GHOST ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM SKELETÁ OUT APRIL 25 VIA LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS

Ghost has confirmed the release of its feverishly awaited new album: SKELETÁ, the GRAMMY-winning Swedish theatrical rock icons’ first full length offering of new material since 2022’s international #1 charting IMPERA, will manifest April 25 via Loma Vista Recordings.

SKELETÁ’s impending arrival is heralded by anthemic first single Satanized, and its unsettling new video featuring a first glimpse of Ghost’s newly anointed ringleader Papa V Perpetua — whose ascension was foreshadowed by the recent V is Coming! campaign, which culminated in the recent Sin City conclave that saw him crowned. “A demonic possession unlike any before” has never sounded so sweet as it does here — 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. By the time the song’s opening lines “There is something inside me and they don’t know if there is a cure” have moved from the inner monologue of the possessed to the ears of the hapless listener, it will already be too late: You will have been Satanized.

Today also marks the debut of The Satanizer, a first of its kind music video experience for fans who wish to be “Satanized.” Developed in partnership with Jason Zada (Elf Yourself), The Satanizer will morph its users into characters featured in the song’s melodramatic video. With a quick upload of their photo, The Satanizer will send out a personalized music video clip featuring the participant, who can in turn share via social media that they too have been “Satanized.”

Additionally, chart-topping podcast MORBID will dedicate a special bonus episode to Ghost this Friday March 7, featuring an exclusive interview with Tobias Forge. Join Tobias and hosts Ash and Alaina for this one-of-a-kind first deep dive into all things SKELETÁ, special guests and so much more.

The genesis of SKELETÁ is rooted in the wake of a world-spanning years-long touring campaign in support of IMPERA — a period that saw IMPERA top album charts the world over and winning an American Music Award and an iHeart Radio Music Award, as well as the band earning its first RIAA-certified platinum single (Mary on a Cross) and presiding over the highest grossing hard rock cinema event in North American history (its feature film debut RITE HERE RITE NOW). As this sustained maelstrom ultimately wound down, Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge’s next uncharted creative direction would prove to be an inward journey. This deeply introspective turn in Forge’s creative process would ultimately result in SKELETÁ: a collection of 10 new songs originating from and cutting as close to the bone as (in)humanly possible.

Ghost’s sixth psalm, SKELETÁ, is its most unflinchingly introspective work to date. Where previous Ghost albums dealt largely with chronicling and/or observing outward facing subject matter — such as IMPERA’s meditations on the rise and fall of empires and its predecessor Prequelle’s evocations of the ravages of era-defining plagues — SKELETA’s lyrics render the distinct individual emotional vistas of each of its 10 songs in one-on-one fashion, at times as if in a dialogue with oneself in a mirror. The end result is a singular collection of timeless, universal sentiments, all filtered through a prism of a uniquely personal point of view.

SKELETÁ will be brought to life over the course of Ghost’s impending SKELETOUR WORLD TOUR 2025. The most ambitious incarnation of the Ghost live ritual to date, SKELETOUR WORLD TOUR 2025 recently revealed a first wave of more than 55 dates — including a historic first-ever headlining show at New York’s hallowed Madison Square Garden — with more to be announced. With tickets already selling at a brisk pace, the SKELETOUR WORLD TOUR 2025 ritual experience promises to expand the Ghost community to attract its largest and most diverse audiences to date. From lifelong disciples to the curious uninitiated first-timers to the outcasts and others who find solace in the ritual, all are welcome to escape the travails of daily life and to become one with the phantasmagoric spectacle that moved THE LOS ANGELES TIMES to rave “As far as live acts go, they’re one of the best in the business” and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL to anoint the band as “the next generation of arena stars.”

As Ghost continues to strengthen its bond with the world-spanning legion of kindred souls that commune with the band and each other at its vaunted live rituals, it’s no exaggeration to describe Ghost — and the uniquely intense connection formed with the faithful who find refuge in the personae, lore and world Forge has created – as a singular global phenomenon. SKELETÁ will be released April 25 via Loma Vista Recordings.

SKELETÁ TRACK LIST:
1. Peacefield
2. Lachryma
3. Satanized
4. Guiding Lights
5. De Profundis Borealis
6. Cenotaph
7. Missilia Amori
8. Marks Of The Evil One
9. Umbra
10. Excelsis

GHOST SKELETOUR WORLD TOUR 2025:
April 15 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena
April 16 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
April 19 – London, UK – The O2
April 20 – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena
April 22 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis
April 23 – Frankfurt, DE – Festhalle Frankfurt
April 24 – Munich, DE – Olympiahalle
April 26 – Lyon, FR – LDLC Arena
April 27 – Toulouse, FR – Zénith Toulouse Métropole
April 29 – Lisbon, PT – MEO Arena
April 30 – Madrid, ES – Palacio Vistalegre
May 3 – Zürich, CH – Hallenstadion Zürich
May 4 – Milan, IT – Unipol Forum
May 7 – Berlin, DE – Uber Arena
May 8 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome
May 10 – Lodz, PL – Atlas Arena
May 11 – Prague, CZ – O2 Arena
May 13 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena
May 14 – Oberhausen, DE – Rudolf Weber-ARENA
May 15 – Hannover, DE – ZAG Arena
May 17 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena
May 20 – Tampere, FI – Nokia Arena
May 22 – Linköping, SE – Saab Arena
May 23 – Sandviken, SE – Göransson Arena
May 24 – Oslo, NO – Oslo Spektrum
July 05 – Birmingham, UK – Back to the Beginning
July 09 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena
July 11 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
July 12 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
July 13 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center
July 15 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center
July 17 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
July 18 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
July 19 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
July 21 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
July 22 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
July 24 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
July 25 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
July 26 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
July 28 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
July 29 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum
July 30 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
August 1 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena
August 2 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
August 3 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center
August 5 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
August 7 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
August 9 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
August 10 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena
August 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center
August 14 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
August 15 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
August 16 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
September 24 – Mexico City, MX – Palacio de los Deportes
September 25 – Mexico City, MX – Palacio de los Deportes