Shepherd
BIOGRAPHY
SHEPHERD WAS BACK! Was? Yeah! According to long-established doom traditions, a real doom band have to split up before people take notice of them and they become cult. So Shepherd decided to call it a day. That's how the story of depression goes...
After last year's acclaimed debut Laments the guys locked themselves in the studio and recorded nine tracks that demonstrate a huge step forward and a new direction. Shepherd kicked out their 70's riffrock beliefs and noise/sludge influences and, whilst immersed a hundred feet deep in doom tradition, they opened their hearts to the likes of Trapeze and Zeppelin on one hand, and the sick slow moving sludge of Grief and 13 on the other, brought them together and now bring you a completely new sound.
Still following the path of slow and heavy rock laid out by the mighty Black Sabbath, they worked hard on fixing their own unique style with pumping riffage, drums and screaming vocals that take inspiration from early American hardcore and blues. This is straight honesty! You better avoid the term crossover! Shepherd play no games and completely ignore the scenesters who try to create rules and boundaries.
The new Album The Coldest Day will be their last. It features nine songs full of honesty, personal depression and hatred. The lyrics range from fantasy to straight political statements that reflect today's society and culture. Although this album follows a straight concept, it does have its progressive moments. Seven songs are named after the seven days of the week, following the Christian belief that the genesis of our world took seven days. Shepherd is NOT a Christian band, but a great deal of western culture is based on Christianity and religion.
This is a main theme in their lyrics - every song has it's own meaning connected to the meaning of certain days in Christian mythology. Shepherd intend to show how much our daily life still is determined by religion. And we're not talking about Christmas shopping here!
