*shels

November 2019 August 2011 *shels London, EnglandCalifornia, USA Progressive rock, post-rock, alternative metal, shoegazing, post-metal 2003–present Shelsmusic http://www.shelsmusic.com group_or_band *shels is a British-American rock group,Round Up: *shels Rock Sound 108 April 2008 9 Transatlantic rockers *shels want people to send recordings of themselves to appear on their next record 'Plains of the Purple Buffalo'... formed in 2003. The band have been described as a supergroup of the British underground music scene, as they have, at various times, featured former members of bands including Mahumodo, Eden Maine and Fireapple Red.http://www.planet-loud.com/interview.php?interview_id=1058 Interview with *shels Finney Graham planet-loud.com 3 February 2011 August 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes *shels – RS Sponsored Tour! Rock Sound 98 July 2007 10 *shels are playing for the first time in the UK across June and July... *shels' line-up includes members of such underground favourites as Mahumodo, Eden Maine and Fireapple Red... also playing the shows will be up-and-coming bands Bossk, Latitudes and Down I Go, with The Ghost of a Thousand... the band's debut album 'Sea of the Dying Dhow' is out on 18 June History The band was formed in 2003 by singer/songwriter Mehdi Safa and drummer Tom Harriman, after the break-up of their former band Mahumodo.http://love-it-loud.com/interviews/mehdi-safa-shels Interview – Mehdi Safa (*shels) Sellers Karl love-it-loud.com 18 October 2010 3 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110106180844/http://love-it-loud.com/interviews/mehdi-safa-shels/ 6 January 2011 dead *shels took their name from the 1999 Mahumodo EP, entitled Shels.*shels – New Horizons Rock Sound 98 July 2007 72 As the adapted title of an early demo, the name *shels may be familiar to those that followed Mahumodo closely... They released an EP, Wingsfortheirsmiles,*shels: Laurentian's Atoll [8/10] Kellehar Rachel Rock Sound 103 December 2007 88 ...and three remastered songs from debut EP 'Wingsfortheirsmiles'... in 2004 on Shelsmusic, a record label founded by Safa in 2000. The band released their debut full length studio album, Sea of the Dying Dhow on 18 June 2007, in partnership with Undergroove records. The album attracted positive reviews from critics,https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/12502/*shels-Sea-of-the-Dying-Dhow *shels: Sea of the Dying Dhow Dillon Jared W Sputnikmusic 21 June 2007 3 February 2011http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/%2012824%20/tempidx/4/menuid/2 *shels: Sea of the Dying Dhow (Undergroove) McGrath Ken Blistering 3 February 2011 https://archive.today/20120720193509/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/%2012824%20/tempidx/4/menuid/2 20 July 2012 dead *shels: Sea of the Dying Dhow [9/10] Kellehar Rachel Rock Sound 98 July 2007 90 ...this progressive postrock project has resulted in an album of such cinematic beauty and epic intensity that using words alone to try and describe it feels as impossible as swallowing a mouthful of sand. culminating in it being named one of the top albums of 2007 by Rock Sound magazine.Top 75 Albums of 2007 Rock Sound 104 25 December 2007 24 35: *shels – Sea of the Dying Dhow (Undergroove) The band toured the UK in June and July of the same year in support of the album, performing with various groups such as Bossk and The Ghost of a Thousand. The tour included a performance at GuilFest, where the band share a stage with My Vitriol and Zico Chain.http://www.virtualfestivals.com/guilfest-2007/lineup/ Guilfest 2007 Lineup virtualfestivals.com 3 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225042339/http://www.virtualfestivals.com/guilfest-2007/lineup/ 25 February 2012 dead The band's second EP, Laurentian's Atoll, was then released in November 2007. This was composed of remastered versions of the three tracks from Wingsfortheirsmiles, four new recordings and an extended version of "water", from Sea of the Dying Dhow. The band embarked on a second UK tour in November 2008, which included a performance at Damnation Festival, where they shared a stage with the likes of Cathedral and Carcass.Damnation Line-up Unravels Rock Sound 114 October 2008 10 ...now confirmed for the Rock Sound stage are Cathedral, Carcass, The Mirimar Disaster, Ramesses, *shels and Latitudes. Their second full-length, entitled Plains of the Purple Buffalo, was released on 27 June 2011. Band members While all music and releases have been written by Mehdi Safa, live performances have featured a number of different artists performing with the band. Vocalist Mehdi Safa said in an interview with Rock Sound, "The whole point of *shels is that it is very free, It is not really a band in the traditional sense, we can have people from other bands come in and play certain shows. It is set up to be a very free vehicle. There is a core of who is involved, but you can compare it to The John Williams Orchestra. It has a core but the line-up changes around that core".*shels: New Horizons Rock Sound 98 July 2007 72–73 The line-up for the band's 2007 tour included: Mehdi Safa – vocals, guitar Tom Harriman – drums Simon Maine – guitar Green Dave – guitar Phil Maine – guitar Red Dave – bass guitar Ed Mathews – atmospherics Arif Driessen – trumpet Discography Studio albums Sea of the Dying Dhow (2007) Plains of the Purple Buffalo (2011) EPs Wingsfortheirsmiles (2004) Laurentian's Atoll (2007) Singles Butterflies (On Luci's Way) (2011) References External links Shelsmusic Website Category:Post-metal musical groups Category:English progressive rock groups Category:English heavy metal musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 2003 Category:2003 establishments in the United Kingdom