In Battle are a band from Sweden that played viking war/black metal on this recording and this is a review of their 1998 album "The Rage Of The Northmen" which was released by Napalm Records.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with a great amount of brutal sounding blast beats being thrown into the music, while the keyboards when they are utilized are very dark, war like and atmospheric sounding, as for the bass playing it has a very strong and powerful tone with primitive riffing that dominates throughout the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast black/viking/war metal riffs that utilize of great amount of melody, thrash and death metal influences, while the lead guitars when they are utilized are very melodic sounding guitar solos and leads.
Vocals are mostly high pitched black/war metal screams as well as a brief use of deep death metal growls, while the lyrics cover Norse Paganism, War and Anti Christian themes, as for the production it has a very strong, powerful and heavy sound to it where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.
In my opinion In Battle created some great sounding viking/black/war metal with this album and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Rage Of The Northmen" "The Destroyer Of Souls" "Muspelheim The Dominion Of The Flame" "Armies Of The Northern Realms" and "Endless War". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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