And although Ghost isn’t reinventing the genre musically — the band plays catchy and compelling hard rock, without much in the way of new sounds — it presents what it does in a very ...

Swedish doom-metallers Ghost B.C. are no ... down because of the CD art, which is basically a 16th century illustration of an orgy,” a source close to the band told SPIN. The NSFW illustration ...

Open the Youtube video Subscribe to Loudwire on Youtube The frontman also cited Italian-Slovenian art-rock band Devil Doll when describing the musical and aesthetic hybrid he envisioned for Ghost.

With their ornate papal getups, Ghost are easily one of the most recognizable hard rock or metal bands of the past 20 years. But what underground band inspired their macabre, over-the-top aesthetic?