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Albums by Ghost
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Ghost's Popular Music Videos
Mary On A Cross (Live In Tampa 2022)
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Secular Haze (Closed-Captioned)
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Dance Macabre
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Rats
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Call Me Little Sunshine
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Spillways
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Chapter 8: Kiss the Go-Goat
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Square Hammer
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Hunter's Moon
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Cirice
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Artist Playlists
Ghost Essentials
Satanic heavy metal has never sounded so gloriously melodic.
Ghost Video Essentials
Set List: Ghost's Re-Imperatour
The Swedish metal band is stateside. Get the full set list here.
Ghost’s Ride the Lightning Playlist
A tribute playlist curated by the mysterious masked Swedish metal outfit.
Ghost: Influences
Ghost: Deep Cuts
Artist Biography
Credited as their masked personas, Ghost is a Swedish hard rock band known for their onstage theatrical presence.
∙ Their 2013 LP, Infestissumam, debuted at No. 1 in Sweden and earned the band their first Swedish Grammis Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Album.
∙ Meliora, the act’s 2015 LP, reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200 and was their first album to receive Platinum certification in Sweden.
∙ Making their US TV debut, they performed “Cirice” on a Halloween-themed episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2015.
∙ The band has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning their first in 2016 for Best Metal Performance (“Cirice”).
∙ Ghost’s 2018 hit singles “Rats” and “Dance Macabre” both reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart.
∙ Peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, 2018’s Prequelle debuted in the Top 5 in seven countries, including Sweden, Finland, and Norway, where it reached No. 1.
∙ In 2019, Kerrang! ranked Ghost’s 2010 single “Ritual” among the 50 Most Evil Songs Ever.
∙ The Swedish government awarded the group the 2019 Music Export Prize in honor of their global success.
Hometown
Linköping, Sweden
Genre
Metal