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Ghost’s highly anticipated new album, SKELETÁ, has arrived. The Swedish band’s sixth studio LP marks the follow-up to 2022’s Impera, and can be streamed below.

The album’s release comes 10 days after Ghost kicked off their “Skeletour World Tour” on April 15th in Manchester England, where they gave six songs their live debut, including four from SKELETÁ.

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Prior to the album’s arrival, Ghost released three singles: “Satanized,” “Lachryma,” and “Peacefield.” A number of the songs on the album give off a ’70s arena rock vibe, in the vein of bands like Journey, Kansas, and Styx.

Along with the new album, Ghost have introduced their “new” frontman, Papa V Perpetua, the latest stage persona assumed by band mastermind Tobias Forge.

As part of their aforementioned world tour, Ghost will embark on a North American arena leg that launches July 9th in Baltimore, and wraps...

There’s no easier way to piss off a headbanger than by calling Ghost a metal band. As songs like the Abba-meets-Def Leppard “Spillways” and disco-leaning “Dance Macabre” have proven, they’re a pop group with a penchant for pentagrams. The Swedish band’s reliance on Satanic theatrics and elaborate lore—such as the way they represent a “clergy” bringing about the birth of the antichrist—can feel, well, a bit silly. But they possess the rare ability to write songs that, upon first listen, sound like familiar favorites.

Starting with 2018’s Prequelle, though, Ghost began drawing influence less from ’70s hard rock and more from ’80s Aor bands like Journey, and the transition hasn’t suited them. Their sixth studio album, Skeletá, suffers from wearyingly similar production, with vocals consistently at the front of the mix and the same guitar and synthesizer sounds repeated throughout.

Tracks like “Peacefield,...

“Efc” is the new live-action sports drama feature, inspired by the post-fight brawl between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov at ‘UFC 229’, directed by Jaze Bordeaux and Wayne Wells, starring Karlee Rose, Kathryn Aboya, Avaah Blackwell, Alex Cruz, Savannah Basley, Aldrin Bundoc, Alison Brooks, Wayne Wells, Andrea Drepaul, Billy Parrott and Richard Zeppieri, available August 20, 2024 on digital platforms:

“…in the adrenaline-fueled ‘Efc’ (‘Extreme Fighting Chmpionship”), the world of women’s mixed martial arts is rocked by an explosive showdown between reigning champion ‘Cassady Jones’ and rising up and comer ‘Alexa Star’.

“The clash of these two titans sends shock waves through the Efc, as the future of the sport hangs in the balance…”

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Exclusive: Ryan Donowho (The O.C.) is set to topline Art of a Hit (fka Excelsis), an indie psychological horror film directed by Gaelan Draper that will begin shooting in France this month under a SAG Interim Agreement. Rounding out the cast are Rob Raco (Riverdale), Charlie Saxton (Hung), Tim Jo (This Is Us), Allie MacDonald (Under the Silver Lake), James Earl (White Men Can’t Jump), and David Valdes (Speechless). Draper and Saxton co-wrote and are co-producing under their Dewey & Bug banner.

Set in 2003, the movie follows a bygone rock band as they journey to a 1000-year-old French chateau to record with a reclusive super-producer in hopes of rebooting their career. But as tensions rise and tempers flare, they realize they are up against more than just the pressure to succeed. Indie rock pioneer Adam Lasus is music directing the ’90s alternative-heavy soundtrack alongside music supervisor Linda Cohen (Licorice Pizza...