Shades Of Black has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 23 episodes and was first played on 10 July 2016.

Currently run by Matt Zuleger as an instrumental djent, progressive, arabic, metal project. SOB started back in 06' when Shawn Andrews and Matt Zuleger wanted to start a band. They were never able to get a band together so the project was left to Matt in which it became an experimental instrumental project. My sanctuary lies within my creations. Only there am i truly free. The ultimate expression of my soul lies within my music. My sanctuary. How to describe my music? Technical. Djent. Arabic. Epic. Heavy. Interesting. I try to set my music apart from the rest of the crowd. The songs are also instrumental as well, which allows me to write them in an extremely unique fashion, usually following no real structure. bandcamp | facebook | youtube | soundcloud

Old Shades of Black: 'Shades of Black' consists of whoever is involved musically with a particular release but the permanent members are Paul Fox and Jonah Dan. Originally Shades of Black consisted of Julian Ryan, Jonah Dan and myself. The first release was in 1992 with a 12" called 'Writing on the Wall/ African Mask' on the Sound Business label. This was recorded at the Manasseh studio and became popular at dub sessions in the UK. This was followed up with another 12" called 'Serious Time/ Unity' on the Word, Sound and Power label. 'Ease up the Pressure' was their first album also on the Word, Sound and Power label. Shades of Black have released 'Shades of Dub' (album), 'Friend or Enemy/ Fight for the Right' (12"), 'Sounds of Time' (album), 'This is not the end/ Light Years with Jimmy Ranks' (12"), 'Hard Times/ Over I' (12") and 'Ceasefire (Mykal Roze)/ Poverty' (10").