One year of devotion

-Do you believe in Satan?  -What really matters is that He believes in us 

Today Ghost Colombia gets one year old spreading the Ghostic gospel . Although during its first months this page had a lone member, thanks to Ghost, you began to arrive. The purpose has been clear from day one: to promote, publicize to the people of our country (and elsewhere)  one of the best bands in the current music scene. Hence the need to accompany this page with a blog in which Spanish speakers could access all the information of the band in our language, respecting Ghost's concept.

Papa Emeritus I

It was a pact in which we accepted our part, our condition of devotées called to convene as many people as we can in order for them to hear the message of the representatives of Satan on earth. What Ghost has proposed, to all their children, as they call us, is that we focus on their show, on their music, their lyrics, their message and not on the messengers, for that reason, we reverence the anonymity of the sect as one of the commandments to fulfill. There are different ways to experience Ghost. Some people are desperately seeking to reveal the identities of its members, but what they want is that we find out the depth of their words, of their codes. That is the real game, is a game of reading, inference,  irony and interpretation that many have reduced to the narrowness of discovering the face behind the mask without looking at the masks that cover our own existence. A Ghoul in an interview said that they are our mirror, their lyrics do not take us but bring us back to the world, to the permanent Apocalipse in which humanity lives, to the Hell where we all, inevitably, will go , to the unconsciousness of our own actions and words, to the distortion of the perversion, and the diabolical  conception that has been focused on women, witches and the devil. The parody is not them, it's us and the rigid schemes that we accept without delay.

Papa Emeritus I. delivered the papal throne to Papa Emeritus II (Linköping, december 15, 2012)

Moreover, we find in music a sublime elaboration that draws from a wide range of expressions, from polyphonic liturgical singing, to classical music, psychedelic rock from the 70's, metal, pop, and why not , punk, resulting in an organic and perfect symbiosis. On the other hand, we enjoy the ability to shock that frames their proposal. Some say the image is not the same with music, that Papa's voice does not fit with the instrumental part, that the lyrics do not go in line with the music, that Latin and pop or rock  do not match ... some metalheads say it is not metal, some black metal lovers believe that the sweet rhythms sound ridiculous, pop fans enjoy the melodies but have trouble accepting much Satanism ... but in the end, a large percentage finishes chanting the catchy melodies and that is the goal, besides, there lies the smart point of their proposal.

Papa Emeritus II.

Finally, we value the fact that they have returned us to the sacred in a deconsecrated world , the ritual in a world and in a context in which the ritual is almost gone. They have reminded us that mysticism is an essential part of the musical work and that is priceless. We thank all the members of Ghost Colombia for opening this door and the people who make up this team. We also want to extend our gratitude to our beloved witches of The Coven for their unconditional support and help!

We will continue to grow as Ghost will and we hope, trusting Satan, that Papa Emeritus II and the Nameless Ghouls visit these satanic lands. We will welcome them with the reverence their majesty deserves.

We conclude with some words from our Ghouls: "You can choose as a part taker, being a member of the crowd, if you wanna take it literally or if you wanna go deeper and there´s a little bit of everything, there are always two sides in every lyric in the songs in the concept itself".

Ave Ghost!

And to commemorate this day we have a new profile picture designed for Ghost Colombia by Jennifer Muller.