Doom metal

Subgenre of heavy metal music

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April 25 2025 Scheduled release of the sixth studio album 'Skeletá'.
April 15 2025 Commenced the European leg of the 'Skeletour' world tour.
2025 Planned release of 'Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State' album, their upcoming studio work.
April 1 2025 Released the single 'Black Star'.
March 17 2025 Anders Nyström announced his departure from the band due to 'creative preferences and scheduling issues'.
March 2025 Released the single 'Satanized' with an accompanying music video and announced their sixth studio album 'Skeletá'.
February 5 2025 Papa V Perpetua was revealed as the new frontman for Ghost.
2024 Roger Öjersson leaves the band.
2024 Boris collaborated with Coaltar of the Deepers on the album 'Hello There', further expanding their collaborative musical landscape.
2024 Wolfe toured her new album, making appearances at European festivals including Roadburn, Primavera Sound, and Hellfest.
2024 Released singles 'Everything Turns Blue', EPs 'Undone' and 'Unbound' through Loma Vista
2024 Wolfe released the Undone EP of remixes and the Unbound EP of acoustic versions as companions to her album.
2024 Ghost was nominated for Best Metal Performance for 'Phantom of the Opera'
October 28 2024 Announced an upcoming world tour beginning in 2025, later named 'Skeletour'.
October 28 2024 Ghost announced an untitled world tour beginning in 2025, with a European leg from 15 April to 24 May and a North American leg from 9 July to 16 August, concluding in Mexico City on 25 September.
July 26 2024 Released the movie soundtrack through Loma Vista Recordings.
July 26 2024 The soundtrack for 'Rite Here Rite Now' was released through Loma Vista Recordings.
June 21 2024 The band released a single 'The Future Is a Foreign Land', a day after the film's release.
June 20 2024 Ghost released their film 'Rite Here Rite Now'.
April 4 2024 The band published a teaser for an upcoming movie featuring Papa Emeritus IV on stage, announcing a worldwide release.
February 9 2024 Chelsea Wolfe released her seventh album 'She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She', which received positive critical reception.
2023 Boris collaborated with Uniform on the album 'Bright New Disease', continuing their trend of experimental musical collaborations.
2023 Ghost won the Best Hard Rock/Metal Album award for 'Impera'
2023 Ghost was nominated for Best Metal Performance for 'Call Me Little Sunshine'
December 9 2023 In an interview with Metal Hammer, Tobias Forge confirmed work had begun on the next studio album, stating that a few songs had been written.
December 1 2023 Ghost released a compilation album titled 13 Commandments, which globally released the Meliora Redux exclusive track 'Zenith' on streaming services.
October 24 2023 Wolfe announced her seventh album 'She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She' and released the second single 'Whispers in the Echo Chamber'.
October 11 2023 Tobias Forge announced that a Ghost movie was in the works, confirming that the Inglewood performances in September 2023 were filmed.
October 7 2023 The Brisbane performance marked the final show featuring Papa Emeritus IV, concluding the Imperatour.
September 20 2023 Chelsea Wolfe announced her signing with Loma Vista Recordings and released her debut single 'Dusk' with the label.
September 7 2023 The band received its first platinum certification for the single 'Mary On A Cross' from their EP Seven Inches of Satanic Panic.
May 19 2023 Ghost released their fourth EP, Phantomime, a covers EP.
February 1 2023 The band hosted an archival exhibition in Los Angeles celebrating their '1969 era' featuring Papa Nihil and related items.
2022 Papa Nihil returns to the band's performance roster after a brief absence.
2022 Released a box set of the band's earliest material called Melancholium.
2022
Enter
Release of a Limited Numbered Edition of the 'Enter' album, which includes additional tracks such as 'The Dance', 'Another Day', 'The Other Half (Of Me)', and remixes of 'Restless' and 'Candles & Pearls Of Light'.
2022 Mike Engle performed with Boris as a drummer for a second time.
2022 The band initiated the Imperatour, which continued into 2023, further demonstrating their ongoing live performance capabilities and fan engagement.
2022 Ghost was nominated for Best International Act
December 2022 Boris releases their third studio album of the year, Fade, a drone metal album released without prior notice.
August 2022 Boris releases their third Heavy Rocks album, exploring hard rock and heavy metal sounds.
June 18 2022 Ghost headlined Hellfest in Clisson, France.
March 2022 A24 film production house announced Chelsea Wolfe's soundtrack album for the slasher film X, which involved her collaborating with composer Tyler Bates and providing vocals for a synthesizer and 1970s-music inspired score.
March 11 2022 Ghost released their fifth studio album, Impera.
2021 Released split single 'Woodstock / Green Altar' through Sargent House
November 19 2021 Released Bloodmoon: I, a collaborative album with Converge, featuring Stephen Brodsky and Ben Chisholm.
September 28 2021 Converge announced a new collaborative album with Chelsea Wolfe, Bloodmoon: I.
September 10 2021 Ghost was featured on Metallica's tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, performing a cover of 'Enter Sandman'.
January 2021 Chose to get sober and collaborated with Emma Ruth Rundle on the single 'Anhedonia'.
January 22 2021 Papa Emeritus IV made his public debut on the Swedish television game show 'På spåret', performing a cover of the Rolling Stones' 'Sympathy for the Devil' with The Hellacopters.

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