Mantis Defeats Jaguar are proud to be working along side Burning Soul Brewing Company
Out Now
Check out our latest tuneage
“String Theory”
Gigs
Come get your much needed dose of MDJ
6th – 9th August 2026
Catton Park, Derbyshire, UK
Bloodstock Open Air 25th Anniversary
26th September 2026
Wolverhampton, UK
The Giffard Arms
13th November 2026
Halesowen, UK
Skull Fox 20th anniversary @ Benjamins
29th November 2026
Digbeth, UK
New Rage Sunday Sabbath III @ Dead Wax
The Mantis Is Musical Pornography
“Material With Little Or No Artistic Merit Whose Primary Function Is To Cause Sexual Excitement”
Who are MDJ?
A dynamic four-piece from the Black Country, Mantis Defeats Jaguar bring their unique blend of Funk, Hip-Hop and Metal to get any party started. MDJ’s energetic live show embraces the crowd as their fifth member, bringing everyone along for the ride.
Years active 2009 – 2011, 2020 – Present
Featured at Bloodstock Festival ’25.
MDJ promise to have fun, ignite smiles and of course “Super High-Fly Karate Kick Your Ass!”
JP, Pete, Jim & Dan
Why MDJ?
“It’s funny because whenever we tell people who we are they always second guess us. They say ‘What was your name again?’ or ‘sorry what was that?’ which is cool because it’s different.” JP explains.
“It started with a kind of bidding war between me and Dan to see who could come up with the most extravagant band name in the world. The stranger the better. It was like one or two words to start with then it turned into full blown paragraphs with like 100 characters.
It was all by text, I think the official text was something like ‘Mantis Defeats Jaguar in a game of chess that spanned over 12 years of mental torture and stress related illness’, something like that. I remember Dan text back saying ‘You know what, I really like Mantis Defeats Jaguar’ and it just stuck”
Excellent Footage
“No more rabbit’s for me”
String Theory Music Video
Kick The Wreckin’ Off Music Video