SHEPHERD

Helmet Lady Records is damn ecstatic to announce the signing of crushing, India-based doom band, SHEPHERD. Our small family has grown quickly in 2015 and Shepherd serves as an important cornerstone in the development of the label as a nirvana of beautifully heavy music on vinyl.

Comments the label: Such big plans we have for these tunes!!

First off, Demonstration 2 is set to be released this Summer as #1 in the new HLR Ruination series as a newly mastered uber-limited, hot mixed, custom colored vinyl limited to only 111 copies featuring artwork by the band and four raw, powerful tracks that set the doom meter aflame. No phasers remained set on “stun” for this one, I can assure you!

https://hlrshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/demonstration-2

Next, HLR will delve into the amazing full length debut album, Stereolithic Riffalocalypse, which is scheduled to be released very late Summer or early fall with limited, boutique versions available including a die hard that includes a custom, deluxe art print and a unique band only custom version.

Bludgeoning, menacing and brash, the album is a bold production that delivers the heavy in a huge way, and will leave you begging for more!

https://hlrshepherd.bandcamp.com/album/stereolithic-riffalocalypse

Both releases will be available on vinyl and digitally at www.helmetladyrecords,com

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India, Bangalore based sludge/heavy rockers SHEPHERD have released second single, “Turdspeak” through The Obelisk, check it out HERE.

After the release of “Bog Slime” to generally positive reviews, the band releases the second single titled “Turdspeak”. The band will be part of the Indie March series of gigs at CounterCulture, Bangalore, along side stoner doom heavyweights Bevar Sea, and post metal new comers Pangea, on the 7th of February. The band will follow this up with a listening party along with a launch show on the 6th of March in Bangalore.

Preorders for the album will start on February 1st, through Bandcamp. Physical copies will ship on the 7th of March.

Previously released single “Bog Slime” can be streamed here:

https://soundcloud.com/ddraghunaut/shepherd-bog-slime

Bangalore, India-based sludge/heavy rock band Shepherd is out to make sure 2015 is their year. After two years of writing, recording and several gigs at clubs and festivals in Bangalore, Shepherd is ready with their mammoth debut album, aptly titled ‘Stereolithic Riffalocalypse’, slated to release on 7th March 2015.

Formed in 2011, Shepherd is probably the only Bangalore-based sludge/heavy rock band from India. The band has been making waves in the underground, drawing Influence from the guitar-driven sounds of early 90’s hard rock (Soundgarden, The Melvins, Eyehategod) and the aural assault of 80’s hardcore punk (Black Flag, Discharge, Fear), the band has built a reputation for itself as an ever-evolving and unpredictable heavy rock entity. You don’t need more proof of that than just one listen to the nine tracks that feature on Stereolithic Riffalocalypse, which was recorded at Bangalore’s Area 51 Studio and mixed by Rahul Ranganath and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, who has previously worked with the likes of YOB, Obituary, Sourvein and Old Man Gloom.

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