Swedish Metallic Pop Eccentrics Fly To Northern America In 2026
The Swedish eccentrics, led by Papa Emiritus released their
6th LP, baptized Skeletá last April, followed by an European tour.
Next year it’s Northern America‘s turn.
Skeletá
Ghost
JUKEBOX 2025 – Week 15 – Five New Rad Tracks Added Twice A Week
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Band: THE WANTS
Who: Voltaic post-punk indie outfit from
NYC. They released their debut album
Container in 2020.
Track: 87 GAS
Newest single from their sophomore album,
named Bastard. It’ll land on June 13th.
Expect a spellbinding, forth and back groove
that gets under your skin, slowly but surely.
Instagram – UK/Euro Tour Dates
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Band: GHOST
Who: The Swedish theatrical pop-metal band GHOST
fronted singer-songwriter, actor, filmmaker and metal
Pope Tobies Jens Forge aka Papa Emeritus.
Track: LACHRYMA
Piece from their forthcoming, 6th LP,
baptized Skeletá. Out April 25th.
Metal for pop fans and Mötley Crue addicts.
Instagram – Tour Dates
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Band: SORRY
Who: Indie alt-pop outfit
from North-London
Track: JETPLANE
2nd shared single from new,
upcoming LP. Details TBA.
For those who don’t like peppy power pop, sorry.
Instagram – Website
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Artists: THOM YORKE and MARK PRITCHARD
Who: The smiling radiohead and the pioneering
electronic musician and producer.
Bliep bing bleep bong.
Instagram
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Photograph by Kevin Westenberg
Band: THE DIVINE COMEDY
Who: Northern Irish collective orchestrated
by veteran songsmith Neil Hannon.
Track: ACHILLES
Lead single from their upcoming 13th LP, the first in 5 years,
baptized Rainy Sunday Afternoon, out on September 19th.
Stay in when it rains and enjoy
Hannon‘s new sensitive musing.
GHOST Pope TOBIAS FORGE About New Upcoming Album ‘SKELETÁ’
22 March 2025
Hallelujah!
‘SKELETÁ’ is out on April 25th.
Get ‘SATANIZED’ By Metal Pop Pope GHOST
Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
5 March 2025
Swedish theatrical pop-metal band GHOST fronted by the singer-songwriter,
actor, filmmaker and metal pope Tobies Jens Forge aka Papa Emeritus launch
their new, 6th LP, baptized Skeletá on April 25th. More info here.
Press info: “Skeletá, is the band’s most unflinchingly introspective work to date. Where previous 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.”
New album artwork
At its sonic core the first single, called SATANIZED
is a devil-may-care pop song. Melodic and devout.
It’s the bombastic guitar-infused orchestration and the visual
theatrics that make Ghost the special, attractive and immensely
worshipped act they are today.
Wake up people, Satan is your
(g)host today. Turn up the heat.
TOUR 2025
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Band: THE RETROGRADE
Who: Intense rock unit
from Tallahassee, Florida.
Track: WHAT CAN BE DONE
Aerosmith-like blues rocker from this hefty quartet’s
brand-new sizzling debut LP That’s The Spirit.
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Band: FUCKED UP
Who: Post-hardcore-punk
noise veterans from Toronto.
Track: ANOTHER DAY
The title track of their new, upcoming 7th album, out in
September. It’s a loud and clear celebration of cannabis.
Get high here.
Linktree
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Artist: OLI BARTON
Who: High-vocal-powered
British songwriter.
Track: YOU JUST PLAYED MY MIND
The B-side of his previous single
‘It’s Over Now’‘s reissue on vinyl.
B-side? I don’t think so. This is a high-octane
stunner with an A-side quality. Touchdown.
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Instagram
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Band: GHOST
Who: Swedish theatrical pop-metal band fronted
by singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker Tobies
Jens Forge aka Papa Emeritus IV
Track: THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND
An amplified, melodic, easy-listening, power
pop tune and some glowing rockabilly echoes.
Sweet guys, sweet ghost, sweet song.
Instagram
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Band: HUGE MOLASSES TANK EXPLODES
Who: Italian outfit who offer a kaleidoscopic experience,
ranging from rugged and evocative beats to dreamy
soundscapes, inspired by post-punk and psych-wave.
Track: BOW OF GOLD
Single from their upcoming 3rd full length,
named ‘III’, and coming out in September.
Psych-pop at its dreamiest best.
Harmonious and starry-eyed.
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Instagram
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Artist: YUNGBLUD
Who: English, flamboyant superstar
Track: BREAKDOWN
A song that deals with his mental health problems.
All proceeds go to mental health caring organisations.
Part melodic pop, part waterfall rap. Ace!
Instagram
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Band: WHOLE
Who: Indie/electronic/wave
duo from Berlin.
Track: BEAST
Single and opening piece of their
brand-new album Hydra.
Both haunting and infectious
with an early Depeche Mode
sonority.
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Instagram
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Band: HEARSING
Who: Long-time American
musical friends.
Track: MONTAUK
Opener of the tandem’s fresh
5-track debut EP Pastoral.
Americana melancholia that triggers
your daydreaming moments.
Linktree
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Artist: KIM GORDON
Who: Former Sonic Youth heroine who just
released her 2nd solo album The Collective
Track: ECPR
A new stand-alone piece that clearly was
recorded during the album sessions.
Slo-mo industrial spoken-word musing as we
get/got many on her new and first solo LP.
Linktree
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Artist: ALICE GLASS
Who: The Canadian co-founder and
former frontwoman of electronic act
Crystal Castles
Track: REMAINS
A first slice of the upcoming collaboration
with hip-hop New York musician Clip.
Sounds like a lullaby, rapped-up at times,
and recorded in a fishbowl.
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GHOST – Swedish Pop-Metal Weirdos Entertain Us With New Sweet Pop Tune ‘THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND’
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23 June 2024
Swedish theatrical pop-metal band GHOST fronted by the singer-songwriter,
actor, and filmmaker Tobies Jens Forge aka Papa Emeritus IV have a new track,
named THE FUTURE IS A FOREIGN LAND out.
It features on the soundtrack of their debut feature film Rite Here, Rite Now.
It presents Ghost’s live show at LA’s Kia Forum last year, and its soundtrack — set
for release next month — comprises 17 songs from that set plus the new one.
Tobias Jens Forge and his partners in crime look like scary protagonists in
a horror-ific nightmare but when it comes to their music you get the opposite,
like here with The Future Is A Foreign Land. An amplified, melodic, easy-listening
pop tune with some echoes of rockabilly. Sweet guys, sweet song.
WATCH/LISTEN
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GHOST: Instagram
Waking Up With JESUS Who Knows Swedish Peppery-Pop-Metal Team GHOST
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9 April 2023
Swedish peppery-pop-metal team GHOST just announced
a five-song covers EP, out on 18 May. Pre-order info here.
The covers.
‘See No Evil‘ by Television
‘Jesus He Knows Me’ by Genesis
‘Hanging Around’ by The Stranglers
‘Phantom Of The Opera’ by Iron Maiden
‘We Don’t Need Another Hero‘ by Tina Turner
As Jesus is everywhere these days Ghost decided
to give us their cover of Genesis‘s 1991 song cover
of Jesus He Knows Me.
Watch the kooky video on YouTube (click below).
Swedish Theatrical Metal Freaks GHOST Will Invade The US This Summer
Swedish Metalheads GHOST Moody On New Single ‘CALL ME LITTLE SUNSHINE’
Daily electricity to load your batteries
22 January 2022
Band: GHOST
Who: Heavy metal band from Sweden
led by high priest Tobias Forge
Active: Since 2006 – 5 studio LPs
New album: IMPERA
Out: 11 March 2022 – order info here
New single: CALL ME LITTLE SUNSHINE
Second taster from the upcoming LP
The Swedish metalheads go all moody on
this one, with a mid-Metallica-tempo vibe.
And Satan is, as usual, not far away…
You will never walk alone
You can always reach me
You will never ever walk alone
Call me Little Sunshine
Call me, call me Mephistopheles
Call me when you feel all alone
Just call me Little Sunshine
GHOST: Facebook
GHOST + VOLBEAT Will Curse The World In 2022
Bands: GHOST + VOLBEAT
Who: Swedish metal heroes + Danish metal heroes
USA dates
UK dates
9 April – AO Arena, Manchester
11 April – London, O2 Arena
13 April – Glasgow OVO Hydro
15 April – Birmingham Resorts World Arena
Europe dates
17 April – Rotterdam
18 April – Paris
24 April – Prague
30 April – Oslo
3 May – Brussels
8 May – Madrid
11 May – Vienna (11)
18 May – Budapest
More dates TBA.