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GHOST Teases New Music. Announcing the reistatement of all three Papas!


Ghost revealed their new frontman Cardinal Copia earlier in april in a series of video clips. Right after that the band posted first single “Rats” with the video.

GHOST have released a New video announcing the reinstatement of all three Papas.

Papa Emeritus I, II & III are dead and the embalmed bodies to be displayed during 2018 tour.  

The new message from the clergy announcing the reinstatement of all three Papas in a video which  also includes new music from Ghost’s upcoming album Prequelle.

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PHOTO REPORT: TAAKE, HEXHAMMER & VÄKI


Photo report: Taake, Hexhammer and Väki – 27.4.2918 -Helsinki, Finland

Photography by Serena Solomon

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MOST METAL THING TODAY: Berlin based Robot band “Compressorhead”


Most Metal Thing Today will be our new series to introduce..as you can guess..  the most metal thing today. LOL!

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But yeah.. I don’t know how many of you have heard or seen Compressorhead ? Band full of robots, playing covers from bands like Motörhead, Ac/Dc and so.. they’ve  been  popular on the internet since 2013 already.

Compressorhead is a project of Berlin-based artist Frank Barnes and collaborators Markus Kolb and Stock Plum consisting of a robot “band” that plays on real electric and acoustic instruments. The robots are made from recycled parts and are controlled via a MIDI sequencer.”

Check out below Ace of Spades with 350kg singer. Heavy sh*t..don’t you think?

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PHOTO REPORT: SINIESTRO + SEKHMET , April 20. 2018, PRAGUE


PHOTO REPORT:  Siniestro + Sekhmet 20.4.2018 in Plzeň, parlament Club 20.4.2018​ , Prague by Pavel Kovalančík / Dark Art Conspiracy

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INTERVIEW: AURA NOIR (Norway)


Interview by Carina Lawrence / Dark Art Conspiracy

Black metal thrash masters Aura Noir are finally unleashing their anticipated and long-awaited sixth new album titled ‘Aura Noire’ after a six-year gap and follow up to their last album ‘Out To Die’ (2012), and you can expect some of their finest and rawest material to date. I caught up Apollyon (Drums/Vocals) to discuss their origins, the new album and their upcoming tour…

Firstly can you tell us about your formation back in 1993?

Aura Noir started out as a solo project from Aggressor. The music was more avant guard-ish and doesn’t really have much in common with today’s Aura Noir.For his second demo recording, I helped him out with drums on one song and guitar on a second. After that, he ditched the whole project and we decided to continue playing together, still using the name Aura Noir but playing more thrashy music. This was in 1995 I guess, so we don’t really celebrate any 25 year anniversary until then.

How did you come up with your name?

Einar, who plays the drums in Virus and Infernö gave Aggressor the name back when he was playing more weird music.

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GHOST – New Single “Rats” OUT + Album Details and Pre-order for “PREQUELLE”


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Grammy® Award-winning band Ghost today announced their fourth sacred psalm Prequelle (pronounced prē-KWELL) will be released on June 1, 2018 via Spinefarm/Loma Vista Recordings. Prequelle is available for pre-order starting today HERE. Limited edition bundles including 8-Tracks, Casettes and more are available exclusively in the Ghost shop HERE.

Fans have come along for the ride for years, not knowing for certain who was behind the anonymous band… that is, until Tobias Forge recently revealed himself as the man behind Ghost. Each album is more like a film release than a record release. In addition to serving as director, Forge conceives the role of every character, and oversees everything from the screenplay to video to wardrobe design to artwork to cinematography to soundtrack.

In an interesting twist in Ghost’s saga, Cardinal Copia has been appointed to take over vocal duties for the forthcoming psalm. Meet him HERE. Lyrically, Prequelle delves into the plague, the apocalypse, and dark ages. The entire body of work is also a snapshot of the world in which we live in on a daily basis, brought to life through an emotive, enlightening, and riveting body of songs.

Lately they’ve been teasing us with different video clips by introducing the Cardinal Copia and album art were leaked few days ago by  100.5 KTED .

“Rats!” will instantly download when you pre-order the new album PREQUELLE from iTunes.
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Cardinal moves like Christopher Walken  , not sure if the fatboy slip video inspired.

Pre-order for the full album is available via hotstuff.se 

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Photo credit: Mikael Eriksson

Check out the full cover art, tracklist and First single “Rats” below.

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Track list below for LP edition.

 

A1. Ashes

A2. Rats

A3. Faith

A4. See The Light

A5. Miasma

B1. Dance Macabre

B2. Pro Memoria

B3. Witch Image

B4. Helvetesfönster

B5. Life Eternal

Listen “Rats below,

 

Ghost US Tour Dates

May 05, 2018 –  Riverside, CA – RMA

May 06, 2018 – Tucson, AZ – Tucson Music Hall

May 08, 2018 – Houston, TX – Revention

May 10, 2018 – Chattanooga, TN – Tivoli

May 11, 2018 – Cincinnati, OH – The Taft Theatre

May 12, 2018 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore

May 13, 2018 – Columbus, OH – Express Live

May 15, 2018 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre

May 16, 2018 – Syracuse, NY – Crouse Hinds Theater

May 18, 2018 – Pittsburgh, PA – Benedum Center

May 19, 2018 – Philadelphia, PA – WMMR BBQ

May 20, 2018 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre

May 22, 2018 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

May 23, 2018 – Nashville, TN – Tennessee PAC

May 25, 2018 – St. Louis, MO – Peabody Opera House

May 26, 2018 – Pryor, OK – Rocklahoma

May 27, 2018 – Memphis, TN – Cannon Center

May 29, 2018 – Ft. Wayne, IN – The Clyde Theater

May 31, 2018 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater

June 01, 2018 – St. Paul, MN – The Palace Theater