Black Moth

Black Moth are Harriet Bevan - vocals, Jim Swainston - guitar, Nico Carew - guitar, Dave Vachon - bass, and Dom McCready

Formed in 2010 out of the ashes of a Leeds-based garage rock band, the band were seduced by the brutal and hypnotic lure of the riff, to emerge translucent skinned and bleary eyed from their cocoon as the ferocious kick-ass heavy rock outfit that is Black Moth.

Taking a powerful chunk of influence from proto-punk acts such as Iggy and the Stooges, Motorhead and early Alice Cooper as well as a sliver of 90s grunge and stoner rock, Black Moth draw out the darker elements and combine them with the heaving riffs of heavy metal giants, Pentagram and Black Sabbath, with hooks so sharp you could hang a corpse on them. They also look to more current acts such as the Melvins, Sleep and Electric Wizard for inspiration, though singer, Harriet Bevan, still maintains a vocal style that evokes the haunting psychedelia of Grace Slick and psych-Satanist, Jinx Dawson from Coven: the woman responsible for the "sign of the horns" in rock'n'roll.

Songs that the band have honed and crafted in the mighty maelstrom that is the Leeds heavy rock scene, have been rippin em up live not only in Yorkshire but everywhere theyve played. Now all they needed was to be brought to vivid screaming life on record.

Enter Mr Jim Sclavunos, the multi talented Grinderman and Bad Seed, not to mention the superbaaad connoisseur of the mixing console, fresh from producing the storming second Jim Jones Revue album.

One of their shows was all it took. Black Moth reminds me of my misspent youth he said.

And judging by the all-out assault that hes crafted with the Moth, he must have been a very bad boy indeed. "The Killing Jar" is their debut from New Heavy Sounds and it rocks like a bastard, gaining the band ample support from the likes of Kerrang, Metal Hammer, Artrocker and BBC6 Radio. Since its May 2012 release, the band have enjoyed some thrilling gigs on the festival circuit including Reading and Leeds Festivals, and an explosive 15-date UK Tour with Turbowolf. Black Moth release a brand new single with Too Pure Singles Club in April and are currently working on their second album. The summer will bring a second European Tour and some more UK festival appearances. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.