GHOST Impera (2022)

Say what you want about Ghost, they've done something genuinely strange: built a major-label career on satanic theatrics, papal robes, and hooks so enormous they could fill a cathedral. Impera, released in 2022, is the album where Tobias Forge leaned all the way into the stadium rock fantasy and didn't blink once.

From the glam stomp of Kaisarion to the earworm menace of Twenties and the genuinely massive Call Me Little Sunshine, Impera plays like a hard rock album that got possessed by a 1970s ghost and decided it preferred the new body. It's melodic, theatrical, and surprisingly heavy in the right moments. The kind of record that converts people who swore they'd never listen to Ghost and then quietly memorise every word on the drive home. For fans of the theatrical end of metal and hard rock, this one belongs in the collection.

CD. Full length studio album. Released 2022. Country of origin: Sweden. Genre: hard rock, heavy metal. Fans of: Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Blue Öyster Cult, Mastodon.