Debut studio album from Sweden's premiere purveyors of Catholic-roleplay death metal, Ghost! "Ghost started when I played a riff to everybody else. I said that this is probably the most heavy metal riff that has ever existed," explains frontman Tobias Forge on how the impetus for Ghost came when he and a handful of the other band members (*nameless ghouls) were at a practice session for their previous band. "And when I fit the words in, it seemed to cry out for a Satanically-oriented lyric." This 2019 pressing of Opvs Eponymovs (Latin for self-titled work) comes on pic disc featuring the image of Papa Emeritus by Basilevs 254. 9 tracks total.

• pic disc pressing
• limited edition
• music label: Rise Above Records 2019

reviewed by spooning good singing gum 08/2018