Just like so many other artists, the
coronaviruspandemic derailed a lot of the plans Ghost had for 2020. At the start of last year, Ghost began working on their follow up to 2018’s
Soon after the Mexico City show in March, the coronavirus pandemic had spread virtually around the world. As a result, Ghost had to re-evaluate their plans for 2020. However, back in October, Forge revealed that Ghost planned to release their next album “this winter.” Soon after, it appeared those plans had quickly changed again.
During an October interview with
Sweden Rock Magazine, Forge revealed that pre-production for the album had started. As well, he planned to work on writing the album until Christmas before Ghost returned to the studio sometime this month. At the time, Forge stated that fans shouldn’t expect to hear the album until late 2021.