Ghost Debut Catchy New Song "Dance Macabre" via Star-Studded Instagram Story | Revolver

Ghost Debut Catchy New Song "Dance Macabre" via Star-Studded Instagram Story

New 'Prequelle' single met with reactions by Phil Anselmo, M. Shadows, Chino Moreno, more

Ghost have unveiled the studio-recorded version of "Dance Macabre," a gloomy, catchy new song that the band has been playing live and which is set to appear on the group's forthcoming album Prequelle. The cut won't be officially released until tomorrow, May 18th, although fans can hear it now exclusively via Ghost's Instagram story — which you can watch above — where it appears alongside reactions from a number of notables: Metallica axeman Kirk Hammett, pro wrestler Chris Jericho, Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo, Orange Is the New Black actress Jessica Pimentel, Deftones' Chino Moreno, Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino and Avenged Sevenfold singer M. Shadows, just to name a few.

During our in-studio interview with Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge earlier this year, he talked to us about "Dance Macabre." "Europe was in this turmoil in the late 1340s. The plague is extremely fast," he explained. "It starts off as the worst flu you've ever had and then it just goes worse and then you're dead after three days. So people were lying in the streets — corpses and all the surroundings were just falling apart. All the brothels and pubs were thriving because people started partying literally like there was no tomorrow because they were gonna die. They were just going for it. 'Dance Macabre' is capturing that joyous nocturnal sort of life in a disco song."