Guitar Player REACTS!! FIRST LISTEN to GHOST- "Square Hammer"!!

Theatrical Swedish band that I have been aware of for years but never checked out until now! Drop some commenst and let me know what to listen to from this band- thanks for watching!!
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[@ChristyAbbey]

"Not what I expected!" First words of every Ghost fan.

[@michaelreinier2149]

Welcome to the rabbit hole

[@virgil5650]

Tobias Forge plays every "Papa" he is Ghost, he writes all the music, it's his vision, hes the captain of the ship. I would highly recommend starting at the beginning with Ghost all the way up to the current iteration. Also Ghost can be the poppiest band on the planet at times with fantastic writing, but also drop riffs and solos that would make James Hetfield blush. He doesnt necessarily stay in one lane stylistically

[@phishfan]

Interesting- thanks!!

[@chrissibersky4617]

Isn't he like a Cardinal or something on one record? I like Ghost but I'm not a "Ghost nerd" so to speak. I would describe his music as "nostalgic". It's very broad but it's always like you almost remember hearing it before somewhere.

[@marybrant9586]

​@chrissibersky4617 it's intentional. It's nostalgic sounding that brings you in but is contemporary. I love Ghost & Tobias. He's a genius artistically with song writing, visuals, everything

[@fastnfurious29]

Cirice and Faith are good songs to start with. Ritual is probably my favorite song, I like Kaisarion a lot as well. It's only 1 singer who plays different characters. It's actually a 1-man band. Tobias Forge is Ghost. He and his friends record the albums, and the people that tour are hired musicians. My favorite thing about Ghost is that every album is different. They are also very, very good live. It's a performance.

[@sheryljohnson6602]

Ritual and Kaisarion are probably my favorite Ghost songs. But, I haven't heard anything I don't like.

[@michaelreinier2149]

Griftwood

[@henrikvidin]

Ghost doesn't play in a type of genre. They are floating through a lot of styles. You could say that they are their genre. But Cirice, Year Zero, and Spillways are some great songs. I don't come up with one single song that I don't like with them!

[@Kodaemon]

If you do Ritual, do the live studio version.

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

@@henrikvidin Yeah, if anyone asks me what genre Ghost is, I just say Ghost. They're everything Tobias Forge listens to, dumped in a musical blender with a side of Satan. And it somehow works.

[@jeggitv]

Oh, I don't think any of we Ghost fans will fault you for saying it's poppy song writing. It's done that way on purpose! Even though it's tongue in cheek, I'd say that as far as "devil music" goes, this is far more what a character like Satan would actually do to draw people in, as opposed to black metal, because why draw people in with ugliness when you have beauty sitting right there?

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

Yeah, one of Papa's favourite bands is ABBA, so we all know there's some pop in there! But it's evil pop. 😉

[@marybrant9586]

Ghost has a full-length feature film coming out this Thursday . 20th-24th in cinemas worldwide. Includes plot points from their KZbin chapters and scenes from their 2 sold out show last year (Sept) from the Kia Forum shows in LA

[@robertstull8759]

This was the first Ghost song I heard as well, and it immediately intrigued me. From there I listened Cirice, Rats, Danse Macabre, and He Is. After that 20ish minutes I was hooked.

[@chasethepops-n-flix2485]

Welcome 💚

[@Ralonmithos]

If you did a series with Ghost reactions you would get a lot more subscribers! Lets gooo

[@phishfan]

I'll do a couple this weekend!! I've been meaing to get back to Ghost.

[@Kodaemon]

Ghost fans will absolutely not hate you for saying a song of theirs sounds poppy. Unless they're some of their really weird ones :P

[@magnusblomqvist966]

Welcome to our family. You know if you have Ghost you have everything ❤. To sum it up in a short way the first three albums are a little bit heavier and the last two a little less. Try Ritual, Cirice, From the pinnacle to the pit or maybe Mummy Dust next 👍

[@xScooterAZx]

Its all the same person underneath the mask. All of the Papas are Tobias Forge. Also all of their music is theme oriented.

[@phishfan]

Thanks!!

[@mephistopheles5735]

Square hammer is from the Meliora album released in 2016.

[@MariaaXue]

they have a movie coming out on June 20th. you should check it out. you'll fall in love.

[@meme-ls7ft]

Ghost..song to next..RATS👍😎🔥

[@martinjakobsson407]

Check out a song from their first album, Ritual - live studio version. Very cool and Sabbath-esqe

[@iansimmons735]

My favourite songs are Cirice and Call Me Little Sunshine. There are so many variations within their music, from pop/rock to prog to doom metal (but never quite death metal). By the way, the song that particularly offended the Nashville singers was 'Year Zero' (check out live versions, such as Hellfest 2016). They had to go to Los Angeles, where no-one cares about selling their soul to the devil. 😄 Ghost music is a deep dive. There's always an element of melody somewhere, even in the most evil songs like Year Zero or Ritual.

[@Metalphysicalpodcast]

The lead singer has always been the same but as different characters, not different people singing lead. They have so many great songs.

[@phishfan]

Thanks!! A couple of others mentioned that- cool idea for a persona.

[@marybrant9586]

The "controversy" is from Year Zero...watch live at Hell Fest 2016...with Square Hammer that was Papa III...Affectionately called Terzo. In Italian it means 3

[@marybrant9586]

Tobias is all the Papa's. This one on this song is Papa 3. It's a big long rabbit hole of lore and backstory. Welcome

[@MstrBradbury]

Life Eternal is my favorite song from Ghost. Definitely suggest watching/reviewing the video for that, you get a good look at not only the band but also the devotion of the fans during a Ritual.

[@palepwnr]

I'd say this is pretty typical, especially for a lot of the more recent albums. They had more of an edge and heaviness to them in the earlier albums. Year Zero is a good example of what their first 2 albums were like/about. They've always been all about the chorus and the falsetto singing though. I think they really found their sound and popularity explode with Meliora. They won a Grammy for the song Cirice, and this song was on Disc 2 of that album. Rats, Dance Macabre, and Witch Image are my favorites off their 4th album. They've recently gotten to another level of popularity as one of their songs has grown to be a popular TikTok song, Mary on a Cross. If I were listening to them for the first time again, I think I'd go with Cirice next, then Dance Macabre. I also really love Griftwood, which may not be their most popular but I dig it. Funny trivia, they use the same recording studio as Abba and the piano is the same one Abba used to record.

[@syntheticsleep]

This is a really interesting band. As a fan of black/death metal, especially the Scandinavian stuff, I was a little shook up the first time I heard them as well. I like them a lot, though. The "poppiness" works and while there are plenty of elitist haters out there I think they're great. As far as the imagery and overall concept, I believe Tobias has said something along the lines of: "I wanted this to be the band that people accused all the other bands of being during the Satanic Panic of the 70s/80s/90s." And, again, it works and it's exactly as serious, schticky, fun or silly as you want it to be. We need more of this in rock & roll as far as I'm concerned. Clearly it's possible to be accessible and still have some edge and old-school grit. What to check out? Do whatever...there will be stuff you like and stuff you don't, but they're not a one trick pony for sure. Lots of great musical ground covered and it's all good. I've got no complaints even about the stuff I don't care for. Definitely anything off the first 3 records is worth checking out. Not a bad track to be found there.

[@Ghost_and_Rammstein_4ever]

Please do cirice next it’s amazing, also love the video!

[@marybrant9586]

Plus it won a Grammy

[@JK-ld8cd]

Its best to start Ghost with their 1st album OPUS and progress from there. That album is darker and heavier. They are the best rock band in last 20 years....

[@oquatanginwann]

Crank up Opus Eponymous!!!

[@kxtulapsi]

Would love to see you react to some of the infestissumam songs, like Jigolo Har Megiddo or Idolatrine!

[@AlGraff-w1m]

Please do more ghost!!

[@tysonka]

I think Tobias Forge is the only singer of the band, since the beginning...

[@moomoo5470]

Yep ,he is

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

He's not just the only singer, he's written 99% of their music, and played almost everything (except drums, I think?) on their 1st album. He brings in other musicians on the albums now, but that was still him thrashing the bass on their latest EP. Tobias IS Ghost.

[@marybrant9586]

Yes. He is and has been the only singer of the band

[@marybrant9586]

@@thing_under_the_stairs 💯 Tobias is Ghost!!!! The bass playing was chef's kiss 💋

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

@@marybrant9586 I did a double take when I found out he was on bass on that one because he's too modest about his instrumental skills - he generally says he's not very good in interviews. But then again, he didn't think he could pull off being the frontman for Ghost either, so...

[@Thescottishguyreacts]

Listen to faith or Elizabeth or zenith they are heavy sometimes and poppy catchy sometimes

[@Dragonfly9307]

For extremely virtuosic vocals, you should check out Tesseract - Legion. If you're looking for something more instrumentally technical as well, but also extremely well composed, you could also do Of Matter (a 3 song medley), Of Energy (a 2 song medley), or Concealing Fate (a 6 song medley) by the same band. Typically this band works well with long-form progressive music, but they also do well with avoiding the "mistakes" of some prog bands by not dragging on too long or having odd transitions. In my opinion, they also avoid the "mistakes" of purely virtuosic technical bands by not prioritizing flashy and predictable shredding or time changes over the actual balance of the composition. Overall, my all time favorite.

[@fayemanning197]

🔥🤘😜🔥

[@marybrant9586]

Check out Call Me Little Sunshine from most recent album Impera. It was nominated for a Grammy. Or check out Mary On a Cross live in Tampa 2022

[@kylefryman2427]

You want edgy I recommend Year One or Ritual. You want fun you'll want Mary on a Cross.

[@ElyonDominus]

Year Zero. It's not even particularly edgy. Ritual is pretty crunchy. Mary on a Cross is great.

[@karm9180]

Yeah, as you said, sometimes the most popular songs are not the best to start with.. I'll start with a few of the sober ones.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ionNdIutqbapY5o Live in studio kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6e9fKqspbZ0i8U kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKq0i2Rpn9SVf7s kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGS0c3Svj6-dgJo Live in studio kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHKQeqKFerWVi9U kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXTCk3mpfLqJr8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2GkoGeqlMuYZqs kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4SYXoSjoLCtgLM

[@Thescottishguyreacts]

Papa III not II

[@wolandbegemotazazello]

All the Papas and the Cardinal are played by the same person, Tobias Forge. Ghost is taking the piss. Many Christians of the nationalist, theocratic, and populist persuasion are too politically and ideologically correct to get the humour, the parody, the satire. They would likely welcome New Orleans sinking.

[@ElyonDominus]

They're not PC, they're indoctrinated theocratic authoritarians.

[@uMe_underground]

Liar you gonna listen to them