Review Summary: Keep Pounding Or Keep Getting Pounded
First things first. I'd like to thank SputnikMusic and its quality users for everything. The last few years in particular have been really kind to me so thank you guys for believing in me and being kind to me as I've been so kind to you guys, my fiancé, and well everyone around me. Now that I've thrown away the crack pipe let's get down to business. Necropanther is a ***ing badass and sexy metal band from Colorado. Merging thrash, melodic death, black and doom together, Necropanther bludgeon the listener with a blisteringly heavy yet melodic assault much like how the 2015 Carolina Panthers attacked the rest of the NFL. Except in this case the Necro Cats don't fold under pressure to a noodle armed Peyton Manning.
Oblivion Jones is a 4 track EP from this ambitious outfit. Ripping through face melting guitar solos, dynamic tempo changes and stylistic shifts in between pummeling riffage and bestial vocals, NecroPanther can get the mosh pit going but they can also get the people ***ing with brilliantly placed saxophone solos that would make Tim Capello proud. Get back to the pile everyone, it's going to be a slathering. Not like a diddy party mind you but a consensual and wholesome mosh pit turned orgy with your dearest friends. The 1+2 punch of the 4 minute opener and the 11 minute follow-up provide a nice compare and contrast of dynamics. The Denver School is a burst of primal thrash aggression complimented nicely by the saxophone in the middle part of the song before thrashing out again. The Transported Man paints the EP with a few shades of lumbering death doom with sludgy riffs and guttural vocals while incorporating the melancholy of such bands like Daylight Dies. There are some nice leads to be found before fading out into the closer. Necropanther keep pounding with the next track First Friday. Back to the melodic thrash of the opener, the listener gets slapped in the face with a hockey stick as the saxophone returns once more to charm the listener. While sadly not a Destruction cover, Thrash Til Death brings some Motorhead energy to the table as the band commit to ending on a high note. It's a blitz to the finish line and I can't complain.
Fans of the heavy metal will like this.
