Ghost are coming to Phoenix with a new album in tow

Back in October, we shared that Swedish metal band Ghost were coming to Phoenix in fall 2025. Today, we've learned that the creepy rockers' eagerly anticipated show will now come in support of a new album.

Due out April 25 via Loma Vista Recordings, "SKELETÁ" runs 10 tracks and serves as the follow-up to 2022's excellent "Impera." The LP is also the first under "newly anointed ringleader Papa V Perpetua," who has guided Ghost in creating their "most unflinchingly introspective work to date." Having toured heavily behind "Impera," Ghost used "SKELETÁ" to expertly explore the resulting "inward journey" of band mastermind Tobias Forge. As such, this collection is said to "cut [as] close to the bone as (in)humanly possible."

For a better idea of this newer, more self aware Ghost, the band also unveiled the album's lead single, "Satanized." Perhaps it's blend of catchy, rather accessible metal vibes proves especially familiar, but Ghost come off more vulnerable than ever in the lyrics ("There is something inside me and they don’t know if there is a cure").

And if one video experience isn't enough, the band's also unleashed The Satanizer, which "morph[s] users into characters featured in the song’s melodramatic video" (after you upload a corresponding selfie, of course). That sounds either like the work of Lucifer himself or just AI, and it's hard to discern which is more terrifying.
Ghost arrive at PHX Arena on Aug. 11. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.

The full list of North American tour dates is below. For more local concert information, visit the Phoenix New Times concert calendar.

July 9, Baltimore, CFG Bank Arena
July 11, Atlanta, State Farm Arena
July 12, Tampa, Fla., Amalie Arena
July 13, Miami, Kaseya Center
July 15, Raleigh, N.C., Lenovo Center
July 17, Cleveland, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
July 18, Pittsburgh, PPG Paints Arena
July 19, Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Center
July 21, Boston, TD Garden
July 22, New York City, Madison Square Garden
July 24, Detroit, Little Caesars Arena
July 25, Louisville, Ky., KFC Yum! Center
July 26, Nashville, Tenn., Bridgestone Arena
July 28, Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena
July 29, Milwaukee, Fiserv Forum
July 30, St. Louis, Mo., Enterprise Center
Aug. 1, Rosemont, Ill., Allstate Arena
Aug. 2, Saint Paul, Minn., Xcel Energy Center
Aug. 3, Omaha, Neb., CHI Health Center
Aug. 5, Kansas City, Mo., T-Mobile Center
Aug. 7, Denver, Ball Arena
Aug. 9, Las Vegas, MGM Grand Garden Arena
Aug. 10, San Diego, Viejas Arena
Aug. 11, Phoenix, Footprint Center
Aug. 14, Austin, Texas, Moody Center
Aug. 15, Fort Worth, Texas, Dickies Arena
Aug. 16, Houston, Toyota Center
Sept. 24-25, Mexico City, Palacio de los Deportes