Nova Rock
June 13, 2011
Performed at Pannonia Fields II in Nickelsdorf, Austria
Set List
Con Clavi Con Dio
Elizabeth
Death Knell
Satan Prayer
Stand by Him
Prime Mover
Genesis
Here Comes the Sun (Son)*
Ritual
*Note: Ghost's cover of Here Comes the Sun is not currently available for streaming in my region so I have added the Beatles version. The official Setlist.fm also does not list Here Comes the Sun being played at this ritual, however, the first hand source I found does mention the song being played so I have elected to add it to the setlist between Genesis and Ritual where it usually goes in this Era.
No Video is currently available for this ritual
The Abschelten! Jetzt! Stage is nestled in a small tent between the two main stages of the Nova Rock Festival. Like an old time tent revival, Ghost turns the tent “into a narrow peephole into hell for 40 minutes.[1]
“I actually didn't want to believe until the end that Ghost were actually supposed to perform on the stage that was called "Switch off now!" and was located on the area between the two main stages in a tent, which is probably usually used at church days.
Please don't accuse me of disrespect towards the other bands that played there, but I didn't really want to believe that Ghost should play on this stage until shortly before the concert began. After all, the Swedes had a much-praised appearance at the last Roadburn festival, and they were even worthy of a cover story in the American Decibel magazine.
When the sound engineer sang the bass line from "Con Clavi Con Dio" from the 2010 debut "Opus Eponymous" during the sound check 10 minutes before the concert began, my last doubts were removed. Here Ghost will perform and pay homage to Satan, because his worship runs like a red thread through the aforementioned album.
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Who is behind Ghost and what their intention is, there are only rumors and speculations about it and no one really knows if they are actually serious. Is this a caricature of Satan's glorification or religious delusion, or both? Who knows. In any case, this small concert, which went unnoticed by many, was almost certainly one of the best and most intense performances at Nova Rock 2011. Those who were there can consider themselves very lucky.” -Christian Holzmann (via Microsoft Translate)[1]