Shihad
About the Artist
New Zealand alternative royals Shihad are an industrial oscillate rock band from Wellington.
The band is made up Jon Toogood, (vocals, guitars) Phil Knight (guitars, backing vocals), Karl Kippenberger (bass guitar, backing vocals), Tim Larkin (drums, backing vocals and samplers).
Toogood and Larkin met back in the 80's whilst attending High School and through discovering their common love of alternate metal music began with SHIHAD in 88'.
In the early stages SHIHAD was predominately rooted in the metal genus though over time, the industrial rock sounds have evolved to a more alternate melodic resonance.
Latest Release
Beautiful Machine
Beautiful Machine is the seventh album from Shihad and was released 21 April 2008 in New Zealand and released 17 May 2008 in Australia. The album is much softer than ...
