PALACE THEATER - St. Paul, MN
June 1, 2018
The Nameless Ghouls have returned to St. Paul just down the street from their last trip here with Iron Maiden about a year ago. This time, the Ghouls brought with them Cardinal Copia and a brand new album that was just released the same day "Prequelle." Papa III is gone, the same way Papa II and Papa I have all went. Instead of being replaced by Papa IV, Papa Nil brought forth a Cardinal.
The Rats on the Road tour sounded ambitious in true Ghost fashion and completely blew away any expectations. A 24 song, two act concert experience unlike anything you've ever been to. Starting the night off with "Ashes" into "Rats" just like on the new record, Cardinal Copia wasted little time going into "Absolution" from the previous record and then the now classic "Ritual". Papa Nil made an appearance to play a little saxophone during "Miasma" before the first act came to a close.
After a 20 minute intermission, Act 2 began. New songs "Faith" and "Dance Macabre" felt right at home with crowd favorites "From the Pinnacle to the Pit", "He Is" and of course "Square Hammer." It was delightful to see "If You Have Ghosts" from the ep of the same name show up towards the end of the second act. The end of the show soon came and Cardinal Copia sent everyone off into the night closing the show with "Moonstrance Clock".
This is a show that will not be soon forgotten. A show that will be hard to top, even by their own standards. Everything was absolutely spot on during that show. I'm surprised that "Secular Haze" did not show up again in the set list but a small gripe for a concert this monumental. If this is what Ghost can do in a theater setting, what will they pull off when they do arenas later this year?
Click the jump to see more of Brett's photos from GHOST live at the Palace Theater in St. Paul!
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