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Ghost star Tobias Forge won't 'make an album for no reason'

Ghost star Tobias Forge has opened up about his planned hiatus from music - insisting he won't "make an album for no reason" and will not get back in the studio until he has a good idea.

BANG Premier · Sep 1

“I was just lying on a stretcher with intravenous liquid going in”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge remembers the severe food poisoning that forced him to cancel Mexico gig last year

The costumed hard rockers scrapped the first of three shows in Mexico City, which was set to be filmed for their upcoming documentary 2 Big To Rig

Metal Hammer · Aug 17

Hear Ghost’s Tobias Forge sing on a brand-new re-imagining of Accept’s classic heavy metal deep cut Save Us, featuring Anthrax bassist Frank Bello and Korn drummer Ray Luzier

The re-recording comes from a star-studded tribute album celebrating 50 years of Accept, out next month

Metal Hammer · Aug 5

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“Welcome to a night you will remember forever”: Ghost release first trailer for concert film/documentary 2 Big To Rig

The behind-the-scenes look at the Swedes’ globe-trotting Skeletour hits cinemas and IMAX screens next month

Metal Hammer · Jul 23

"His death happened the night before our first rehearsal, which is quite eerie." The surprising story of Ghost mainman Tobias Forge's long lost death metal band, Repugnant

Before Ghost, there was Repugnant - but even Tobias later admitted they were never destined for greatness

Metal Hammer · Jul 20

"This album is the absence of God. It’s a futuristic, pre-apocalyptic record." The album that made it clear Ghost were about to become one of the biggest metal bands on Earth

In this 2015 audience with Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge, he reflects on the band's rise - and admits he doesn't think they'll stick around forever

Metal Hammer · Apr 29

Europe announce new album featuring Ghost's Tobias Forge and Opeth's Michael Åkerfeldt

Come This Madness is Europe's first album in nine years – new single One On One stars Fargo and The Big Lebowski actor Peter Stormare

Louder · Apr 28

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Ghost’s Tobias Forge, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Judas Priest’s Rob Halford among 50 guests to appear on new album celebrating 50 years of German metal institution Accept

Members of Korn, The Smashing Pumpkins and Scorpions will also be on the 19-song set

Metal Hammer · Apr 28

"I just want her to leave me alone and not hurt anyone else." Woman charged with alleged stalking of Ghost singer Tobias Forge

Ghost's Tobias Forge describes "invasive and downright threatening" actions of woman who claims she is engaged to him

Metal Hammer · Apr 4

"I'll see you all around." Ghost appear to have killed off another of their iconic frontmen in a hilarious new video that has everyone talking

Frater Imperator announces leave of absence in Chapter 25: The Portrait. Is this really the end?

Metal Hammer · Mar 13

“I have two film projects that I’m working on … I was recording another album with another thing”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge is taking a big break from touring the world, but he’s by no means idle

Although the man behind Papa V Perpetua isn’t touring right now, he still has plenty on his plate

Metal Hammer · Feb 24

“I’m out of tiles. I'm out of wood. I just don't have it. So the only way for me to come up with a new idea and get some new inspiration is to just step away”: Tobias Forge explains why Ghost are about to go on hiatus

Band play last show of their Skeletour tonight

MusicRadar · Feb 23

Ghost's Tobias Forge explains his decision to 'step away' from Ghost after Skeletour

Ghost will take a breather following the conclusion of their Skeletour this week.

BANG Premier · Feb 23

Ghost’s Tobias Forge says it was a relief when he lost his anonymity: “I can’t eclipse what Ghost is. I’m not interesting enough.”

Forge was revealed to be the man behind the band when he was sued by four former members in 2017

Metal Hammer · Feb 6

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Metal Hammer · Jan 28

"What we're doing is more closely related to Lady Gaga than many rock bands." Ghost frontman Tobias Forge reveals what the Swedish metallers have in common with one of pop's biggest icons

The singer also sheds more light on the issues his masks have given him over the years

Metal Hammer · Jan 27

“I am not a great singer who can sing in any band, but I know I’m a better singer than the mask allowed me to be”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge likens performing in his old masks to “running 100 metres in flip-flops”

The singer also says that Ghost’s shows have more in common with Lady Gaga concerts than “many other rock bands”

Metal Hammer · Dec 30, 2025

“Ozzy Osbourne opened with I Don’t Know in front of 80,000 people, who went nuts. If you ever want to play bigger places, you need to have records that sound like you’re playing in big places”: The story of Rats and Ghost’s ascent to arenas

One year after their singer was sued by his ex-bandmates, Ghost regrouped and released a song which catapulted them to the next level

Metal Hammer · Dec 22, 2025

Ghost's Mary On A Cross has officially just gone platinum in the UK

Ghost's biggest song has just achieved a major milestone

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Metal Hammer · Dec 14, 2025

"He was saying that it was overwhelming for him. He was very vulnerable." Ghost mainman Tobias Forge reveals the surprising conversation he had with a member of Black Sabbath at the metal legends' final show

Tobias Forge got to speak with all four members of Sabbath at Back To The Beginning, but it was one conversation that stuck with him

Metal Hammer · Dec 11, 2025

"This is definitely the best we've ever been." Ghost's Skeletá has been named the album of the year by Metal Hammer - read Tobias Forge's reaction and see our top 50 albums of 2025

Ghost's fabulous latest album is officially our album of the year - but who else made the list?

Metal Hammer · Nov 24, 2025

"People heard it and found it deeply offensive because they didn’t have the brain capacity to realise what it’s about." The story behind Ghost's most famous song - and what it really means

The story behind Ghost's viral mega-hit, and what its lyrics mean, in Tobias Forge's own words

Metal Hammer · Nov 19, 2025

Ghost’s Tobias Forge wants to start scuba diving so that wearing a mask onstage feels less claustrophobic: “In my alternative life, I’m a wreck diver!”

The frontman recently opened up about how having his head enclosed for two hours a night once gave him a panic attack

Metal Hammer · Nov 9, 2025

“People were partying like there was no tomorrow because they were gonna die. It captures that joyous nocturnal life”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge wanted a song to match Queen. Instead, he wrote the greatest plague-inspired metal banger of the last 20 years

The story of Ghost‘s classic 2018 single Dance Macabre

Metal Hammer · Oct 25, 2025

“It was an additional, surprise, out-of-nowhere track and it went to No.1”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge on the Ozzy Osbourne-inspired anthem that turned his band from occult sensations into bona fide stars

Square Hammer opened Ghost’s 2016’s Popestar EP and cracked US radio for the Swedish occultists

Metal Hammer · Oct 20, 2025

"All of a sudden I was like, 'I need to know where the door is...stop! Get the mask off!'" Tobias Forge reveals the moment he had a terrifying panic attack live on stage that'd change the way he approaches Ghost shows (and the mask he wears)

One fateful night in Leeds means Tobias now has a very strict rule in place for Ghost shows

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