Into the Moat is an American mathcore

Mathcore

Mathcore is a rhythmically complex and dissonant fusion style of hardcore punk and Metal. It has its roots in bands such as Converge, Botch, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. The term mathcore is suggested by analogy with math rock. Both math rock and mathcore make use of unusual time signatures...

 band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Florida

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. It first achieved national acclaim when profiled in Alternative Press (AP) Magazine (November, 2003). The band has signed with Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

, which released both their full-length albums, and has completed four national tours during 2004 and 2005.

Band history

The band got its start in 2001 as Matthew Gossman's one-man project. Gossman played guitar, bass, and drums on the first demo In January 2002 Johannes Naranjo (since departed) joined on bass while Wray moved to guitar.

Within a year, the group had recorded their debut EP

Extended play

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, Means by Which the End is Justified. Engineered by Jeremy Staska at Studio 13, the album was "discovered" by Lovelost Records after a song on the group's website drew their interest. With only an informal agreement, Lovelost Records released the EP in May 2003. The EP and subsequent brief promotional tours for let the band to be signed by metal

Heavy metal music

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 label Metal Blade, which released their first full-length album, The Design in March 2005, produced at Mana Recording Studios by Erik Rutan

Erik Rutan

Erik Rutan is an American heavy metal musician from New Jersey. He currently leads Hate Eternal on lead vocals and guitar and has also spent time with Morbid Angel and Ripping Corpse...

 (Hate Eternal

Hate Eternal

-Biography:Hate Eternal was formed in 1997. The group's original line-up included Erik Rutan - guitars/vocals, bassist and co-vocalist Jared Anderson, drummer Tim Yeung, and guitarist Doug Cerrito of the band Suffocation...

; Morbid Angel

Morbid Angel

Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked one Morbid Angel album in its “Top 40 greatest death metal albums”, with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1...

). Rob Shaffer retired from the band the same year. He is now a member of Dark Castle.

The Campaign, nearly four years in the making, was again produced and mixed by Erik Rutan at Mana Recording Studios, and mastered by Alan Douches, and was released in March 2009 to positive reviews.

Current lineup

• Earl Ruwell IV - vocals
• Kit Wray - guitar
  Guitar
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• Matthew Gossman - drums
  Drum kit
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• Nick "The Greek" Ziros - bass
  Bass guitar
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Former members

• Johannes "Hon-Hon" Naranjo - bass
• Josh Thiel - bass (retired 2005)
• Rob Shaffer - guitar (retired 2005)
• Steve Walbroehl - guitar
• Jose Escobar - bass
• Travis LeVrier - guitar

Discography

• "2 Song Demo" (2002) (self-released)
• "3 Song Demo" (2003) (self-released)
• Means By Which The End Is Justified (EP)
  Means by which the End Is Justified (EP)
  Means By Which The End Is Justified is an EP by metalcore/mathcore band Into the Moat. It was released in 2003 on Lovelost Records.-Track listing:#"Battle-Spawned Lullabies" - 2:58#"The Golden Vile" - 2:57#"Demise" - 3:37#"Anguish" - 2:55...
  
  (Lovelost, 2003)
• The Design
  The Design
  The Design is the first full-length album by mathcore/metalcore band Into the Moat. It was released in 2005 on Metal Blade Records.-Track listing:#"Century II" - 1:54#"Empty Shell" - 3:40#"Dead Before I Stray" - 2:41#"Guardian" - 3:01...
  
  (Metal Blade
  Metal Blade Records
  Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...
  
  , 2005)
• The Campaign
  The Campaign (album)
  The Campaign is the second full-length album by American mathcore/deathcore band Into the Moat. It was released March 17, 2009 on Metal Blade Records.- Track listing :1. The Last Century - 5:232. From 1,000 Meters - 3:243. Advocate vs. Activist - 7:06...
  
  (Metal Blade, 2009)

Articles

Bowar, C (No. 29). "Into the Moat: The Design". Outburn p 81.

Burgess, Aaron (V. 19 No. 200, March 2005). "100 Bands You Need To Know In 2005: Into the Moat". Alternative Press Magazine p 114.

Burgess, Aaron (V.19 No. 202, May 2005). "Into the Moat". Alternative Press Magazine p 144.

Dick, Chris (August 2005). "Into the Moat-Review". Metal Maniacs p 60.

Fletcher, Andrew (No. 18, 2005). "Into the Moat". Explicitly Intense p 10.

Glasper, Ian (No. 130, April 2005). "Into the Moat: The Design". Terrorizer p 76.

"Low Profile"(feature auth not ident) (No. 184, Nov 2003). "6 More to Watch: Into the Moat". Alternative Press Magazine p 28.

Mick, S (April–May 2005). "Into the Moat". AMP Magazine p 219.

Szpirko, Andrew (No. 6, 2005). "Interview with Matt Gossman-Into the Moat". Violence Magazine pp 22–23.