New single & lyric video available now
Swedish theatrical rockers Ghost have released “Twenties,” the latest advance offering from its forthcoming Impera album. The band’s fifth studio album is slated to arrive on March 11th via Loma Vista Recordings.
With its messianic promises of reigns of pennies and piles of moolah set to an appropriately manic musical backdrop, the unrelenting and propulsive “Twenties” stands in stark contrast to its Pre-Impera predecessor, the eerily hypnotic “Call Me Little Sunshine.” In fact, the apocalyptically prophetic vibe of “Twenties” — particularly its lyrical relevance to historical events unfolding on the world stage (however incidental) — render the song utterly unique in the Ghost canon.
The release of “Twenties” is accompanied by an Apple Music New Music Daily exclusive interview with Ghost’s Tobias Forge, welcoming Apple’s Zane Lowe into the world of Impera.
Impera will be released on a variety of formats including CD, standard black LP, baby blue cassette, Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Orchid LP with The Chronology of Papas set of five stickers, and a variety of retail exclusive editions, including Target exclusive coral vinyl with art print.
Produced by Klas Åhlund and mixed by Andy Wallace — and also featuring the active rock No. 1 radio single “Hunter’s Moon” — Impera finds Ghost transported literally centuries forward from the Black Plague era of its previous album, 2018 Best Rock Album GRAMMY nominee Prequelle. Over the course of the set’s 12-song cycle, empires rise and fall, would-be messiahs ply their hype (financial and spiritual alike), prophecies are foretold as the skies fill with celestial bodies divine and man-made. All in all, the most current and topical Ghost subject matter to date is set against a hypnotic and darkly colorful melodic backdrop making Impera a listen like no other — yet unmistakably, quintessentially Ghost.
“Twenties” drops just as Ghost concludes a 26-date US arena tour March 3rd at the Honda Center in Anaheim CA. Co-headlined by Volbeat with support from Twin Temple, the Pre-Impera Tour played nightly to rapturous crowds and critical acclaim alike.
