Meliora

The engimatic Swedish band Ghost's 2013 sophomore album Infestissumam was supposed to be metal's second commercial coming, but it was mostly a bore. With Meliora, their third full-length, they've returned to a heavier direction, and created a far more engaging collection of their seductive Satanism.

Meliora, the third long-player by Sweden's Ghost, looks back at what made their 2011 debut, Opus Eponymous, so special: Beautifully written, hook-laden, hard rock songs with clean (and even serene) singing.

Swedish shades Ghost have a truly rare sense of theatricality. Identities carefully concealed behind elaborate costumes and personas, their...

A review of Meliora by Ghost, available worldwide on August 21st via Loma Vista Productions. Boogie woogie!

Review of the new album from Ghost 'Meliora', the Swedish band's full-length comes out on August 21st via Spinefarm Records/Loma Vista Recordings.

Sweden’s occult rockers balance theatricality and thudding malevolence on their third release. It could be a breakthrough

Ghost (SWE) - Meliora review: Oscillating between '70s and '80s AOR and pop-progressive flair, Ghost continue to carve their genre-bending niche with their strongest album to date.