Ghost, Swedish masters of theatrical metal silliness, just released their new album Meliora last month, and now they’ve followed their spectacular “Cirice” video with a new one for the album track “From The Pinnacle To The Pit.” For this one, director Zev Deans uses animation and what looks like manipulated silent-movie footage to tell a mythic origin story about Ghost frontman Papa Emeritus II. There aren’t many bands around these days who are this into maintaining their own mystique, and a video like this is a prime example of what they’ll do to keep it going. Watch it below.

Meliora is out now on Loma Vista Recordings.