SHED THE SKIN – thaumogenesis – GATEFOLD LP

Death Metal – Black version – Hells Headbangers

That classicist-into-modernist formula has indeed proved fruitful for SHED THE SKIN, but at last do they return with a well-timed tweak of their sound: Thaumogenesis, the band’s fourth full-length to date. The clues to this transformation can be found in the title itself. “Thaumogenesis” is the result of resurrection spells opening two portals – one for the returning soul, the other for an anti-soul created in the process of the ritual; the more “success” there is in the ritual, the more the anti-soul grows and ultimately latches to a returning mortal to give birth to a demon. As such, SHED THE SKIN here seek new paths on which to tread, starting with the studio. For Thaumogenesis, they recorded with Noah Buchanan (NUNSLAUGHTER, Midnight, Kurnugia) at Mercinary Studios as opposed to Unisound & Dan Swano, who had mixed & mastered all previous recordings. Likewise, they went with Justin Meyers of Dark Art & Craft (Axioma, Ancient VVisdom, Perdition Sect) for the cover art as opposed to Ringworm’s Human Furnace, who had done the cover art for the three previous albums.