Pantheon is a Death Metal band keeping the thrashing nastiness of the early 90's sound, this album unleashes aggression, solid guitars sound, which is down-tuned to the levels of latter day Slayer, and with chunky speed riffs to boot. Along for the ride is the usual barrage of impressive lead guitar gymnastics, but presented in a way that is not quite as overtly neo-classical, but more of a merging of the wild shredding of Cannibal Corpse . These are the sort of songs that most fans of older death metal can probably get into, even with all the lighter melodic lead passages that remind more of 1991 than 2020. The catchy "Age Of Wolves" showcase an intricate merging of heavier mid-paced poundage with the older, fast paced death/thrash character. This is a pretty solid contender amongst all the extreme releases from 2020 in the underground scene. Vocally it's a lot closer to a number of Florida outfits from back in the day, and thus comes an interesting blend of old and new that usually makes transitional albums all the more interesting. "Age Of Wolves" is an album with strong fresh appeal, and even the die-hard late 80s early 90's death metal cultists should give this album a listen. It's more of an extreme metal album, so give it a shot!!
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Review by Paul Caravasi
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