Lifting shadows off a dream

Sweden’s melancholic masters successfully navigate recent choppy waters to deliver their lucky 13th album.

Out of the darkness comes light, and Ghost ’s future increasingly looks bright. Tobias Forge, aka Papa V Perpetua, talks dark matters and working towards “newer, better, bigger”.

As Alex Lifeson ’ s second album from latest prog project, Envy Of None, hits the stores, we delve deep into the mists of its sonic landscape

THE HAMMER INTERVIEW

Kalandra’s chief songstress on Vikings, corsets, and naughty Norwegian folk tales

It might be the Swedes’ crowning achievement, but the recording was marred by personal conflict