Tobias Forge, a.k.a. Papa Emeritus IV, center, leads the Swedish heavy metal band Ghost. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Onstage at Anaheim's Honda Center arena, Tobias Forge is not himself.

Hail Ghost! Hail Tobias Forge! Hail Skeletá! The prospect of eternal damnation has never sounded so enticing, infectious or fun as it did on the night of Monday, July 21 when Ghost played to a nearly ...

A big part of the appeal of Swedish occult rockers Ghost is the mystique surrounding them. With rotating fictional frontmen and a legion of masked ‘Nameless Ghouls’ as backing musicians, the band work ...

“Confess your sins” is carved in gothic letters on the wood above the crimson-curtained entrance to a strange little booth tucked inside the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles. And sure, rock stars ...

Like pretty much everyone else, Tobias Forge spent the pandemic stuck at home. The musical rumble helps build character, according to organizers, and will feature 19 area schools. Musicians from ...

It was perhaps the most outrageous queue I've ever seen at a Birmingham gig in my 20-odd years of seeing shows at the NIA. That's the Utilita Arena, on paper, the city's biggest gig venue outside of ...

‘Tis the season for towering skeletons, house-sized spider webs and front yard graveyards in Central New York. That’s right, Halloween is just around the corner, and a drive down almost any block will ...