Tobias Forge opens up about Ghost’s hiatus

Tobias Forge has opened up about Ghost’s hiatus in a new interview.

READ MORE: Tobias Forge on new material and the future of Ghost: “If fans need the lore to like the band, that element will be over quite soon” Speaking to Kerrang ! , Forge spoke about his decision to take a break from the road after the completion of ‘Skeletour’, which supported the release of the band’s 2025 album, ‘ Skeletá ’.

He told the publication: “There’s a lot of people depending on you, let alone all these people buying tickets.

For most of my career, I’ve been very triggered by that, in a positive way.

But now, with a lack of a clear direction of where to go, I don’t want to have that responsibility on my shoulder.

I can carry that when I’m there, but when I’m not there, it’s too tiresome.” He also went on to say he was “exhausted” after completing the 70-date tour earlier this year, back in February, Reflecting on it now, he explained: “When you’re done with the big wedding, you’re not gonna get married again immediately after.

I don’t want to call it a bookend, but it serves as a great finale.

I feel like, ‘If this is it, I’m pretty pleased.

This is a fucking great repertoire, great band, they sound phenomenal.’ We managed to do this awesome show most of the nights, and I couldn’t be happier.” He continued: “Everything was great up until the moment when I was sort of eyeing the end of a tour and not knowing for the first time in our career what to do next…And that was kind of the get-the-fuck-out-of-Dodge card, which is: I’m not gonna just go back to make an album or force myself to make an album for no reason.

I need to want to make a record.

I need to have something to say.

“Every other record has been very inspired and there’s been a clear thought, there’s been a purpose.

And that was completely generated by my passion to do so — it was never contractual fulfilment or whatever.

It was nothing like that.