All Ghost music videos are beautiful in their own ways, but I will be ranking them based on how well they tell the story of the song and the theatrics. There are a total of 14 music videos in their discography. The ranks will be from worst to best, but in no way is this meant to insult the people who made the music videos. There are some songs that are better than other ones and the music videos help with them sounding better.
As much as I hate to put “Monstrance Clock” in last place, it is mostly just a collage of concert clips and behind the scenes of the venue they were at. If this rank was based on how good the songs were, this would definitely be in the top three.
Although this is a lyric video, it does still have a theme to it. This song is lightly based on a lawsuit they had over an alcohol company using the same band name and font as their logo, and so I feel the theme of performing a surgery is really not the best theme to go with for this music video. The visuals were made by Zev Deans (Panorama Programming). The song itself is wonderfully composed and would rank higher if the video was better, and would be higher in the ranking with “Monstrance Clock.”
The song “Secular Haze,” was made ten years ago with the rest of “Infestissumam.” This was their first music video made, and it shows a retro theme. It was able to show the theme well, but it lacks the theatrics that Ghost is known for.
“Kiss the Go-Goat” is a music video that takes place in the 70s. It tells the story of how the band (in their universe) was founded. The clips in the video feel repetitive, so that is why it is placed this low.
The “Spillways” music video was directed by Amir Chadam, and has a creative side to it. This music video would have probably been ranked lower if it did not have the current people associated with the band’s public image, although they are only hired for the live concerts in the video. I think most people do not know this, but the studio recorded versions have different members from the live versions.
“Call Me Little Sunshine” is a good song, but the music video, which was directed by Matt Mahurin and stars Ruby Modine, is confusing. It does follow a plot, but not one that reveals the song’s true meaning.
“Hunter’s Moon” was originally made for “Halloween Kills” as an end credits song. It is ranked as #8 since it does have a good story plot that goes along with the song, but it is mostly not related to Ghost. It was later released again with the album “IMPERA.”
“Year Zero” was Ghost’s first explicit music video. The reason this music video is ranked here is since it is a part of Era 2 of Ghost, which is my favorite era. Here is the censored version of the music video.
“Cirice” feels like something that would be shown in a show like “Supernatural.” It goes off of the story line of a play that is being held in a church, and the girl, who is theorized to be named Cirice, finally puts all of her suppressed emotions out. “Cirice” is directed by Roboshobo.
“He Is” is a thing of its own. The story is based in a church where women get baptized, so it mostly correlates with the song nicely. “He Is” was directed by Zev Deans.
“Square Hammer” has the theatrics I’m looking for. “Square Hanmer” is also directed by Zev Deans. It has the perfect amount of theatrics and plot which makes it satisfying to watch.
“Dance Macabre” is based on the Danse Macabre which happened in the 1800s. It roughly translates to “dance of death.” This music video fully goes through the story of the song. I chose this song to be in third because it is one of my favorite songs, and the music video had amazing composure with the dancing.
“From The Pinnacle To The Pit” is an amazing song with a great music video. I put this song in second place because the plot goes smoothly and feels like an episode from the “Twilight Zone.”
There is an obvious reason why “Rats” made it into #1. Since it is set in an apocalyptic time just like the song is, the storyline of the music video is pleasing to watch. The plot is very straightforward and easy to follow.
All of Ghost’s music videos are well-thought out and amazing, but there are some better than the others. In my opinion, songs like “Faith” and “Monstrance Clock” deserve actual music videos instead of the montage and lyric video they got.
