If you have Ghost

Given my propensity to find myself listening to awesome things and attending too many gigs, I figured I should probably start documenting it somewhere so where better than my otherwise-gathering-dust blog?

Last night, I went to the London Palladium - possibly the poshest gig venue I've been too in a while outside the Royal Albert Hall - to see the quite wonderful (and now Grammy award winning) Ghost.

Hailing from Sweden, they bridge pop with hard rock with a fantastic and theatrical stage presence - imagine Slipknot crossed with Abba. Then throw in a bit of Renaissance Italy in the form of Papa, the devilish Pope figure on vocals.

'Nameless Ghoul' giving us some rock 'n' roll attitude

I can't recommend them enough if you can get a change to see them on their next tour. Great melodies, anthemic choruses. Weird baroque stuff metal. If you're interested, check out their 2013 covers EP produced by none other than Dave Grohl featuring an awesome Roky Erickson cover, "If You Have Ghost".

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