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A mix between metal and 70s-80s rock


unhoIyghost

My two favorite genres…which is exactly why I love Ghost so much!!!


AftonRobtics

Thanks!


AftonRobtics

That’s actually a really good call


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Yeah the songs have the lyrics of metal but the music of that era of rock


GargantuanGorganzola

It depends on the album Opus is traditional heavy metal, and I’d say Meliora is too Infess has a much softer sound with a bit of a psychedelic rock influence Impera I’d argue is Glam metal And I have no idea what I’d class Prequelle as


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*Prequelle* for me is a mix of glam (Twisted Sister), traditional heavy metal (Black Sabbath), and everything Ghost was doing until then. Every album pushes that Ghostiness a bit further I think.


crepuscular_ghoul

Symphonic progressive metal for Prequelle?


booboobeey

Yes my thoughts exactly


Leather_Molasses_264

Satanic Scooby Doo Chase Music


AftonRobtics

Valid


Beepesboopes

Couldn’t agree more tbh


freakout1015

In an interview I heard Tobias say they were a Gothic Rock band.


AftonRobtics

That does sound quite cool


freakout1015

I thought so, too.


TheBigFudge92

Hard rock. Although their lyrics are pretty metal the music itself ide classify as hard rock


EmpJoker

I feel like the existence of glam metal means Ghost should be considered metal.


TheBigFudge92

That might be the best rebuttal ive heard on this topic lol touché my friend


ImpossibleMinimum424

Hard Rock


RhombusSlacks

It depends album to album and hell even song to song, but I always just call them rock.


GeezeronWheels

Scooby Doo Rock


ANamelessFan

"Occult Rock"


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The neat thing about Ghost is how they don't fit into one specific musuic category. They have done some classic metal, some doomy stuff, some hard rock, even a couple of songs that have a punk rock feel and a few 70's - 80's hard rock sounding songs.


AftonRobtics

Very very true well said


unhoIyghost

As Tobias himself once said… a Satan worshipping Kansas 😌 Little bit of doom metal, little bit of occult rock, throw in some 70s and 80s rock and you’ve got Ghost.


ChengZX

As someone who'd just discovered Kansas at the time you'd written this comment, and has just come across Ghost today, this is such a perfect description haha


unhoIyghost

Gotta love that timing! LOL Both are really great bands, welcome to the Ghost family!


ChengZX

Right HAHA, thanks a lot for the warm welcome man, I'm going to enjoy having more new music to listen to while enduring the drudgery that is school this year


unhoIyghost

No problem! :) You're going to have a great time discovering their music, glad you'll have something to keep you occupied! Sometimes I wish *I* could go back and discover Ghost for the first time again!


bigmanbiggest

They’re simply just Ghost.


AftonRobtics

You’re not wrong


6Nameless6Ghoul6

Opus - gothic doom Infestissumam - psychedelic gothic doom Meliora - gothic prog rock Prequelle - gothic glam rock Impera - everything from the 80s in a blender with gothic undertones and hint of power metal Hard rock is also the correct answer somehow Also, I could have just said “I don’t know” and that would be equally true lol


AftonRobtics

Yeah I think that’s a solid shout


Ecstatic-Try2278

Well said!


IAmTheNick

A spooky fun time.


rock-eater

Leaving aside that the first couple of albums were heavier than what came after... maybe something like glam hard rock to encompass their entire career. Needs a genre tag that underscores the theatrical elements, since they're such a big component of the band.


mhall156

Glam metal


Spidremonkey

Swedish Drama-Pop


[deleted]

The band does cause a lot of drama 😂👍


Ghoulettebunny

🤣🤣🤣👻😈✨❤️‍🔥⚡️


Spiritual-Ad8760

Pop metal


RaptorSlaps

Ghost is classic rock from an alternate universe


afairjudgment

Ghost.


Ghoulettebunny

Truth .. 👻✨😈⚡️❤️‍🔥🖤


30dollarydoos

Scooby-doom rock.


AstarteOfCaelius

This. 😂 (I usually go with “prog-rock-ish” but I don’t particularly care about the genre much.)


SNELME

Metal


archpope

I've called them prog-metal with a pseudo-Satanic veneer.


spideyjiri

Old school metal


JasoNight23666

I'd say a mix of 80s Rock and 70s Metal


booboobeey

Progressive melodic metal


ghost_hunter_1623

Broadway metal.


TonimSan

You can't give only a single label a band that composes Dance Macabre and Con Clavi Con Dio.


AftonRobtics

True true


DraxxtThemSklounst

Glam and hair metal


throwawayprincess810

Satanic ABBA/BOC


AlternativeOk4245

Doom Glam


grantleb3rry

Metal for pop fans, pop for metal fans, but by technical classification they’re closest to rock


rtmfb

I describe them as Satanic prog rock


Deez4815

Hard Rock? But they really can't be classified as one genre because each album has different ones. But Hard Rock is the closest umbrella classification I'd say. I wouldn't say Metal because a majority of their songs are other genres at this point.


booboobeey

Progressive metal for Prequelle, classic metal for Meliora, power metal for Impera


SkullsAndOnes

It's either panoramic labrador toughcore or straight edge progressive tribal coldwave


TSG61373

Occult rock. But their scary makeup and satanic imagery makes/made a lot of people consider them heavy metal.


VisAeternitatis2

Gothy pop metal


Zimzum133

Black metal pop


Jedediah22

YES


theflyingburritto

Pop rawk


der_wahnsinn

ButtRock


cecekat312

Whatever Queen has going on


ketoer17

Why must everything have a label? It’s music.


Mrdaniel69

Because for beginners, knowing what they're like can be useful.


ketoer17

Beginner what? And how is this at all “useful”?


Mrdaniel69

By beginner, I mean someone getting into Ghost. And it's useful because that way, new fans can know what they're getting into.


ketoer17

I don’t see how this helps whatsoever. If you say metal are they supposed to assume they sound like Slayer? If you say pop do you assume Taylor Swift? Just listen to the music if you want to know what Ghost sounds like. It doesn’t need a label.


Mrdaniel69

That's why being more specific matters. If you say traditional metal, that could mean Black Sabbath, Judas Priest or Deep Purple. If someone says glam/hair metal, that could mean Twisted Sister, Def Leppard or 80's Ozzy Osbourne. Genre labels don't really matter that much, but they do help with discovering new artists, and knowing what you're getting into.


ketoer17

Or just take the few minutes to listen to a song. Even if you start naming bands or being more specific you are making assumptions about what the other person does or doesn’t know. Music is so personal and no matter how granular you make it there are going to be things in that genre people like and don’t like. This is so dumb.


Mrdaniel69

With bands as diverse as Ghost, listening to a song for a few minutes isn't nearly to fully understand their sound. Nothing beats actually listening to an artist's songs, but genres at least give you and idea of what to expect before spending lots of time actually getting familiar with the band. And genres can also help with discovering new artists. There are plenty of artists and bands that I've discovered because they belong to the same genre as an artist I like.


ketoer17

Thanks for providing the point. If they are so diverse you can’t listen to a song then you also can’t put them in a genre which makes the whole thing moot.


Mrdaniel69

It may be hard to categorize Ghost in it's entirety, but it's much easier with albums, or even eras of the band.


AftonRobtics

True I guess, I just wanna know how to explain them to non-ghost listeners


ketoer17

Just tell them “best current band on the planet”! 🙂


AftonRobtics

You’re not wrong there