Metal Hammer #220

August, 2011

PDF scans thanks to Mama Emeritus and the Clergy Library

This issue marks Ghost's first apperance on the cover of Metal Hammer magazine. The beginning of a long and beautiful relationship between devilish ministry and music media. Metal Hammer would go on to feature Ghost 27 more times across their various language publications (and counting!)

Although regulated to a few photos and short blurb covering the Download Festival ritual, Metal Hammer would prove their devotion in less than one year with a cover story.

Still, this is where it begins.

Excerpt:

"Watched from the side of the stage by a clearly enamoured Phil Anselmo, the ominous drons of GHOST thrill the crowd [at Download], with their theatrical specticale resembling a Satanic sermon"