About Mothra

Mothra is an instrumental post metal band from Auckland NZ formed in 2008, made up of Hugh Allan (guitars, samples) James Armstrong (drums) Reuben Saffer (bass) and Shaun Leyden (video).

Mothra blend elements of post metal, sludge, math metal, and progressive rock into their sound, often finding their own terrain, but not shy in nodding to the obvious bands that helped pave the way such as Neurosis and ISIS.

Mothra have opened for Helmet, Russian Circles, and the Devin Townsend Project, and were selected out of 50 entries to open for the NZ 2010 Big Day Out by Real Groove Magazine.

A long awaited 10 track debut album is now in the mixing stage and will finally see the light of day in 2014.