Oliver Sheppard

Oliver Sheppard is a writer from Texas. He's been writing for CVLT Nation since 2012. He's also written for Maximum Rock-n-Roll, Bandcamp.com, Souciant, and others. He started the Radio Schizo podcast in the early days of podcasting (2005) and began the Wardance and Funeral Parade event nights in Dallas and Austin, respectively, in 2012. He is the author of Destruction: Text I and Thirteen Nocturnes.

Death Rock

CEMETERY Wind and Shadows LP – Review and Interview

Chicago deathrock band Cemetery‘s debut LP, “Wind and Shadows,” started shipping April 1. Released on Mass Media Records, which is increasingly a one-stop shop...

Oliver SheppardMay 27, 2015

80s Hardcore

A CVLT Nation exclusive! HEX DISPENSERS “III” LP preview + interview

Austin, Texas horror garage punk institution HEX DISPENSERS will be releasing their third LP, aptly titled III, on June 6th, 2015 (the 9th anniversary...

Oliver SheppardMay 8, 2015

Dark Folk

Grim King of the Ghosts: US Neofolk band AWEN review and interview

Led by husband and wife duo Erin and Katrin Powell (née Katrin X), Awen hail from Dallas, a city not normally associated with neofolk...

Oliver SheppardApril 28, 2015

Death Rock

Börn in the USA: Icelandic postpunk band’s US tour dates, interview, + more!

Börn are from Reykjavik, Iceland, and they’ve just released a new 4-song EP on the eve of their first US tour (Tour dates and...

Oliver SheppardApril 17, 2015

Death Rock

THE GOTHIC PUNK OF RULE OF THIRDS: Interview, Review, + US Tour Dates

Rule of Thirds‘ self-titled debut LP will be released in a few weeks on Mass Media in the US, on keyboardist Lewis Ratboy’s No...

Oliver SheppardMarch 31, 2015

Dark Folk

CVLT Nation’s Top 6 Neofolk Releases of 2014

Native American dark folk act Nechochwen state that they “look to the past, before industrialization, [for inspiration] and always try to picture things before...

Oliver SheppardDecember 22, 2014