![]() "Frozen Empire" starts with an ominous melody, before launching into a bitter cold riff that brings a chill to any who hears it. Though Parland is gone, the band does their best to continue on the style that he established. ![]() The two themes alternate, until the middle of the track where things slow down a little and a nocturnal lead solo emerges. Though similar in approach, the aggression is not the same. The opening guitar melody of "The Third of Arrivals" is in the same cold Black Metal style as the band utilized on Darkside, though any hopes that this will be in the same vein are crushed with the introduction of the thrashier riffs that accompany the vocals. ![]() One really gets the sense that something dreadful awaits. This is achieved with an acoustic guitar and a bit of synth. "Rise of the Infernal" is an intro that possesses an apocalyptic feeling, which is exactly what the band was going for. This time around, things were about as similar to the previous outing as possible, yet with a more varied style and a greater emphasis on melody. ![]() After going from the Satanic Death Metal of The Nocturnal Silence to the more Black Metal approach of Darkside, it should not have surprised anyone when the band's next album saw a yet another shift in their sound. The Third Antichrist, released by Black Mark in October 1999, is the third full-length album from Necrophobic and the first effort without David Parland.
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