Featuring ex-members of Torche and Royal Thunder, MOON DESTROYS shifts from shimmering post-rock to driving riff-doom and back to shoegazy psychedelia

Formed by Juan Montoya (ex-Torche) and drummer Evan Diprima (ex-Royal Thunder), MOON DESTROYS released their first EP ‘Maiden Voyage’ in 2020. The 5-song debut featured contributions from Troy Sanders (Mastodon) and Bryan Richie (The Sword), and laid an early foundation which came fully into focus when vocalist/guitarist Charlie Surez (MonstrO) and bassist Arnold Nese completed the band in 2024.

April 2025 found MOON DESTROYS thrust into the limelight, securing support slots on tour with Elder that month and Dozer during the summer, and the band self-released debut full-length ‘She Walks By Moonlight’ in limited form just in time to have something new to sell on the road. Instantly, the new record showed their rapid evolution beyond the members’ connections to their former bands.