Group

Battle of Mice

US post-metal

From: Brooklyn, United States
Active: 2005–2009
Rating: ★ 5 (1 votes)
Releases: 4

sludge metal

About

Battle of Mice was an American post-metal supergroup consisting of Julie Christmas, Josh Graham, Joel Hamilton, Tony Maimone, and Joe Tomino. The band's name was derived from a saying by Alexander the Great pertaining to a military invasion of Crete.

The band was formed when vocalist Julie Christmas and guitarist/keyboardist Josh Graham met in Austin, Texas while touring with their respective bands in 2005.
Graham and Christmas were in an on-again-off-again relationship during the recording of the band's debut album, A Day of Nights. Released under Neurot Recordings, the album contains seven tracks heavily influenced by the metal, post-rock and noise rock roots from which the group was derived. The song "At the Base of the Giant's Throat" features a recorded 911 call between vocal sections.
In March 2008, Josh Graham revealed an interview that Battle of Mice was currently "on an indefinite hiatus". He also said that the band recorded two songs, about nine months after A Day of Nights was finished, for a split EP with Jesu on the Robotic Empire label. The EP was released on August 4, 2008.
On September 3, 2009, a blog was posted on the band's MySpace page stating that the band was parting ways.

From Battle of Mice on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Julie Christmas 2005–2009 · original member · former lead vocals
Josh Graham 2005–2009 · original member · former background vocals, guitar, keyboard
Joel Hamilton 2009 · former bass guitar, drums (drum set), guitar
Tony Maimone 2009 · former bass guitar
Joe Tomino 2009 · former drums (drum set)