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I've told you, satanize your hands. And wear your masks.
The upcoming single’s name reminds me the COVID era. Wait. Really, Mr. Forge?
the twins at the cinemas
//im reblogging this when the movie releases, remind me
I've been wanting to do this post for a while now so here is EVERYTHING I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE GHOULS' IMPERA COSTUMES.
Buckle up because I have a LOT to say about those, this is gonna be a very long one.
The costumes were designed by B Åkerlund, a Swedish costume designer who's worked with Ghost since at least Meliora (that's as far back as I was willing to scroll on her Instagram page lol). B Åkerlund has also worked for many other musical artists such as Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Madonna, the Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osborne, Blink 182 and Hollywood Undead (information from her own website)
The masks were made by Bob Basset, a visual artists who works a lot with leather. I find his work fascinating, you can look him up on Instagram (nsfw warning, there's a few naked ladies).
Fun fact! The horns are real cow horns. That's the reason some of them have gold tips, to hide the imperfections that come with working with actual horns.
He does have a shop where he sells his items, there's a mask there very similar to the Impera ones. You can also buy Papa's batwings if you happen to have 2500$ lying around!
The jackets are made on the same model as one of Papa's. The back is decorated with a spine-like design made from leather and cording. It's adorned with a few of our classic Impera buttons. Some of the hems were left raw and some deliberate weathering was done to make it look old and worn.
Fun fact! The shoulder pieces are not sewn into the garment, I would assume for easier cleaning. I don't know if they're held by strong magnets or snap buttons.
The vest (my beloved 😩) is made from flocked velvet in a paisley pattern, the front hems embellished with satin piping. It closes in the front with custom metal clasps that are riveted into the garment. The D parts are attached with what seems to me like wide elastic, which would lessen the pression on the clasps when moving around a lot. The back is made from two different types of fabric, I'd have to touch it to be able to tell you what they are. I assume the panels closer to the sides have some mild stretch to them. The top of the shoulders are decorated with Impera grucifix patches.
The shirts were not custom made for the ghouls, altho they were altered. The original shirt in the vintage painter linen shirt from Punk Rave and it is still being sold. Some of the cuffs were altered, removing the ruffles for some of the ghouls, but not all. They were removed for Dew, Mountain and Phantom, Aether's didn't have them either. As far as I can tell, all the ghoulettes still have them.
An unfinished piece of linen serves as an ascot, that piece is decorated with a metal devil skull. The colour of the skull doesn't appear to be consistent between each ghoul, Dew's looks gold almost bronze while Phantom's is a silver-like colour.
Another modification is the buttons, a small portion of them were removed in favor of our Impera buttons. Some of the ghouls have more buttons replaced than others, which is still a mystery to me.
The pants are called Jodhpurs, they were invented in the 1800s as horse riding pants. The wide part at the hips and thighs allowing for better movement. The ones the ghouls wear don't reach all the way to their ankles, they stop a bit past the calf muscle, hidden by the boots. (Yes, the ghouls are effectively wearing capri pants)
The boots are motorcycle riding boots, decorated by a grucifix. Like the shirt, they can still be bought online through the All American Boots website, altho the price tag is... Headache inducing to say the least.
The cape is a piece of costume that was only briefly worn on stage by the ghouls, Aurora being the only one who still wears one. I would assume it gets in the way of playing very easily. The cape itself is made of two fabrics, a light blue satin and a dark grey suede. The two pieces are not sewn together at the bottom, they move freely from each other. The cape is attached on the left shoulder with a harness piece that has one strap across the chest, decorated with a metal buckle, and one under the armpit.
Aight that's it for me, have a nice day byyyyye!!
Twins of Evil
I don't know why everybody happily talks about one set of twins, because we have two. The Children of the Clergy (TM) are there, as The Grady Girls of The Shining. We have seen Sister give birth to twins. Nihil and Sister are Copia's parents, allegedly.
Ghost lore is full of holes, but... We are waiting for this door to open. If it is a twin, we have too many twins. If it is a twin, the horror movie trope is that one is the evil twin. I don't know what to say about moustaches.
Blood Rage (1987)
The Fate
“RITE HERE RITE NOW is, however, so much more than a concert movie. GHOST’s debut feature film combines live performance from the two-night finale of the band’s RE-IMPERATOUR U.S.A. 2023 with a narrative story that picks up plot threads from the band’s long-running webisode series. The result is an utterly unique phantasmagorical blend: Flesh and bone renditions of favorites from all five of GHOST’s albums as well as the RIAA platinum-certified “Mary On A Cross” and more are interwoven with the silver screen debuts of a few faces familiar to the band’s legions of fans—all interacting behind the scenes with GHOST's Papa Emeritus IV, as his future and fate lay in the hands of the Ministry.”
If you want to see the Papa shashay away, you have to watch the film.
more info at www.ritehereritenow.com
Save the date.
(Hey, Nameless Ghoul. It’s been a while)
She's warning her son. And after that, she returns to the underworld. Is Sister dead? Is she going to die? Is the film reference related only to the warning? I think so.
(And also, I don't like to think about losing mothers in this world or the other)
(But Karras and Blatty and the medal. The mom was already dead. Karras fell.)
(...and Karras didn't die, he just went to a mental ward, and his name was Legion, for they were many.)
Papa has to die yet. Sister is giving him a warning. Pazuzu appears, as Lucifer:
"Lucifer, whispering Silently into your mind [...]Don't you forget about dying"
So, maybe he's going to die in the movie...
Look for the scene of Father Karras' dream (The Exorcist).
This escape room is getting ghoulish...
We'll see next Friday!
Interview from Upset Magazine 6/2023
Words: Steven Loftin
Like an apparition manifesting within a dense fog, it was through radio static that Swedish rockers Ghost were formed. In the kindergarten he attended as a young boy, Tobias Forge found himself enamoured with the music crackling through the little toy speakers. From this point forward, he began picking apart the notes and melodies - his journey toward the lore and canon coming into focus as he sat, trying to figure out how this black magic could be summoned.
Phantom of the Opera (1925) unmasked.
Slav, do you ever just get the feeling that Ghost is getting turned into everything it shouldn’t be? I have always frowned on gatekeeping things and exposure is good for a band’s success etc but it’s putting me in the mind of all of the various things in the world that were ruined by too many tourists. Like national parks getting trampled or famous statues being discolored after everyone needed to touch it. You know? To be fair I’m a chronic overthinker but I can’t help but feel like I’m witnessing it (the fan side, not the music itself) being twisted into exactly what Tobias would hate.
This response came out VERY lengthy, I apologize in advance.
I was nervous. Too much passiflora.
On the upcoming Ghost mockumentary
Some excerpts from an interview with the director Alex Ross Perry from Rock Hard DE 4/2022 below. Huge thanks to lovely @rotteprinsen for sending me the scans, you’re the best 💖
What can you tell me about your top secret project for now, Alex?
We are producing an episode of a fully fictional TV show called “Metal Myths”. The series is designed to be part of the expanded Ghost universe, where it will air regularly according to the story we’ve come up with. Its episodes highlight the mythologies behind some of the most famous rock and metal bands. If “Metal Myths” really existed, there might be episodes about Kiss or Blue öyster Cult. In the only episode we’re actually filming, the complete backstory of Ghost is unravelled, spanning a period of several decades. We’re filming interviews with “experts” and “academics”, but also “critics” of the band. These may or may not be real-life personalities.
Did you come up with the idea for this project yourself?
No, the impetus came from the record company Loma Vista. They wanted to get something going that would capture the official Ghost backstory the way the videos do that have been recorded over time by fans of the band. There are countless clips on the internet that go into insane detail about Papa Emeritus, Papa Nihil, Sister Imperator and the other Ghost characters. That someone would take the trouble to produce such films in their spare time is simply incredible.
So we’re not talking about a serious documentary here, but a format known as a mockumentary.
You hit the nail on the head with that, exactly.
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On that one line in Darkness At The Heart Of My Love
“Paint a pair of eyes, let’s watch as it dries - I’m with you always”
I recently received a question asking if this particular lyric could have possibly been inspired by The Great Gatsby and the symbolic use of the eyes throughout the novel/film. While I don’t know if that was the case - devil only knows what goes on in TF’s mind - it’s probably one of the many possibilities. The eye is a powerful and prevalent symbol.
Personally I absolutely adore the line in question and how evocative and lyrical it is, it caught my attention right away and still does. Since it made such an impression on me, I decided to take a moment to gather some of my personal thoughts on it in the context of my interpretation of the song. The text will probably be very long and I’ll lose the plot halfway through as usual, but here it goes.
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Re: the graphic novel, turns out Tobias did mention it indeed, thanks @cannot-copia
It's from MyRock March/April issue
After a parenthesis in the guise of Cardinal Copia, Impera celebrates the return of Papa Emeritus, in his fourth form. It is a bit confusing. Who is he? What happened to Cardinal Copia?
Simply put, Cardinal Copia is Papa Emeritus IV. In a way, he took power and became the new Papa, which is what differentiates him from his predecessors, he was not appointed but imposed himself. All your questions will be answered in a graphic novel that will be released soon and that will go back over this episode in the history of Ghost. We will also use other pictorial elements to tell new stories, something between a storyboard and a graphic novel.
GOOD FOR HALF
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