This slightly over-looked ep should have gotten more attention just due to the high caliber guest players on the album. But these guests don’t really overshadow the whole Grace & Thieves sound as much as augment it, though. The first track has a long, slow build up before it thrashes away nicely. You then get two tracks of intense, fast, in-your-face thrash. The last track is a bit of a surprise with a piano intro that builds into a slow doom-ish track, but the thrash intensity and speed builds until the riff finally comes in near the end. Overall, a good ep that serves as a preview of what is to come.
[2013 Veritas Vinyl | Purchase: veritasvinyl.bandcamp.com/album/shepherd-of-the-wolves]
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