Ghost singer

[Odinson666]

What a crazy day today is turning out to be for metal vocalists.

The members of Ghost go to great lengths to keep their true identities a secret â€â€￾ they perform in masks and disquise their voices in intevriews, and the members of the band other than the lead singer are simply called “Nameless Ghoulsâ€Â￾ â€â€￾ but it appears that the identity of frontman Papa Emeritus has been uncovered. From Metal Insider:

Apparently Ghost’s singer Papa Emeritus/the satanic pope is none other than Tobias Forge, who in addition to previously singing in the bands Repugnant and Subvision also collaborated with experimental rock group Magna Carta Cartel. Though numerous sources apparently noticed this before, the Encyclopedia Metallum first brought this to light when it was discovered that Forge is credited as The Ghoul Writer by the Swedish Performing Rights Society, the same name he’s credited as in Ghost’s debut full length album Opus Eponymous.

It was fairly obvious all along that the members of Ghost were not exclusively in other popular metal bands… if they were we probably would’ve known their identities long before now. But, if true, does this ruin the appeal of Ghost to so many hipsters taken by the mysterious nature of the band? I’m somewhere in the middle when it comes to Ghost; they aren’t incredibly original and they’re barely metal, but they do write some incredibly catchy songs and that is something I can appreciate. So for me it just comes down to this: will they continue to write good songs? The imagery doesn’t really matter to me, but I know it does for a lot of folks.

Of course it’s entirely possibly that Tobias Forge is not, in fact, Papa Emeritus and this is just the machination of an over-zealous Internet sleuth. I guess we’ll find out soon.

[stewvee]

[SlashAndThrash]

i thought it was pretty widely accepted that the singer for repugnant fronted ghost? idk i don't really follow ghost at all

[badcarburetor]

I know nothing about the hipster appeal of Ghost. I hear about it, but don't see it in daily life so that's of no concern to me. What I do dig is their sound and their songwriting. I love how they take their influences and make something new(ish) out of them. It's pretty cool that they came up with a (kinda) unique image to go along with it, but even if they went on stage in polyester pantsuits, they would still sound great.

I like BOC, Mercyful Fate, KISS, Priest, Fleetwood Mac and on and on. I like Ghost.

[stewvee]

I love Kiss, and BOC, and Fate but only see Ghost biting those bands and not offering much of their own. Their popularity is 90% merch, "mystique," quasi-satanic image, and manufactured from Internet bitching pro/contra.

Art is made from art, sure enough, but there's more "artful" art out there. This Devil's Blood/Ghost/Devil stuff is "fun," and that's about it.

Their collective music sounds, at least to me, like something that would soundtrack one of the Twilight movies. Is that evil? I don't really think so. I mean, if I want menace I'll crack up early Funeral Mist. If I want some heady rock, I'll listen to BOC. I don't need a few Frankenberries playing King Diamond to "save" Heavy Metal for me.

[Ryan]

band sounds good in my dome, i will listen to it.

[Knucklehead]

There's too much singing.

[TonyE99]

It's no secret, it's right there in metal-archives when you look up Ghost.

[Pat]

Yeah I thought this was old news.