Protector's third full-length album starts off with a peaceful intro. wait, is that a bird singing? But no, don't let yourself be deceived - "A Shedding of Skin" is a most lethal and savage piece of thrash metal madness: It gives us thirteen tracks of most refined, most extreme and ripping thrash metal, constantly keeping up the highest level of thrash metal craftsmanship - just listen to the brutally well executed title track and you know what I am talking about! This album is an impressive display of Protector's very own blend of thrash and death metal influences that made the band from Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony a force in its own right.
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