Tobias Forge suggests there may soon be an end to the Ghost lore

nme.com:

Ghost’s Tobias Forge has told NME that the band’s signature lore may be coming to an end in the near future.The metal frontman was speaking ahead of the band’s highly anticipated sixth studio album ‘Skeletá’, which is due to be released on April 25.

It has been previewed with its anthemic lead single ‘Satanized’, and it is the first to feature Forge’s new persona Papa Perpetua.Forge has inhabited a series of different characters during his time fronting the Swedish occult band, taking on a different incarnation for every new touring cycle.

After the demise of Papa Emeritus IV, who led them on the tour supporting 2022 album ‘Impera’, Papa Perpetua is their latest leader.However, it appears that this aspect of the band’s identity may be nearing its final chapter.

When NME asked him about his end goal for the band’s journey, he said: “I think that there might be an end to the storytelling because it’s not productive to have this endless soap opera.