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higher.  Risti Ja Ruoska - 88%  Noctir, October 8th, 2012
Released in October 2002, Risti Ja Ruoska was the first official
post-Nazgul recording and served as a means to get the band back
on track and to test out Horna's new vocalist, Corvus. This
effort does well to bridge the first and second periods of the
band's existence. Obviously, there was never a truly drastic
change, as certain elements have always remained, and yet the
character of Horna underwent some sort of transformation after
Sudentaival. As the band had become kind of predictable and the
sound quality was getting ever closer to the realm where such
useless bands as Marduk and Dark Funeral were dwelling, Shatraug
took a rather sharp turn and returned to the bloody and filthy
roots of Horna, which were firmly entrenched in the old school
black metal sound of the late '80s and early '90s.  This E.P.
features only two so