Sweden's Ghost will release their new album, Meliora, on August 21st via Loma Vista Recordings/Spinefarm Records. The group have announced an unholy/unplugged tour that will take place at select record stores in North America.

Unholy / Unplugged Tour:

August
18 - Silver Platters (SoDo Location) - Seattle, WA - 7pm
20 - Amoeba Records - Los Angeles, CA - 6pm
21 - ZIA (Camelback Location) - Phoenix, AZ - 7pm
22 - Sound Garden - Baltimore, MD - 2pm
23 - Rough Trade - Brooklyn, NY - 2pm

Video trailer:

The Meliora album track “Majesty” was recently released and can be heard streaming below.

Meliora tracklisting:

“Spirit”
“From The Pinnacle To The Pit”
“Cirice”
“Spöksonat”
“He Is”
“Mummy Dust”
“Majesty”
“Devil Church”
“Absolution”
“Deus In Absentia”

“Majesty”:

“From The Pinnacle To The Pit”:

“Cirice” video:

LoudTV.net recently spoke with one of the band's Nameless Ghouls about the release; check out the interview below:

Ghost have announced dates for their Black To The Future North America 2015 tour.

Tour dates:

September
22 - The Fillmore - Washington, DC
23 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH
25 - Stage AE - Pittsburgh, PA
26 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
27 - Terminal 5 - New York, NY
28 - House of Blues - Boston, MA
30 - Metropolis - Montreal, QC

October
1 - Sound Academy - Toronto, ON
2 - The Majestic Theater - Detroit, MI
3 - The Riviera - Chicago, IL
5 - Liberty Hall - Lawrence, KS
6 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
8 - The Civic Auditorium - New Orleans, LA
9 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
10 - Beacham Theatre - Orlando, FL
11 - The Ritz - Tampa, FL
13 - House of Blues - Dallas, TX
14 - Aztec Theater - San Antonio, TX
16 - Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM
17 - Sumitt Music Hall - Denver, CO
19 - Knitting Factory - Boise, ID
20 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
21 - Roseland Theatre - Portland, OR
23 - Warfield - San Francisco, CA
26 - The Mayan Theater - Los Angeles, CA
27 - Knitting Factory - Reno, NV
28 - The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT
30 - Northside Park Theater - San Diego, CA
31 - House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV

November
1 - Monster Mash Festival - Phoenix, AZ

Ghost have also announced the first dates for their European headline tour, taking place in November/December. Confirmed dates can be found below:

November
16 - Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
18 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier
19 - Geneva, Swizerland - L’Usine
20 - Vienna, Austria - Arena
22 - Budapest, Hungary - Barba Negra Club
23 - Milan, Italy - Live Club
24 - Lyon, France - Le Radiant
25 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
27 - Porto, Portugal - Hard Club
28 - Lisbon, Portugal - Paradise Garage
30 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo

Decebmer
1 - Toulouse, France - Le Bikini
2 - Clermont-Ferrand, France - Cooperative de Mai
4 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
5 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli Vredenburg
8 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix Hall
9 - Dortmund, Germany - FZW
10 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle

Ghost introduce frontman Papa Emeritus III with this new video: