GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge is already looking toward the future when it comes to the follow-up to the band’s massively successful new album “Impera”.
Forge was asked in a recent talk with Guitar.com if there was any end destination in mind for GHOST, to which he replied that the Swedish metal band still have a lot of work to do. He also said that there is already a plan in place for GHOST through to 2025 and that he already knows what the next album will sound like, and what it will be called.
He said: “We’re still in the position where a new record [will inform] the overall impression of the band. If they didn’t want to, the Rolling Stones wouldn’t have released a new record in the last 50 years. People would still worship them. We’re still at a point where the record means something and that’s not going to be forever. At some point, you’ll turn into a nostalgia band and that’s fine.
He continued: “Right now, we have a plan up until 2025. I already know what I want to do, what I want to make and how I want the next record to sound. I know the title of the next record. I know what the cover’s gonna be. I know what we’re gonna change and what we’re gonna do live. I have a plan but it’s not the endgame.”
Impera featured OPETH guitarist Fredrik Åkesson, who said in a recent interview that he’d gladly work with GHOST again if given the opportunity, saying: “Yeah, definitely! In the end, I had a good time. I’m very picky also when I record stuff so I liked the focus on the details. I never put down so many layers of guitars in a recording before. Some tracks, there could be 16 channels of guitars. Some rhythm packs were, like, eight guitars. It was like craftsmanship, getting these massive walls of guitars done.”