I love how they are always vibing to it at the beginning and then they gradually stop as they realise what's going on in the lyrics

This song actually won the Grammy for best heavy metal song in 2016.

I remember going to church at age 12 because my mother thought it would help our situation. The preacher was saying almost everything in these lyrics

It's impossible not to headbang when the main riff kicks in

It's funny how Vin says the church can do this manipulation of vulnerable people.... Cirice means church

"A lot of churches are like this." And now you understand Ghost. Watch the video for 'He Is'.

Tobias is an absolute genius songwriter & composer... this song is so powerful its almost overwhelming... "i can feel the thunder thats breaking in your heart, i can see through the scars inside you..." mmm mmm mmm yeah, the one who comes along is Lucifer

This song is basically the Devil meeting someone on their own level. Being relatable to them and understanding, rather than being seen as this big greater being that you're supposed to live up to; he comes down to your level and shows you that you're not alone. The Devil doesn't have to be seen as an evil character. Sometimes, honestly, when a god is seen as a higher and greater being, the Devil saying these words and being this relatable is much more comforting than having to improve one's self just to be recognised. Sure, it could be seen as the Devil leading someone to his side but when it's under these terms, that he accepts you for who you are and doesn't expect you to live up to standards other than your own, a lot of people, including myself, would prefer to follow him or at least his ideology, in comfort that we are accepted and loved without having to comply to someone else's life standards.

ghost - year zero this song will be great for you guys to react to

Ghost AKTUALLY won a Grammy for this ( please don't hurt me if you already knew😂😂) Also love how adamant sori is on this not being about the devil. 😂

Their live performance of Monstrance Clock from hellfest where they throw condoms into the crowd while a childrens choir sings backup vocals is my favorite.

Cirice might be my favorite Ghost song. Unnerving yet beautiful lyrics (I know the song's about religious indoctrination, but still, haha), and just some kickass music behind it all. That opening riff is pure gold.

"I feel your presence amongst us/ You cannot hide in the darkness" might refer to the actual person he's trying to reach out to. Because a heartbroken person can try conceal their pain so others can't see.

The subtlety of Ghost's "satanic" theme is basically their whole point lol. They have this happy music on the surface with darkness kind of hidden beneath it. Check out Absolution by Ghost if you want some heavier Ghost Vin! Either that or Con Clavi Con Dio if you want some of their darker/heavier stuff. Their first album is by far the most "satanic".

I really like Sori's interpretation. This song is catchy and an easy listen, and it's much nicer to hear it as a person speaking to another truly seeing them. Straight up, it's the Devil's Pope speaking. Much of Ghost's material is not presented as the devil speaking, or in praise of the devil. It's more of a satirical poke at how most sects of Christianity work. How the belief is spread. A commentary on how dangerous blind faith is.

Amazing social commentary in here, Vin! Love this reaction from you two! You guys have been KILLIN it lately! Keep it up!

Vin & Sori, Cirice, it pronounced "SirEEce" Word has different spellings in other languages, but in Old English means "Church"

ghost - he is

Thank you for the honest reaction for this song. I think this song relates to the pain in people's hearts. It was really endearing to see how much you guys care about people. I wish there were more people like you in this world. Can't wait for the next Ghost reaction!!

This song always gives me goosebumps. Will be seeing them in concert next month!

You need to react to Ghost: Faith

Ghost - Monstrance Clock

out of all the KZfaq reaction pages this one is by far the best. The breakdown and actual attempt to comprehend the words is amazing. Kudos to Vin and Sori for their intellectual breakdowns.

Hey Vin and Sori. I love you two. I don't often make comments on your videos but I wanted you to know I watch as many of your reviews and reactions as I can and you two both help me with a lot of things you don't even know about.. I sort of feel like you two are kind of like an extended family I don't often get to talk to. I never go to anyone with my problems, but watching you two just helps somehow. Thanks a lot, truthfully.

Wow, I’ve known about this song for ages, even have all of Ghost’s albums. But up until I heard you say ‘Cirice’ in this video I always read it as ‘Circle’, not realising it was spelt differently 😂

Sori on point with interpreting lyrics these days. That thunder in the heart thing was really on point. Nice one. Also, yeah, this song is quite catchy.

I leant many new words watching your vid. Great work!

Loving your reactions, massive kudos on listening and not judging on the genre

Ghost is such an underrated band. Glad they are getting some recognition now. Sabaton-The Last Stand is needed now.

This was the song that won them the 2016 Grammy for best metal performance and its possibly still my favorite song from that riff is just absolutely ear splitting and crunchy and tobias just kills it on vocals their one of my favorite bands of the last few years everything from their theatrics to actual talent as musicians i love them i highly recommend he is by ghost it's off the same album

This was such an interesting discussion. Absolutely love Ghost and absolutely love you guys. I'd love to hear what thoughts their song "He Is" sparks within you two.

Love your Ghost Reactions!!

This is the devil indeed. But there is another level of interpretation. It is in fact a critique and sort of a mockery of cult indoctrination preying on broken people. This is a recuring theme in Ghost songs. Ghost is all about ambiguity and their music channels that with seductive almost cheesy pop melodies on top of heavy riffs.

I love Ghost, i'm an agnostic, and honestly I clicked these bored, at first, to scoff at these vids. BUT Sori, your open heart, and Vin your ability to treat different views as that, views, and not just evil.. wow. I subscribed, and am very much impressed with your characters. If more of your faith had your souls? That would be world changing.

Great reaction video for Ghost...I believe they are heading to the top of the herd in the rock and metal world!!

Sori all your videos feel like hugs for me, so keep making them :) I fell in love with ghost and it's actually the band that's making me calmer and more self aware on some weird level because i'm bipolar and have split personality disorder.

GHOST (previously known as GHOST B.C. as in Spirit Before Christ)... Greatly underrated band. They're not truly "Satanic" but make fun of silly parts of the religions. That many of them have the same quirks and flaws. Like bands that reflect on society. GHOST raises a mirror to Religion. Including "Satanism". They don't avoid certain chords or notes. They don't avoid 5th, 6th (Angel Chords) and 8th chords (The Gabriel chord). They don't avoid Octives (8 Arch Angels). They're not trying to reinvent 13th Structure (symbolic of the day of the month Queen Elizabeth executed Catholics).

I love how the head rocking really hesitated when the words came in. Get over it, Ghost is an amazing band and it doesn't matter whether you're a christian or not. Enjoy it. You live only once.

I really like Vin's reasoning. The lyrics of Ghost was what drew me to them as they are surprisingly knowledgeable and well put together. I am not sold on Ghost being a genuine satanist group though. Remember that a good artist, or a craftsman, studies his craft to get better.

I'm in awe of the depth of your analysis of this song! You have really made me think! I'm an agnostic leaning towards atheism, but even though I don't really have faith (I have tried, it didn't work out), I'm doing my best to be a good person and always think of others, not just myself or my family. I think it is human, no matter what your personal view of life is. I have Christian and spiritual friends and I respect their beliefs deeply, because in the end their view of life is so close to mine. You sound a lot like my friends, the kind of religious people I could befriend easily. I think your analysis of this song is pretty much on point. It's not simply a song about devil's deeds, but about the abuse of power in general. When I first discovered Ghost, I was absolutely amazed how brilliant their songwriting was (I strongly recommend Meliora, their masterpiece so far. Their latest album Prequelle is great, but not as good). But at the same time I was upset with their lyrics and image. As an agnostic, I don't like it when any kind of religious (or nonreligious) agenda is pushed with music, be it Christian, Satanic, or whatever. So I had to watch and read some interviews of Ghost members. They seemed to be very level-headed people and the singer had a great sense of humor. I understand that doesn't mean he is not a Satanist, but I can agree with many things he has said in the interviews. So far I don't have a problem with his view of life and I can take Ghost's music and gigs as a form of amusement. I also feel their music is resonating strongly with the current affairs of the world. I think music does not really affect the state of the world, but the state of the world affects music. You get what you order. I just wanted to say this because so many people were recommending Ghost to you because they want to see your reaction to music that appears to be very Satanic. TL;DR IMO you can be a fan of Ghost, no matter what your religion or view of life is.

Aww when Sori got a little choked up toward the end... *virtual hugs* While the song is probably about the devil, the thing about music is it doesn't have to soley be viewed as what the writer intended it to be. You can interperate it how you want, that's the beauty of art.

22:51 What Vin says here, and how Sori gets *very* emotional, evoked a strong emotional and a intellectual response in me. In a nutshell, the saying fits: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." And, to quote the *entire* lyrics of Napalm Death's 1987 recognized-by-Guinness-World-Records classic song You Suffer: "You suffer-but why?"

Sori is such a sweet person. Have a virtual hug! 🤗

The video is awesome!!!

Well done sori. Dont be a snob vin. Vin don't need to be heavy or complex to get higher than a 6.😉 Guarantee you with be humming this later "can you hear the thunder"

Also “Secular Haze” is a really cool 60-70’s tv style live performance music video. Almost like the classic boy pop bands used to do coming out of the 60’s. Its good stuff. Their studio live performances are also worth watching instead of lyric videos. But I agree its less distracting without the visual.

Wow I was just wondering if you two have listened to this song and then BOOM I scroll down and it's right there in my recommended

Sori, Ghosts music does that to you. Makes me feel happy and emotional when I listen to them. Especially going through the shit that I am at the moment. 🤘🏼

Since one of my colleagues did an interview with Tobias Forge recently, I will just post some excerpt here to see how his relationship to religion is (sorry for potential errors in translation, I was too lazy to translate sentece by sentence from german and just threw it into google translator): Small topic change. In an interview you recently did with Revolver, you said that you turned away from religion early on. Then all this symbolism at GHOST. One question that came up in the newsroom was: What would you do if you were the real pope? So if you had the power over such a powerful and potentially evil organization as the Catholic Church? (Long pause) Me, uh ... That's a good question (pause). The Church and the Vatican are undoubtedly based on a heritage that they maintain, that causes many problems for us in the Western world and that I think they could erase. I personally do not think that the church is bad per se. I'm not a militant atheist or something. I believe that a certain amount of hope and imagination is good for us. I think that certain values ​​are useful in society. The problem is that many of these values ​​have been taken and patented for themselves. Your copyright on it. Everyone knows that you should not hit people in the face. What I think I would do first would be to turn churches into museums. They should be protected because they are part of our cultural heritage. So I do not want to burn down churches. From churches that were built in the sixties and seventies, so only modern concrete blocks, you could make youth centers, or bars. Turn them into something meaningful. Then I would probably suggest a serious debate about why I think marijuana is better than alcohol. Marijuana makes people happy and makes them nice to each other. Alcohol causes people to punch each other in the mouth and rape. Ultimately, I want people to be nice and relaxed (pause). Yes, these things are on my first day on the agenda. Of course, many principles would have to be changed, but this is the short version. After all, it does not take churches to have a sense of togetherness. There was a good example after a GHOST concert recently. There a fan collapsed and later died. A GHOST fan club then launched a crowdfunding campaign for his family. The goal was $ 1,000. When I looked earlier, the stand was already at almost $ 9,500. Does it make you proud to have created such a helpful community? It makes me very happy to see that people are so compassionate. Most of the people I meet and talk to are very warm and very human. That's the irony of the whole. I think that the message I want to convey with GHOST is much more human than anything the shitty Vatican ever did. Not just because of us, but above all because the people who matter are so life-affirming. I do not know how many people I've met who told me that they were already suicidal or stuck in life crises and the music helped. What could be more fulfilling than that? We want people to be happy. I think Bob Dylan once said that art is something that inspires people to create art themselves. And if that's the basic essence of art, I have to say that I'm extremely satisfied, because so many people come to our shows and bring us drawings, sculptures, everything. These are boxes full of gifts that we have together after each tour. Or all the things that are posted online. I just forgot what I was trying to do with it. But for being a "bad" band, we seem to be part of a very good movement. A very well-meaning, very human, very positive movement. I think that's a funny paradox if you look at what the Vatican is saying. Of course they would be against what we do because we are "evil". But our fans are probably happier than they are. I think their method is wrong. They make people feel guilty because they are not doing enough. Whatever that means. Do not pay enough. Do not regret it enough. Probably not paying enough. Yes exactly. But what you should not forget is that GHOST as a band is basically a business. Not less than the Vatican. You are selling a product. Yes, we sell a product. They do that too. You just pack it differently. Everyone knows that they sat down in Nicaea in 325 and put together the package now known as the Bible to control the Christian movement in Rome. This was definitely a commercial plan. The result has since been used constantly by people who exploit others and use them to their own advantage

Ghost-faith, please!! 🤘

Ha! Loved the fingers at the camera early on in the song. Also you need to make a t-shirt that has a picture of Vic with his fingers to his face as he stairs into the great chasm of the galaxies as he does in ever video

Thank you guys for reacting to the songs without pausing it hahah

There's a difference between what the song means and what one think it means. If you feel or think something else than the other, it's just preferences and opinions. There is no right or wrong when it comes to ones own opinion on what art or music for example feels or makes you think. If Sori feels like it's a love song, then it is, in her mind, and nothing should try to change it, imo :) PS: Ghost, Zenith. A great one.

as many people have already pointed out, 'Cirice' means church in old english. In my opinion, the song is about men of the church taking advantage of hopeless, vulnerable people ('Cant you see that you're lost.. without ME?'). Even if you're christian, that message should still speak to you since I'm sure no christian would in their right mind ever be supportive of such acts.

Dude, Vin just been blowin my mind all over the place...

Awesome video once again! I got a suggestion, Apocalypse Orchestra - The Garden of Earthly Delights

That's exactly what I was talking about in one of my earlier comments about similarities between Christianity and Satanism. The concept remains the same but it can be named (or ascribed) differently. The agent that sees the thunder in your heart that everyone overlooks can be the devil (as meant in the song) but it can also be God, if you choose so. For a Satanist God is the uncaring tyrant who doesn't understand your nature and Satan is your ally who gets your pain. For a Christian Satan is the deceiver who pretends to side with you and God is the one who knows you better than you know yourself and loves you the way you are. Same stuff, different definitions.

ACTUALLY.... It's "si-reese" lol Awesome song, and thanks for another great video 🤘

you two are so nice to watch :) by the way Ghost is my favorite Band for at least one year now :)

I love ya'll reacting to Ghost. I always get a really good Bible study.

This song is actually about churches, cirice on old English is "church", it is saying how religion has thought humans how broken and bad they are and that they need to be with the religion to be good and whole again, if not we will be forever lost.. Now from my pov (I don't believe in god) religion is a really dumb thing, but I can see that it can keep people grounded and thats why I think its also a good thing to have, so people have some form of fear of losing their chance to "heaven"..to me religion is really dumb if you take it seriously, I can take it methaphorically that the whole thing about god and devil is actually talking about god and devil in humans themselves, but to actually believe that biblical stories are reallity is beyond moronic and ur nothing but a sheep that is blinded by a methaphorical narrative. (luv you all, please don't get offended

That line "I can feel the thunder that's breaking in your heart" brings tears to my eyes 🥺❤

Great interpretation love that you had different opinions this music is art at it,s best

It's a love song. Good episode

Ha ha! You broke the code. This is why I think Ghost is so awesome because while the hardcore metalhead disregard them as being commerical they are the best representation of the Devil because of their seductiveness. I hear the lyrics "Are you ready to swear right here, right now before the Devil?" sung while going for commercial break during the NFL football game and I cannot believe how a song like that got through. But if you sugar coat things everything can be swallowed. Just like John Lennons 'Imagine' which is anti-nationalist and anti-religion but is played by church bells.

Actually, DAVID BOWIE'S BLACKSTAR would be another great review. The video alone hold symbolic esoteric meaning that you'd find intriguing.

first of all, thank you for you videos! I'm not a christian and I don't even know in what I believe, but I really enjoyed your point of view, its really nice to see a video like that, different interpretations, because I feel like if I was talking to both of you about the song, and since I don't have many friends to do this, its great! And its also a great exercise to continue learning english! Thank you!!

Propably my favorite intro of all time just love it

Rats - Ghost I wont see tonight part 1 and 2 - Avenged Sevenfold

Nice vid guys 👌 Korn - faget Rammstein - Mein herz brennt 🤟🤟🤟🙂

James Taylor-Fire and rain.You're gonna love it!!

Thanks for reminding us that in the end, it's good to recognize your suffering but also not depend on anyone else to solve it for you. Take personal responsibility to understand yourself and use that to make yourself a better person.

There is footage of james hetfield head banging to this at festival

i now follow the anit-christ because vin told me i could believe in him 😂😂

The music video for the song kicks ass!

It can be taken in more than 1 way ...and it makes your head bump- thats a sign of a good song!!

You should check out Carach Angren-when crows tick on windows

"AAAAAAAAHHHHH-CYUALLY"

Careful now, don't break up about it - we love those videos

i like the difference of opinion - despite the writers intention you can take from it what you like - this is the beauty of art

I know you guys like to see the lyrics when you listen to the songs but you really have to watch the official videos, for the songs that have them. Some things in the videos will answer a lot of your questions. Also, after, look up what Tobias himself explains regarding the real meaning(s) of the lyrics. Also they are not technically really satanists. The story behind Ghost and the various characters created by Tobias is very intricate. Each album has a theme and is part of the evolution of the story. There are also mini episodes, separate videos, that are like a movie which you have to watch along with listening to the albums in the correct order. I am a brand new fan and it took a while for me to realize the complexity of Tobias Forge's complete creation. I do like your videos and it is interesting to hear your interpretations and discussion. Thank you!

That's the second time Sori made me tear up 😭😭

I feel your presence amongst us, you cannot hide in the darkness. it's the person who's heart is breaking, hiding in the shadows to keep their pain to themselves.

Awesome when your heads shaked in the same time.

You guys gotta do "Year Zero" By Ghost for sho!

I'm 60 but devoted my life to all genre's of music i love it all!! Circie came from Greek mythology she was a siren who lead sailor's to their death, love you guys

I liked your discussion about this one.

you are both very awesome people.

Your next Ghost reaction should be "He Is"

OG ghost Gonna take this opportunity and say I was one of those hipster demigods who liked ghost before they were popular

Seer-reece. Love you guys!!

Good reaction again! "Year Zero" or "Dance Macabre" should be next for Ghost reactions, but I also like their old school stuff like "Ritual" and "Stand by Him".

You all should watch the official video to see if you think it's the devil. What I get from it is that someone is beaten down by conformity to society and a kindred spirit can see it in her and says I understand, I'm the same, come on over. Of course when you see the end of the video you might have a different take...LOL

These guys are very much familiar with religious beliefs and scriptures unlike other bands, just read lyrics from « Year Zero » or « Bible » If you guys want to react to some black metal with GREAT lyrics, try MGLA, « Exercices in futility » 1, 4 or 6 :)

I absolutely love the two of you! Whatching your reactions to the lyrics is priceless. Ya cant explain it away Sori lololol. The "first person" speaker is a dark spirit or the devil. And it still dont keep the song from being killer diller!

The official video is cool. Very 70's Carrie-esque.

Please react to Solitare Unraveling by Mushroomhead

Deus in absentia pllssss

I've been around u guys since 5 subs . And it's safe to say u guys are very genuine ,loving caring . Never judged me for being pagan and suicide survivor . Virtual hugs to the both of you

I wish the reaction video was reacting to the official music video, it helps with understanding the song's lyrics and underlying themes.