Ghost’s Tobias Forge lately spoke to the St. Louis Put up-Dispatch in regards to the songwriting course of for the band’s new album Impera.
“In each band I’ve ever had, each track I’ve ever written, I used to be at all times known as a dictator, a management freak who could not work with anybody else,” Forge says. “And I am a dictator and management freak. However I can work with folks.”
For the band’s fifth album, they’re working with producer Klas Åhlund and Swedish co-writers Salem Al Fakir and Vincent Pontare. Forge additionally introduced in Opeth’s Fredrik Åkesson for guitar. Concerning the collaborations, Forge says, “I discovered that I can work very well with somebody I respect, who’s at all times pushing for the perfect. They make me need to write higher, to get my recreation up slightly.”
Ghost’s album Impera is about for launch on March 11 through Loma Vista/Harmony. Impera follows 2018’s Prequelle. The band additionally kicked off their co-headlining tour with Volbeat on Jan. 25 on the Reno Occasions Middle in Reno, Nevada. The tour will conclude March 3 in Anaheim, California.
