GHOST

Release Year: 2018
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: expressive occult psychedelic rock / metal

fourth studio album by Mr. Forge and his devoted cohorts [well, actually absolute masters of their craft] is yet the most provoking and daring flirt with pop culture with influences coming from Blue Öyster Cult, Boston, and ABBA, but of course these are just extras that fit in like a glove into a well rounded up picture of loud hard rock and/or metal with a real modern feel to it that Ghost keep developing through years - while seemingly amusing and upbeat in style, these tracks carry much darker concept with medieval plague references aplenty, subtly reminding of human arrogance, society's moral decline, and inevitable doom, while such charming videos for Rats and Dance Macabre reveal the team deeply enjoying opportunities provided by visual art; US black vinyl edition