While they’re currently taking a break from touring and other band stuff for now, Ghost made an appearance at last night’s Swedish Grammis (April 29).

Mastermind Tobias Forge – joined by his songwriting team of Max Grahn, Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir – picked up the award for Hard Rock/Metal for last year’s brilliant Skeletá album, beating fellow nominees Sabaton, Sarcator, The Haunted and The Hellacopters. Elsewhere, they were also nominated for Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year and Producer, Songwriter and Lyricist Of The Year.

You can see Tobias’ acceptance speech below, which the good folks over on Reddit have translated from Swedish to English. In it, the frontman reportedly says he’s “incredibly grateful” to all involved, and jokes that “hopefully, even after I’ve stood here rambling through this speech without notes, people will keep loving this record into eternity”.

The band were presented the award by fellow Swedes Europe, who took to social media afterwards to share: “Huge congratulations to Ghost for winning the Swedish Grammis! It was an absolute honour to present you with the award!

“…and thanks for joining us to have some fun during the recording of our upcoming album.”

Check out all the Ghost action from the Swedish Grammis: