In Battle where a band from Sweden that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording played a mixture of war, black and viking metal and this is a review of their self titled 1997 album which will be re-issued on vinyl in April, 20121 by Nomad Snakepit Productions.
A very fast, raw and brutal war metal sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostyl high pitched black metal screams while the music is also very heavily rooted in the fast Swedish style of that time frame and the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while deep growls can also be heard at times. Some of the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts but keeping the main focus on a more fast and brutal direction as well as one track also adding in a brief use of clean playing as the album progresses and the newer version also contains two bonus live tracks.
On this recording In Battle took the faster forms of war, black and viking metal to create something that was very fast, aggressive and brutal sounding for 1997. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in a mixture of Swedish and English and cover Norse Mythology and War themes.
In my opinion this was a very great sounding recording from In Battle and if you are a fan of war, black and viking metal, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ruler Of the Northern Sphere" "Odhinn" "The nocturnal Moon" and "In Battle". 8 OUT OF 10.
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