- 2025-04-23
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MUSIC
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Ghost Releases New Song “Peacefield”
Swedish rock band Ghost will release their upcoming sixth studio album “Skeletá” this Friday (April 25).
From the album, the band released the third and final pre-release single called “Peacefield” on April 22, 2025.
The track was written by Tobias Forge, Salem Al Fakir, and Vincent Pontare. Produced by Gene Walker, as with previous song “Lachryma”.
The band frontman Tobias Forge said of the song in an interview with Metal Hammer, “Beginning track of the album...always important to open a Ghost record with some sort of tone-setting epic, and that is Peacefield. Because the record is going to slalom, zig-zag into darker subjects, I wanted to set a tone of hope in the beginning, even though its addressing very contemporary, contemptuous issues, I wanted to add a hand to the listener, that it'll be all fine, but we're gonna go sideways now, and go on a little trip.”- The new album comprises 10 songs, produced by Gene Walker. It is their first album in three years since the 2022 album “Impera”
Tobias Forge told Brent Porche of Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR radio station about the album, “It is a record that is introspective to a further degree, I guess, than especially the previous record. 'Impera' was very much not only extroverted, but exteriorly reflecting on bigger society, social issues, and also, as the title implies, imperial structure and its ultimate demise, it didn't feel very productive to continue down that and make an 'Impera 2', talking about the continual demise of... I was more attracted to the idea of this this record that was more shining a light in inside and making a record about healing aspects of being essentially a human being in whatever structural design. And that idea was attractive to me - making a record that had a song about hope, had a song about hate, had a song about love, acceptance and all these things.” -
Photo by Ryan Chang - source : Apple Music
