Shed by Shed

On their self-titled debut album, Shed brings together a sextet featuring instruments seldom heard in the metal world. Calvin Armstrong's six-string electric cello fuels each song with a barrage of heavy riffs strengthened by bass guitarist Patrick Stevens and drummer Kelson Zbichorski.
Chris Misch-Bloxdorf, Drew Baxter, and Steve Wasilczuk lead each song's melodies and harmonies as a one-of-a-kind heavy metal brass section consisting of trombone, bass trombone, and tenor/baritone saxophones.
This unusual instrumentation results not only in new timbres for metal, but also new melodic and idiomatic structures that reflect the fundamental differences in writing metal for brass and bowed instruments rather than guitars.
The album explores a variety of moods and metal styles, ranging from heaping doses of stoner doom to tech death and thrashy feels, and features several fully improvised solo sections led by the brass section.
Hints of various influences can be heard throughout Armstrong's songwriting, including Apocalyptica, Sepultura, Alamaailman Vasarat, Gorod, and of course stoner doom legends Warhorse with a cover of their song "Black Acid Prophecy" finishing out the album.

Shed is a six-piece experimental stoner metal band from Chicago. Featuring electric cello, tenor & bass trombones, saxophone, bass and drums, Shed is primarily influenced by a council of wise and ancient fish.

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