Skeletá is a Metal album by Ghost, originally released in 2025. On Gatefold: 69 pressings tracked, owned by 41 collectors.
About
“If I find myself just going through the motions and just trying to forcefully create 40 minutes of content in order to just fulfill contractual obligations, I wouldn’t do with that,” Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge tells Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “Why waste the energy? Every new album, every new tour, it is very much like a new baby. It’s a new existence that you have to live with, that you want to love. And it takes a lot of effort to do that.” The angelic choir that opens <i>Skeletá</i> might seem ironic for a band that openly preaches the virtues of Satan, but such is the upside-down church of Ghost. The soaring “Peacefield” kicks off the Swedish band’s sixth album before giving way to the deadly “Lachryma,” a tale of crying vampires bolstered by a killer metal riff and ’80s synth sounds, as if King Diamond went New Wave 40 years ago. (“That’s one of my favorite songs ever,” Forge says.) The insanely catchy lead single, “Satanized,” wrestles with inner demons and heresy as Latin chants and a throbbing bassline guide the way to an inverted epiphany. Triumphant guitars break through the somber piano that opens “De Profundis Borealis,” a propulsive track that, like many of the songs on <i>Skeletá</i>, sees “new” vocalist Papa V Perpetua—Forge in his latest papal guise—addressing a listener experiencing inner turmoil. “Cenotaph” rides what sounds like a sawed-off Metallica riff into a colorful, twinkling vocal melody with ’70s classic-rock guitar stabs. “Marks of the Evil One” beckons Forge’s favorite antihero, Lucifer, for another stomping, jubilant curtain call. Closer “Excelsis” offers a sober meditation upon death not unlike Type O Negative’s “Everything Dies”—only this one has a vocal line like an award-winning Broadway musical. Ultimately, <i>Skeletá</i> is proof positive that Ghost is still making infectious, devilishly appealing music nearly 20 years after Forge first hatched his concept. “My career is not really different from any other band,” he tells Apple Music. “Sooner or later, you’ll hit that point where a new record won’t really have any great relevance. And it’s hard to say when that is. It just happens. And when it’s a fact, it’s already a fact. And I am a firm believer that we haven’t really hit that yet.”
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
- 1Peacefield5:40
- 2Lachryma4:36
- 3Satanized3:56
- 4Guiding Lights3:24
- 5De Profundis Borealis4:32
- 6Cenotaph4:17
- 7Missilia Amori4:31
- 8Marks Of The Evil One4:15
- 9Umbra5:31
- 10Excelsis6:01
Sound DNA
- Metal
- Heavy Metal
- heavy
- triumphant
- theatrical
Vinyl -
First Pressing:
/500 - Opaque Grey (UK Louder Stores exclusive)
/999 - Opaque ‘Solid’ Gold (Hot Stuff exclusive)
/1,000 - Translucent Beer (Bengans exclusive)
/1,000 - ‘Solid Bone’ White (Scandinavian Indie Exclusive)
/1,000 - Clear w/ Black Smoke (Discord exclusive)
/1,000 - Silver (Revolver Magazine exclusive)
/1,000 - Opaque Magenta Mix (Revolver Magazine exclusive)
/1,000 - Opaque Purple & Pink Swirl [Fruit Punch] (Revolver Magazine exclusive)
/1,000 - Translucent ‘Grape’ Purple (Urban Outfitters exclusive)
/1,000 - Translucent ‘Coke Bottle’ Clear (Levykauppa exclusive)
/1,000 - Metallic Silver w/ Purple Swirl [Sister Midnight Mist] (Loma Vista Listening Party exclusive)
/1,000 - Silver & Purple Mist (Utopia Records exclusive)
/1,000 - White w/ Black Splatter (Universal exclusive)
/1,500 - Silver Inside Ultra-Clear w/ Black & White Splatter (Vertigo Vinyl exclusive)
/2,000 - Zoetrope Picture Disc [Bats & Rats] (Ghost Mailing List exclusive)
/2,000 - Zoetrope Picture Disc [Skeletons] (Ghost Mailing List exclusive)
/2,000 - Zoetrope Picture Disc [Papa] (Ghost Mailing List exclusive)
/3,000 - Blue & White Galaxy (Spotify Fans First exclusive)
/??? - Clear w/ 'Oxidized' Metallic Silver Liquid Filled (Bad World exclusive)
/??? - Black & Pink Marble [Twilight] (Ghost web-store exclusive)
/??? - Clear w/ Black & ‘Orchid’ Purple Splatter (Loma Vista & Ghost web-store exclusive)
/??? - White w/ Purple Swirl [Fun Dip Blend] (Retail exclusive)
/??? - Opaque ‘Bone’ White (Hot Topic exclusive)
/??? - Opaque Gray (Walmart exclusive)
/??? - Ultra-Clear (Books-A-Million / 2nd & Charles exclusive)
/??? - Translucent Grey w/ Black, Silver & White Swirl [Mineral Blend] (Amazon exclusive)
/??? - Translucent 'Sea' Blue (Amazon's Skeletour exclusive)
/??? - ‘Milky’ White (Sound of Vinyl exclusive)
/??? - ‘Milky’ Clear w/ Black & White Swirl [Bleach Blend]
/??? - Translucent ‘Sea’ Blue (Ginza exclusive)
/??? - Opaque ‘Violet’ (Indie Record Store exclusive): 250 - w/ Numbered Slice (Wax And Beans exclusive) & 300 - w/ Obi Strip (Assai Obi Edition)
/??? - Opaque ‘Solid’ Purple (Platekompaniet exclusive)
/??? - Opaque ‘Neon Violet’ (Target exclusive)
/??? - Opaque Purple [Orchid] (Barnes and Noble exclusive)
/??? - White w/ Black Marble [Poltergeist] (Merch Stand exclusive)
/??? - Grey Marble w/ Black & White Swirl [Ghost Blend] (Sound Merch Exclusive)
/??? - Violet Mist w/ t-shirt (Target Exclusive)
/??? - Black
Second Pressing:
/2,000 - ‘Violet, Silver, Black’ Tri-Color (2026 Skeletour Exclusive)
Cassette -
First Pressing:
/500 - Translucent Purple / (Rock Sound exclusive)
/??? - Silver / Opaque Silver Shell (European exclusive)
/??? - Opaque Purple Swirl / Translucent Purple Shell (Spotify Fans First exclusive)
/??? - Clear w/ Purple Tint / Translucent Purple Shell (Loma Vista & Ghost exclusive)
/??? - 'Bone' / Translucent Purple Shell
/??? - Silver / Clear Shell
/??? - Diamond (Tour Edition)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Fredrik ÅkessonLEAD GUITAR GUEST, LEAD GUITAR
- Ghost
- Group Of Nameless Ghouls
- Martin Eriksson Sandmark
- Max Grahn
- Papa V Perpetua
- Vincent Pontare
- Anthony Nichols
- August Goldhahn
- Celina Larsson
- Den Akademiska Damkören Linnea
- Elisa Hedin
- Emilia Hildebrand
- Emilia Karlborg
- Erik Uhlin
- Freja Högemark
- Glädje Calle Olsson
- Joel Eberhardsson
41 collectors on Gatefold own this · 69 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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