"Well, the truth is that Ghost play occult music like they invented it and are making all the rules as they go along. They go beyond contemporary metal clichés and tired retro retreads.

If you don’t believe me, try the first single, “Secular Haze” and you will find out that the weird waltz bone structure with some circus calliope (Anton LaVey style) playing in the foreground can be pretty spooky and burlesque in the same time."

These are just the first lines of STIFF's album review for the new GHOST studio effort and it gets 6/6.

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