Tobias Forge Explains How Ghost Have Become Successful
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Tobias forge. soon after our last conversation, ghost dropped their latest album, prequelle – an instant classic stacked with playful menace and 80s tinged pop rock bangers – and have pretty much been on the road ever since. “hey, if you wanna rock, you gotta rock,” shrugs tobias of his relentless schedule. Tobias forge unexpectedly watches eurovision. photo: mikael eriksson. if you have even a passing awareness of swedish metal band ghost – an uproarious bounty of theatrical black mass imagery, shredding guitars and sexy sacrilegious lyrics – it will come as a surprise that the mastermind behind the skull make up is actually a fan of eurovision.
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4. forge's older brother sebastian, who was a huge influence on him, died the same day tobias posted the first ghost songs online, and the musician has come to think of the coincidence as an example of energy transference forge's brother sebastian introduced him to transgressive rock music like kiss and mötley crüe, as well as horror movies, all of which would play a big role in shaping ghost. Tobias forge believes part of ghost‘s success is related to the mystery around the band. the frontman believes that not updating social media often and giving people less makes fans more. But metal hammer had already spotted the brilliance of a band who would go on to become metal’s biggest breakout band of the 2010s. shortly after the release of their debut album opus anonymous, we talked to a nameless ghoul – aka frontman and mastermind tobias forge – about sects, satan and success. Ghost have turned in a modern metal classic with an arena rock heart. it turns out the devil doesn’t have all the best tunes. tobias forge does.’ it’s safe to say any plans of “starting from scratch” were shoved to the back burner. ghost’s official imperatour headlining run took them back across north america and then to europe.
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But metal hammer had already spotted the brilliance of a band who would go on to become metal’s biggest breakout band of the 2010s. shortly after the release of their debut album opus anonymous, we talked to a nameless ghoul – aka frontman and mastermind tobias forge – about sects, satan and success. Ghost have turned in a modern metal classic with an arena rock heart. it turns out the devil doesn’t have all the best tunes. tobias forge does.’ it’s safe to say any plans of “starting from scratch” were shoved to the back burner. ghost’s official imperatour headlining run took them back across north america and then to europe. The success of opus eponymous brought a hype to ghost, but forge was hellbent on transcending the modern doom trend and proving ghost could become something much greater. “in 2011, the three. Ghost mastermind tobias forge talks prequelle's retro influences, the grandiose scope of the band and occupying the vacant space amongst the greats of rock. news new albums out this week.
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The success of opus eponymous brought a hype to ghost, but forge was hellbent on transcending the modern doom trend and proving ghost could become something much greater. “in 2011, the three. Ghost mastermind tobias forge talks prequelle's retro influences, the grandiose scope of the band and occupying the vacant space amongst the greats of rock. news new albums out this week.
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