Ghost B.C. - Album Release Delayed Due To Blasphemous Art
Swedish occult rockers Ghost B.C. face yet another controversy. The band had to change their name from Ghost to Ghost B.C. for legal reasons and now one piece of the Infestissumam deluxe version artwork was reportedly deemed too sacrilegious by some US manufacturers which have refused to print it thus delaying its release in North America. However, the original artwork can still be found on both the vinyl and European copies of the album. It seems like this will generate even more buzz around the release of the opus.
According to SPIN.com, the band's upcoming album Infestissumam was scheduled to come out April 9th, but instead it has been pushed back a week to April 16th because four compact disc manufacturers have refused to print a piece of artwork that was destined for the deluxe version of the new album. The manufacturers all took issue with the sacrilegious imagery, forcing Ghost B.C. to come up with an alternate plan.
"We kept on getting turned down because of the CD art, which is basically a 16th century illustration of an orgy," a source close to the band told SPIN. The illustration, inspired by the work of Gustave Doré, showcases what looks like a nymph orgy, but it's the religious iconography at the top that convinced manufacturers to turn off the printing press.
Even though the Infestissumam booklets had all been printed, the band struggled to find anyone in the States to print the CD for them. "They weren't surprised. The comment was 'Well, I thought this would have happened sooner,'" the source said. "The artwork was meant to provoke some sort of thought, but it's been one obstacle after another."
In order to avoid delaying the album release any longer, Ghost B.C. opted to reuse the CD art found on the standard edition of their album. The artwork, a collaboration between Polish artist Zbignew Bielak II and a Nameless Ghoul, is key to an elaborate deluxe package that features each song's lyrics accompanied by a illustration to form a narrative within the music. The controversial art will be available in vinyl and European copies of the Infestissumam CD. "Vinyl manufacturers don't have a problem with the artwork. Neither does Europe."
According to SPIN.com, the band's upcoming album Infestissumam was scheduled to come out April 9th, but instead it has been pushed back a week to April 16th because four compact disc manufacturers have refused to print a piece of artwork that was destined for the deluxe version of the new album. The manufacturers all took issue with the sacrilegious imagery, forcing Ghost B.C. to come up with an alternate plan.
"We kept on getting turned down because of the CD art, which is basically a 16th century illustration of an orgy," a source close to the band told SPIN. The illustration, inspired by the work of Gustave Doré, showcases what looks like a nymph orgy, but it's the religious iconography at the top that convinced manufacturers to turn off the printing press.
Even though the Infestissumam booklets had all been printed, the band struggled to find anyone in the States to print the CD for them. "They weren't surprised. The comment was 'Well, I thought this would have happened sooner,'" the source said. "The artwork was meant to provoke some sort of thought, but it's been one obstacle after another."
In order to avoid delaying the album release any longer, Ghost B.C. opted to reuse the CD art found on the standard edition of their album. The artwork, a collaboration between Polish artist Zbignew Bielak II and a Nameless Ghoul, is key to an elaborate deluxe package that features each song's lyrics accompanied by a illustration to form a narrative within the music. The controversial art will be available in vinyl and European copies of the Infestissumam CD. "Vinyl manufacturers don't have a problem with the artwork. Neither does Europe."
The artwork that caused the shock
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