"Heavier than giving Satan a piggy back up a steep hill on a very, very hot day." Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales
"Spider Kitten's doomy rumblings shake the foundations, affirming their growing reverence." Noel Gardner, Buzz Magazine
"Fucking A-MAZING!...Acid Bath playing Melvins and Nirvana Bleach era covers." Andi Morris, Desecration
"Spider Kitten's Sensual Predator is an 18-minute opus that could be considered Shine On You Crazy Diamond for the skunk and horror generation." The Sprout
"It's dark, it's eerie, the bass line is wonderfully low, it's bordering industrial and it's nothing like I've quite heard before from any Welsh band" Soundscape Magazine
"Nice doomy, sludged-out metal with some slyly tuneful Sabbath moments" Joy Collective
"I have honestly never heard anything so loud in my entire life! An amazing wall of sound..." Green Rooms
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Formed in 2001 whilst founder members Chi (vocals, guitar) and Ptew (drums, synth) were at University the band, at that time, was an exercise in distorted noise and performance art, mostly playing around Campus and occasionally the odd club. From 2003 to 2004 Spider Kitten was predominantly performing eerie drone to confused emo kids in tight tight t shirts. But they did manage to turn some heads. As a two piece Spider Kitten enraged audiences and broke PAs with such bands as Taint, Suns Of Thunder and Necrocest. The band acquired a cult
following from their live shows which utilised visual projections and on stage mixing to great, and sometimes nauseating, effect.
Then in 2005, as an experiment, the band wrote some songs. With words and solos and everything. These songs became "Things I Can't Kill", an EP that was given away and enjoyed only partially for it's price. In order to play the more structured material they brought in two local noise merchants who, for the sake of decency we'll call Nid (bass) and Twan (guitar). With more arms it was possible to have at least another two guitars playing at the same time. Big valve amps sure sound swell on those American records we all know and love so Kitten acquired a quantity and soon after they finished recording their first "real" album, "Ineffable", which was released in December 2007 through their own Rugland Records.
Since then Spider Kitten have gigged in both England and Wales (including shows with Firebird and Gentlemen’s Pistols), sold all but a few copies of their debut CD and put out a free download only concept album via their website called "Future Echos". Twan left the band in pursuit of rave drugs in the summer of 2008. In August 2009 Chris West of fellow South Wales doomsters Taint joined on drums.
Do Spider Kitten have a message?
Sure they do...I mean they’re bound to aren’t they?