Gost has recently signed to Metal Blade Records and announced the release of their new album Prophecy on March 8, 2024. The band, known for its unique blend of black metal and dark electronic music, has unveiled a video for “Judgment/Prophecy.” The album, recorded in Texas, marks a return to Gost’s roots and explores the grim anxieties of a world facing political and religious challenges. 

The project’s mastermind James Lollar comments:

“It’s about an imaginative fall of the Western civilization, the biblical end of the world – the rise of Satan and Armageddon. In America, there’s been a big rise of scared, reactive Christianity again, and almost like a re-emergence of the Satanic Panic. So it felt like an appropriate time to bring Satan back into things. When Valediction came out, COVID hit, and I guess people weren’t so into art while the world was on its knees. I also wanted to reconnect with some of my older fans who maybe didn’t feel that album so much. I wanted to go back in time and bring some of the older shit back, some of the older sounds. With ‘Prophecy,’ I wanted to revisit some of the sounds of ‘Possessor.’ Rather than simply replicate those sounds I expanded upon them. I pushed the saturation and compression to their literal limits, resulting in some of the heaviest sounds I have yet to produce. I wanted to combine some classic EBM elements with my digital metal sound as well. This EBM influence can be heard throughout ‘Prophecy.’ Horror has been a huge aspect of my sound since day one and that theme is ever present on ‘Prophecy,’ through ratcheting strings and dreadful choir lines. ‘Prophecy’ expounds on the slasherwave genre I originally created with ‘Behemoth.’”

Watch the clip below and pre-order the album here: 

Track List:

01) Judgment

02) Prophecy

03) Death In Bloom

04) Deceiver

05) Obituary

06) Temple Of Tears

07) Decadent Decay

08) Widow Song

09) Golgotha

10) Digital Death

11) Shelter

12) Through The Water

13) Leviathan

Remaining Tour Dates supporting Katatonia w/ SOM. 

11/19 Minneapolis, MN @ Lyric Theater @ Skyway

11/21 Denver, CO @ The O

11/22 Salt Lake City, UT @ Commonwealth

11/24 Portland, OR @ Bossa Nova Ballroom

11/25 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw

11/26 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theater

11/28 Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone

11/29 Fresno, CA @ Strummer’s

11/30 Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex

12/01 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House

12/02 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom

12/04 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre

12/05 Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live

12/06 Houston, TX @ Scout Bar

12/08 Atlanta, GA @ Hell @ The Masquerade

12/09 Orlando, FL @ Level 13