It is Friday the 13th, and Ghost are taking part in cupid. The theatrical steel juggernaut have unveiled a sultry new video for “Umbra,” a standout observe from their worldwide #1 album Skeletá. The track — already a fan favourite in arenas full of devotees clamoring for extra cowbell — now will get a cinematic visible remedy worthy of the band’s grand mythology.
Directed by Amir Chamdin, the “Umbra” clip traces the doomed trajectory of a star-crossed couple spiraling towards mutual destruction. Overseeing all of it is Ghost‘s ever-watchful ringmaster, Papa V Perpetua, who narrates the lovers’ descent with eerie poise.
The discharge caps off what’s shaping as much as be one other banner yr for the Swedish outfit. Contemporary off a GRAMMY nomination, Ghost are presently within the midst of the U.S. leg of their Skeletour Tour, which runs by February 23 at Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome. The trek has already moved roughly half one million tickets worldwide — and counting.
Skeletá, Ghost‘s sixth full-length and first to hit #1 on the Billboard 200, arrived April 25, 2025 through Loma Vista Recordings. “Umbra” marks the most recent single from the file, following “Satanized” — hailed by VICE as a “catchy goth-rock epic” — in addition to “Lachryma,” which the band carried out throughout their debut look on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon, and the towering album opener “Peacefield.”
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