#aptnd

[spookyghouly]

wait hold on i’m learning from tags about the concert last night that people might not know ghost used to do the if you have ghosts cover live during a pale tour named death era in 2018!!! y’all omg introducing the band is my favorite bit they’ve ever done, and copia’s speech is so sweet <3 tumblr may eat this but i’m linking below

“let’s not forget that not everybody goes home with someone. aw… that has been me many times as well. sometimes, you go home alone. but I want you to remember one thing: if you have the spirits with you, you’re never really alone. and another thing: things change. things always change. do you realize that? do you know this already? you got that!! good. so just be patient. things change.”

[zombiequeenblog]

What was your inspiration to start writing Copia and Mouse?

The first story was simply a desperate expulsion of dark fantasy. I learned about Ghost during the Cardinal era and that "Faith" music video from APTND did something to my pussy that could not be walked back. The Cardinal to me was someone dark, depraved, and exciting, the embodiment of every villain I had always been drawn towards. And who better to compliment the satanic rat than a church mouse? A girl with a faith left behind in her painful youth, ready for the taking by an unstoppable force. Ready for more pain from one delighted to dole it out. I left Mouse mainly without details because I wanted the reader to be able to more easily see themselves in the story, but she is undeniably a self-insert for me. I simply kept going, writing further and further as their love grew, and I don't have any ending in sight for them yet. I am glad others enjoy reading about them, and so grateful for the sweet comments and questions! Thank you <3

[batgirlcopia]

the costume changes and design on this tour are definitely a highlight that i wouldnt trade for anything but i also kind of miss a bit the set design they had going before like for the platforms they had back at aptnd and the plague doctors ...

[rightintheghoulies]

Ghost - Witch Image "Live APTND 2018" (Multicam + great audio) (Final Ve...

*cardi leans in suddenly* *clap clap clap* *fucks off again*

[keo6323]

man i should've reblogged from the beginning-

these are my screenshots of the notes and. uhm. That does sort of make sure we get that hanging them is implied while also saying "Oh it's just a reference to the song". I added the Copia note because I think their placement is somewhat interesting. All other notes were on the floor, or stuck in the chair/hangman board. Not so these two, they're hanging straight up on these ropes, over both chairs in the middle, the chairs facing each other. All other chairs are not touching the floor, hanging in the air randomly and making a circle around the two chairs in the middle. The grammophon and hangman board seem almost out of place in the rest of the room.

I went back to his text at the statue and I have multiple questions.

First off, the paragraph phrasing is weird! Maybe its a bug, or something related to my PC, but it's weird. Then, he died to an "accident", died to "stranglers". Which of course has to be worded this weirdly for the door hint, but as far as I'm concerned it was syringe, poison and go and not... strangled. Also, the autopsy part. Seems like they were only put together all nicely for APTND and not actually... well. I speculate: to cover up how exactly they died. Honestly, if I do take strangling into consideration then our boy was poisoned, strangled, his head was cut off and posed with, he was sewn together to be exhibited- He's playing the death bingo and winning in every department.

Bonus: Copias poster. Second screenshot is from chapter 12

What honestly ticked me off a lot too was Primos(?) room where there were pictures of Nihil, Primo and Secondo, all of them crossed out but none of Terzo. Based on the note about Copia (sticking to the message: 9) does make me wonder what Imperator wants the clergy to represent. The note almost seems like a school report card, somehow, but in a mocking way.

What also confused me was the bible verse in I think Nihils room. There were all the Screens and at the beginning from the Spillway video, "Job 10:1" flashed. The verse was also at the end of the video, but I added a more readable screenshot of it.

Which does remind me a lot of the general theme for Meliora, and Absolution/From the Pinnacle to the Pit specifically. But maybe I'm getting delusional here-

Let’s speak about Terzo’s room : |

The spoilers to the “Escape the Ministry” game are below ↓

1. The ropes and the chairs are probably related to strangling mentioned in the previous note about Terzo. Maybe this is a surrealistic remembrance of his death? Was he hanged in this version of events? I don’t know English enough to assert confidently.

2. Now for the notes. The first one contains the following:

List of best people to hang around:

Sister Imperator

Papa Nihil

Mr. Saltarian

This is the game of words. My English is not perfect so I ask the Enslish-speaking folks to help me. Doesn’t it look like a list of candidates for being hanged? If Terzo weren't dead, I'd think he is planning a murder of all the people who were not loyal to him.

3. The other note tells us that Papa IV used to spend time in the Ministry. And here is this game of words again. Is someone trying to keep an eye on Copia’s location?

4. The hangman. It’s not finished. To whom it is intended? Is it a nod to Terzo’s murder, or?..

What do you think of it, my Enslish-speaking friends?

[blacklight-ghoulette]

Last video is rare footage of a rehersal in Belgium 2018, thanks to Erich Bertti on instagram for sharing it with us!

Interesting hearing Square Hammer without vocals, and if you look close enough, ghouls out of mask *but you can’t tell anything really, or I can’t at least). The lights are amazing!

[copias-cape]

Dewdrop & ‘SIsters of Sin’ flag in Bochum!

⇢[From @mara.grvn on Instagram]

[purityschaos]

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Omg he lifted the tails!!!! *faints* 👻🖤 ~ credit to dnklblauundgelb via twitter ~ Reposted from @lippermine - My lovely friend send me this video from last night ritual and I LOVE it! Thank you SO much Cardi! 🔥 Is this a coincidence? For me it feels kinda scary now, you know, maybe you remember that 3 days ago I complained about the tails because they block our view of his amazing ass and now I see him lifting them for us 😳😍💕 WHY THE HELL DOES HE ALWAYS KNOW WHAT WE WANT???!!!🍑💦💦💦 . . . . . ~ credit to dnklblauundgelb via twitter ~ #apaletournameddeath #apaletournameddeath2019 #paletournameddeath #aptnd #ghosttour #ifyouhaveghost #ghost #thebandghost #bandghost #ghostbc #copia #ghostband #ghostfandom #girlsofghost #hailghost #ghostfans #childrenofghost #ifyouhaveghostyouhaveeverything #throwback #tobiasforge #live #cardinalcopia #cardic #videooftheday #metal #ghostlive #ghostvideo - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BuRP3Zehp67/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vbh1qp18hwdr

[secularhaz-e]

Some of my photos from the Upper Darby, PA (12.11.18) show! 👻

[captainkelso]

I was too short and up in the balcony to see this tiny thot licking his finger during Cirice but now it will not be unnoticed!

Boston, Dec 14

[spookyghouly]

hot take but ghost could sell out these venues by themselves. I understand having an opener because it’s a fun, bite sized way to get exposed to new bands and warm up the crowd. but mastodon? volbeat? why the double headliner?? you’ll just get half of the audience who doesn’t even want to be there. I just wanna have fun with my ghesties at a ghouls only event again :\\

[arctighoul]

Heyy, do you have like any sort of guide for people (like me) who is starting to stan Ghost? Thank you <3

First of all, welcome welcome! You surely are in for a ride! Sadly the only guide I have made is of the era 4 ghouls that's pinned on my blog page BUT I guess I could do a quick little Beginner's Guide to Ghost. I don't know how much you've already researched so I'll treat this as an absolute beginner's guide. Also I'm writing this on the app so beat me in the town square for the formatting.

This is Ghost

Well actually that's a Swedish dude named Tobias Forge BUT he runs this whole band...project? thingy? Makes the songs, plays instruments on the albums et cetera et cetera. He also has a lovely wife and kids so keep your horny at bay, my wrist slapping hand is ready to strike. Oh yeah and he's the one playing all the papas (the skull daddies who do the singing) except Papa Nihil. Speaking of...

Papas???

THESE are the skull daddies I spoke of earlier, known as Papa Emeritus I, II, III and IV. Every album has given us a new papa... kind of. When Prequelle (4th album) came out we got a dude who looked like a rat and was named Cardinal Copia, also known as just Copia or Cardi C. However, during the last day of the tour A Pale Tour Named Death (APTND) Copia got turned into a Papa Emeritus because he had done such a good job! And now he's also called Popia for shits and giggles. Oh also they fucking murked papas I-III to show them off in glass cases for the VIP ticket holders because I guess that's what one does when touring America. But guess what else you need on tour?

GHOULS!

These are the Nameless Ghouls! They don't have official names but the fans have given them nicknames to tell them easier apart. They do the playing and backup vocals on tours. They do not play on the albums. They're paid to play their instruments on tours. They get new fits every tour. The rule of ghoul outfit is 1. Mask that you can't easily see out of and 2. If you don't feel like you are in hell when you're playing outside on a festival in +30°C heat (that's fucking hot Fahrenheits) or look like the KKK (disclaimer: they're not the KKK I swear they just made some questionable choices in festival gear back in the days long ago you can lower your pitchforks) on first glance it's not a ghoul outfit.

Now you might have yelpped out loud "Oh my lord Jesus Christ there's a lot of them!" or some variation of that and you don't know just how right you are! Ghost has had a looooooooooooot of ghouls during the years. Some have stayed a short while, some longer. There was a big drama some years ago when some of the then current ghouls went "this is bs Tobias is keeping all the money to himself" and Tobias said "no that's incorrect" and the ghouls left and there was a lawsuit that Tobias won. After that we got our current lineup of ghouls minus one ghoulette that joined this year. I mean a couple of the current ghouls played in the 3rd era lineup as well. ANYWAY the tl;dr of ghoul history is there have been many, there was a bit of a shit storm, but we good now.

I think that's the basics. Go watch the Chapter videos on Ghost's YT for silly lore and you'll meet Sister Imperator and Papa Nihil as well!

[gabrielasilent]

I will be posting videos and pics from past rituals 🖤 APTND

[wackography]

@/telluloid

[just-a-fretting-lemon]

Typical. I finally get a job after looking for over a year, admittedly with varying levels of intensity during that time, and I finally get a job that isn't SW... Just in time for the Ghost euro tour to end and will only get to see them this year if I dish out a ridiculous amount to Metallica and on London hotels. That kind of money for 50 minutes tops of Ghost, and the joy 🙄 of putting up with hoards of metal-elitist-gatekeeping middle-aged edgelord Metallica fanboys for hours like the dickhead and his wife who harassed me and my girlfriend in the street for wearing band patches, is just not justifiable.

I just wanna get my Ghost fix without the anxiety of wondering if another aggressive old man is gonna start grabbing my jacket or yelling about/reaching to grab for my "SJW" hair, or getting up in our faces ripping patches off my girls jacket and telling us we're too young to know "real metal", spraying us all in beer-reeking spit.

Can you tell I've got some baggage over this?? I feel 10000% safe and at home in a Ghost crowd, regardless of age, gender or size of the people around me. Generic metal crowds, it starts going down. Mainstream gigs like Metallica, forget it.

[call-me-aureum]

Fanmade poster + ticket for APTND 2019