The Earth Is The Sky, the 2015 sophomore album from Swedish miserabilists The Moth Gatherer, gave post-Metal a real kick up the arse: its spacey, synth-drenched starkness oozed intensity, passion, and musicality, and possessed natural – if occasionally long-winded – invention. Latest long-player Esoteric Oppression (both Agonia Records), their first without founder member Alex Stjernfeldt, sees that sparkle given an added cohesion which can only enhance their burgeoning reputation. Continue reading
Experimental two-piece Swedish sludge merchants The Moth Gatherer have trodden a long hard road to get their first record out, working on music together in various incarnations since at least 2006. But after a two-year writing/recording process, their debut album A Bright Celestial Light is finally out worldwide, on Agonia Records. Ghost Cult chewed the fat with Alex Stjernfeldt, discussing the painful inspiration lying behind the new album’s darkness, and the long, difficult process of moving towards life in the light.
To follow blindly is unwise. One should always question the path they walk. But the path we’re tasked to follow during the debut album by Swedish duo Alex Stjernfeldt and Victor Wegeborn, collectively known as The Moth Gatherer, is so compelling that no questions need to be asked. Sometimes it’s better to be swept up and taken away.