NEWS: GRAMMY-winning GHOST Announce New Album ‘SKELETÁ’ Out April 25

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.

The “SKELETÁ” album‘s impending arrival is heralded by anthemic first single “Satanized” and its unsettling new video features a first glimpse of GHOST’s newly anointed ringleader Papa V Perpetua. His ascension was foreshadowed by the recent ‘V is Coming!’ campaign, culminating 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 they acknowledge 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 is already too late, you have been “Satanized“.

March 5th also marked 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 dedicated a special bonus episode to GHOST Friday, March 7. It features 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.

The band also earned its first RIAA-certified platinum single (“Mary on a Cross”) and presided 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 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.

SKELETOUR WORLD TOUR 2025

“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. More are 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” is released April 25, 2025 via Loma Vista Recordings.

SKELETÁ Track List

Peacefield

Lachryma

Satanized

Guiding Lights

De Profundis Borealis

Cenotaph

Missilia Amori

Marks Of The Evil One

Umbra

Excelsis

First Single “Satanized” Out Now

SKELETOUR WORLD TOUR 2025 Begins April 15

GHOST’s SKELETOUR WORLD TOUR 2025

04/15/25 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena

04/16/25 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro

04/19/25 – London, UK – The O2

04/20/25 – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena

04/22/25 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis

04/23/25 – Frankfurt, DE – Festhalle Frankfurt

04/24/25 – Munich, DE – Olympiahalle

04/26/25 – Lyon, FR – LDLC Arena

04/27/25 – Toulouse, FR – Zénith Toulouse Métropole

04/29/25 – Lisbon, PT – MEO Arena

04/30/25 – Madrid, ES – Palacio Vistalegre

05/03/25 – Zürich, CH – Hallenstadion Zürich

05/04/25 – Milan, IT – Unipol Forum

05/07/25 – Berlin, DE – Uber Arena

05/08/25 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome

05/10/25 – Lodz, PL – Atlas Arena

05/11/25 – Prague, CZ – O2 Arena

05/13/25 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena

05/14/25 – Oberhausen, DE – Rudolf Weber-ARENA

05/15/25 – Hannover, DE – ZAG Arena

05/17/25 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena

05/20/25 – Tampere, FI – Nokia Arena

05/22/25 – Linköping, SE – Saab Arena

05/23/25 – Sandviken, SE – Göransson Arena

05/24/25 – Oslo, NO – Oslo Spektrum

07/05/25 – Birmingham, UK – Back to the Beginning

07/09/25 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

07/11/25 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena

07/12/25 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena

07/13/25 – Miami, FL – Kaseya Center

07/15/25 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center

07/17/25 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

07/18/25 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena

07/19/25 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center

07/21/25 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

07/22/25 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

07/24/25 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

07/25/25 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center

07/26/25 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

07/28/25 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena

07/29/25 – Milwaukee, WI – Fiserv Forum

07/30/25 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center

08/01/25 – Rosemont, IL – Allstate Arena

08/02/25 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

08/03/25 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center

08/05/25 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center

08/07/25 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

08/09/25 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena

08/10/25 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena

08/11/25 – Phoenix, AZ – Footprint Center

08/14/25 – Austin, TX – Moody Center

08/15/25 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena

08/16/25 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center

09/24/25 – Mexico City, MX – Palacio de los Deportes

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