Ghost frontman Tobias Forge has opened up about the time he suffered a terrifying panic attack while performing onstage roughly 10 years ago — a scare that’s led him to rethink his approach to playing unfamiliar venues.
In a new interview with Metal Hammer , Forge recalled the moment that resulted in Ghost pausing a concert in the UK back in 2015.
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“Throughout my years in in masks, I’ve developed a not comfortable claustrophobia,” he said. “It’s the idea of having something over your throat, being completely engulfed, completely enclosed.” Related Video
That claustrophobia turned into panic during the aforementioned 2015 gig at Leeds Beckett University. Midway through a performance of the song “Con Clavi Con Dio,” Forge exited the stage and removed his cos