NECROPANTHER – detail the guitar interplay behind ‘The Thing From Another World’

Written by EOS Editorial Team

November 13, 2026

Guitarist Joe Johnson describes NECROPANTHER’s new single, ‘The Thing From Another World,’ as the middle-of-the-record set piece on The Book Of Change. Premiered by No Clean Singing, the track brings the Denver band’s blackened thrash into a melodic passage built around Johnson’s guitar interplay with guitarist and vocalist Paul Anop.

‘It’s a lean, direct blackened thrash song with a multi-partite orchestrated melodic middle section,’ Johnson explains. ‘One of the things that’s fun to me about this one is that we break down the song and then build that melody together.’

Anop and Johnson play the harmony together before Johnson moves into a solo. He cites their shared appreciation for Thin Lizzy and Helloween-influenced melodic metal, and says the passage presents harmonic challenges: developing a theme, changing keys and returning to recapitulation. ‘I can’t wait to play it live,’ he adds.

The song’s creature also has a specific place in the album’s narrative. Johnson describes it as a shapeshifter and connects it to the consequences of the misdeeds and bargains found in The Tempest and Faust. ‘You called down the thunder – now you’ve got it!’ he says.

In its premiere coverage, No Clean Singing describes galloping drums, changing tempos and riffs, and a range of roars, screams and snarls. Its account also singles out the extended solo. The single premiere and stream are available through the publication.

The Book Of Change, NECROPANTHER’s fifth full-length, is due November 13th on CD and digitally. The band combines thrash, death and black metal, with intricate arrangements and musical experimentation. Across the new album, shifts in tempo and texture accompany its exploration of transformation.

Johnson identifies The Tempest, The Thing, The Fly, Faust and the video game Rampage as inspirations for the record’s metamorphosis concept. ‘These works inspired us to explore something new that focused on physical transformation, evolution, body horror, and the strangeness of things that are new and unknown,’ he explains.

NECROPANTHER produced the album, with Felipe Patino engineering at Green Door Recordings in Denver, Colorado. Kurt Ballou mixed it at GodCity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts, and Alan Douches mastered it at West West Side Music in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. Max Sherman created the artwork.

Bandcamp preorders are available, along with a stream of the first single, ‘The Tempest.’ The lineup comprises Paul Anop on guitar and vocals, Marcus Corich on bass and vocals, Joe Johnson on guitar, and Adam Frost on drums.