With muscle like Kyle Severn (of Incantation and Acheron) on drums, Matt Sorg (of Ringworm) on guitars, and Ash Thomas (of FaithXtractor) on guitars/vocals, it’s simple to see why Shed The Skin instantly dominated the Cleveland loss of life steel scene after the discharge of their debut full size in 2016. Two years earlier than that marked the discharge of their demo, so this band’s held regular on the blast for over 5 years and counting. However let’s be actual. The killers behind Shed The Skin have slayed within the excessive steel underground for the reason that late ‘80s. We’re coping with some masters right here, so hear up. 

On June 26, Shed The Skin launch their third album, The Forbidden Arts. With cowl artwork supplied by James “Human Furnace” Bulloch (Ringworm), The Forbidden Arts stands as 11 tracks of exhausting-hitting, old style Satanic loss of life steel executed by 4 absolute warlords on this scene. We’re excited as hell to host this premiere of the opening monitor from Shed The Skin’s third album.

“‘Skeletal Firestorm’ units the blazing tone of the album,” says Kyle Severn. “‘Ripping loss of life & pummeling doom with vomitus bile as its voice…’ We needed to begin the album off with a ripping thrash assault, and that’s what this track delivers. It’s additionally bought a fairly cool exhausting-driving mid-tempo part earlier than the thrash kicks again in. Lyrically, this tune focuses on pyromancy divination, a forbidden artwork from 2nd century Asia. A nonetheless-untranslatable proto-language was inscribed on bone and plastron, then solid into fireplace to scry from the soot marks.” 

“Skeletal Firestorm”

Preorder The Forbidden Arts in the present day.