Between the release of their first full length 'Chromaparagon' in February 2016 and it's first anniversary in February 2017 Moon Tooth has done over 130 shows with some highly notable acts. The band is currently in the studio recording its follow up to 'Chromaparagon'.
Moon Tooth supported Intronaut & Entheos on a full US tour in July & August 2016. They supported Toothgrinder & Auras on a US tour in October 2016. They were direct support to Thank You Scientist on a tour of the US & Canada in December 2016. They co-headlined a tour with Astronoid in February 2017 in the US & Canada and supported Fit For An Autopsy & Tombs on another full US run in June & July of 2017. They closed out the busy year with their own full-US headliner in November of 2017 bringing Brooklyn's Husbandry as support.
They have also shared stages with Killswitch Engage, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Gwar, Mutoid Man, Candiria, Weedeater, Veil of Maya, Cancer Bats, KEN Mode, & He Is Legend, King Parrot and have played festivals such as SXSW, CMJ, Texas Revolution Fest, and South By So What Fest.
February 5th, 2016 marked the release of Chromaparagon, the debut full-length album by Long Island, New York band Moon Tooth.
Stream or purchase the album, here:
http://moontoothny.bandcamp.com/
A fireworks display of melody and rhythm, Chromaparagon is more than that too – its progressive, aggressive sound is brimming with soul, riddled with hairpin turns, and delivered with the grace and swing of real virtuosos. Over the course of twelve songs, Moon Tooth mashes together rock, metal, and blues, into a fusion that bursts with color. There are few limits here. Moon Tooth possesses the imagination and skill to swerve into whatever musical direction it wants. But this band wanders without getting lost; it channels its wild dreaming and black-belt chops into an album that drives forward with purpose.
Frontman John Carbone carries forth the tradition of singers with the range and the courage to go for it. Like Jeff Buckley, Into Another's Richie Birkenhead or Shudder to Think's Craig Wedren, Carbone belts it out with a soaring voice that can command quiet subtlety as well as arena-rocking operatics. In poetic, modern-mythic phrases, his lyrics address themes of, in his own words, "trials, perseverance, victory... answering the call of adventure, following what you know to be your true purpose even in the face of danger, uncertainty and fear."
"I made love to my ordeals / By light of holy fire / A lion rearing under ash / All the beasts of un-days loomed / And I saw Mars stand," Carbone sings on the song "Igneous."
Guitarist Nick Lee (also the newest member of veteran heavy metal act Riot, now known as Riot V) extracts entire worlds out of his instrument. His dexterity is matched only by his soulfulness. Backing him are bassist Vincent Romanelli and drummer Ray Marte who glide swiftly from tasty grooves and rhythmic illusions to full-on metal muscularity.
Loosely speaking, some modern-day reference points include The Mars Volta, Mastodon, and Between The Buried And Me. But Moon Tooth is its own, unique, "undeniably strange, totally kick-ass beast" as one MetalSucks editor put it.
Chromaparagon was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Moon Tooth drummer Ray Marte. The vivid cover art was created by Jon Contino. It is preceded by the band's 2013 debut EP, Freaks.
The tracklist is as follows:
1) Queen Wolf
2) Offered Blood
3) Igneous
4) Little Witch
5) Bats in the Attic
6) Forgive Me Snake Ryder
7) Chroma
8) Vesuvius I
9) Vesuvius II
10) Belt Squeezer
11) Death and the Vibrant Architecture of Rebirth
12) White Stag
