Protector are the sort of thrash band that are a must-have for thrash metal fans and most of their releases over the decades deserve their place on this blog. Incredibly underrated, these guys literally smoke from the vocals to the explosive guitars. 'A Shedding...' is the third studio opus from these German nutcases and at times offers a slightly deathlier grunt mixed with those harsher, seething tones but pick out any track on this twelve-track offering and you'll literally be blown away by the craftsmanship and Kreator-styled mayhem. I don't really know where to start with these guys but whether it's the frantic derangement of 'Mortuary Nightmare,' 'the bruising, throttling 'Face Fear' or my favourite act of battering, 'Death Comes Soon' you can not escape the fury of this band who consistently released potent albums up until the mid '90s and then re-emerged in 2013 with the fantastic 'Reanimated...' platter. Pure thrash to its core, 'The Shedding Skin' is a precise mini-masterpiece and the first to feature Olly on vocals who took over from Martin Missy.
8/10
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