This is probably one of their darkest songs. They are a theatrical band where the lead singer portrays a satanic pope.. that said I think you need to take it with a grain of salt. I don’t think the people in the band are truly satanic at least not in the Christian sense of it but they do poke fun at organized religion (especially the Catholic Church) in a satirical way very well. Enjoying watching you react and that you are willing to keep listening!
there are a few members of the band who are satanist, though i’m not sure if they’re theistic or atheistic. Per Erikkson, the lead guitarist is a satanist. Tobias Forge, the front man, also might be a satanist, not too sure, he usually dances around the subject in interviews, though he talks about Satan in a positive manner.
They are not satanic. Tobias Forge himself has said it’s completely theater and he thought of this idea of an evil papa. A “papa” is someone who spreads the world of God so obviously Jesus Christ. Tobias Forge was like …..”hmmmmm why isn’t there an Evil Papa?” And BOOM Ghost was born. Do some research on their past and you will fall in love with them. I’m a Christian and I LOVE this band.
@@ezekielv2479 dude, i’ve literally been into the band for awhile, my profile picture is literally of papa emeritus the third. the band itself, is satanic. it’s a theatrical band and being satanic is their act. “Papa” is the italian word for ‘Pope”, the ‘popes’ in ghost are SATANIC. in the lore, the band’s objective is to spread the word of SATAN through music. plus, a few of the band members are actually satanists. looks like you’re the one who needs to do their research tf 💀
@@RustTheDuck I love how you completely ignored how Tobias Forge said himself that he not the band members (at the time) are satanic. I’ve watched nearly all his interviews and podcasts and even radio appearances to say what I said confidently. Lmao.
He so underrated. His mind, he's so complex and planning his costumes and albums years in advance. So talented live, too! (And freaking adorable, but that's just icing on the cake.)
@@DollyKauionalani And the fact that he is constantly working on two albums side by side shows he has a long term plan going both visually and musically
@@Jonke75 Oh, absolutely. He says he knows years in advance the theme of the album, costumes, set design, the whole works. He really is amazing! If he went with a more mainstream, non Satanically cheesy type of band, could you imagine how huge he'd be?! The fact that he stays true to what he knows and loves is great. The fun silliness mixed with dark undertones and an even deeper, true meaning is what hooks people like us! Honestly, Ghost helps me get through most of my days. I want the shirt that says "Tobias Forge Saved My Life", because in a way, he really did!
Ghost is a secular band that uses religion and satan as more of an esthetic than a belief system, Tobias Forge always says that their songs are always about people.
What I appreciate about Ghost is that they take everything the Satanic Panic made metal out to be and turn it into Scooby Doo fun. And they go a step further! An extended listen to them shows that Tobias Forge is very aware of the finer points of Catholicism especially. Some of the nuance of his lyrics is lost on anyone that doesn't have a Christian background (or an understanding of Latin), which I feel elevates the satire above typical shock rock.
I think the best example of their music and the meaning behind it would be "Call Me Little Sunshine" which is a reference to Alistair Crowley who told a judge to call him little sunshine after explaining that "Beast 666" simply means sunshine and the pic in the lyric video is posed after Crowley himself. Also I'm pretty sure, not completely, but the BC in their name was because of copyright when they started to get more popular in the US as in saying, "Because Copyright"
The theatricality of their performance comes from the lore of the band. Definitely check out the videos they’ve been putting out explaining and expanding the story of Ghost. I’d also suggest watching some of these performances live, especially songs like Year Zero or Con Clavi Con Dio, watching the concert take of the guise of a satanic worship service is WILD. Other song suggestions definitely include Spillways, Cirice, Mummy Dust, and my personal favorite- Griftwood.
if you look the chapters on their channel is a bit clearer. the whole lore gimmick of GHOST is to "convert" people with catchy songs. it's satire, but the lore is very much part of the experience of GHOST. if you haven't reacted to them yet i recommend Call Me Little Sunshine and Cirice.
These guys aren't Satanists. It's their theme. As for the "Year Zero" lyrics, it refers to the birth of the Antichrist. As for recommendations, I would choose Dance Macabre, He Is, and Square Hammer.
Some members of the band are actually satanists! Tobias included. He remembers being around 6 or 7 when he first started associating religion with oppression.
This song is concert (or during a ritual like they call it) is insane! That's when they get the pyrotechnic on and if you are close to the stage it gets super hot. The energy during that song is just something outside of this world.
I've never had a problem listening to subject matter like this. I listen to most things. From many countries, and religious themes. The more you learn from other people's perspective, the more complete picture you have of the world around you. This band has the added bonus of sounding amazing.
Yes wise words. I have no problem switching between satanic and Christian music. As well as music with different political messages. I'm all pro free speech, people should listen to each other instead of just go into their own closet and stay there.
Luv this band.....so much great music and fun! Thats how you have to look at this band. Almost like going to see a horror movie for fun. Its all a show!
Year Zero is when the Dark One begins his reign. The names in the song are the Devils archangels and who's names one can invoke to have infernal power bestowed upon them.
I was one of the ones who suggested Year Zero sorry bro 😂 Great reaction nonetheless! He Is is a good one it may send you over the deep end though lol the video is great it sounds like the most beautiful church music with devil lyrics haha the vid is a parody on organized religion .
Often i think reactors (even my favorites) dont really react for the first time...if this wasn't ur first time im deeply impressed and also this is how u got urself a new subscriber. It´s hilarious how u try to balance it considering lyrics and the music u obviously like...great entertainment! 🤘🤘🤣
I love their old stuff but you can tell that with Prequel and Impera that Tobias was trying to further reach North America. It worked because my first song was Call Me Little Sunshine on Octane. Last minute my wife and I had to take our 3 year old to their recent show in Corpus Christi and once she realized who was on stage she took off her ear muffs and refused to wear them.
If you think that Year Zero is dark, and you haven't yet, you need to listen to Ritual. This is my first time watching one of your videos, I'm glad that TH-cam suggested it to me! I'll be checking out your other reviews! I absolutely adore Ghost. Beyond the satire and cheesiness, Tobias Forge is so talented. The whole band is. I've been to many, many concerts of all different genres. Everything from Yanni to Cannibal Corpse and everything in between. Ghost is hands down the best time I have ever had at a concert! I'll be attending my third Ghost Ritual, (that's what they call their concerts), this summer.
Surprised you picked Year Zero but Kudos on going out of you comfort zone. This is SO cool live, with fire jets and dark red lighting. Recommendation: Want a tone switch? Dance Macabre. Fun technical stuff: Mummy Dust. Something Dark: Circe
The whole thing with "Ghost BC" had to do with trademarking the band within the US. Apparently their US record label was worried that "Ghost" on its own was too common and that another artist with the word in their name would file an injunction or something. So "BC" was added for legal purposes, and I think on any legal documents they may still be identified as "Ghost BC" but otherwise they simply go by Ghost.
Okay, I loved this reaction... So many people are put off by the Satanic aspect of it, but they don't realize that it's just a gimmick. It's their schtick.
They might be intimidating because they ‘hail Saran’ in their music .. but just remember.. Ghost, the singer and their band members are not Satanists. They do not actually worship the devil. The bands theme of Satanism is just all satire. It’s just to put a show for the fans. To them the devil represents freedom, liberation. To love whoever you want to love. Be yourself as long as you are not hurting anyone.
YES HAIL SATAN… who by the way, is an angel who PUNISHES evil. Doesn’t mean He is evil though.. Year Zero fuckin ROCKS! Please do Con Clavi Con Dio, Faith, Rats, and Ritual! PLEASE!! 🤘🏼👻
Dude, please react to Ghost Secular Haze videoclip, it's pretty eerie sounding, but easy to enjoy. Definetly one of my favorites from their Ghost B.C era, and also only a few people have done reactions to that video.
Long post that I promise circles back to Ghost, but I think this is important background information. Satanism in general has an interesting history. Are there people out there who actually have decided to literally worship the devil? Yeah. Is that particularly common though? No, not at all. If you run into a self-proclaimed Satanist, chances are you're actually dealing with someone who is really just an atheist. The thing about 'satanists' is that they're usually created and labelled by Christians. There's the whole satanic panic craze that really peaked in the 80s (and is featured as a plot driver in the most recent season of Stranger Things.) Even still today, people are so quick to label things as 'satanic' despite not knowing anything about it, including labelling non-believers of the Christian faith or LGBTQ folks as such. So these people just lean into that 'Satanist' label and are basically saying, "Ah, well then I must be." A part of it does then also come with a political purpose. Notably, you'll see them making noise when the gov't gets involved in wanting to put up Christian statues on gov't property. Since separation of church & state must be maintained, Satanists will enter the scene and say, "Oh ok, if you're willing to honor one religion this way, you must now honor all. We have our own devil statue that we now request you put right next to the Christian one." The actual intent is to force the gov't hands into taking down the Christian statue and keep the gov't religiously neutral. So now... How does this relate to Ghost? Well, I'm guessing you'll get some comments insisting that they are strictly theatrical. But I don't think we could say that's true, ESPECIALLY with their latest albums. Now I'm pretty sure I've seen an interview where Tobias Forge has stated he does have some sense of spiritual belief in God, but he also takes issue with how much corruption you can find in organized religion. And we see a lot of those criticisms being brought up in a lot of songs. Someone else below mentioned Kaisarion as a good one to check out. I'd agree. That will take you to a more chill vibe, but its also an awesome example lyrically of taking some very direct shots at the ways the Christianity has ruined civilizations and people (mostly centering on Hypatia, who was a very respected academic who was brutally dismembered & murdered by Christians because she wasn't Christian.) Now Ghost is most definitely not condemning people for their faith. But particularly with metal, we see how quickly religious folks love to claim its the music of the devil when its perfectly harmless. And going back to Satanic Panic, we've seen how this has had very real consequences, such as the West Memphis Three, who were convicted of a murder they never committed. During the trial, they brought in an 'expert' witness who didn't know crap about satanism and insisted that listening to Metallica was a clear giveaway that these kids were evil and must've done it. So for Year Zero? No, they're not actually trying to worship the devil here. Its just theatrics and catharsis. And the song kicks so much ass at a live concert. Anyway, check out Kaisarion (which is named after the building Hypatia was murdered in) next if you want to hear them talk more direct smack about religion while also having a really fun melody to go with it all.
Just a note on the murder of Hypatia, and why Tobias wrote a song about her - they didn't just object to her not being Christian, they had a big problem with the fact that she was a woman who was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. And the fact that she was pregnant and not married. There are no obvious parallels whatsoever here to how modern religious fundamentalists treat women. /s
@@neuralmute ha, I was gonna touch on the gender thing originally, but wasnt 100% sure if I just preconceived that or if it was factual, so thnaks for spitlighting that for me. Definitely didnt know about the unwedded pregnancy aspect though! Gotta love fanatics, I suppose.
They use satan as a metaphor for society. This has nothing to with the actual Satan they're atheists so they don't believe in god or satan. The lyrics and their look is the meme and it's all tongue in cheek and it's fucking brilliant. I love this rhythm in this song it's so tasty.
Regardless if they are actually Satanists or not, which they aren't really. They had a fan have a heart attack mid show so they stopped it then returned to the same venue that Halloween with a shirt paying homage to the fan and the proceeds went to the fan's family. Truly amazing, their lyrics are whatever. They do really good things for their fans!
my favorite song of them is theres a darkness at the heart of my love. its posibly the fairwell to the latest popa. copias... which i dont want to see happen but as per the lore of the song this popas days are numbered. but the song i want you to listen to next is what got me through my brother being in the hospital fighting for his life. he almost died but now he is doing better. but that song with tears in my eyes helped me get rid of alot of my stress while i was helpless watching over my brother. he is only a year older than me.
To be fair, this song does go pretty hard. Id recommend a few songs from their newest album. Kaisarion is just a vibe Hunter's Moon (was in the Halloween Kills) Spillways (gives me serious Alice Cooper vibes.) Call me Little Sunshine (again...just a vibe)
They are not satanic. Tobias Forge himself has said it’s completely theater and he thought of this idea of an evil papa. A “papa” is someone who spreads the world of God so obviously Jesus Christ. Tobias Forge was like …..”hmmmmm why isn’t there an Evil Papa?” And BOOM Ghost was born. Do some research on their past and you will fall in love with them. I’m a Christian and I LOVE this band.
Went to the last Ghost concert in Houston and there was a protest and one of the ladies was very rude to my wife and I. Funnily enough we are Christian, just like the band
Yeah, having heard you voice your aversion to the satanic part, I definitely wasn't expecting you to go to Year Zero. The satanism being used is for theatricality and as a way of criticising the worst parts of the church as an organization. The first two albums are the most overtly satanic, but it still permeates throughout. As other users have said, Kaisarion, Spillways, and Faith would all be good ones, I think.
officially unofficial, we usually address each other as "Ghesties", a cross between "besties" and "ghosts" :) Edit: his reaction at 2:37 was gold 🤣 protect him from the live shows and music video 😳
Please listen to Cirice, Elizabeth, If You Have Ghost, Call Me Little Sunshine, Spillways, Respite on the Spittlefields, Watcher in the Sky, Darkness at the Heart of my Love, He Is, Life Eternal, Witch Image, Danse Macabre, It's a Sin (cover) Monstrance Clock and Guleh/Zombie Queen!!!
Yep your reaction to year zero was indeed funny lmao This is just my opinion but what you call the power or whatever existence you believe in shouldn't or doesn't matter all it takes is to be a decent human being honestly there are too many horrendous crimes committed in the name of religion (all of them) humans just love to take advantage of each other and be in power and we have seen that in the religious form too. I think obsession over a single belief or train of thought without looking at the bigger picture and just accepting everything that is fed to us without thinking about the world we live in and all the various possibilities and situations that we as humans go through is wrong. We as a society evolve so should our beliefs in the end I believe worshipping and praising a name or belief won't give us a good place in afterlife it's how we treat each other and how we live our lives that matter and I think the creator that many religions refer to as "all forgiving" and "just" wouldn't just count the days we said our praise or that to which name we called the creator in But yeah that's just the nonsense I came up with while thinking about my beliefs and religion And sorry for any mistakes english isn't my first language Take care Edit: Lmao I got too serious I forgot to even say what I wanted to Your reactions are a mood tbh and I like how you actually say if you're uncomfortable or don't like something I first saw your reaction to "mary on a cross live" and I'm just going down the list I'll probably stay and watch more reactions after I've seen your ghost ones. I don't comment much cause as you see I tend to not stop when I start lol but I have been enjoying your reactions thank you
I get a kick out of watching you cringe over the lyrics. Weren't you wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt on earlier videos? C'mon...The Number of the Beast? You need to take this with a grain of salt, they're amazing entertainers! Besides, yes "he will ascend to the heavens"...Lucifer was the favorite angel chosen to be the Lord of Hell, right? At some point he wants to go back home(sorry, this is mostly coming from my watching the tv show "Lucifer" which is also amazing, by the way, I recommend it!).
What's always been funny about Number of the Beast to me is that the song actually is pro-Christian/anti-Satan. It tells a first person story of a dude who sees devil worship, wants to stop it, but tragically becomes the next victim. The moral of the story is that evil powers are dangerous, watch out, or they're gonna get ya! Like, it plays out like a horror movie more than anything else, haha. It would be like saying the Exorcist is a pro-Satan movie, haha So go figure there would be a big batch of Christians that would just be like, "Wow, that guitar is loud, clearly the work of devil worshippers."
@@MetalJosh_ Tobias Forge (frontman and main songwriter/mastermind for Ghost) had some bad experiences growing up with the Catholic Church, and this band is 100% parody of the Church. His concept for the band was an imaginary Satanist church, where the Antipope has to lead the band. XD Yes, the first 3 albums are almost entirely about the devil, (and everything since has had a lot to do with the devil too), but it's all with tongue in cheek. And live, they really play it for laughs. Nothing is taken seriously here, except making really catchy music!
The Ghost B.C. thing was a legal deal. They were only B.C. in the US. There was already a band here named Ghost, and they had to ad the B.C. to not get sued.
Eu amo suas reações, é tão espontâneo e contagiante kkkkk não entendo muito bem o que você diz mas da pra te entender pela sua linguagem corporal, isso é bom em um video de react!! enfim, year zero é um choque total pra alguns novatos no fandom, digo isso pois só conheço o ghost a 2 meses e meu primeiro contato com essa música foi muito "meu deus, que tenebroso" kkkk mas enfim, eu recomendo que você ouça Cirice, Witch Image e Ritual 💗
As many astute commentators have pointed out, Ghost is not a satanic band in the traditional sense of the term. Tobias Forge has a deep love for using Satān to allude to other subjects. But what’s important to keep in mind is that he’s a gifted multi instrumentalist and amazing lyricist and Ghost is such a fun band to rock out to. Considering the content for too long can take away from that, so I would suggest to any new listener of Ghost to 1) Have fun and 2) don’t take anything too seriously. Christians, Muslims, Jews: all are welcome at Papa’s alter 🤘😈
It's that fan video with the wrong lyrics again. I grew up as a Christian too. And I'm not one now. Also, they're not Satanists. They're subverting organized religion's BS promotional material of cute and lovely sounding songs about wildly screwed up stuff.
The artistic standpoint of Ghost seems to be Satan is the good guy. Now, what their beliefs are I do not think have been publicly stated, but this is certainly the charters being portrayed. The song Call Me Little Sunshine lays it out pretty well. Now a real Satanist would be King Diamond (or his original band Mercyful Fate.) Check out the songs A Dangerous Meeting, Evil or At The Graves.
One comment mentioned this but I'd like to just make sure it's like, known known.. It is welcoming year zero, because when the anti-christ is born the year count restarts, just like when Jesus was born, it started back to year zero
Also, pretty sure the only reason you sometimes see "B.C." in the band name is because, well their name is "Ghost" but when they came to America there were copyright issues so they had to add the "B.C." when in America, and that is also why the singer, Tobias Forge had to out himself, for the lawsuit.
I wouldn't say they are maliciously satanic or honestly even satanic at all. They have some very interesting messages in their lyrics. They subliminally criticize many many things that are wrong with religion and honestly, I agree. I really recommend you watch some lyric analysis on their songs because it seriously makes you think. *also note that modern religion has made satanism to be such a malicious belief (this is an excerpt from "The Pacifist's Way to Satanism" by Rebecca Shapiro)* Exactly right. There are many different kinds of Satanists, but most don’t actually believe in Satan and don’t worship him as either a god or as a force of evil. For the most part, Satanists are non-theists and view Satanism as a personal liberation from traditional theistic beliefs. We value nonconformity and revolt against the ideas of superstition and arbitrary authority. Modern Satanists are nonviolent and interested in the pursuit of reason, justice, and truth.
This song/album is about the birth of the Antichrist. They write music as if they are an evil band with an Anti-pope as a singer and nameless ghouls playing instruments. I believe the quote is that "the band is Santanic, but none of the members are Satanists". Think of this as a musical version of a horror movie. It's just theatrics. Super fun and funny band.
I know this is an old video but I want to point out that the lyric is incorrect. He doesn't say "Hail Satan" he sings "Hell Satan". I think it's pretty funny that nost people miss this because Ghost is known for wordplay like that.
Yeah it's dark but it's not as if they truly worship the devil, it's mostly for character since they are a theme band. Tobias has a wife AND a kid too.
Yes this one is definitely flat out what you think it is and luckily there's a lot more Ghost to enjoy that won't make you uncomfortable. Listen to Cirice. I respect everyone's religion so check out Griftwood it's beautiful. Glad you like the music! Weirdly every song still brings me joy, yes even this one. 🤣🤣😈😈👻👻💖💖💖🎵🎵🎵🔥🔥
This is probably one of their darkest songs. They are a theatrical band where the lead singer portrays a satanic pope.. that said I think you need to take it with a grain of salt. I don’t think the people in the band are truly satanic at least not in the Christian sense of it but they do poke fun at organized religion (especially the Catholic Church) in a satirical way very well. Enjoying watching you react and that you are willing to keep listening!
there are a few members of the band who are satanist, though i’m not sure if they’re theistic or atheistic. Per Erikkson, the lead guitarist is a satanist. Tobias Forge, the front man, also might be a satanist, not too sure, he usually dances around the subject in interviews, though he talks about Satan in a positive manner.
They are not satanic. Tobias Forge himself has said it’s completely theater and he thought of this idea of an evil papa. A “papa” is someone who spreads the world of God so obviously Jesus Christ. Tobias Forge was like …..”hmmmmm why isn’t there an Evil Papa?” And BOOM Ghost was born. Do some research on their past and you will fall in love with them. I’m a Christian and I LOVE this band.
@@ezekielv2479 dude, i’ve literally been into the band for awhile, my profile picture is literally of papa emeritus the third. the band itself, is satanic. it’s a theatrical band and being satanic is their act. “Papa” is the italian word for ‘Pope”, the ‘popes’ in ghost are SATANIC. in the lore, the band’s objective is to spread the word of SATAN through music. plus, a few of the band members are actually satanists. looks like you’re the one who needs to do their research tf 💀
@@RustTheDuck I love how you completely ignored how Tobias Forge said himself that he not the band members (at the time) are satanic. I’ve watched nearly all his interviews and podcasts and even radio appearances to say what I said confidently. Lmao.
@@ezekielv2479 also, the way you’ve worded is so grammatically incorrect i can barely make sense of it
Tobias Forge is a musical genius. He's finally getting the recognition that he deserves. He spins stories and philosophy into his lyrics.
He so underrated. His mind, he's so complex and planning his costumes and albums years in advance. So talented live, too! (And freaking adorable, but that's just icing on the cake.)
@@DollyKauionalani And the fact that he is constantly working on two albums side by side shows he has a long term plan going both visually and musically
@@Jonke75 Oh, absolutely. He says he knows years in advance the theme of the album, costumes, set design, the whole works. He really is amazing! If he went with a more mainstream, non Satanically cheesy type of band, could you imagine how huge he'd be?! The fact that he stays true to what he knows and loves is great. The fun silliness mixed with dark undertones and an even deeper, true meaning is what hooks people like us! Honestly, Ghost helps me get through most of my days. I want the shirt that says "Tobias Forge Saved My Life", because in a way, he really did!
If you think that's dark, listen to the entire Opus Eponymous album
The message is very much obvious in their songs
Gotta love that anxiety inducing religious trauma just by hearing a lyric. Takes a while to get over it. Ghost helps a lot
When I could bop along with this without side-panic, I knew I was finally there. Bad Religion helped, and Ghost just makes me happy.
nemA!
Ghost is a secular band that uses religion and satan as more of an esthetic than a belief system, Tobias Forge always says that their songs are always about people.
yeah like I saw a video that says Mummy Dust is also about how tobias hates donald trump
What I appreciate about Ghost is that they take everything the Satanic Panic made metal out to be and turn it into Scooby Doo fun. And they go a step further! An extended listen to them shows that Tobias Forge is very aware of the finer points of Catholicism especially. Some of the nuance of his lyrics is lost on anyone that doesn't have a Christian background (or an understanding of Latin), which I feel elevates the satire above typical shock rock.
I think the best example of their music and the meaning behind it would be "Call Me Little Sunshine" which is a reference to Alistair Crowley who told a judge to call him little sunshine after explaining that "Beast 666" simply means sunshine and the pic in the lyric video is posed after Crowley himself. Also I'm pretty sure, not completely, but the BC in their name was because of copyright when they started to get more popular in the US as in saying, "Because Copyright"
The theatricality of their performance comes from the lore of the band. Definitely check out the videos they’ve been putting out explaining and expanding the story of Ghost. I’d also suggest watching some of these performances live, especially songs like Year Zero or Con Clavi Con Dio, watching the concert take of the guise of a satanic worship service is WILD. Other song suggestions definitely include Spillways, Cirice, Mummy Dust, and my personal favorite- Griftwood.
You know whats the craziest? Ghost managed to make christians walk around singing "Hail Sataaaan... Archangeloooooo". True fact, I've seen it.
It's particularly funny because the lyric is "Hell Satan". Lyric videos consistently get it wrong.
if you look the chapters on their channel is a bit clearer. the whole lore gimmick of GHOST is to "convert" people with catchy songs. it's satire, but the lore is very much part of the experience of GHOST.
if you haven't reacted to them yet i recommend Call Me Little Sunshine and Cirice.
These guys aren't Satanists. It's their theme.
As for the "Year Zero" lyrics, it refers to the birth of the Antichrist.
As for recommendations, I would choose Dance Macabre, He Is, and Square Hammer.
Some members of the band are actually satanists! Tobias included. He remembers being around 6 or 7 when he first started associating religion with oppression.
That is the best answer is to this question!!!
This song is concert (or during a ritual like they call it) is insane! That's when they get the pyrotechnic on and if you are close to the stage it gets super hot. The energy during that song is just something outside of this world.
I've never had a problem listening to subject matter like this. I listen to most things. From many countries, and religious themes. The more you learn from other people's perspective, the more complete picture you have of the world around you. This band has the added bonus of sounding amazing.
Yes wise words. I have no problem switching between satanic and Christian music. As well as music with different political messages. I'm all pro free speech, people should listen to each other instead of just go into their own closet and stay there.
This is definitely the best Year Zero reaction I've ever seen 😂
“Did he just say Satanas and Lucifer?” ????
“🔥 🔥 “
You should check out the live performance of this song, papa has a signature spin that he does in the middle of it and its really cool
Luv this band.....so much great music and fun! Thats how you have to look at this band. Almost like going to see a horror movie for fun. Its all a show!
Year Zero is when the Dark One begins his reign. The names in the song are the Devils archangels and who's names one can invoke to have infernal power bestowed upon them.
I was one of the ones who suggested Year Zero sorry bro 😂 Great reaction nonetheless! He Is is a good one it may send you over the deep end though lol the video is great it sounds like the most beautiful church music with devil lyrics haha the vid is a parody on organized religion .
Often i think reactors (even my favorites) dont really react for the first time...if this wasn't ur first time im deeply impressed and also this is how u got urself a new subscriber. It´s hilarious how u try to balance it considering lyrics and the music u obviously like...great entertainment! 🤘🤘🤣
I love their old stuff but you can tell that with Prequel and Impera that Tobias was trying to further reach North America. It worked because my first song was Call Me Little Sunshine on Octane. Last minute my wife and I had to take our 3 year old to their recent show in Corpus Christi and once she realized who was on stage she took off her ear muffs and refused to wear them.
If you think that Year Zero is dark, and you haven't yet, you need to listen to Ritual. This is my first time watching one of your videos, I'm glad that TH-cam suggested it to me! I'll be checking out your other reviews! I absolutely adore Ghost. Beyond the satire and cheesiness, Tobias Forge is so talented. The whole band is. I've been to many, many concerts of all different genres. Everything from Yanni to Cannibal Corpse and everything in between. Ghost is hands down the best time I have ever had at a concert! I'll be attending my third Ghost Ritual, (that's what they call their concerts), this summer.
Surprised you picked Year Zero but Kudos on going out of you comfort zone. This is SO cool live, with fire jets and dark red lighting. Recommendation: Want a tone switch? Dance Macabre. Fun technical stuff: Mummy Dust. Something Dark: Circe
The whole thing with "Ghost BC" had to do with trademarking the band within the US. Apparently their US record label was worried that "Ghost" on its own was too common and that another artist with the word in their name would file an injunction or something. So "BC" was added for legal purposes, and I think on any legal documents they may still be identified as "Ghost BC" but otherwise they simply go by Ghost.
Glad you're digging Ghost. I believe a couple lyrics are incorrect on this video tho. One of my first favorite songs of theirs.
Okay, I loved this reaction... So many people are put off by the Satanic aspect of it, but they don't realize that it's just a gimmick. It's their schtick.
This song was my "WTF is this!" moment at the start of my learning of Ghost. Now its one of my favorites
If you like rats please listen to faith by ghost, it’s in the same album. Fav song of all time
Basically, this song is talking about the end of days
They might be intimidating because they ‘hail Saran’ in their music .. but just remember.. Ghost, the singer and their band members are not Satanists. They do not actually worship the devil. The bands theme of Satanism is just all satire.
It’s just to put a show for the fans.
To them the devil represents freedom, liberation. To love whoever you want to love. Be yourself as long as you are not hurting anyone.
YES HAIL SATAN… who by the way, is an angel who PUNISHES evil. Doesn’t mean He is evil though.. Year Zero fuckin ROCKS! Please do Con Clavi Con Dio, Faith, Rats, and Ritual!
PLEASE!! 🤘🏼👻
Please react one of this song: SPILLWAYS, GRIFTWOOD, FAITH, LIFE ETERNAL they will blow your mind 🤟
Dude, please react to Ghost Secular Haze videoclip, it's pretty eerie sounding, but easy to enjoy. Definetly one of my favorites from their Ghost B.C era, and also only a few people have done reactions to that video.
Long post that I promise circles back to Ghost, but I think this is important background information.
Satanism in general has an interesting history. Are there people out there who actually have decided to literally worship the devil? Yeah. Is that particularly common though? No, not at all.
If you run into a self-proclaimed Satanist, chances are you're actually dealing with someone who is really just an atheist. The thing about 'satanists' is that they're usually created and labelled by Christians. There's the whole satanic panic craze that really peaked in the 80s (and is featured as a plot driver in the most recent season of Stranger Things.) Even still today, people are so quick to label things as 'satanic' despite not knowing anything about it, including labelling non-believers of the Christian faith or LGBTQ folks as such.
So these people just lean into that 'Satanist' label and are basically saying, "Ah, well then I must be." A part of it does then also come with a political purpose. Notably, you'll see them making noise when the gov't gets involved in wanting to put up Christian statues on gov't property. Since separation of church & state must be maintained, Satanists will enter the scene and say, "Oh ok, if you're willing to honor one religion this way, you must now honor all. We have our own devil statue that we now request you put right next to the Christian one." The actual intent is to force the gov't hands into taking down the Christian statue and keep the gov't religiously neutral.
So now... How does this relate to Ghost? Well, I'm guessing you'll get some comments insisting that they are strictly theatrical. But I don't think we could say that's true, ESPECIALLY with their latest albums. Now I'm pretty sure I've seen an interview where Tobias Forge has stated he does have some sense of spiritual belief in God, but he also takes issue with how much corruption you can find in organized religion. And we see a lot of those criticisms being brought up in a lot of songs.
Someone else below mentioned Kaisarion as a good one to check out. I'd agree. That will take you to a more chill vibe, but its also an awesome example lyrically of taking some very direct shots at the ways the Christianity has ruined civilizations and people (mostly centering on Hypatia, who was a very respected academic who was brutally dismembered & murdered by Christians because she wasn't Christian.)
Now Ghost is most definitely not condemning people for their faith. But particularly with metal, we see how quickly religious folks love to claim its the music of the devil when its perfectly harmless. And going back to Satanic Panic, we've seen how this has had very real consequences, such as the West Memphis Three, who were convicted of a murder they never committed. During the trial, they brought in an 'expert' witness who didn't know crap about satanism and insisted that listening to Metallica was a clear giveaway that these kids were evil and must've done it.
So for Year Zero? No, they're not actually trying to worship the devil here. Its just theatrics and catharsis. And the song kicks so much ass at a live concert.
Anyway, check out Kaisarion (which is named after the building Hypatia was murdered in) next if you want to hear them talk more direct smack about religion while also having a really fun melody to go with it all.
Just a note on the murder of Hypatia, and why Tobias wrote a song about her - they didn't just object to her not being Christian, they had a big problem with the fact that she was a woman who was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. And the fact that she was pregnant and not married.
There are no obvious parallels whatsoever here to how modern religious fundamentalists treat women. /s
@@neuralmute ha, I was gonna touch on the gender thing originally, but wasnt 100% sure if I just preconceived that or if it was factual, so thnaks for spitlighting that for me.
Definitely didnt know about the unwedded pregnancy aspect though! Gotta love fanatics, I suppose.
The lyrics I believe are for shock value, to grab your attention kind of like early Slayer
They use satan as a metaphor for society. This has nothing to with the actual Satan they're atheists so they don't believe in god or satan. The lyrics and their look is the meme and it's all tongue in cheek and it's fucking brilliant. I love this rhythm in this song it's so tasty.
You should react to Spillways. All of their albums got latin names. Their latest album won best rock at the MTV Awards show.
Regardless if they are actually Satanists or not, which they aren't really. They had a fan have a heart attack mid show so they stopped it then returned to the same venue that Halloween with a shirt paying homage to the fan and the proceeds went to the fan's family. Truly amazing, their lyrics are whatever. They do really good things for their fans!
He Is. Is another really great ghost song.
my favorite song of them is theres a darkness at the heart of my love. its posibly the fairwell to the latest popa. copias... which i dont want to see happen but as per the lore of the song this popas days are numbered. but the song i want you to listen to next is what got me through my brother being in the hospital fighting for his life. he almost died but now he is doing better. but that song with tears in my eyes helped me get rid of alot of my stress while i was helpless watching over my brother. he is only a year older than me.
Year zero is the new beginning. The Khmer Rouge used this term along. The killing of the old and birth of the new world.
Now you need to listen to Call Me Little Sunshine and Spillways, then I think you will be converted to a Ghost fan.
To be fair, this song does go pretty hard. Id recommend a few songs from their newest album.
Kaisarion is just a vibe
Hunter's Moon (was in the Halloween Kills)
Spillways (gives me serious Alice Cooper vibes.)
Call me Little Sunshine (again...just a vibe)
I heard this is amazing live
Look up any video from this past tour and multiply it times a million
They are not satanic. Tobias Forge himself has said it’s completely theater and he thought of this idea of an evil papa. A “papa” is someone who spreads the world of God so obviously Jesus Christ. Tobias Forge was like …..”hmmmmm why isn’t there an Evil Papa?” And BOOM Ghost was born. Do some research on their past and you will fall in love with them. I’m a Christian and I LOVE this band.
Went to the last Ghost concert in Houston and there was a protest and one of the ladies was very rude to my wife and I. Funnily enough we are Christian, just like the band
@@kgib4214 that’s wild bro
Listen to Death Kneel, 6 6 6
Yeah, having heard you voice your aversion to the satanic part, I definitely wasn't expecting you to go to Year Zero. The satanism being used is for theatricality and as a way of criticising the worst parts of the church as an organization. The first two albums are the most overtly satanic, but it still permeates throughout.
As other users have said, Kaisarion, Spillways, and Faith would all be good ones, I think.
Mummy Dust is a must!!! Live Mummy Dust!!!
my suggestion is Ritual by Ghost by the way, that's from their debut album.
If you listen to this song once, it's get's stuck in your head for all time. Not sure if it's a good or bad thing??
officially unofficial, we usually address each other as "Ghesties", a cross between "besties" and "ghosts" :)
Edit: his reaction at 2:37 was gold 🤣 protect him from the live shows and music video 😳
Please listen to Cirice, Elizabeth, If You Have Ghost, Call Me Little Sunshine, Spillways, Respite on the Spittlefields, Watcher in the Sky, Darkness at the Heart of my Love, He Is, Life Eternal, Witch Image, Danse Macabre, It's a Sin (cover) Monstrance Clock and Guleh/Zombie Queen!!!
I LOVE that picture with the 8 bit theme
It’s gonna be okay 😂😂😂
The BC was before copyright cause another band was named ghost in us
HAUAHAHHAAHAAAAAAAAA ARCHANGELOOOOOOO!!!
I LOVE THIS, MAAAN!!
Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but I heard this was influenced by the book/movie The Omen.
Go check out the "chapters" on their TH-cam channel which tells the story of Papa Nihil and Papa Emeritus I-IV.......
react to ghost - mummy dust live in Argentina 2017 please🤘🏽✌🏽
HE IS !
Dude, you must to hear Miasma. It's instrumental, but is just, perfect
Yep your reaction to year zero was indeed funny lmao
This is just my opinion but what you call the power or whatever existence you believe in shouldn't or doesn't matter all it takes is to be a decent human being honestly there are too many horrendous crimes committed in the name of religion (all of them) humans just love to take advantage of each other and be in power and we have seen that in the religious form too. I think obsession over a single belief or train of thought without looking at the bigger picture and just accepting everything that is fed to us without thinking about the world we live in and all the various possibilities and situations that we as humans go through is wrong. We as a society evolve so should our beliefs in the end I believe worshipping and praising a name or belief won't give us a good place in afterlife it's how we treat each other and how we live our lives that matter and I think the creator that many religions refer to as "all forgiving" and "just" wouldn't just count the days we said our praise or that to which name we called the creator in
But yeah that's just the nonsense I came up with while thinking about my beliefs and religion
And sorry for any mistakes english isn't my first language
Take care
Edit:
Lmao I got too serious I forgot to even say what I wanted to
Your reactions are a mood tbh and I like how you actually say if you're uncomfortable or don't like something
I first saw your reaction to "mary on a cross live" and I'm just going down the list I'll probably stay and watch more reactions after I've seen your ghost ones.
I don't comment much cause as you see I tend to not stop when I start lol but I have been enjoying your reactions thank you
Griftwood and Kaisarion will get you hooked
A melhor parte é ele reagindo a parte do salve satan kkk
Year zero(and he is) got me into ghost
This song live is insane!
I bet the theatrics were awesome!
Would u go to a ghost concert???
I get a kick out of watching you cringe over the lyrics. Weren't you wearing an Iron Maiden t-shirt on earlier videos? C'mon...The Number of the Beast? You need to take this with a grain of salt, they're amazing entertainers! Besides, yes "he will ascend to the heavens"...Lucifer was the favorite angel chosen to be the Lord of Hell, right? At some point he wants to go back home(sorry, this is mostly coming from my watching the tv show "Lucifer" which is also amazing, by the way, I recommend it!).
What's always been funny about Number of the Beast to me is that the song actually is pro-Christian/anti-Satan. It tells a first person story of a dude who sees devil worship, wants to stop it, but tragically becomes the next victim. The moral of the story is that evil powers are dangerous, watch out, or they're gonna get ya! Like, it plays out like a horror movie more than anything else, haha. It would be like saying the Exorcist is a pro-Satan movie, haha
So go figure there would be a big batch of Christians that would just be like, "Wow, that guitar is loud, clearly the work of devil worshippers."
@@MetalJosh_ Tobias Forge (frontman and main songwriter/mastermind for Ghost) had some bad experiences growing up with the Catholic Church, and this band is 100% parody of the Church. His concept for the band was an imaginary Satanist church, where the Antipope has to lead the band. XD
Yes, the first 3 albums are almost entirely about the devil, (and everything since has had a lot to do with the devil too), but it's all with tongue in cheek. And live, they really play it for laughs. Nothing is taken seriously here, except making really catchy music!
Spillways as a pallet cleanser
"A little dark, a little iffy"
"Facts!"
That's my Ghost
Welcome Year Zero
btw, this song live f****** ends you
The Ghost B.C. thing was a legal deal. They were only B.C. in the US. There was already a band here named Ghost, and they had to ad the B.C. to not get sued.
Eu amo suas reações, é tão espontâneo e contagiante kkkkk não entendo muito bem o que você diz mas da pra te entender pela sua linguagem corporal, isso é bom em um video de react!! enfim, year zero é um choque total pra alguns novatos no fandom, digo isso pois só conheço o ghost a 2 meses e meu primeiro contato com essa música foi muito "meu deus, que tenebroso" kkkk mas enfim, eu recomendo que você ouça Cirice, Witch Image e Ritual 💗
You really need to try listening to faith by ghost I love it!!
Soooo funny you take it seriously.😂
@@MetalJosh_ Ok, you just looks so very troubled here and there. But maybe that's because some christian relatives might watch?
As many astute commentators have pointed out, Ghost is not a satanic band in the traditional sense of the term. Tobias Forge has a deep love for using Satān to allude to other subjects. But what’s important to keep in mind is that he’s a gifted multi instrumentalist and amazing lyricist and Ghost is such a fun band to rock out to. Considering the content for too long can take away from that, so I would suggest to any new listener of Ghost to 1) Have fun and 2) don’t take anything too seriously. Christians, Muslims, Jews: all are welcome at Papa’s alter 🤘😈
Tbh should’ve known it was dark when the first thing spoken in song is names of demons
It's all for show. Like Alice Cooper does.
Tobias has said he was into Satanism when he was really young,but not anymore.
GHOSTIES ASSEMBLE 😂😂
*TRY WITH GHOST INFESTISSUMAM/PER ASPERA AD INFERI* 🔥
*INCLUDING MONSTRANCE CLOCK*
Fav song by them
Listen to he is. Amazing even though it's about the devil 😈
It's that fan video with the wrong lyrics again. I grew up as a Christian too. And I'm not one now. Also, they're not Satanists. They're subverting organized religion's BS promotional material of cute and lovely sounding songs about wildly screwed up stuff.
The lyrics are right
DANCE MACABRE is my favorite song
The artistic standpoint of Ghost seems to be Satan is the good guy. Now, what their beliefs are I do not think have been publicly stated, but this is certainly the charters being portrayed. The song Call Me Little Sunshine lays it out pretty well. Now a real Satanist would be King Diamond (or his original band Mercyful Fate.) Check out the songs A Dangerous Meeting, Evil or At The Graves.
One comment mentioned this but I'd like to just make sure it's like, known known..
It is welcoming year zero, because when the anti-christ is born the year count restarts, just like when Jesus was born, it started back to year zero
Also, pretty sure the only reason you sometimes see "B.C." in the band name is because, well their name is "Ghost" but when they came to America there were copyright issues so they had to add the "B.C." when in America, and that is also why the singer, Tobias Forge had to out himself, for the lawsuit.
I wouldn't say they are maliciously satanic or honestly even satanic at all. They have some very interesting messages in their lyrics. They subliminally criticize many many things that are wrong with religion and honestly, I agree. I really recommend you watch some lyric analysis on their songs because it seriously makes you think.
*also note that modern religion has made satanism to be such a malicious belief (this is an excerpt from "The Pacifist's Way to Satanism" by Rebecca Shapiro)*
Exactly right. There are many different kinds of Satanists, but most don’t actually believe in Satan and don’t worship him as either a god or as a force of evil. For the most part, Satanists are non-theists and view Satanism as a personal liberation from traditional theistic beliefs. We value nonconformity and revolt against the ideas of superstition and arbitrary authority. Modern Satanists are nonviolent and interested in the pursuit of reason, justice, and truth.
This song/album is about the birth of the Antichrist. They write music as if they are an evil band with an Anti-pope as a singer and nameless ghouls playing instruments. I believe the quote is that "the band is Santanic, but none of the members are Satanists". Think of this as a musical version of a horror movie. It's just theatrics. Super fun and funny band.
C'mon! Don't you say that you were dying to headbang and scream "HAIL SATAAAAN! ARCHANGELOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"...
React to monstrance clock and kiss to the go goat please
our honest reaction to THAT part of the song 7:19
what a banger is this song, nah
hahah this was funny :D
I know this is an old video but I want to point out that the lyric is incorrect. He doesn't say "Hail Satan" he sings "Hell Satan". I think it's pretty funny that nost people miss this because Ghost is known for wordplay like that.
Yeah it's dark but it's not as if they truly worship the devil, it's mostly for character since they are a theme band. Tobias has a wife AND a kid too.
Yes this one is definitely flat out what you think it is and luckily there's a lot more Ghost to enjoy that won't make you uncomfortable. Listen to Cirice. I respect everyone's religion so check out Griftwood it's beautiful. Glad you like the music! Weirdly every song still brings me joy, yes even this one. 🤣🤣😈😈👻👻💖💖💖🎵🎵🎵🔥🔥
The thing about Satan is that he does speak truth.
I think you would really like Ritual!
You should react to kiss the go goat
I read somewhere that it was written as Hell Satan and not Hail Satan lol
To correct the person who made the lyric video but its HELL SATAN not Hail satan
It isnt, "Dark"... ITS THE OPPOSITE!!!!!! LIGHT BRINGER, LITTLE SUNSHINE!!.. OPEN YOUR EYE.... IT IS THE BRIGHTEST ONE OF ALL.
If you want a pretty chill song that isn’t at all dark and satanic, check out Behemoth “Bartzabel” lol.