Artist description Shakespeare is dead...but he lives on in hell. Hear the bard's lamentations through the music of SHAKESPEARE IN HELL! SHAKEPSPEARE IN HELL performs Shakespeare's greatest plays, setting them against the blood-soaked stage of death, black, and doom metal. Hear HAMLET set to the roaring metal of SHAKESPEARE IN HELL! Macbeth has never sounded so evil as when performed by SHAKESPEARE IN HELL! Who knew Shakespeare rocked? SHAKESPEARE IN HELL

Music Style Death Metal

Musical Influences Devin Townsend, Mike Patton, Dream Theater, Queensryche

Similar Artists In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, Strapping Young Lad

Artist History New Orleans’ Shakespeare in Hell was formed in late 2000 by vocalist Kevin Kish and guitarist Keith Guillory. Armed with the idea of taking William Shakespeare’s darkest works and setting them against a sonic stage of death, black, and gothic metal, the pair recruited members Daniel Eschete (bass) and Steve Gipson (guitar), then began the process of recording their first CD, the dual concept album Hecate. Here SiH performed two of the Bard’s most popular works, Hamlet and Macbeth, taking the lyrics verbatim from the original Elizabethan text. The band quickly conquered the death and black metal charts on mp3.com, earning a nomination for favorite metal band, and gaining worldwide acclaim for their original and intelligent brand of death metal. 2003 sees the release of Shakespeare in Hell’s most ambitious work yet, the full-length album The Tempest. A bold interpretation of Shakespeare’s final play, The Tempest finds SiH fulfilling the promise of Hecate with nine tracks of intense, melodic, and often brutal metal.

Group Members Kevin Kish: vocals, keys; Keith Guillory: guitars, keys; Steve Gipson: guitars; Daniel Eschete: bass; Shawn Roddy: drums

Albums Hecate (2001), The Tempest (2003)

Press Reviews SHAKESPEARE IN HELL IS A NEW CHAPTER WITH BRUTAL PAGES IN THE BOOK OF METAL! SHAKESPEARE IN HELL HAS RISEN TO GIVE YOU THE ULTIMATE FIRE THAT CANNOT BE QUENCHED WITH JUST ONE TRACK. GET THEIR LATEST RELEASE AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT EVERYONES BEEN TALKING ABOUT! ~THE METAL WEB

Location New Orleans, LA - USA

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