13 Commandments (album)
2023 compilation album by Ghost
13 Commandments is a compilation album by Swedish rock band Ghost. It was released digitally on 1 December 2023 through Loma Vista Recordings and includes the song "Zenith", which had previously only been available on vinyl pressings of Meliora Redux.
Overview
13 Commandments, a 13-track compilation album described as a greatest hits album, was released without prior announcement on 1 December 2023. The album spans material from 2012's Infestissumam to 2023's Phantomime. Its track list includes the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance-winning "Cirice", the RIAA platinum-certified "Mary on a Cross", and the previously digitally unreleased track "Zenith", as well as the band's Grammy-nominated cover of Iron Maiden's "Phantom of the Opera", originally released on Phantomime.
Reception
Writing for AllMusic, Neil Z. Yeung gave the compilation four-and-a-half out of five stars, describing it as an "expertly curated" introduction to the band's catalogue and highlighting its inclusion of songs from both Ghost's studio albums and EPs, as well as the previously hard-to-find track "Zenith".
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