The brand new factor of Steel Hammer options an unique interview with Tobias Forge, who takes us in the back of the scenes of the brand new Ghost film, Ceremony Right here Ceremony Now.
Within the mag, Tobias tells us the seeds for the film have been planted “over a decade” in the past. The narrative revolves round a gig in Los Angeles – some filming came about all through two nights final 12 months on the Kia Discussion board – with flashbacks referencing storylines in Ghost’s webisode collection.
“Clearly, as with everybody else, I’m a Megastar Wars fan, and that labored beautiful neatly within the sense the place you simply crash land proper into the tale,” he says. “That works the place the message of the movie is rather easy, and I believe that the message that we’re looking to put across with this movie is to be proper right here at this time, and no longer anyplace else. That’s what I’m hoping everybody will perceive.”
And as for the present Papa IV, who enthusiasts have speculated will likely be dispatched imminently… will he live to tell the tale for every other album cycle? “He’ll be with us, yeah. For a life-time, if you’ll,” Tobias teases. “As everyone seems to be.”
Proceeding the movie theme, we additionally spherical up probably the most steel moments in film historical past, from Ozzy Osbourne taking part in an outraged televangelist to vampires feasting at a blood rave. And as a rebooted model of The Crow hits cinemas, we examine the timeless attraction of the loved cult vintage.
Additionally in the problem, Device Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian displays on a existence balancing activism and song, and we hit the studio to get the interior tale of the approaching Nightwish album, Yesterwynde. In different places, Ukrainian ambassadors Jinjer expose the tune that stored their profession, Sepultura resolution your questions about their approaching break up and what the long run holds, and Kittie hit a cat cafe to have fun the discharge of comeback album Hearth.
Plus, we trip the entire method to the Faroe Islands to learn the way death-doom sextet Hamferd made probably the most epic excessive album of 2024, meet emerging California hardcore band Scowl, and get witchy with Nordic folks artist Kati R/a/n. All this, in conjunction with Energy Go back and forth, Scene Queen, Alcest, Battlesnake, Desertfest, Ville Valo and far, a lot more.
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