GHOSTS IN THE GRAVEYARD PUT ON THEIR “MONSTER MASK” FOR NEW HORROR-SOAKED MUSIC VIDEO
Ghosts In The Graveyard are digging up the past, rebuilding it with sharper teeth, and giving horror fans a new excuse to disappear into the dark.
Seattle deathrock and goth outfit Ghosts In The Graveyard have unveiled the music video for “Monster Mask: Resurrected Version,” the latest taste of their forthcoming album Monsters For The Masses: Resurrected, arriving October 23 through Re:Mission Entertainment.
And this one understands a fundamental truth: sometimes reality is overrated.
“Monster Mask” is built around the idea of escaping the stresses of everyday life by retreating into the things that make us feel most ourselves. For songwriter and vocalist Byron C. Miller, that escape comes through dark music and horror movies. Or, as he puts it, “putting on my monster mask.”
The video takes that idea and runs screaming into the night with it. A woman, played by PERSEPHONE, attempts to decompress after a thoroughly lousy day, while the imagery created by the music begins taking over around her. Mundane reality and the darker world inside her head are juxtaposed until the video itself becomes the same kind of escape the song is celebrating.
In other words: bad day? Apply monster mask. Symptoms may include excessive goth, horror movies and a sudden improvement in your evening.
TEN YEARS LATER, THE MONSTERS ARE BACK
The single forms part of something considerably bigger.
Monsters For The Masses: Resurrected marks the tenth anniversary of Ghosts In The Graveyard’s original 2016 album, but the band hasn’t simply dusted off the old masters and slapped “anniversary edition” on the coffin.
According to Re:Mission Entertainment’s press release, the record has been completely reconstructed from the original material, with new production, programming and sonic textures while retaining the character of the songs that established the band.
The resulting 13-track record sits somewhere between resurrection and reinvention, revisiting the band’s beginnings through everything its members have learned during the decade since. It also includes a brand-new cover of The Afghan Whigs’ “Debonair.”
For Miller, however, revisiting the record is far more personal than a tenth-anniversary victory lap. The original album represented his first musical project after eight years in God Module and an important period in which he was beginning to define his own lyrical and artistic identity. Even the album’s interludes originated from cassette recordings Miller made as a child while, wonderfully, “trying to be scary.”
Some people have embarrassing childhood tapes. Byron apparently had pre-production.
HORROR WITH SOMETHING UNDER THE SKIN
That relationship with horror runs considerably deeper than spooky window dressing.
Ghosts In The Graveyard describe their music through a combination of deathrock, dark alternative sounds, gothic atmosphere, guitars, electronics and haunting vocals. The band’s work explores mortality, alienation, desire and monsters both imagined and uncomfortably real.
Beneath the blood, darkness and theatricality are themes of loss, obsession, survival and the things that continue haunting us after the lights come back on.
That’s what makes “Monster Mask” such a fitting introduction to the resurrected record. Horror isn’t merely the costume here. It’s the coping mechanism.
The resurrected version features music and mixing by Paul Morgan, lyrics by Byron C. Miller, vocals from Miller and Shelly Smith, and mastering by Chris Longo. The track was recorded by E.J. Bastien.
The accompanying video was directed and edited by Byron C. Miller, with cinematography by Paul Morgan. Locations were provided by Franki Deetz and Jeff Vigil, with a cast featuring PERSEPHONE, Byron C. Miller and Paul Morgan.
The current Ghosts In The Graveyard lineup comprises Miller, Morgan, Kaylie Cortez and Shelly Smith, with the band scheduled to perform throughout 2026 in Seattle and Portland in support of the release.
Monsters For The Masses: Resurrected lands October 23, 2026 through Re:Mission Entertainment on CD Digipak and digital formats.
Pre-order Monsters For The Masses: Resurrected on Bandcamp
Pre-save the album on streaming services
The monsters are back. The graveyard is open. And frankly, reality wasn’t doing such a brilliant job anyway.
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