Square Hammer (W/Back Vocals) by Spencer4

Spencer4 - Square Hammer (W/Back Vocals)

Spencer4

Oct 17, 2024 03:55am

Are you scared yet?? I know I am!!!! Here it goes... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqoyKzgkqR4&t=2s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ghost - Square Hammer (Official Music Video) (youtube.com)</a> "Square Hammer" is a song by Swedish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">rock</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(Swedish_band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ghost</a>. It was released as the lead single from the group's second EP <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popestar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Popestar</a>. The song peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mainstream Rock</a> chart in January 2017, making the band the first Swedish band to top the chart. "Square Hammer" was one of the official theme songs for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXT_TakeOver:_San_Antonio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">NXT TakeOver: San Antonio</a>" "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudwire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Loudwire</a> named "Square Hammer" the best metal song of 2016 and awarded the video as Best Metal Video in their 6th Annual Loudwire Music Awards in 2017, leading the vote with 39.27% over videos such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenged_Sevenfold" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Avenged Sevenfold</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stage_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Stage</a>" and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slayer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Slayer</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentless" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">You Against You</a>". Also in December 2019, Loudwire named it the Metal Song of the Decade." "Ghost is a Swedish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rock</a> band known for combining costumed theatricality, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">heavy metal</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">arena rock</a>. Formed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%C3%B6ping" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Linköping</a> in 2006, the band released their debut album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_Eponymous" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Opus Eponymous</a> in 2010, which earned them international recognition. This was followed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infestissumam" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Infestissumam</a> in 2013 and in 2015 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meliora_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meliora</a>, which reached number one in Sweden and number eight in the US. This was followed by the albums <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prequelle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Prequelle</a> in 2018 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impera" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Impera</a> in 2022.Renowned for their costumed on-stage presence, Ghost's members, except for the lead vocalist, are known as "Nameless Ghouls".  The lead-singer has performed under the persona of "Papa Emeritus", a character known for its "demonic anti-pope" imagery, while changing this for subsequent tours.In 2017, the identity of the lead-singer was revealed to be Tobias Forge after several musicians who had worked with him on the Ghost project started legal action over royalties. The single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirice" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cirice</a>", earned the band a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Metal_Performance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance</a> in 2016, while they have been nominated for several Swedish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammis</a> awards." <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XkXaNB941Q&t=88s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ghost (live) "Square Hammer" @Berlin April 25, 2017 (youtube.com)</a> <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/2023_Sweden_Rock_-_4309_%2853048871172%29.jpg/1920px-2023_Sweden_Rock_-_4309_%2853048871172%29.jpg" alt="undefined"> >>Kids Playing the song!! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzimEfXbTg8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ghost - Square Hammer Cover By School Kid Band Beyond The Sons Aged 12 to 14 (youtube.com)</a> <img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/ZIDV/7f3f2406d0_CT3H_media.gif"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/QJGZ/c4bf902c58_WWKN_media.gif">SING A SONG STARTING WITH THE FIRST LETTEROF YOUR SINGSNAP USERNAME: < S > Thank you all this contest has been so much fun!!