide Where To Film New Concert DVD/Blu-Ray

Tobias Forge has confirmed that GHOST is planning to film a concert DVD and Blu-ray during the band's still-ongoing world tour in support of last year's "Prequelle" album. "That's definitely in the pipeline," he told Australia's Wall Of Sound in a new interview. "We don't know yet as to when and whe...

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GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE Says CARDINAL COPIA Stage Character Will Return For Next Album Cycle

GHOST's Tobias Forge says that his current stage character, Cardinal Copia, has a very good chance of sticking around for the band's next studio album. Forge performed as a "new" Papa Emeritus on each of the band's first three LPs, with each version of Papa replacing the one that came before it. Pap...

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NILE Announces Fall 2019 U.S. Tour With TERRORIZER

Technical death metal champions NILE have announced the 2019 "A Vile Caustic Attack" tour with special guests TERRORIZER. The 39-date trek will kick off at the Loft at Centerstage in Atlanta, Georgia on November 1 and will conclude on December 14 at The Firmament in Greenville, South Carolina. NILE...

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MAX CAVALERA Says SOULFLY's Original Record Label 'Didn't Like' Band's Name

Fresh off his December 1996 split with SEPULTURA, Max Cavalera spent the better part of 1997 trying to assemble a new band while guesting on DEFTONES' song "Headup", which appeared on the Sacramento alt-metallers "Around The Fur" studio album. Cavalera was struggling to find a name for his new act,...

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TESLA Guitarist Praises Producer PHIL COLLEN's 'Positive Energy' And 'Attention To Detail'

TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon recently appeared on the Detroit radio station 101 WRIF's "Talkin' Rock With Meltdown" podcast. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's decision to hire DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen to pr...

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GHOST Scores Third 'Mainstream Rock Songs' No. 1 With 'Dance Macabre'

According to Billboard, GHOST has landed its third consecutive No. 1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart with its latest single, "Dance Macabre". The second single from the band's 2018 album "Prequelle" follows "Rats", which topped the chart for seven weeks beginning last July. GHOST...

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Appeals Court Rejects Former GHOST Members' 'Conflict Of Interest' Argument

An appeals court has rejected the argument of former GHOST members that the judge who ordered the dismissal of their lawsuit against the band's leader, Tobias Forge, had a conflict of interest in overseeing the case. Forge, who founded GHOST nine years ago, was sued by the four ex-members in April 2...

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Listen To GHOST Perform At BBC RADIO 1's MAIDA VALE Studios

Multi-Grammy-nominated Swedish rock band GHOST performed live at BBC Radio 1's Maida Vale studios. The four-track session was aired via Daniel P. Carter's Sunday night rock show and can be listened to again here. Featured songs: * "Rats" * "Dance Macabre" * "Life Eternal" * "Faith" GHOST's Tobias Fo...

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GHOST To Enter Studio In Early 2020

GHOST's Tobias Forge has told Billboard that he is focused on the band's next recording project, which he has been "working on for months now," with plans to be in the studio again by the beginning of 2020 with a release later that year. "Luckily, this time around, I feel very certain as to what I w...