On May 29, Ghost made their United States debut at the Maryland Deathfest. Ghost supported gothic metal band Paradise Lost on their "Draconian Times MMXI" tour in April 2011. The album was well-received and was nominated for the 2011 Grammis Award for "Best Hard Rock" album. That led to a very fast signing with a record label and our first show." In 2010, the band produced a three-track demo and the vinyl-only single " Elizabeth", before releasing their first studio album, Opus Eponymous, on October 18, 2010. It ended up being two years of planning before we made the announcement that the band was active. We knew it would take a while to get things assembled, get the imagery in order. We knew very early that to make this material work we needed to fulfill our dream of putting a horror show together with music. A Nameless Ghoul said, "Everything started with a bunch of songs. Every time I picked up the guitar, I ended up playing that progression, and when I fit the words in, it seemed to cry out for a Satanically-oriented lyric."Īfter choosing the name Ghost, the band decided to use their love of horror films and "the traditions of Scandinavian metal" in the band's imagery. When the chorus came to me, it haunted my dreams. He said, "I said that this is probably the most heavy metal riff that has ever existed. History Formation and Opus Eponymous era Ī Nameless Ghoul said that Ghost formed in 2006, when the members were in another band together and he played a riff for them that would become "Stand By Him".
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