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We wish to inform you that cinema tickets for RITE HERE RITE NOW on June 20th and 22nd are now on sale. Additional screening dates may vary, check your local venues.

Visit www.ritehereritenow.com for full screening information.

In addition, the Original motion picture soundtrack is available for pre-orders!
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Happy Star Wars Day & May The Fourth Be With You 👻
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1 AÑO de SKELETÁ 💜 #TheBandGhost

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#GhostBand #ghost #tobiasforge

Happy Skeletá Day! Skeletá is the sixth studio album by @thebandghost . It was released 1 year ago today through @lomavistarecordings. It was preceded by the singles "Satanized", "Lachryma" and "Peacefield", and is notable for being the band's first album to top the US Billboard 200.
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Album cover and artwork designed by @zbigniewmbielak
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What's your favorite song from Skeletá? Let us know in the comments! 👇🏼
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Track listing:
1. Peacefield
2. Lachryma
3. Satanized
4. Guiding Lights
5. De Profundis Borealis
6. Cenotaph
7. Missilia Amon
8. Marks of the Evil One
9. Umbra
10. Excelsis
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#Ghost #TheBandGhost #Skeleta #PapaEmeritusV #ChildrenofGhost

[MESSAGE TO THE LEGION]

We wish to inform you that Ghost's sixth album, Skeletá’, was released worldwide ONE YEAR AGO today! Check out the official promotional info about the album via @LomaVistaRecordings:

"Produced by "Gene Walker" and mixed by Andy Wallace and Dan Malsch, 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—Skeletá’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. However, Skeletá is so much more than the sum of its tracklist. Its songs form a thematic arc that begins with the ascendant and anthemic “Peacefield,” then delves into progressively darker spiritual territory by way of the bittersweet melodies of “Lachryma,” demonically hooky first single “Satanized” and soul-searching epic ballad “Guiding Lights.”"

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

Artwork by THE MASTER, @ZbigniewMBielak!

Share with us your favorite tunes from album six, and other favorite memories from the past year in the comments below! !nemA

Music by @thebandGHOST

WE ARE LEGION, JOIN US...in Ritual on our
Social Media pages! And buy Skeletá!👇
https://linktr.ee/legionofghost
(This link is also found in our bio!)

#Skeletá #PapaVPerpetua #SkeleTour #thebandGHOST #ZbigniewMBielak

[MESSAGE TO THE LEGION]

We wish to inform you that Ghost's sixth album, Skeletá’, was released worldwide ONE YEAR AGO today! Check out the official promotional info about the album via @LomaVistaRecordings:

"Produced by "Gene Walker" and mixed by Andy Wallace and Dan Malsch, 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—Skeletá’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. However, Skeletá is so much more than the sum of its tracklist. Its songs form a thematic arc that begins with the ascendant and anthemic “Peacefield,” then delves into progressively darker spiritual territory by way of the bittersweet melodies of “Lachryma,” demonically hooky first single “Satanized” and soul-searching epic ballad “Guiding Lights.”"

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

Artwork by THE MASTER, @ZbigniewMBielak!

Share with us your favorite tunes from album six, and other favorite memories from the past year in the comments below! !nemA

Music by @thebandGHOST

WE ARE LEGION, JOIN US...in Ritual on our
Social Media pages! And buy Skeletá!👇
https://linktr.ee/legionofghost
(This link is also found in our bio!)

#Skeletá #PapaVPerpetua #SkeleTour #thebandGHOST #ZbigniewMBielak

[MESSAGE TO THE LEGION]

We wish to inform you that Ghost's sixth album, Skeletá’, was released worldwide ONE YEAR AGO today! Check out the official promotional info about the album via @LomaVistaRecordings:

"Produced by "Gene Walker" and mixed by Andy Wallace and Dan Malsch, 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—Skeletá’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. However, Skeletá is so much more than the sum of its tracklist. Its songs form a thematic arc that begins with the ascendant and anthemic “Peacefield,” then delves into progressively darker spiritual territory by way of the bittersweet melodies of “Lachryma,” demonically hooky first single “Satanized” and soul-searching epic ballad “Guiding Lights.”"

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

Artwork by THE MASTER, @ZbigniewMBielak!

Share with us your favorite tunes from album six, and other favorite memories from the past year in the comments below! !nemA

Music by @thebandGHOST

WE ARE LEGION, JOIN US...in Ritual on our
Social Media pages! And buy Skeletá!👇
https://linktr.ee/legionofghost
(This link is also found in our bio!)

#Skeletá #PapaVPerpetua #SkeleTour #thebandGHOST #ZbigniewMBielak

[MESSAGE TO THE LEGION]

We wish to inform you that Ghost's sixth album, Skeletá’, was released worldwide ONE YEAR AGO today! Check out the official promotional info about the album via @LomaVistaRecordings:

"Produced by "Gene Walker" and mixed by Andy Wallace and Dan Malsch, 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—Skeletá’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. However, Skeletá is so much more than the sum of its tracklist. Its songs form a thematic arc that begins with the ascendant and anthemic “Peacefield,” then delves into progressively darker spiritual territory by way of the bittersweet melodies of “Lachryma,” demonically hooky first single “Satanized” and soul-searching epic ballad “Guiding Lights.”"

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

Artwork by THE MASTER, @ZbigniewMBielak!

Share with us your favorite tunes from album six, and other favorite memories from the past year in the comments below! !nemA

Music by @thebandGHOST

WE ARE LEGION, JOIN US...in Ritual on our
Social Media pages! And buy Skeletá!👇
https://linktr.ee/legionofghost
(This link is also found in our bio!)

#Skeletá #PapaVPerpetua #SkeleTour #thebandGHOST #ZbigniewMBielak

[MESSAGE TO THE LEGION]

We wish to inform you that Ghost's sixth album, Skeletá’, was released worldwide ONE YEAR AGO today! Check out the official promotional info about the album via @LomaVistaRecordings:

"Produced by "Gene Walker" and mixed by Andy Wallace and Dan Malsch, 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—Skeletá’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. However, Skeletá is so much more than the sum of its tracklist. Its songs form a thematic arc that begins with the ascendant and anthemic “Peacefield,” then delves into progressively darker spiritual territory by way of the bittersweet melodies of “Lachryma,” demonically hooky first single “Satanized” and soul-searching epic ballad “Guiding Lights.”"

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

Artwork by THE MASTER, @ZbigniewMBielak!

Share with us your favorite tunes from album six, and other favorite memories from the past year in the comments below! !nemA

Music by @thebandGHOST

WE ARE LEGION, JOIN US...in Ritual on our
Social Media pages! And buy Skeletá!👇
https://linktr.ee/legionofghost
(This link is also found in our bio!)

#Skeletá #PapaVPerpetua #SkeleTour #thebandGHOST #ZbigniewMBielak

[MESSAGE TO THE LEGION]

We wish to inform you that Ghost's sixth album, Skeletá’, was released worldwide ONE YEAR AGO today! Check out the official promotional info about the album via @LomaVistaRecordings:

"Produced by "Gene Walker" and mixed by Andy Wallace and Dan Malsch, 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—Skeletá’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. However, Skeletá is so much more than the sum of its tracklist. Its songs form a thematic arc that begins with the ascendant and anthemic “Peacefield,” then delves into progressively darker spiritual territory by way of the bittersweet melodies of “Lachryma,” demonically hooky first single “Satanized” and soul-searching epic ballad “Guiding Lights.”"

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

Artwork by THE MASTER, @ZbigniewMBielak!

Share with us your favorite tunes from album six, and other favorite memories from the past year in the comments below! !nemA

Music by @thebandGHOST

WE ARE LEGION, JOIN US...in Ritual on our
Social Media pages! And buy Skeletá!👇
https://linktr.ee/legionofghost
(This link is also found in our bio!)

#Skeletá #PapaVPerpetua #SkeleTour #thebandGHOST #ZbigniewMBielak

[MESSAGE TO THE LEGION]

We wish to inform you that Ghost's sixth album, Skeletá’, was released worldwide ONE YEAR AGO today! Check out the official promotional info about the album via @LomaVistaRecordings:

"Produced by "Gene Walker" and mixed by Andy Wallace and Dan Malsch, 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—Skeletá’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. However, Skeletá is so much more than the sum of its tracklist. Its songs form a thematic arc that begins with the ascendant and anthemic “Peacefield,” then delves into progressively darker spiritual territory by way of the bittersweet melodies of “Lachryma,” demonically hooky first single “Satanized” and soul-searching epic ballad “Guiding Lights.”"

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

Artwork by THE MASTER, @ZbigniewMBielak!

Share with us your favorite tunes from album six, and other favorite memories from the past year in the comments below! !nemA

Music by @thebandGHOST

WE ARE LEGION, JOIN US...in Ritual on our
Social Media pages! And buy Skeletá!👇
https://linktr.ee/legionofghost
(This link is also found in our bio!)

#Skeletá #PapaVPerpetua #SkeleTour #thebandGHOST #ZbigniewMBielak

[MESSAGE TO THE LEGION]

We wish to inform you that Ghost's sixth album, Skeletá’, was released worldwide ONE YEAR AGO today! Check out the official promotional info about the album via @LomaVistaRecordings:

"Produced by "Gene Walker" and mixed by Andy Wallace and Dan Malsch, 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—Skeletá’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. However, Skeletá is so much more than the sum of its tracklist. Its songs form a thematic arc that begins with the ascendant and anthemic “Peacefield,” then delves into progressively darker spiritual territory by way of the bittersweet melodies of “Lachryma,” demonically hooky first single “Satanized” and soul-searching epic ballad “Guiding Lights.”"

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

Artwork by THE MASTER, @ZbigniewMBielak!

Share with us your favorite tunes from album six, and other favorite memories from the past year in the comments below! !nemA

Music by @thebandGHOST

WE ARE LEGION, JOIN US...in Ritual on our
Social Media pages! And buy Skeletá!👇
https://linktr.ee/legionofghost
(This link is also found in our bio!)

#Skeletá #PapaVPerpetua #SkeleTour #thebandGHOST #ZbigniewMBielak

[MESSAGE TO THE LEGION]

We wish to inform you that Ghost's sixth album, Skeletá’, was released worldwide ONE YEAR AGO today! Check out the official promotional info about the album via @LomaVistaRecordings:

"Produced by "Gene Walker" and mixed by Andy Wallace and Dan Malsch, 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—Skeletá’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. However, Skeletá is so much more than the sum of its tracklist. Its songs form a thematic arc that begins with the ascendant and anthemic “Peacefield,” then delves into progressively darker spiritual territory by way of the bittersweet melodies of “Lachryma,” demonically hooky first single “Satanized” and soul-searching epic ballad “Guiding Lights.”"

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

Artwork by THE MASTER, @ZbigniewMBielak!

Share with us your favorite tunes from album six, and other favorite memories from the past year in the comments below! !nemA

Music by @thebandGHOST

WE ARE LEGION, JOIN US...in Ritual on our
Social Media pages! And buy Skeletá!👇
https://linktr.ee/legionofghost
(This link is also found in our bio!)

#Skeletá #PapaVPerpetua #SkeleTour #thebandGHOST #ZbigniewMBielak

Hoy cumple 13 años el segundo sencillo “Year Zero”, del álbum INFESTISSUMAM 🔥

[𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡]
Today is the 13th anniversary of the second single “Year Zero”, from the album INFESTISSUMAM 🔥
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#rockmusic #ghostband #metalmusic #yearzero #papaemeritusii

Congratulations to Ghost for nominations The Swedish Government's 2025 Music Export Prize!!

On 23 April, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa will present the Government's Music Export Prize for 2025.

We are so proud of Ghost🖤

📝Government Offices of Sweden
📷Embassy of Sweden in Riga

🔹️Follow us for more🔹️

#ghostband #tobiasforge #thebandghost #ghostbc #papaemeritus #papav #perpetua

Congratulations to Ghost for nominations The Swedish Government's 2025 Music Export Prize!!

On 23 April, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa will present the Government's Music Export Prize for 2025.

We are so proud of Ghost🖤

📝Government Offices of Sweden
📷Embassy of Sweden in Riga

🔹️Follow us for more🔹️

#ghostband #tobiasforge #thebandghost #ghostbc #papaemeritus #papav #perpetua

Congratulations to Ghost for nominations The Swedish Government's 2025 Music Export Prize!!

On 23 April, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa will present the Government's Music Export Prize for 2025.

We are so proud of Ghost🖤

📝Government Offices of Sweden
📷Embassy of Sweden in Riga

🔹️Follow us for more🔹️

#ghostband #tobiasforge #thebandghost #ghostbc #papaemeritus #papav #perpetua

Congratulations to Ghost for nominations The Swedish Government's 2025 Music Export Prize!!

On 23 April, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa will present the Government's Music Export Prize for 2025.

We are so proud of Ghost🖤

📝Government Offices of Sweden
📷Embassy of Sweden in Riga

🔹️Follow us for more🔹️

#ghostband #tobiasforge #thebandghost #ghostbc #papaemeritus #papav #perpetua

Just got my Ghost Lachryma Grammy certificate! All the hard work and dedication to your craft really does pay off! Feeling blessed that Ghost chose me to mix Skeleta! Shoutout to @basma_jabbar_sound for assisting me @imrsvmusic in Stockholm. And @ajlarsenmusic for all of the help @soundminerecordingstudio I’m truly grateful!

#thebandghost #metalmusic #hardrockmusic #dedication #hardworkpaysoff

In case you missed church this morning. Mike Servin has you covered 😂
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Happy Easter! Here's a throwback to a 2014 interview with Omega discovering PEEPS for the first time along with other Easter candy 🐰
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#TheBandGhost #Omega #QuintessenceGhoul #Easter #ChildrenofGhost

That time is upon us once again. So give your finger a tap below, and behold the joyous wonder of Spectacular Eggs, a spoof on Ghosts Secular Haze by Wagoner Bros. Productions! Happy Sinday, Happy 4/20 or wtf ever the day is to you! Just do it with GHOST! !nemA

Watch/subscribe on @YouTube👇🏻
https://youtu.be/MdQtZo0-7aI?si=tPJfVUyxap-DlU68

WE ARE LEGION, JOIN US...in Ritual on our
Social Media pages! And buy Skeletá!👇
https://linktr.ee/legionofghost
(This link is also found in our bio!)

#WagonerBros #WagonerBrosProductions #SpectacularEggs #Easter #thebandGHOST

Congratulations✨️
Impera is hailed as the best metal album of the past decade by Metal Hammer🤘🏻
(Link in story)

📝Source - Louder / Metal Hammer

#ghostband #tobiasforge #thebandghost #ghostbc #papaemeritus #copia #impera #imperator

Congratulations✨️
Impera is hailed as the best metal album of the past decade by Metal Hammer🤘🏻
(Link in story)

📝Source - Louder / Metal Hammer

#ghostband #tobiasforge #thebandghost #ghostbc #papaemeritus #copia #impera #imperator

Congratulations✨️
Impera is hailed as the best metal album of the past decade by Metal Hammer🤘🏻
(Link in story)

📝Source - Louder / Metal Hammer

#ghostband #tobiasforge #thebandghost #ghostbc #papaemeritus #copia #impera #imperator

Congratulations✨️
Impera is hailed as the best metal album of the past decade by Metal Hammer🤘🏻
(Link in story)

📝Source - Louder / Metal Hammer

#ghostband #tobiasforge #thebandghost #ghostbc #papaemeritus #copia #impera #imperator