So ‘Lachryma’ Is Basically A Glam Metal Anthem Then

I’ve resisted Ghost for quite a while now. I don’t know why, exactly… the band just sort of annoyed me. I finally gave them a chance during a workout the other day. Most notably “Lachryma” from the album Skeletá has real Glam bona fides. I mean, the chorus is memorable, easy and sing-along. The guitar solo at the 3-minute mark is straight from the RATT and Dokken playbooks. Then there’s the video itself: dark, macabre, expensive: just like Motley Crue would like.

Of course, Ghost is a thematic band in the vein of KISS with their costumes and fake allegiance to Satan, the underworld or other “dangerous” things.

I don’t know why “Lachryma” struck me so much, except for the fact that the 80s metal love is overtly strong on this one. Ghost is from Sweden, so it makes sense. Plus, singer and main songwriter Tobias Forge was in Crashdïet before that band was famous, so that checks too.

Skeletá reached the top spot on the Billboard 200 - an amazing feat for a metal band, either in 1985 or 2025.

Anyway, “Lachryma” is on my permanent playlist now.