Swedish atmospheric doom/sludge metallers THE MOTH GATHERER are streaming their new album "Esoteric Oppression", ahead of its February 22nd release date on Agonia Records.
Listen to the album below:
THE MOTH GATHERER is a band of varying genres, centered around atmospheric doom, sludge and post metal. Their prolific approach includes electric musical stylings, along with traces of melodic post-rock.
The band commented on the new album: "We’ve put our very fabric into it. Its creation has been a path paved with distress and frustration; one that has left us totally exhausted. But all our effort shows in the music and we can now say that it was worth the turmoil. We’re extremely proud to present Esoteric Oppression to you all. We hope you love it as much as we do".
Tracklist:
1. The Drone Kingdom
2. Motionless In Oceania
3. Utopia
4. The Failure Design
5. Phosphorescent Blight
ORDER the album at: https://agoniarecords.com/tmg.
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LINEUP
Ronny Westphal - guitars
Svante Karlsson - drums
Victor Wegeborn - vocals, guitars, electronics
Dan Hemgren - bass
BIOGRAPHY
The Moth Gatherer was founded in Stockholm in 2008 by Victor Wegeborn and Alex Stjernfeldt. They started The Moth Gatherer as a sort of therapy, a way to deal with the loss of people they loved and the hole it left behind. The Moth Gatherer was a way for Alex and Victor to move on.
During 2009 and 2010 they explored their sound, and in mid 2010 they began recording what was to become their debut ”A Bright Celestial Light”. It contains 5 songs and 45 minute play time.
About the name ”The Moth Gatherer” Alex commented in an interview: ”We went through some personal tragedies and felt like we were lost in darkness and we fumbled towards a source of light, just like moths. So the name The Moth Gatherer felt kind of fitting for us.”
In april 2013 they released their debut "A Bright Celestial Light" through Agonia Records to critical acclaim. Many reviewers praising The Moth Gatherers ever evolving sound and atmospheric approach to songwriting.
The debut was mentioned in several "best of 2013"-lists, among Metal Mouth, Close-Up Magazine, Hellbound etc.
In late 2013, Svante Karlsson joined the band to complete the line-up and to bring a sonic groove to the drums.
2014 was a year of a small tour and one off shows, while 2015 marked their first festival appearance at Devilstone Open Air.
On November 27th, 2015, their second album "The Earth Is The Sky" was released to critical acclaim.
Ronny Westphal, who had been their live guitarist since their first tour in 2014 joined The Moth Gatherer as a permanent member in 2016.
The band teamed up with Dennis Lyxzén and Fred Burman to record their EP “The Comfortable Low”, released in 2017.
DISCOGRAPHY
A Bright Celestial Light - 2013
The Earth Is the Sky - 2015
Esoteric Oppression - 2019