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Neither viruses at large nor, on a shorter scale, flighty musical trends can stop Protector. In fact, it seems that the thrash veterans have been delivering the goods in a more consistent fashion than ever since their official reformation in Sweden under their original name in 2011. Band leader Martin Missy tends to agree, seeing his troupe just as strong as it was in the late eighties. InchI think all the different line-ups were on the same level, only this one has been together for a longer time than any other - 16 years to be exact, if you want to include what we did under the banner Martin Missy and the Protector's.Inch Which leads us to the Teutonic-Scandinavian unit´s new effort InchExcessive Outburst of Depravity, Inch sounding as unmistakably Protector as the creative process was business as usual in an ideal sense. InchEverybody wrote riffs on their own, which we then played to each other and turned into songs. I wrote most of the lyrics, but Mathias contributed four, too.Inch Speaking of the bass player´s tunes, ´Shackled By Total Control´ has socio-critical undertones whereas ´Pandemic Misery´ is the only track on the album dealing with the plague that is Corona. At the funny end of the spectrum, closer ´Morse Mania´ harks back to ´Caught in a Morse´ from Martin´s 2007 demo with Talion. Beyond that, the WWII-inspired ´Referat IV B 4´ (InchNational Socialism was the worst thing ever for Germany and Europe as a whole - never forget!Inch) and the sinister crawl of ´Open Skies And Endless Seas´ are classic Missy fare, showing the shouter´s unabated interest in mankind´s often belligerent history. And while the pitch-black ´Toiling in Sheol´ follows hot on the heels of InchSummon the HordesInch (2019), the epic melodicism of ´Cleithrophobia´may come as a mild surprise. InchI am afraid of getting closed in, Inch, the front man confesses. InchThat´s also why we´ll
