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The new issue of Metal Hammer features Ghost on the cover – and comes with three exclusive gifts!

Get your hands on a new Grucifix patch, a purple logo patch, and a special art print

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Ghost’s Tobias Forge says he’s “technically a solo artist”: “My job is a group effort”

To be fair, where’s the lie?

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"Friends of mine were saying, Give up on the dream, it's not happening." Tobias Forge recalls how forming Ghost helped him deal with a dawning realisation that his dream of becoming a successful musician wasn't ever going to become a reality

And the moral of Tobias Forge's story is: Don't give up on your dreams

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"My reason for being there is the connection between myself and everybody that I brought with me." Tobias Forge on why Ghost's upcoming shows will be a phone-free zone

Tobias Forge explains why your mobile phone will be locked away during the upcoming Ghost tour

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“All of a sudden, it’s like, ‘We want to announce now, what do we say?’”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge explains why Papa V Perpetua was unveiled on the Black Sabbath farewell show poster

The world got its first look at Ghost’s ‘new’ frontman last week, but Papa V Perpetua was first named on February posters for Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning event

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Watch Tobias Forge break down the story behind each of Ghost's iconic frontmen –including every Papa Emeritus, Cardinal Copia and every character leading up to Papa V Perpetua

Ghost mainman Tobias Forge gives inside scoop on aesthetic of the Papas, Cardinals and Nameless Ghouls of the Ghost clergy

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“Had fans had mobile phones, they would have been climbing over old-age pensioners to take selfies”: Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson is a big fan of Ghost banning phones from gigs

Talking to Metal Hammer last year, Iron Maiden’s frontman discussed attending Ghost’s 2023 Los Angeles shows and his joy over the absence of mobile phones

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“It made people feel uncomfortable. It made for a lot of misunderstandings and just made life hard”: Ghost’s Tobias Forge explains the struggles of being a masked, anonymous metal musician

Before a 2017 lawsuit revealed that Tobias Forge was Ghost’s Papa Emeritus, the frontman went to great pains to keep his identity secret

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I’m a Ghost fanatic, and these great songs by similar-sounding artists will stop me going mad during the wait for their new album

Hooked on Tobias Forge’s satanic hymns? These anthems will keep you (and me) going until Skeletá drops next month.

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“V is coming”: Ghost tease new era with Las Vegas billboard and mysterious livestream

The occult rockers continue the build-up to “new” vocalist Papa V Perpetua’s debut

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An unreleased solo album by Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge seems to have leaked on Youtube

Forge recorded a solo album called Passiflora in 2008, but it was never given an official release

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“It’s the perfect encapsulation of youthful anger… It still sounds feral and savage to this very day”: The cult 1980s classic Ghost frontman Tobias Forge calls the perfect extreme metal album

And no, it’s not by Metallica, Slayer or Mercyful Fate

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"I sometimes struggled to convey what we were just talking about, and not everyone understood it": A story of Ghost's concert movie, logistical complexity and Hollywood finance

Ghost’s concert-film-and-much-more Rite Here Rite Now fully immerses fans in what has helped turn them into today's greatest theatrical rockers

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“Our favourite bands didn’t chicken out on their third record. That’s not how Master Of Puppets or Number Of The Beast got made”: How Ghost teamed up with Katy Perry’s producer to kick things to the next level with Meliora

Ghost’s third album Meliora found them going darker and poppier than ever before – and the result pointed towards what was to follow

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Ghost announce six-month 2025 world tour with UK, Europe, US, Mexico dates

Something wicked this way comes, as Papa Emeritus and his ghouls announce their return to the road

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Ghost announce physical and digital release dates for their feature film Rite Here, Rite Now

The hard rock pontiffs’ concert/comedy movie will soon be available on DVD, Blu-ray and VHS, and via Amazon and iTunes

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"The best way to be anonymous in a band is by not forming a band. Don’t do it!" How Ghost fought Hollywood to make their own blockbuster movie, Rite Here Rite Now

An international box office hit, Ghost's Rite Here Rite Now movie succeeds where the likes of Metallica have previously failed

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“In a world of dunces, everything bad is blamed on the devil. Yet it’s the Church who promote a lot of things that are genuinely bad for mankind”: how Ghost kicked things to the next level with Infestissumam

In this classic 2013 interview, Ghost mainman Tobias Forge talks ambition, success and Satan

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Didn’t catch Ghost’s Rite Here Rite Now in cinemas? Watch the film on a global livestream next week

Tobias Forge’s pop-metal pontiffs will stream their new concert/narrative film worldwide on July 20

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"It was kind of like being in a Def Leppard production with Mutt Lange": Opeth's Fredrik Åkesson talks playing guitar for Ghost and avoiding a blood explosion in the studio

We caught up with the super Swede after Opeth's set at the Tons Of Rock festival in Oslo, Norway

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Metal Hammer's new Ghost issue is back in stock - get yours while you can!

We've had extra stock added for our latest issue, starring Ghost and celebrating the brilliant Rite Here Rite Now

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"Tobias Forge is a nerd." Rite Here Rite Now director Alex Ross Perry opens up on helping to bring Ghost's first movie to life

Alex Ross Perry on the unique challenges and creative shenanigans that went into the making of Rite Here Rite Now

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Order your world exclusive Ghost Rite Here Rite Now limited edition blue cassette tape with Metal Hammer

Ghost fans, you'll want to jump on this one!

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Tobias Forge: "Everything with Ghost is difficult and expensive."

Tobias Forge on the challenge of bringing Ghost to the big screen with Rite Here Rite Now

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“Enjoy life, embrace it and do everything in your power to make life better”: Listen to surprise new Ghost song The Future Is A Foreign Land

The “1969-era” track is taken from the metal pontiffs’ new theatrical film, Rite Here Rite Now

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