Northern Ireland’s instrumental psych rock duo Space Shepherds presents their new live album »Live At Crypt Of The Riff«

Belfast, Northern Ireland based instrumental psych rock duo Space Shepherds presents their new live album, »Live At Crypt Of The Riff«, which was just released on March 5th, 2026. This album features the band’s live set from Crypt Of The Riff festival at Voodoo in Belfast, captured in January 2026.

Tracklist:
01. Voodoo Jam (29:12)

Space Shepherds came about through a mutual love of fast-paced krautrock, shoegaze, and heavy hitting doom riffs. Formed in Belfast, Ireland in 2017 by David Malone and Gareth Hill, the duo have spent years honing their craft in order to provide trance-inducing music and electric live shows. As the duo have progressed, so has the makeup of Space Shepherds which has come to include a wider range of instruments and players. With the core guitar and drums being supplied by Gareth and David, the music has grown to also incorporate bass, synths, more guitars, percussion sections, flutes and world instruments such as didgeridoos. The drop-in-drop-out element of the band ensures that no two improvisational jams are the same and this does much to keep it fresh and exciting.

Photo credit: Anna Burnett

Says the band: “You can now listen to our live set from Crypt Of The Riff at the beginning of the year. Catch it on Bandcamp and YouTube.

Massive thank you to all that came and enjoyed the set as well as Jake Wallace & Dark Arts Promotions for the continued amazing work with the festival.

Also huge maassive thanks to Andrew Coles for the recording.”

Recorded live and mixed by Andy Coles.
Cover art by David Malone.
Additional photography by @belfast_metal_posts.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well