Impera
by Ghost (SE)

Impera by Ghost (SE)
Year: 2022
Release date: 2022-03-11
Overall rank: 4,399th   
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 72 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2022 (52nd)
Award Top albums of the 2020s (248th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,399th)

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Ghost (SE) bestography

Impera is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by Ghost (SE) on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ghost (SE) is Meliora which is ranked number 2021 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 817.

Ghost (SE) album bestography « Higher ranked (3,296th)
Prequelle
This album (4,399th)
Impera
Lower ranked (5,467th) »
Opus Eponymous

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Impera track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Impera rankings

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Overall rank: 4,399th | 2020s rank: 248th | 2022 rank: 52nd

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Impera ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 72 votes)
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08/19/2025 15:14 Svelte8   1,74373/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.1/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.

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70/100
From 12/19/2022 14:08 | #292056
Got real Avenged Sevenfold energy from this and in a good way !!
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From 09/12/2022 02:51 | #289592
“Impera” sees the cracks in Ghost’s sound start to appear. Their move into poppier metal is beginning to feel a bit cheesy. Guitars are placed a bit over dramatically and increasingly predictively. The thematic criticism of religion comes off more stale than biting. There is an extremely schmaltzy key change on “Griftwood” that takes you right out of the song. Despite the dowdy over layer, “Impera” has a solid foundation. The tracks are arranged well and the inter-album flow is smooth. Still, “Impera” represents the stagnation before decline. Without strong innovation, this would be their drop-off point.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 08/26/2022 05:52 | #288932
God bless (pun intended) Ghost for gracing us with yet another stupidly good album chock full of the Ghost DNA we’ve all gotten to know and love. Rock, anthemic grandeur, hair metal, seventies testosterone licks, pain, love, worship, blistering guitar riffs . . . its all here in all its glory

Ghost solidify their status as one of our times most important artist
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Rating:  
60/100
From 03/25/2022 10:24 | #283383
Album Rating: 57.91
(637/11)

1.Imperium. 62
2.Kaisarion. 67
3.Spillways. 59
4.Call Me Little Sunshine. 36
5.Hunter's Moon. 66
6.Watcher In The Sky. 65
7.Dominion. 62
8.Twenties. 9
9.Darkness At The Heart Of My Love. 67
10.Griftwood. 67
11.Bite Of Passage. N/a
12.Respite On The Spitalfields. 77
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From 03/13/2022 09:33 | #282784
It's been a long time since I liked an album like I like this one.
Best tracks: spillways and Respite on the spitalfields
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