My name is James Sheppard, I am a musician artist and song writer, from Seattle, Washington.

Some of you may know me through my work with Sanctuary and Nevermore.

December 13th 2017 I lost my close friend and business partner Warrel Dane.

The following is DHB a project that chronicles my journey, through grief and self awareness.

I will introduce you to the “season of decay” with two songs: 

“The thread” a song that highlights 70s classic horror movie that Warrel and I bonded over… It is about mutant grizzly bears that feed off unsuspecting campers it’s (a must see).

“Cloaked in Black” is one of the first songs I wrote and recorded with the wizards of Ferndale Lahr and Max.

Each song is followed by a painting and this surprises me as I have never lifted a paintbrush in my life, other than to paint a house.

You can follow me as this journey has led me to Saint George Utah to work with Robert John Hadfield at audio mover and Rorschach vocalist James Baker and back to Seattle to finish in James’s studio.