Classic Rock

HIS SATANIC MAJESTY

“Instead of just doing big, blunt commercial statements, I’m trying to do things in a more cinematic way.”

39 DANCE MACABRE

Ghost From: Prequelle, 2018

“What I’ve tried to do is make Ghost a little more Queen than AC/DC,” Tobias Forge says, of the ambitious menagerie of sounds of his band’s 2018 album . “I don’t mind a good rock banger at all, but with Ghost every song and was that a Ghost song is not necessarily something that just starts with a big guitar intro. With Ghost you can do pretty much anything.” He pauses, before adding with a smile: “I’m a little rock opera with my music.”

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