Joe Elliott has joined forces with Ghost, delivering a collaborative rendition of the band’s track “Spillways.”
The Def Leppard frontman’s vocals mix completely with the Swedish steel group, as he alternates duties with Ghost singer Tobias Forge. The brand new model — which may be heard beneath — builds on the emphatic authentic, with Elliott’s contributions including one other highly effective layer to the observe.
“Spillways” was initially launched on Ghost’s 2022 album Impera. Forge admitted he tried to channel a few of Def Leppard’s magic whereas making the LP. “I believe they had been nice,” the Ghost frontman admitted to Metallic Hammer final 12 months. “Going into this document, I assumed I’d see if I may do it slightly extra like Def Leppard did it.”
The admiration was mutual, as Elliott admitted Impera was his “go-to album” final 12 months. The singer additional revealed he was launched to Ghost by his Def Leppard bandmate, Phil Collen.
“He mentioned, ‘Right here, have you ever heard about this band Ghost? It’s like this type of Scando goth-metal however with good melodies,’” Elliott recalled. “I used to be actually intrigued, so I requested him to Dropbox me the brand new album. I listened to all of it, and I assumed it was completely beautiful. It’s like a complete new style of music – it’s far more Toto than loss of life steel or any of that stuff. It’s just like the track ‘Spillways.’ It begins off like ‘Maintain the Line’ by Toto or ‘Jane’ by Jefferson Starship – a type of basic ’70s songs that start on the piano earlier than these huge, chunky chords are available.”
Ghost are nominated for Greatest Metallic Efficiency at this 12 months’s Grammys, going down Feb. 5. The band has in depth tour dates all through Europe this summer season, stretching from Might by means of July. In the meantime, Def Leppard are poised to hit the highway once more alongside Motley Crue starting Feb. 10.
Hearken to Ghost’s ‘Spillways’ That includes Joe Elliott
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