44 Facts About Damien Moyal

Damien Zev Moyal was born on September 25,1976 and is an American vocalist, lyricist, musician, songwriter, and designer.

Damien Moyal next joined established vegan straight edge metallic hardcore band Culture, which he fronted from 1994 to 1995, then again from 1996 to 1998, recording music for such record labels as Uprising Records, Good Life Recordings, Toybox Records, and Conquer the World Records.

Damien Moyal later took part of Culture's reunion from 2012 to 2016, which saw material released through Eulogy Recordings.

Damien Moyal has since performed with Morning Again at a handful of reunion shows in 1999,2002, and 2014.

Damien Moyal's lyrics were later used by Bird of Ill Omen's second vocalist for material released by Eulogy Recordings.

In 1997, Damien Moyal relocated to Gainesville, Florida, where Culture had moved the year prior, and there reformed As Friends Rust, which quickly became his principal project for the next five years, releasing music through such labels as Good Life Recordings, Doghouse Records, Initial Records, Defiance Records, and Equal Vision Records.

Damien Moyal again reformed As Friends Rust in 2008, and the band has remained active into the 2020s.

Damien Moyal reunited with ex-Culture members in the hardcore band On Bodies, which released music through Eulogy Recordings and Demons Run Amok Entertainment.

Since 2022, Damien Moyal has been part of the death metal band Ekstasis with drummer Fred Estby, and the heavy metal band Caskette.

When Damien Moyal came into the picture, the new line-up named itself US Decline, and included guitarists Sal Lopez and Francis Alvarez, and bass guitarist Sky Rheam, with whom the vocalist would continue to play in his next two bands.

Damien Moyal joined established Pompano Beach, Florida-based metallic hardcore band Culture in September 1994.

Damien Moyal was going through a difficult break-up at the time and implemented many of the depressive themes he was facing in the lyrics of the new songs.

At the time of his departure, in the spring of 1996, Damien Moyal recommended fourteen year old Chad Gilbert take his place as the band's new vocalist.

Damien Moyal has since provided guest vocals on Shai Hulud's song "Medicine to the Dead", which appeared on the band's fourth studio album Reach Beyond the Sun, released on February 15,2013, by Metal Blade Records.

In December 1995, while Damien Moyal was still a member of Shai Hulud, he was recruited to front a new metallic hardcore band formed by ex-Culture members, guitarist John Wylie and drummer Louie Long.

Damien Moyal's songs were repackaged again on the 12-inch vinyl compilation I, released by Germany's Demons Run Amok Entertainment on September 25,2015.

Damien Moyal has sporadically performed reunion shows with Morning Again In December 1999, he joined the band to perform two secret shows under the names Hand of Hope and Cleanest War; the first at Club Q in Davie, Florida, the second at Gainesvillefest in Gainesville, Florida.

Damien Moyal last performed with Morning Again at Ieperfest in Ypres, Belgium on August 9,2014.

Damien Moyal was displeased about Simmons' firing, as it had been done without his knowledge while he was out of town with Culture, which lead to his quitting the band.

The band used the band logos which Damien Moyal had designed on most of their releases and merchandise.

In September 1996, while still a member of Bird of Ill Omen and having recently rejoined Culture, Damien Moyal teamed up with guitarist Henry Olmino, bass guitarist Jeronimo Gomez and drummer Matthew Crum to form the Davie, Florida-based melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust.

Damien Moyal reformed the band after moving to Gainesville, Florida, with then-members of Culture.

Damien Moyal again reconstructed the band, recruiting former Culture, Crucible and Morning Again bass guitarist Christopher "Floyd" Beckham, former Twelve Tribes drummer Alexander Vernon and future Rehasher bass guitarist Guillermo Amador.

Tension within the band resulted with Damien Moyal recording his vocals separately, without the other four members' presence.

The final recordings with Damien Moyal were released on A Young Trophy Band in the Parlance of Our Times in May 2002 on compact disc and 12-inch vinyl by Equal Vision Records in the United States and Defiance Records in Europe.

In March 2008, Damien Moyal announced that As Friends Rust would regroup for a series of European shows.

In 2011, Damien Moyal announced that As Friends Rust had begun to demo new material, though the band was not satisfied with the material.

In September 2021, Damien Moyal revealed in an interview that As Friends Rust was working on a new full-length album.

Rubbers was renamed Damien Moyal Done and the band was immediately signed to Belgian record label Good Life Recordings.

Demons Run Amok Entertainment simultaneously released a 7-inch vinyl of two newly recorded Damien Moyal Done songs: "He Really Tried" and "And Now the Rain" The new songs featured drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick, formerly of Moments in Grace; bass guitarist Mike Hasty, formerly of Walls of Jericho; and electric guitarist Juan Montoya.

In December 2016, Damien Moyal rebuilt the band with former Child Bite drummer Benjamin Moore, former Earthmover guitarist Andrew Dempz, and bass guitarist Laura Jane Leonard.

Damien Moyal Done follow-up with Charm Offensive, the band's first full-length album, released on 12-inch vinyl by Mind Over Matter Records in March 2018.

In November 2020, Damien Moyal Done released the three-song EP Demos from the Year 2020, which includes working versions of the band's forthcoming full-length album, Total Power.

In February 2021, Damien Moyal Done released the single "Nightclubbing", a cover of the 1977 Iggy Pop and David Bowie song.

In 2011, Damien Moyal rejoined former Culture member Richard Thurston to start up the hardcore band On Bodies, which the pair had been discussing since 2009.

Moyal and Kaleb Stewart collaborated on a number of projects outside of As Friends Rust and Bridgeburne R In autumn of 2002, Moyal co-produced Stewart's band Grey Goose's Love EP, which was originally planned for release on Good Life Recordings, but was shelved by the record company.

Damien Moyal contributed vocals to a number of songs on the release.

In May 2005, Damien Moyal produced and contributed vocals and synthesizers to Stewart's acoustic project Bread Riot.

In March 2002, shortly after departing from As Friends Rust, Damien Moyal contributed guest vocals to Gainesville pop punk band Loyal Frisby's song "Deceitful Happiness and Made Up Pain".

In return, Montoya invited Damien Moyal to contributed guest vocals to his band Pandabite's song "Painkiller", which was recorded that same month at The Dungeon with producer Jeremy Dubois, and released on their sole EP Doom Box later that year.

In 2006, shortly before relocating to Ann Arbor, Michigan, Damien Moyal briefly played in the Miami, Florida metallic hardcore band Best Wishes.

In 2015, Damien Moyal contributed guest vocals to Belgian metalcore band Deconsecrate's song "Planetary Holocaust"; the track was released on the album Nothing Is Scared, through Good Life Recordings in May 2015.

In 2016, Damien Moyal contributed guest vocals to French metalcore band Lazare's song "Mass Murder of Clear Minds"; the track was released on the album From Hate.

In 2021, Damien Moyal contributed guest vocals to American electro-pop artist La Femme Pendu's song "La Somnambule", which appeared on her album Vampyr, released on October 22,2021.