RAGNAROK - IN NOMINE SATANAS 

It's really sad that a band with albums like "Arising realms" and "Diabolical Age" in its history release a nothing but fair black metal music like that.
I have to wait for the sixth song to feel the typical Ragnarok quality, because the first half is very near to the mediocrity. "Arising Realms" was very influenced by the symphonic Norwegian wave, "Diabolical Age" much more in your face, but with a strong and hellish production that "In Nomine Satanas" totally lacks. The wild aggression of the previous work is far away, some unusual riffs are so good, the speed is up-tempo but without the capacity to hit the listener with the well known black metal sharpness, probably because the guitars sound isn't so powerful, clear but not extreme. With "Diabolical Age" Ragnarok showed Swedish influences and now those elements are more present, almost predominant and after all the album is nothing that can change my life, the new singer is a normal black screamer without the personal touch of the previous one (Tyme)"simply"I appreciated them but now it's all so ordinary that there isn't the same dark sensation of the past and for me that is almost everything. 

ILD Vote 3/6

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