The transformation of Ghost’s singer is now an expected part of their gimmick. Heck, at this very moment, Sweden’s premier satanic church have concluded their Impera album cycle, and fans are chomping at the bit to see the new alias and garb that leader Tobias Forge will take. All the anticipation around the phenomenon makes it easy to forget the shock and confusion that followed the first time this band “changed singers”.
It was on December 15, 2012, that Papa Emeritus I regenerated into his successor. Ghost were upwards of two years removed from their debut album at the time, with a new day on the horizon – or, more specifically, a cover EP and a second record. Tobias, the lynchpin of his collective since their 2006 formation, had known from the moment they dreamt up their clerical theme that he’d be changing costumes throughout their history.
