Ghost’s “Skeletá” Has Arrived
“I was more attracted to the idea of this this record that was more shining a light in inside and making a record about healing aspects of being essentially a human being in whatever structural design, because at the end of the day, most humans are surprisingly alike and display the same abilities to sentiments,” offered frontman Tobias Forge of the album.
“Satanized,” the lead single, was described in a press release as “an avalanche of infectious hooks and harmonies is buoyed by a hypnotic shuffle, as the narrator succumbs to dark forces within and without, helplessly acknowledging their own blasphemy and heresy as it inexorably consumes them.”
The “Satanized” music video introduced the new character, Papa V Perpetua, who will be fronting Ghost on its ’25 touring cycle.
Satanized
“Lachryma” was the second single.
“It opens with more of a riffage. And I guess now comes off as somewhat of a ‘typical’ Ghost mash-up, where it’s heavy on one end and met with a big, bombastic chorus,” Forge told Metal Hammer. “That’s a song about self-deceit.”
Lachryma
“Skeletá” Tracks:
01. Peacefield
02. Lachryma
03. Satanized
04. Guiding Lights
05. De Profundis Borealis
06. Cenotaph
07. Missilia Amori
08. Marks Of The Evil One
09. Umbra
10. Excelsis
“Skeletá,” the band’s sixth full-length effort, was called their “most unflinchingly introspective work to date.” It follows the ’22 album “Impera.”
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