Nocturnal Rites - In A Time Of Blood And Fire (1995)

I was a bit hesitant about starting to collect Nocturnal Rites work, since they have been listed as a death metal band, as well as power, and the cover of this debut seems to support that, but, as it turns out, there is no death stuff here.
Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of outstanding power either. It's quite listenable, but not awfully memorable; one song moves into the other without much variation or enough melodious quality to show for it.  Overall, it's just not very remarkable.  However, it's certainly not a bad release, so I'll contine to stick with them and see how they go.

**1/2