Denver, Colorado's Necropanther have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a melodic mixture of black, doom, death and thrash metal and this is a review of their self released 2024 ep "Oblivion Jones: Tales Of False Consciousness"
A very heavy and melodic sound starts off the album while the vocals also add in a decent amount of black metal screams. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a decent amount of blast beats and thrash metal elements.
All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while death metal growls can also be heard at times. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they also bring in a very melodic yet old school extreme metal style along with a couple of tracks also adding in a small amount of saxophones, the slower sections of the songs also show an influence of doom metal, clean playing can also be heard briefly.
On this recording Necropanther expands on the melodic mixture of black, doom, death and thrash metal that they have established on previous releases. The production sounds very professional while t he lyrics cover metal, science fiction and dystopian themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Necropanther and if you are a fan of melodic black, doom, death and thrash metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Transported Man" and "Thrash Till Death". 8 out of 10.
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