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“This is not a tale about death, but one of life”: Watch the trailer for Ghost’s Rite Here Rite Now film and stream the first song from the soundtrack

By Matt Mills published 9 May 24

Tobias Forge’s pop-metal cult have released a teaser for their impending concert film and offered the first taste of its soundtrack

Ghost announce first-ever concert film Rite Here Rite Now for global cinema release

By Matt Mills published 1 May 24

The film, which combines footage of the metal cult’s 2023 Los Angeles concerts with an original story, will hit cinemas worldwide in June

Ghost share cryptic new trailer, teasing the end of Papa Emeritus IV and a potential movie release

By Matt Mills published 4 April 24

The new era of Ghost is kicking off in cinematic style

Tobias Forge of Ghost, ext to album art by Repugnant and Subvision

Here’s every album Tobias Forge has made outside of Ghost, ranked from worst to best

By Matt Mills published 27 March 24

We’ve reviewed and ranked every extracurricular activity by Ghost’s pontiff-in-chief

Tobias Forge with an inset of the art for his solo album Passiflora

A burned CD-R copy of an unreleased solo album by Ghost's Tobias Forge sold online for almost $5500

By Stef Lach published 9 March 24

Ghost frontman Tobias Forge made a solo album before the band took off. It was never released and fans REALLY want it

“We’re revelling in the hell we are in. We say, ‘Please enjoy your death’”: this classic Ghost interview from 2011 shows they were always destined for greatness

By Greg Moffitt published 3 March 24

Back in 2011, Ghost gave their first major interview to Metal Hammer. This is what they had to say

Papa Emeritus I and Papa Emeritus II of Ghost onstage in 2012

“As all popes do, they have their reign and then we continue forward”: What happened the night Ghost’s Papa Emeritus I passed the torch to Papa II onstage

By Matt Mills published 28 February 24

Though we all expect Ghost to change singers between albums nowadays, the ascension of Papa Emeritus II was unprecedented at the time

“They don’t know how to make a bad album!” Metal Hammer writers battle it out over which Ghost album is best

By Matt Mills published 26 February 24

Every Ghost album is a fan-favourite, but which one is the ultimate in their devilish discography? We got the five biggest fans in Team Hammer to fight it out.

Papa Emeritus III onstage with Ghost in 2017

The 10 best Ghost songs not by Ghost

By Matt Mills published 8 February 24

Hooked on Tobias Forge’s satanic hymns? These 10 similar-sounding anthems will keep you going until the next Ghost album drops.

"My name is Lucifer, please take my hand, is such a memorable lyric": Ghost's Tobias Forge on the satanic hymns which lured him to the dark side

By Paul Brannigan published 2 February 24

Ghost might not exist had these Satan-praising sounds not seduced Tobias Forge as an impressionable teenager

Ghost's infamous adult toy merch combo is back once again for a "last chance, final return" - but be quick!

By Fraser Lewry published 24 January 24

Only two per customer!

Tool, Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Spiritbox performing onstage

10 metal bands’ first-ever concerts caught on film

By Emily Swingle published 15 January 24

Want to see Ghost, Rage Against The Machine and Spiritbox’s first times on a stage? These clips have got you covered!

Photos of Iron Maiden, Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, Black Sabbath and Nightwish performing onstage

10 amazing covers by massive metal bands that you’ve (probably) never heard

By Matt Mills published 14 January 24

From Iron Maiden going full prog to Black Sabbath smashing Smoke On The Water, only completists will have heard these extraordinary covers

The 50 greatest metal EPs of all time

By Chris Chantler published 10 January 24

From the early days of Def Leppard and Iron Maiden to modern classics via the likes of Sleep Token and Spiritbox, these are the best metal EPs in history

"At some point between now and the next album there will have been a change": Tobias Forge teases the fate of Papa Emeritus IV and what 2024 might hold for Ghost

By Dave Everley published 7 January 24

Tobias Forge remains tight-lipped on what Ghost's massive two-night LA residency was about, but does drop hints about the band's future going into 2024

Metallica, Evanescence, Ghost and Disturbed performing live

The 10 greatest heavy metal live performances on late-night TV

By Matt Mills published 5 January 24

Watch Metallica, Evanescence, Slipknot, Sepultura and more rock the airwaves

Photos of Iron Maiden, Metallica, Nightwish, Slipknot and Killswitch Engage performing live

“Kirk Hammett said, ‘Ah, Cannibal Corpse – that’s an interesting name!’” 20 legendary metal bands remember their first shows

By Matt Mills published 3 January 24

Everybody starts somewhere! Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slipknot and more remember their first times onstage.

Sophie Lloyd holdimg a guitar over her shoulder

Sophie Lloyd: 10 records that changed my life

By Emily Swingle published 3 January 24

From Van Halen and Iron Maiden to Disturbed and Bring Me The Horizon, these are the bands that helped Sophie Lloyd become a shred goddess

Ghost singer Papa Emeritus III onstage in 2016

Controversy, Colbert and a Grammy Award: How Ghost finally broke America with Cirice

By Matt Mills published 29 December 23

Thanks to the lead single of 2015’s Meliora, Tobias Forge’s devil church made their late-night TV debut, won their first Grammy and spread their Satanism throughout the States

The 50 best metal songs of 2023 (as voted by Metal Hammer readers)

By Merlin Alderslade published 22 December 23

From Sleep Token and Ghost, Babymetal to Metallica: 2023 has been a year of heavy metal bangers - these were the 50 best of them all, according to you

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