2014 sophomore album from the Vancouver Death Metal band. Formed in 2008, Auroch are poised to bear the flag of Canadian Death Metal chaos alongside likeminded bands of the new generation Mitochondrion (vocalist/guitarist Shawn Hache and live-lineup bassist Sebastian Montesi both play in Auroch), Antediluvian and Chthe'ilist. It's a tradition stretching from the legendary and still-active Gorguts back to the mid-'90s heydays of Cryptopsy and Kataklysm. Auroch released their debut in 2011. That album's insane musical approach to violent, technical Death Metal is present on it's follow-up, TAMAN SHUD, albeit in a darker, deadlier manifestation. Here the band truly makes their mark upon the Death Metal scene as one of North America's most brutal and musically proficient acts.