After 15 years of relentless touring, album cycles, and ever-escalating theatrics, Ghost may finally be stepping into something unfamiliar: uncertainty.
In a new interview with Adam Wallis of Canada’s Global News, Ghost frontman Tobias Forge revealed that the band has no concrete plans beyond the current North American leg of the Skeletour. Asked what comes next for the Swedish occult rock juggernaut, Forge didn’t sugarcoat it.
“The future is a big, big, big question mark,” he said.
For fans hoping a new release might already be in the pipeline, Forge delivered a blunt reality check.
“As of right now, there is no EP coming,” he confirmed. “We have nothing else planned.”
He did acknowledge that he’s been recording music, but was careful to shut down speculation about what form it might take.
“It’s not a covers EP and it’s not a new Ghost record,” Forge clarified. “I actually do not know exactly what and when anything will happen.”
In an era where bands often tease projects years in advance, Forge’s candor stood out. There’s no secret album, no surprise EP, and no defined creative direction locked in — just open-ended possibility.
A Rare Pause After 15 Years of Momentum
Ghost has spent the better part of a decade and a half operating on a near-constant cycle of writing, recording, touring, and reinventing its masked mythology. From Opus Eponymous to Impera, each album has expanded the band’s scope and audience.
Now, Forge says he’s intentionally leaving space instead of rushing into the next chapter.
“I still have ideas, I still have dreams,” he said. “But that’s gonna be at some other point.”
Rather than burnout, his tone suggested something closer to creative recalibration — a rare moment of breathing room after years of disciplined output.
While Forge didn’t rule out future Ghost music or tours, he made it clear there’s no timeline and no blueprint.
The current North American run of the Skeletour is the only thing locked in. Beyond that, the band’s next move — whether a new album, side project, hiatus, or reinvention — remains completely undefined.
For a band built on meticulous planning, long-term concepts, and evolving alter egos, that ambiguity is striking.
Despite the lack of firm plans, Forge emphasized that he isn’t done creating.
He’s recording. He’s thinking. He’s dreaming. He just isn’t rushing to label anything as “the next Ghost record.”
In other words: Ghost isn’t ending — it’s exhaling.
And for the first time in years, even Tobias Forge doesn’t know exactly what form the next chapter will take.
