We started strong the 2026! Yesterday Ghost officially published their cover for "It's a Sin" in all plataforms! Though this cover is kinda old (since the deluxe edition of Prequelle in 2018) and most fans already heard it, the official release made almost everyone in the fandom excited. Meanwhile I'll wait for the official release of their cover of "Avalanche", because this release brought my hopes up.
A lil disclaimer over here: under this is a rant not totally related to music and just talking about something that happened recently and that I need to speak about, so you may just ignore it.
And a little off topic but still talking about Ghost, I could say they somewhat helped me with my faith (my son and I always joked with "are we satanists because we love Ghost or we love Ghost because we are satanists?"), since most people know that they use satanic imagery with the whole team and aesthetic of the band to make a satire about the church.
Yesterday I had to attend to a talk for godfathers (cuz I'm going to be the godfather of my lil' cousin for her baptism), and every minute that passed during that I lamented that I didn't left my earbud on my ear before entering. I had to remind myself why I was doing this and for who everytime the guy speaking said bullshit, because out of NOWHERE he was saying homophobic, anti-abortion and such ignorant comments (and I bet he is transphobic too). Meanwhile lil ol' me being trans, gay and pro-choice... PLUS a satanist... Yeah, I wasn't in the best place. I had to literally bite my tongue to stop myself from correcting him because no way an non Jesus follower knows more about Christmas than a catholic guy. And I'm not trying to shame anyone's belief or religion, I'm trying to shame him for his hateful ideas.
But yeah, I felt like I was betraying my own faith by being there (cuz in the baptism I have to "reject" Satan and say that I believe in Christ, which I don't) so I treated myself with the first Ghost's album and some prayers. I just hope that when my cousin grows older she could choose what she believes in freely instead of being indoctrinated by the church before she's conscious, and I hope the same for her twin too, and for my fav cousing that I can't believe that she's going to middle school already.