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Meliora by Ghost
Meliora is an album by Ghost, released in 2015. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “From the Pinnacle to the Pit”, on 3 lists with a best position of #61.
Meliora, Ghost's third album, came out on Loma Vista on August 21, 2015, and the costumed Swedes from Linköping made it their slickest sermon yet. Klas Åhlund produced, and the record leans hard into the band's blend of heavy metal crunch and arena-rock gloss, with pop-sharp melodies smuggled in under the incense. The title is Latin for "better things", whatever the band's own translation says.
"Cirice" is the centerpiece, a slow-building, riff-heavy hymn that won the 2016 Grammy for Best Metal Performance, and "From the Pinnacle to the Pit" rides a thick, stomping groove. It topped the chart in Sweden, took Best Hard Rock/Metal Album at the Grammis and reached number eight in America. The singer, still hidden behind his demonic anti-pope persona and flanked by the Nameless Ghouls, was revealed in 2017 to be Tobias Forge. A special edition, Meliora Redux, followed in September 2016.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Meliora on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From the Pinnacle to the Pit | 3 | #61 | – | 2016–2018 | |
| 2 | Cirice | 1 | #27 | – | 2015 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.