Black Moth | |
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Origin | Leeds, England |
Genres | |
Years active | 2010–2019 |
Labels | New Heavy Sounds |
Members | Harriet Hyde Federica Gialanze Jim Swainston Dave Vachon Dom McCready |
Website | themothpit |
Black Moth were an English stoner rock/metal band from Leeds. [1] They cite Black Sabbath, The Stooges, Mastodon, Red Fang, Pissed Jeans, Drunk in Hell, Kvelertak, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Turbowolf, Blacklisters, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Swans, Bo Ningen, Goat and Arabrot and L7 as influences. [2]
The band released three full-length albums, all produced by Jim Sclavunos (Grinderman, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds). While initially a quartet, the band saw the addition of guitarist Nico Carew in 2014, but he would leave the band in 2015 to focus on his other group (X-Ray Cat Trio [3] ) and was subsequently replaced by Federica Gialanze. [4] Their second album, Condemned to Hope, had its cover created by Roger Dean. [2] It generated mixed to positive reviews from reputable websites like TeamRock, [5] Prog [6] and PopMatters . [7]
In September 2019, the band announced the end of their activities, with a farewell show booked for 6 December of the same year. [8]
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