Tobias Forge Recommends Best Ghost Song for New Listeners, Discusses Band's Deceptive Sound
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Eli Enis
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The article discusses how Ghost, despite their Satanic and heavy metal image, actually play uplifting pop-rock music. It explores the band's deceptive duality in sound and image, and addresses how to introduce new listeners to their discography, including their 2022 album Impera. The piece highlights Tobias Forge's perspective on the band's intentionally misleading aesthetic versus their actual musical style.
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Twitter / XTobias Forge Recommends Best Ghost Song for New Listeners, Discusses Band's Deceptive Soundrevolvermag.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledIt's meant to sound double in nature and kind of deceiving
Ghost are one of the biggest bands in the heavy music landscape, but they're not the easiest group to introduce a new listener to
Their ghastly, Satanic image suggests extreme-metal heaviness and some of their riffs do churn with a doomy girth, but most of their songs actually sound like uplifting pop-rock music
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