Psychedelic rockers Ghost have had a petition launched against them, that wishes to see the band break-up.

Obviously there is someone very unhappy with Ghost out there, with what appears to be the sole reason that ‘Ghost is not metal.’ Maybe not, but is that really worth creating a petition against? Read the manifesto below:

“We petition against Ghost of the heavy metal genre that continues to make albums and tour. Many people getting into metal think that they are the real deal and that we should forget the real bands like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, etc. They wish to destroy real metal with their carnival music nonsense. Seriously, is a song like If You Have Ghost actually something that a real metalhead would listen to? They are not metal. People also make the erroneous claim that they are so directly inspired by King Diamond/Mercyful Fate, which is just wrong. They are, in fact, a watered-down version of BOC. We the people oppose Ghost continuing as a band, and they should be split up as soon as possible.

If we get 10,000 signatures then MAYBE they will listen and stop making music. Ghost has already spent the last several years butchering our ears with their awful poser music. Real metal does not involve Hot Topic bands. Ghost is not metal. Thank you for reading.”

This does seem very silly, but likely the work of trolls considering the petition has less than 100 signatures on it.