MOTH EATER, the new New York-based metal/doom band featuring John Conley (SCAR CULTURE) on guitar, Dave Ardolina (DIRTY RIG) on drums and Buckshot (DIRTY RIG) on bass recently spoke with The Obelisk about the formation of the band and assorted topics. An excerpt from the discussion with Buckshot is available below.

Q: The music is a stylistic change from Dirty Rig, but even more so for John coming from Scar Culture. When you were putting the band together, did you have a doomier sound in mind than what you’d done previously, or is what’s out there so far just the result of jamming in rehearsal?

Buckshot: "I honestly didn’t have any idea what kind of music we would write together. The three of us love our music with a side order of a 2×4 upside the head. We’ve had 12 rehearsals so far and these are the first couple of tunes written. I am really excited and impressed how fast this is coming together. We already have nine tunes and they are pretty much ready to roll."

Q: There’s something very raw and fresh about listening to a band’s earliest work, like the three demos you’ve posted on the MySpace page. How do you feel about the material so far and how do you think the writing will change as you’re putting together the album?

Buckshot: "The other material is sometimes slower but heavy and the other jams are faster and even heavier. My whole thing is if you can’t drink to it, fuck to it or bang your head to it, then it’s personally not my thing. I am really stoked about what the three of us are writing and have come up with so far. I just can’t wait to jump on stage and tear shit up.

Check out our Moth Eater rehearsal video we did on YouTube (below). It has a couple of different tunes on there that aren’t on our MySpace. You will get to check out the vibe of the band. It’s a cool two minute video."

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Three demo tracks from the group's first eight rehearsals, which were documented and recorded, are available for streaming here.

As previously reported, a 3-minute intoxicated video titled 'The Writing Sessions. Part I', taken from these first eight rehearsals. You can check out this video below.