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GHOST

ARTIST PROFILE

GHOST Quick Facts

MEMBERS

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HOMETOWN

Sweden

LABEL

Rise Above Records

WEBSITE

ghost-official.com

FACEBOOK

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TWITTER

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MYSPACE

MySpace.com/thebandghost

RECENT NEWS! Mysterious Swedish buzz band GHOST has announced that it will embark on its first ever North American headlining tour in January, 2012. GHOST cult leader "Papa Emeritus" (who takes the stage in the form of "a satanic pope") and his anonymous ghouls will team up with doom rockers BLOOD CEREMONY and ANCIENT VVISDOM for a two week trek dubbed the "13 Dates of Doom" tour that will launch on January 18 in New York City. GHOST continues to tour 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 earlier this year and served notice that it is not only a "band to watch" but a force to be reckoned with for years to come. In its live review of GHOST's NYC 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". Check out the band performing the song "Satan Prayer" as part of its headlining set at the 2011 Maryland Deathfest at this location.

Current Release

OPUS EPONYMOUS

January 18, 2011 Rise Above Records

"Deus Culpa"
"Con Clavi Con Dio"
"Ritual"
"Elizabeth"
"Stand by Him"
"Satan Prayer"
"Death Knell"
"Prime Mover"
"Genisis"

Discography

Opus Eponymous 2011

Tour Dates

GHOST headline; Blood Ceremony and Ancient VVisdom support

January 18 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
January 19 - Washington, DC - Rock N Roll Hotel
January 20 - Boston, MA - Middle East (downstairs)
January 21 - Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
January 22 - Toronto, ON - The Mod Club
January 24 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
January 25 - Saint Paul, MN - Station 4
January 27 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
January 28 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Vertigo (The Complex)
January 30 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
January 31 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
February 1 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
February 2 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy

Press

"GHOST give us very well-done vintage NWOBHM / Satanic '70s metal with immediate, amazing hooks...awesome" - STEREOGUM
"Sweden's GHOST have built up an impressive underground buzz during the last six months...an arcane occult feast" - DECIBEL
"'Opus Eponymous' is an extraordinary debut...Some bands might like to act "scary" by wearing filthy outfits, sporting corpsepaint, performing alongside impaled sheep's' heads, and splashing buckets of real blood on their fans, but just like how 'Rosemary's Baby' is so much more frightening than 'Saw', GHOST's comparatively understated method proves to be far more effective, not to mention creepy as hell." - POPMATTERS