Speaking to Kerrang!, Forge spoke about his decision to take a break from the road after the completion of ‘Skeletour’, which supported the release of the band’s 2025 album, ‘Skeletá’.
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He told the publication: “There’s a lot of people depending on you, let alone all these people buying tickets. For most of my career, I’ve been very triggered by that, in a positive way.
But now, with a lack of a clear direction of where to go, I don’t want to have that responsibility on my shoulder. I can carry that when I’m there, but when I’m not there, it’s too tiresome.”.
He also went on to say he was “exhausted” after completing the 70-date tour earlier this year, back in February.
Reflecting on it now, he explained: “When you’re done with the big wedding, you’re not gonna get married again immediately after. I don’t want to call it a bookend, but it serves as a great finale.
I feel like, ‘If this is it, I’m pretty pleased. This is a fucking great repertoire, great band, they sound phenomenal.’ We managed to do this awesome show most of the nights, and I couldn’t be happier.”.
He continued: “Everything was great up until the moment when I was sort of eyeing the end of a tour and not knowing for the first time in our career what to do next.
And that was kind of the get-the-fuck-out-of-Dodge card, which is: I’m not gonna just go back to make an album or force myself to make an album for no reason. I need to want to make a record.
Back in February, Forge explained how he was planning a hiatus after the last tour, saying that he “needs to be home” for a while.
In an appearance on Full Metal Jackie, Forge was asked about his life outside of the band, and revealed that he was planning on taking some time away to focus on his family.
Forge also said that he has other creative projects lined-up outside of Ghost too, and wants to take some downtime if he is going to find more inspiration.
Discussing the future of the masked metal band, he added: “I’ve come to a point where I still have ideas, I still have dreams, I still have things that I think we have not achieved — definitely the wish list is still there — but that’s gonna be at some other point.”.
Last year, NME spoke to Forge about the future of Ghost, and the singer opened up about wanting to bring the “lore” of the band to an end.
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