SORRY - we watched a Ghost Concert this weekend and WOW!! This band is on a meteoric rise. Colbert, Kimmel, Grammys, numerous awards and am entire new genre' of music. Newest album 2 million streams in 3 days.
A hyper addictive blend of 70s rock, old school metal, and visually stunning. I think what draws is to the group is the lead is so "normal" and down to earth between songs.
Ghost = (after 11 years the actual human behind Ghost was outed as Tobias Forge - lead singer, also know as Papa Emeritus IV) with The Nameless Gang of Ghouls (nobody knows who they are, never seen their faces) 3 guitars, 2 organists, drummer and 2 back up singers.
TRUTH - I did not take these guys seriously. I heard Hunters Moon and LOVED it. Two weeks later I hear Our Little Sunshine so I looked them up WHAT THE FUCK? But the masked dude was talking and joking with the crowd. Thanking everybody down to the popcorn venders, and he was meaning it. Not scary at all. Now? DJ and I are obsessed . We like EVERY song from the last 3 albums EVERY ONE!!
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Ghost is one of the hottest and most misunderstand bands on the planet right now. Many people see them and WHAT? WAIT A MINUTE - NOT FOR ME!! TOO MUCH SATAN.
When ACTUALLY - the members of the band are NOTHING like the songs and stage presence they portray. They believe they are like Alice Cooper or KISS or David Bowie, just playing parts in a band.
When the leader Tobias wrote a few songs in 2008 he said this is the heaviest metal song EVER. But a church-like chorus kept popping into his head so he added it and thus - the amazing harmonies of Ghost and choir occurred.
The ONLY reason they all wear masks is because (as they say) nobody would take them seriously without masks. So for 11 years they performed in anonymity. They are normal looking humans that look nothing like rock stars that make fun of religion and and society.
As Tobias (Ghost) said "nobody would believe us guys without the makeup". So he became Papa Emeritus I to hide their common ho hum faces and since has become Papa Emeritus II and III, who was kidnapped on stage (people were PISSED and did not know it was an act) then replaced by Cardinal Copia who later on the tour "died" on stage to become Papa Emeritus IV. Every album has a new "singer".
SO - with a completely successful US tour done and merchandise constantly selling out and the #1 album in America and being on Kimmel they have decided to do another tour in America. Side Note - Colbert was the first to have them live in American TV in 2016.
The below song LITERALLY is one of the most beautiful songs I have heard and was performed on the Grammy7s.
"He Is" is an amazing piece of music. Reading a "what does the song mean" post
The brilliance of this song is soooo underappreciated, it's such an artful parody. The title is "He Is" and it starts with clean guitars playing a simple but sad melody, it actually sounds like a typical Christian worship song. In fact even once the triumphant chorus comes in "He is/He's the shining and the light without whom I cannot see" sounds like a line you'd hear from some white guy with an acoustic guitar with a worship song, but then "And he is/Insurrection, he is spite, he's the thing that makes me be" you realize the song isn't about God, it's about Satan, then the following verses get darker.
Ghost's music, as compared to other metal bands singing about Satan, feel like actual worship music and this song is the ultimate parody of it.
Outside of the base lyrics, I remember at one point hearing Tobias saying this was actually written about a friend and hero of his that committed suicide, but was able to morph it into something that fit into the Ghost umbrella
https://youtu.be/xQm8Ssh4ynQ
people have been starving for a real rock show/performance - here ya go
If you want to be blown away check out this song in concert and see why they are taking America by storm. BLOWN AWAY FLAMES!!!
The thing is between songs Papa Emeritus IV makes jokes and talks to the crowd and is pretty darn funny. For instance, just before a brand new guitar solo he yells out SING ALONG!! And when the solo is over he yells GOOD ENOUGH!!
They are a tongue and cheek, fun loving doom metal band that as one review says, the most fun doom has ever had. My second bucket list concert I must see.
If the below link does not go where I want it to go forward to 1:14:48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnsrsBZ39Cc
