Ghost is one of the biggest heavy metal bands in the entire world. Every year, they get more and more popular. Sure, they have plenty of influences like King Diamond, Blue Öyster Cult, or KISS. Well, there’s another band that lead singer Tobias Forge had on his list. For some of their catalog, it makes sense, but for one part of their catalog, it’s slightly surprising. Forge sat down for an interview with 101 WRIF to talk about Ghost.
“I am a huge fan of ’70s music. That’s a very simplified way of saying that, but I’m a big fan of Scorpions from the ’80s. Also the Scorpions from the ’70s, which sometimes, I guess, a certain age group might not be aware Scorpions was a band in the ’70s, and they released several records.”
“Those records are a little bit different from the ’80s records when they sort of became a ’80s hit rock band. ‘Satanized’ definitely had more of a Scorpions ’77 stomp that I really liked about the track. And somehow, therefore, I wasn’t putting that as a hit-single fan favorite or a favorite that way.”
“I thought I was gonna work my magic to make that a big song, the same way that we did with ‘Mary On A Cross’ once upon a time when that was regarded as this ‘B’ track that was just for fun. And I was, like, ‘I think that that song is actually quite good. We’re gonna play it every show we’re playing.’ And it took years before it became what that became.”
What Is Ghost Up To Lately?
After plenty of rumors and even a leak or two, Ghost has officially unveiled their latest album, SKELETÁ. The new album is out April 15th via Loma Vista Records. They also showed off the first single and video for the record with “Satanized” which is out now. The new Skeletour World Tour 2025 begins April 15th.
Here’s what they had to say about the new album.
GHOST’s sixth psalm, SKELETÁ, is its most unflinchingly introspective work to date. Where previous GHOST albums dealt largely with chronicling and/or observing outward facing subject matter—such as IMPERA’s meditations on the rise and fall of empires and its predecessor Prequelle’s evocations of the ravages of era-defining plagues—SKELETA’s lyrics render the distinct individual emotional vistas of each of its 10 songs in one-on-one fashion, at times as if in a dialogue with oneself in a mirror. The end result is a singular collection of timeless, universal sentiments, all filtered through a prism of a uniquely personal point of view.
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Source: 101 WRIF
