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Tobias Forge (as Papa Emeritus III) singing with Ghost in 2017

I’m a Ghost fanatic, and these great songs by similar-sounding artists will stop me going mad during the wait for their new album

By Matt Mills published

Hooked on Tobias Forge’s satanic hymns? These anthems will keep you (and me) going until Skeletá drops next month.

Papa V Perpetua

Watch Ghost's new video Satanized and meet new frontman Papa V Perpetua as the band officially announce brand new album Skeletá

By Merlin Alderslade published

Ghost are back with a new figurehead and some new-look Nameless Ghouls with the devilishly daft video for new single Satanized

Tobias Forge performing as Papa Emeritus IV with Ghost in 2023

“V is coming”: Ghost tease new era with Las Vegas billboard and mysterious livestream

By Matt Mills published

The occult rockers continue the build-up to “new” vocalist Papa V Perpetua’s debut

Ghost Tobias Forge

An unreleased solo album by Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge seems to have leaked on Youtube

By Matt Mills published

Forge recorded a solo album called Passiflora in 2008, but it was never given an official release

Babymetal/Ghost/Sleep Token/Bloodywood/Halestorm

The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2025

By Rich Hobson published

From Ghost to Babymetal, Halestorm to Sleep Token, these are the metal albums you should keep an eye out for in 2025

Ghost Tobias Forge

“It’s the perfect encapsulation of youthful anger… It still sounds feral and savage to this very day”: The cult 1980s classic Ghost frontman Tobias Forge calls the perfect extreme metal album

By Metal Hammer published

And no, it’s not by Metallica, Slayer or Mercyful Fate

Ghost onstage

"I sometimes struggled to convey what we were just talking about, and not everyone understood it": A story of Ghost's concert movie, logistical complexity and Hollywood finance

By Merlin Alderslade published

Ghost’s concert-film-and-much-more Rite Here Rite Now fully immerses fans in what has helped turn them into today's greatest theatrical rockers

Babymetal/Bloodywood/Charlotte Wessels/Kerry King/Ice Nine Kills

Vote for the best metal song of 2024

By Rich Hobson published

From Judas Priest to Poppy, Spiritbox, Ghost and beyond, 2024 has offered some great new metal tunes. But now we need your help deciding the best of the best

Ghost posing for a photograph in 2015

“Our favourite bands didn’t chicken out on their third record. That’s not how Master Of Puppets or Number Of The Beast got made”: How Ghost teamed up with Katy Perry’s producer to kick things to the next level with Meliora

By Chris Chantler published

Ghost’s third album Meliora found them going darker and poppier than ever before – and the result pointed towards what was to follow

Papa Emeritus IV in 2023

Ghost’s 2025 tour will be a “phone-free experience”

By Matt Mills published

Ghost famously banned phones from their L.A. concerts last year, and it seems the practice is here to stay

Ghost Tobias Forge

Ghost announce six-month 2025 world tour with UK, Europe, US, Mexico dates

By Matt Mills published

Something wicked this way comes, as Papa Emeritus and his ghouls announce their return to the road

Papa Emeritus IV of Ghost onstage in 2023

Ghost announce physical and digital release dates for their feature film Rite Here, Rite Now

By Matt Mills published

The hard rock pontiffs’ concert/comedy movie will soon be available on DVD, Blu-ray and VHS, and via Amazon and iTunes

Damon Albarn in 2024 and Ghost in 2023

Ghost and Blur are battling to top the UK album chart this week

By Matt Mills published

Ghost’s Rite Here Rite Now soundtrack is duking it out with Blur’s Live At Wembley Stadium

Ghost’s Tobias Forge

“Joyous, energetic, and with the sensation of exciting things to come.” Ghost’s Rite Here Rite Now soundtrack is “that Friday feeling” in musical form

By Matt Mills published

Despite being recorded across two nights in The City Of Angels, Ghost’s new soundtrack/live album is a devilishly good time

Ghost Los Angeles 2024

"The best way to be anonymous in a band is by not forming a band. Don’t do it!" How Ghost fought Hollywood to make their own blockbuster movie, Rite Here Rite Now

By Paul Brannigan published

An international box office hit, Ghost's Rite Here Rite Now movie succeeds where the likes of Metallica have previously failed

Screenshot from the 2024 music video for Ghost's Mary On A Cross

Watch Ghost’s new video for megahit Mary On A Cross, taken from movie Rite Here Rite Now

By Matt Mills published

Ghost’s standout 2019 song finally has its own animated music video

A range of band t-shirts on a black background

Over 300 iconic rock and metal t-shirts have up to 30% off for Prime Day: Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Black Sabbath, Ghost and more

By Scott Munro published

Amazon has deals on literally hundreds of official rock and metal t-shirts – load up your gig wardrobe for less

Ghost leaning over a parapet

“In a world of dunces, everything bad is blamed on the devil. Yet it’s the Church who promote a lot of things that are genuinely bad for mankind”: how Ghost kicked things to the next level with Infestissumam

By Ben Myers published

In this classic 2013 interview, Ghost mainman Tobias Forge talks ambition, success and Satan

Papa Emeritus IV of Ghost onstage in 2023

Didn’t catch Ghost’s Rite Here Rite Now in cinemas? Watch the film on a global livestream next week

By Matt Mills published

Tobias Forge’s pop-metal pontiffs will stream their new concert/narrative film worldwide on July 20

Dool, Alt Blk Era, Knocked Loose, Witch Club Satan and the Pyramid Stage

If Emily Eavis is looking for great young rock artists to play Glastonbury, look no further than the incredible modern metal scene

By Merlin Alderslade published

Metal has never been more exciting, boundary-pushing or diverse, and is packing plenty of great bands that could be appreciated at the world's biggest festival