{{Short description|Canadian metal band}} {{About|the Canadian heavy metal band||Kitty (disambiguation){{!}}Kitty}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kittie | image = Kittie at the Opera House 2010.jpg | caption = Kittie performing in 2010 | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = London, Ontario, Canada | genre = {{flatlist| * Alternative metal * groove metal * {{nowrap|death metal}} * {{nowrap|nu metal}} (early) }} | works = Discography | years_active = {{flatlist| * 1996–2017 * {{nowrap|2022–present}} }} | label = {{flatlist| * Ng * Artemis * Rock Ridge * {{nowrap|X of Infamy}} * MRV * eOne * Massacre * Caroline * Sumerian }} | website = {{URL|kittie.net}} | current_members = * Morgan Lander * Mercedes Lander * Tara McLeod * Ivana "Ivy" Jenkins | past_members = * Tanya Candler * Fallon Bowman * Talena Atfield * Jeff Phillips * Lisa Marx * Jennifer Arroyo * Trish Doan }}
'''Kittie''' is a Canadian heavy metal band from London, Ontario. The band was formed in 1996 by guitarist Fallon Bowman and drummer Mercedes Lander, with guitarist and vocalist Morgan Lander and bassist Tanya Candler joining the following year. Morgan and Mercedes have remained the band's sole constant members. Collectively, their material released via independent record labels has sold over two million copies worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-09 |title=KITTIE's Career-Spanning Documentary 'Origins/Evolutions' To Arrive In March |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kitties-career-spanning-documentary-originsevolutions-to-arrive-in-march/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref>
Kittie was chosen as the band name because the name "seemed contradictory".<ref name="SPIN">{{cite magazine |last=Hannaham |first=James |date=January 2002 |title=Underage Against the Machine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXGw14ml_M4C&q=talena+atfield+financial&pg=PA26 |magazine=Spin |volume=18 |pages=25–26 |issn=0886-3032 |access-date=September 1, 2015 |number=1}}</ref> After signing to Ng Records, Kittie released their debut album ''Spit'' (1999), which saw a wider release under Artemis Records the following year. The album, which primarily exhibited a nu metal sound, sold at least 600,000 copies in the United States and was certified gold by the RIAA. Kittie's subsequent output, including ''Oracle'' (2001) and ''Until the End'' (2004), saw the band transition towards a heavier, more aggressive albeit melodic sound featuring characteristics of alternative metal, groove metal and death metal. Neither album was able to replicate the success of ''Spit'', and Kittie parted ways with Artemis Records in 2005.
After leaving Artemis, Kittie created their own label, X of Infamy, and released their fourth album ''Funeral for Yesterday'' in 2007. In 2009, the band signed to eOne Music, with whom they released ''In the Black'' (2009) and ''I've Failed You'' (2011), both with bassist Ivana "Ivy" Jenkins. After the release of ''I've Failed You'', Kittie went on an indefinite hiatus and the band's members pursued various other projects.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=BraveWords |date=January 18, 2017 |title=THE WHITE SWAN Featuring KITTIE Drummer MERCEDES LANDER Confirm More Live Dates For Southern Ontario |url=https://bravewords.com/news/the-white-swan-featuring-kittie-drummer-mercedes-lander-confirm-more-live-dates-for-southern-ontario |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=bravewords.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Begai |first=Carl |date=April 15, 2024 |title=Kittie - Rise Above The Flames |url=https://bravewords.com/features/kittie-rise-above-the-flames |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=bravewords.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2018, a documentary, ''Kittie: Origins/Evolutions'', chronicling the history of the band was released in co-ordination with its 20th anniversary, followed by a one-off reunion concert. In 2022, Kittie reunited to perform at the Blue Ridge Rock and When We Were Young festivals.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=January 26, 2022 |title=KITTIE Announces Band Lineup For Reunion Shows |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-announces-band-lineup-for-reunion-shows/ |access-date=February 27, 2022 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2023-03-13 |title=MORGAN LANDER: 'It's The Perfect Time' For New KITTIE Music |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/morgan-lander-its-the-perfect-time-for-new-kittie-music |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> Their first album in 13 years, ''Fire'', was released on June 21, 2024, through Sumerian Records.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Emily |date=2024-05-08 |title=Kittie announce first new album in 13 years: "We cannot wait for you to lose yourselves in the passion and strength of Fire" |url=https://www.kerrang.com/kittie-announce-first-new-album-in-13-years-we-cannot-wait-for-you-to-lose-yourselves-in-the-passion-and-strength-of-fire/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}</ref>
==History== ===Formation and early years (1996–2004)=== Kittie was formed in September 1996<ref name="PiercingMetalInt">{{Cite web |last=Pierce |first=Ken |date=August 11, 2007 |title=Interviews: Kittie (Morgan and Mercedes Lander, Tara Mcleod) |url=http://www.piercingmetal.com/interview_kittie_081107.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823062257/http://www.piercingmetal.com/interview_kittie_081107.htm |archive-date=2007-08-23 |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=Piercing Metal |quote="[It] will be [Kittie's eleventh birthday] in September".}}</ref> when guitarist Fallon Bowman and drummer Mercedes Lander met in a gymnastics class.<ref name="AM">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kittie-mn0000097491/biography |title=Kittie Biography |website=AllMusic |author=Roxanne Blanford}}</ref> Four or five months after the band's formation, Mercedes' sister Morgan joined as their vocalist and guitarist.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hefflon |first=Scott |date=2000 |title=Kittie |url=https://archive.org/details/juggernaut-3-2000/page/32/mode/2up |magazine=Juggernaut |publisher=Implosion Publishing Inc. |location=Orlando |pages=32, 34–37 |via=Internet Archive |issue=3 |oclc=858943196}}</ref> Tanya Candler completed the line-up by joining as the bassist in November 1997.<ref name=":8" /> Kittie recorded their first demos and began playing concerts in 1998.<ref name="LGM">{{cite web |title=An interview with Morgan Lander of Kittie |url=http://www.londongroovemachine.com/2014/07/03/pros-legends-morgan-lander/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221075047/http://www.londongroovemachine.com/2014/07/03/pros-legends-morgan-lander/ |archive-date=February 21, 2016 |publisher=London Groove Machine}} ''July 3, 2014''</ref> The band performed at Call the Office and the Embassy and signed up for Canadian Music Week in 1999.<ref name=LGM /> Kittie approached Jason Wyner, who was second-in-command at NG Records. After Jason saw the band perform live, NG Records signed Kittie in 1999.<ref name=LGM /> Kittie initially released their debut album ''Spit'' on NG Records on November 13, 1999;<ref name="spit991">{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-the-song-kitties-spit |title=Story Behind the Song |website=Metal Hammer |last=Leivers |first=Dannii |date=September 20, 2021 |access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref><ref name="spit992">{{cite web |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2000/08/18/kittie-makes-the-fur-fly/62185646007/ |title=Kittie Makes the Fur Fly |website=The Oklahoman |last=Lang |first=George |date=August 18, 2000 |access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref><ref name="spit993">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/kittiepage/photos/today-16-years-ago-we-released-our-first-album-such-a-crazy-experience-creating-/10153382106203515/ |title=Kittie Official Facebook |website=Facebook |date=November 13, 2015 |access-date=March 13, 2023 |quote=Today 16 years ago we released our first album.}}</ref> however, shortly after, NG Records was purchased by Artemis Records, and production was halted. Around the same time, Candler left the band and was replaced on bass by Talena Atfield. Artemis subsequently reissued ''Spit'', with different artwork and photographs, on January 11, 2000.<ref name="spit991"/><ref name="spit992"/><ref name="spit993" /> It is the band's most successful album, being certified gold by the RIAA.<ref name="AM"/><ref name="RIAA">{{cite web | url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?&artist=%22Kittie%22 | title=American certifications – Kittie | publisher=RIAA | access-date=February 8, 2013}}</ref> ''Spit'' has sold at least 600,000 copies in the United States and at least 40,000 copies in Canada.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-file-lawsuit-against-their-record-label/ |title= Kittie File Lawsuit Against Their Record Label |work=Blabbermouth |date=April 1, 2003}}</ref> They supported the album by touring with Slipknot.<ref name=Discography>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kittie-mn0000097491/discography/all|title=Kittie | Album Discography|website=AllMusic|access-date=November 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/620396/slipknot-touring-with-kittie/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018142734/http://www.mtv.com/news/620396/slipknot-touring-with-kittie/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |title=Slipknot Touring With Kittie |publisher=MTV}} ''January 12, 2000''</ref><ref name=TeenRockersKittieClaw>{{cite magazine |title=ARTEMIS' TEEN ROCKERS KITTIE CLAW UP THE BILLBOARD 200 |magazine=Billboard |author=Carla Hay |pages=13, 16 |issn=0006-2510 |volume=112 |number=13 |date=March 25, 2000 }}</ref>
Their debut album and supporting tour earned Kittie coverage in ''Metal Edge'', whose readers voted Morgan Lander for "Female Performer of the Year" and ''Spit in Your Eye'' for "Home Video of the Year" in the magazine's 2000 Readers' Choice Awards. The band was also voted "New Band of the Year", "Who's Going to be the Next Big Thing", and "Most Underrated Band", earning them a total of five ''Metal Edge'' Readers' Choice Awards that year.<ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Anon. |date=June 2001 |title=16th Annual Readers' Choice Awards |magazine=Metal Edge |publisher=Sterling/Macfadden Partnership |volume=47 |issue=2}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> On July 11, 2000, Kittie made a home-video called ''Spit in Your Eye'' which featured interviews of the band and the band playing shows with the band Slipknot.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1430884/kittie-preps-home-video-music-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018142734/http://www.mtv.com/news/1430884/kittie-preps-home-video-music-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |title=Kittie Preps Home Video, Music Video |publisher=MTV}} ''April 18, 2000''</ref> The success of ''Spit'' led ''Billboard'' to call Kittie "the most successful female band in modern metal" in December 2001.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Miller |first=Gerri |date=December 1, 2001 |title=Ready to Rock |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRIEAAAAMBAJ&dq=kittie+spit+top+nu+metal&pg=PA26 |magazine=Billboard |volume=113 |issue=48 |page=26 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
Kittie began jamming on new material in February 2001,<ref name=":32">{{Cite web |last=Joseph |first=Peter |date=February 8, 2001 |title=Sno-core Ball hits with metal edge |url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2001/02/08/Arts/SnoCore.Ball.Hits.With.Metal.Edge-27310.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712002040/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2001/02/08/Arts/SnoCore.Ball.Hits.With.Metal.Edge-27310.shtml |archive-date=July 12, 2012 |access-date=July 16, 2011 |website=The GW Hatchet}}</ref> and finished writing their second album, ''Oracle'', by June.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barker |first=Samuel |date=January 17, 2002 |title=Interviews: Kittie |url=http://www.rockzone.com/interviews/kittie.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020228125147/http://www.rockzone.com/interviews/kittie.shtml |archive-date=2002-02-28 |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Rockzone.com}}</ref> Sounding more aggressive than ''Spit'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=van Horn |first=Teri |date=March 12, 2001 |title=Kittie Sharpen Their Claws For Next Album |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/v9us6o/kittie-sharpen-their-claws-for-next-album |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408003133/https://www.mtv.com/news/v9us6o/kittie-sharpen-their-claws-for-next-album |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> the album features elements of death metal<ref name="Oracle">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r556272|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> and thrash metal.<ref name="Review">{{cite web |date=April 15, 2010 |title=CD Review of Kittie Oracle |url=http://www.schwegweb.com/cdreviews/cdreview-kittie-oracle/ |publisher=Chris Schwegler}}</ref> Morgan Lander noted how the band members were only 14 years old when writing their debut album and said "We haven't written in 4 or 5 years." She acknowledged a change in influence from their early days, stating, "Then we listened to bands like Nirvana, Silverchair, and Alice in Chains. Now we listen to stuff like Cannibal Corpse and Nile." However, the band would continue to write in the same fashion by first composing the music and then using that "as the backdrop behind the vocals."<ref name="SnoCore">Joseph, Peter {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120712002040/http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2001/02/08/Arts/SnoCore.Ball.Hits.With.Metal.Edge-27310.shtml Sno-core Ball hits with metal edge]}} The GW Hatchet (February 8, 2001). Retrieved on September 1, 2015.</ref> Weeks before the album was due to be recorded,<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Stillman |first=Brian |date=December 2001 |title=Meow Mix |magazine=Guitar World |publisher=Harris Publications |pages=62-64, 66, 102, 104 |volume=21 |issue=12}}</ref> Bowman left Kittie due to creative differences with Morgan and her own struggles dealing with the band's pressures for success.<ref name=":222" />{{sfn|McCallum|2017|loc=31:31–32:13, 32:40–33:42}} They have since reconciled their differences.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2018-03-31 |title=Former KITTIE Guitarist FALLON BOWMAN On Band's New Documentary: 'It Was Quite Shocking At Times' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-kittie-guitarist-fallon-bowman-on-bands-new-documentary-it-was-quite-shocking-at-times/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> As a result of her departure, Morgan recorded all of the album's guitar tracks herself.<ref name=":2" /> In August 2001, Artemis Records announced that Kittie would continue as a three-piece (Bowman was not named in the statement) and that the band's guitar tech, Jeff Phillips, would fill in as a touring guitarist.<ref name=":132">{{Cite web |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |date=August 9, 2001 |title=Kittie Guitarist Scratched From Lineup |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/697p0j/kittie-guitarist-scratched-from-lineup |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330095014/https://www.mtv.com/news/697p0j/kittie-guitarist-scratched-from-lineup |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=MTV News |language=en}}</ref> Released in November 2001,<ref name=":123">{{Cite web |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |date=December 11, 2001 |title=Kittie Hitting The Road After Christmas |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/b09yf7/kittie-hitting-the-road-after-christmas |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411150946/https://www.mtv.com/news/b09yf7/kittie-hitting-the-road-after-christmas |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> the album went on to ship almost 220,000 copies in the United States by 2004.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Zulaica |first=Don |date=July 28, 2004 |title=liveDaily Interview: Morgan Lander of Kittie |url=http://www.livedaily.com/interviews/liveDaily_Interview_Morgan_Lander_of_Kittie-6854.html?t=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122105532/http://www.livedaily.com/interviews/liveDaily_Interview_Morgan_Lander_of_Kittie-6854.html?t=6 |archive-date=2005-11-22 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=LiveDaily}}</ref>
On March 18, 2002, Talena Atfield left the band and was replaced on bass by Jennifer Arroyo two days later.<ref name=":62">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Jonathan |date=2002 |title=Hear Kittie Kittie: Canadian Metal Maidens |url=http://www.prickmag.net/kittiefeature.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030203064741/http://www.prickmag.net/kittiefeature.html |archive-date=2003-02-03 |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Prick}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=MTV News Staff |date=March 21, 2002 |title=For The Record: Quick News On Papa Roach, Weezer, Billy Corgan, Kittie, Fugazi & More |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1453010/for-the-record-quick-news-on-papa-roach-weezer-billy-corgan-kittie-fugazi-more/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018142734/http://www.mtv.com/news/1453010/for-the-record-quick-news-on-papa-roach-weezer-billy-corgan-kittie-fugazi-more/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |access-date=April 10, 2023 |website=MTV News |publisher=MTV}}</ref> In April 2003, Kittie and Garth Richardson sued Artemis over unpaid royalties of $900,000 and eleven breaches of contract by the label; the dispute was settled out of court in March 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-23 |title=Kittie interview |url=https://disposableunderground.com/kittie-interview/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Disposable Underground |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2003-08-19 |title=KITTIE And Producer File New Claims In Suit Against ARTEMIS RECORDS |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-and-producer-file-new-claims-in-suit-against-artemis-records/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Kittie, Artemis Settle Differences |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1443409/kittie-artemis-settle-differences |url-status=dead |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214101736/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1443409/kittie-artemis-settle-differences |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |access-date=April 21, 2020}}</ref> In 2004, the group added guitarist Lisa Marx, and Jeff Phillips went to work full-time on his side project, Thine Eyes Bleed.<ref name="AM" /> On July 27, 2004, Kittie released their third studio album ''Until the End''.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r697053|pure_url=yes}} "Until the End" by Kittie] - Allmusic</ref>
===Departure from Artemis and ''Funeral for Yesterday'' (2005–2007)=== On March 23, 2005, Morgan Lander reported that both Lisa Marx and Jennifer Arroyo had left the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?Mode=Archive&Date=3/23/2005 |title=Blabbermouth.Net |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=April 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204041105/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?Mode=Archive&Date=3%2F23%2F2005 |archive-date=February 4, 2012 }}</ref> Jennifer Arroyo's split was amicable while Lisa Marx's came as a surprise. Morgan cited financial difficulties, which they attributed to Artemis Records' poor promotion of their releases, as the reasons for both members' departures.<ref>{{Cite web |last=CorrosiveMind |date=March 24, 2005 |title=Kittie Lose Two Members At Once |url=https://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=12816 |access-date=April 5, 2023 |website=metalunderground.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Chris |date=November 16, 2006 |title=Metal File: Kittie, Cradle Of Filth, Meshuggah & More News That Rules |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/y8mbf6/metal-file-kittie-cradle-of-filth-meshuggah-more-news-that-rules |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405175048/https://www.mtv.com/news/y8mbf6/metal-file-kittie-cradle-of-filth-meshuggah-more-news-that-rules |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> Lander also revealed that Artemis and the band were in negotiations over whether the band's contract would be renewed, expressing her desire to leave the label.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2005-03-22 |title=KITTIE: Discussing The Future With ARTEMIS RECORDS |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-discussing-the-future-with-artemis-records/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> Arroyo confirmed that the split was amicable, and also cited her desire to work outside of Kittie full-time was an additional factor. She would go on to join Billy Graziadei of Biohazard in the band Suicide City.<ref name="AM" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 25, 2005 |title=Jennifer Arroyo Explains Departure From Kittie |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=12822 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Metalunderground.com |language=English}}</ref> On March 31, 2005, Kittie parted ways with Artemis Records due to "a proposed amendment to the recording budget for the pending fourth Kittie album."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2005-03-31 |title=KITTIE 'Released' From ARTEMIS RECORDS |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-released-from-artemis-records/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>
In 2005, Kittie added two new members: Tara McLeod on guitar and Trish Doan on bass. In 2005, Morgan and Mercedes Lander's clothing line, Poisoned Black clothing, started.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-s-morgan-and-mercedes-launch-clothing-line/ |title=Kittie's Morgan and Mercedes Launch Clothing Line |work=Blabbermouth}} ''September 26, 2005''</ref> Morgan and Mercedes also appeared briefly in the documentaries ''Metal: A Headbanger's Journey'' and ''Heavy Metal - Louder than Life''. On February 7, 2006, Kittie released their ''Never Again'' EP through Rock Ridge Music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=4572 |title=Kittie Confirms More Never Again Tour Dates |publisher=KNAC}} ''May 3, 2006''</ref> Also in 2006, vocalist Morgan Lander provided vocals on the song "It Turns to Rust", from the album ''In the Arms of Devastation'', by the Canadian death metal band Kataklysm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/reviews/details.cfm?releaseid=405 |title=Kataklysm - "In the Arms of Devastation" |publisher=Metal Underground}}</ref>
Kittie created their own record label, Kiss of Infamy Records, and used it to release their fourth studio album. The label name was later changed to "X of Infamy" after a cease-and-desist letter from attorneys representing Kiss Catalog Ltd. (the owner of the intellectual property rights pertaining to the musical group Kiss) alleging that the Kiss of Infamy trademark was "confusingly similar" to their client's trademark.<ref name=Label>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kiss-attorneys-force-kittie-to-change-name-of-record-label/ |title=Kiss Attornerys Force Kittie To Change Name of Record Label |work=Blabbermouth}} ''December 1, 2006''</ref> Kittie's fourth studio album ''Funeral for Yesterday'' was released on February 20, 2007, through their record label.<ref name=Label/> Along with the release of ''Funeral for Yesterday'', Morgan Lander announced that Kittie would release a 45-minute-DVD with the CD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercedeslander.net/ |title=Mercedeslander.net |publisher=Mercedeslander.net |access-date=April 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402111023/http://www.mercedeslander.net/ |archive-date=April 2, 2009 }}</ref> In February 2007, Kittie toured as part of the ''Funeral for Yesterday Tour'' alongside Walls of Jericho, 36 Crazyfists, Dead To Fall, and In This Moment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-trailer-for-funeral-for-yesterday-companion-dvd-available/|title=KITTIE: Trailer For 'Funeral For Yesterday' Companion DVD Available|date=December 13, 2006|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=November 4, 2019}}</ref> Doan left Kittie following the tour due to her struggles with anorexia athletica-nervosa, which she developed during the recording of ''Funeral for Yesterday''.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 4, 2008 |title=BLABBERMOUTH.NET - KITTIE Parts Ways With Bassist TRISH DOAN |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-parts-ways-with-bassist-trish-doan/ |access-date=April 26, 2009 |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2007-09-03 |title=Kittie Frontwoman Says Bassist's 'Serious Eating Disorder' Prevented Her From Touring |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-frontwoman-says-bassist-s-serious-eating-disorder-prevented-her-from-touring/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501213719/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-frontwoman-says-bassist-s-serious-eating-disorder-prevented-her-from-touring |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref>{{sfn|McCallum|2017|loc=59:56–1:00:17}}<ref name="Femmemetal">{{Cite web |last=Cadoni |first=Miriam |date=2012-11-07 |title=Interview : Morgan Lander - Kittie (2009) |url=https://www.femmemetalwebzine.net/uncategorized/interview-morgan-lander-kittie-2009/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413150918/https://www.femmemetalwebzine.net/uncategorized/interview-morgan-lander-kittie-2009/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Femme Metal Webzine |language=en-US |quote=}}</ref> From July 6 to September 16, 2007, Kittie embarked on another headlining tour of the United States, the Sweet Revenge Tour, with It Dies Today, Silent Civilian, Bring Me the Horizon and Blessed by a Broken Heart.<ref name="SRTourBL2">{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2007-06-28 |title=Kittie Bassist To Sit Out Tour |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-bassist-to-sit-out-tour/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408132238/https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-bassist-to-sit-out-tour |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Madison |first=Tjames |date=2007-07-03 |title=Kittie plots one last round of 'Revenge' |url=http://www.livedaily.com/news/12399.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705044341/http://www.livedaily.com/news/12399.html |archive-date=2007-07-05 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=LiveDaily}}</ref> Jeff Phillips filled in on bass for the duration of tour.<ref name="SRTourBL2" /> Soon after, Ivy Vujic officially became the new bass player.<ref name="Femmemetal" />
===''In the Black'' and ''I've Failed You'' (2008–2011)=== On August 2, 2008, David Lander, father of band members Morgan and Mercedes and the band's manager, died of a heart attack.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=102138 |title=BLABBERMOUTH.NET - KITTIE's Manager Reportedly Dies of Heart Attack |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=April 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910094958/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=102138 |archive-date=September 10, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On June 26, 2009, it was announced that Kittie signed to the E1 Music record label.<ref name="Blabbermouth" /> The band's fifth studio album ''In the Black'', was released on September 15, 2009.<ref name="Blabbermouth">{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-signs-with-e1-music/ |title=Kittie Signs With E1 Music |work=Blabbermouth}} ''June 26, 2009''</ref> Videos were shot for two singles, "Cut Throat" and "Sorrow I Know". "Cut Throat" premiered on MTV 2's ''Headbangers Ball'' on September 5, 2009, and on the Canadian show ''Much Loud'' on September 20, 2009. "Cut Throat" also appeared on the ''Saw VI'' Soundtrack released on October 20, 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?,brnewsid=48267 |title=Metal News on Metal Underground.com |publisher=Metalunderground.com |date=August 27, 2011 |access-date=October 21, 2011}}</ref> and also in ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules'', released on March 25, 2011. On September 16, 2009, an announcement was made that German label Massacre Records would distribute ''In the Black'' in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kittierocks.com/main.html |title=Official Kittie Site |publisher=Kittierocks.com |access-date=June 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907134048/http://kittierocks.com/main.html |archive-date=September 7, 2008 }}</ref>
In January 2010, Kittie returned to Europe to promote ''In the Black''. Supporting bands on the tour included It Dies Today and Malefice. This tour included dates in the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. In a January 27, 2010 interview, Morgan Lander revealed that the band was in talks to film a video for the track "Die My Darling".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metalholic.com/heavy_metal/2010/01/28/kittie-interview-with-morgan-lander-purrrfection-in-black/ |title=Metalholic Magazine |publisher=metalholic.com }}</ref> In March 2010, Kittie embarked on another North American tour with God Forbid, Periphery and Gwen Stacy as support. From May through June 2010, Kittie took part in the ''Happy Daze'' tour headlined by Insane Clown Posse and featuring Coolio, Kottonmouth Kings and Necro.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ryansrockshow.com/news/kittie-post-happy-daze-tour-webisode|title=Kittie Post 'Happy Daze Tour' Webisode|date=May 13, 2010|access-date=November 4, 2019}}</ref>
Kittie participated in the 2010 ''Thrash and Burn'' tour through July and August which also featured Asking Alexandria, Born of Osiris, Evergreen Terrace, Stick to Your Guns, Chelsea Grin, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Impending Doom, Periphery and Greeley Estates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://noisecreep.com/thrash-and-burn-tour-dates-with-kittie-asking-alexandria-born-of-osiris/ |title=Thrash and Burn Tour Dates With Kittie, Asking Alexandria, Born of Osiris |website=Noisecreep |date=June 8, 2010}}</ref> This was followed by a one-month stint as one of the two opening acts on Devildriver's 2010 North American tour.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-announces-dates-with-devildriver/|title=KITTIE Announces Dates With DEVILDRIVER|date=June 24, 2010|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref>
Kittie's sixth studio album, titled ''I've Failed You'', was released on August 30, 2011.<ref name="Monger">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ive-failed-you-mw0002186313|website=AllMusic|title=I've Failed You - Kittie|author=Monger, James Christopher}}</ref> Two videos were released for the songs "We Are the Lamb" and "Empires (Part 2)".<ref>{{cite news|work=Blabbermouth.net |title=Kittie To Head into Studio Next Week|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-to-enter-studio-next-week |date=April 11, 2011 |access-date=September 5, 2013}}</ref> In 2011, Mercedes Lander joined the all-female band the Alcohollys featuring former Kittie bassist Tanya Candler.
===Documentary, death of Trish Doan, hiatus (2012–2020)=== On February 13, 2012, Kittie announced that Ivy Vujic was resigning from the band and that Trish Doan would be returning.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 13, 2012 |title=Kittie Part Ways with Bassist Ivy Vujic, Reenlist Trish Doan |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/kittie_part_ways_with_bassist_ivy_vujic_reenlist_trish_doan |access-date=February 13, 2012 |publisher=exclaim.ca}}</ref> On September 7, 2013, Kittie performed at the Spread the Metal Festival at The Opera House in Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BraveWords |date=September 29, 2013 |title=Kittie - Five More Songs From Toronto's Spread The Metal Festival Posted, Video Available |url=https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-five-more-songs-from-torontos-spread-the-metal-festival-posted-video-available |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226182611/https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-five-more-songs-from-torontos-spread-the-metal-festival-posted-video-available |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=bravewords.com |language=en}}</ref> The band would enter a period of inactivity following the performance, citing rising costs associated with touring and writing new music.<ref>{{Cite web |last=John |date=July 3, 2014 |title=An interview with Morgan Lander of Kittie |url=http://www.londongroovemachine.com/2014/07/03/pros-legends-morgan-lander/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714132600/http://www.londongroovemachine.com/2014/07/03/pros-legends-morgan-lander/ |archive-date=2014-07-14 |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=London Groove Machine}}</ref>{{Sfn|McCallum|2017|loc=3:52, 4:04}} Morgan later noted declining turnouts at the band's shows as a factor,<ref name=":152">{{Cite web |last=Alderslade |first=Merlin |date=2024-04-03 |title="The world is ready for us now." Why nu metal heroes Kittie are finally ready to grab the limelight once again |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/kittie-ready-for-comeback |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405123846/https://www.loudersound.com/news/kittie-ready-for-comeback |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Metal Hammer (loudersound) |language=en}}</ref> with her and Mercedes both feeling that Kittie had "overstayed [their] welcome" by the time ''I've Failed You'' was released.<ref name=":12" /> In 2017, Mercedes described Kittie as being on an indefinite hiatus.<ref name=":4" /> In spite of their prolonged inactivity, the band did not want to announce that they had broken up.<ref name=":12" /> In 2024, McLeod said: "To admit that we were done would have been a really big heartbreak for all of us. None of us wanted to admit that even though we did overstay our welcome. We knew it was inevitable but maybe didn't want to admit it. All of us really gripped onto [Kittie] as a musical identity."<ref name=":12" />
In early 2014, Kittie posted information about a secret project that was in the works to their Facebook page. On March 8, Kittie posted photos on their Facebook and Instagram of past and present members all together in the same room with a camera. On March 28, 2014, Kittie launched an Indiegogo campaign celebrating the impending 20th anniversary of the band, with a DVD documentary featuring past and present members and a tell all book.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/662506/fblk|title=Help Kittie Celebrate Our 20th Anniversary with a Documentary DVD and Book!|website=Indiegogo|access-date=November 4, 2019}}</ref> Their goal of $20,000 was reached in eight hours. The campaign closed on April 28, 2014, with a total amount of $40,525 raised, 203% of the initial goal. Kittie slated Rob McCallum to direct the documentary and Mark Eglinton to help pen the biography.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metaladies.com/latest-news/kittie-anniversary-campaign-ends-at-twice-the-goal/ |title=Kittie anniversary campaign ends at twice the goal |publisher=Metaladies.com |date=April 30, 2014}}</ref>
In April 2015, it was announced that Kittie would tour the United States in June 2015, as part of Ill Niño's the Civil Unrest Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-11 |title=Ill Nino Announces "The Civil Unrest Tour" With Kittie |url=https://www.digitaltourbus.com/news/ill-nino-announces-the-civil-unrest-tour-with-kittie/ |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=Digital Tour Bus |language=en}}</ref> However, a month before it could begin, the band dropped out of the tour "due to unforeseen issues with immigration in the USA".<ref>{{Cite web |last=BraveWords |title=Kittie Drop Off Civil Unrest US Tour With Ill Nino "Due To Issues with Immigration In The USA" |url=https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-drop-off-civil-unrest-us-tour-with-ill-nino-due-to-issues-with-immigration-in-the-usa |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=bravewords.com |date=May 19, 2015 |language=en}}</ref> In October 2015, Kittie released a cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity", featured on the Cleopatra Records tribute album ''A Salute To The Thin White Duke - The Songs Of David Bowie''. Morgan, Mercedes and McLeod recorded the cover in a single day in December 2014 at Beach Road Studios with producer Siegfried Meier.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2015-10-03 |title=KITTIE's Cover Version Of DAVID BOWIE's 'Space Oddity' Available For Streaming |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kitties-cover-version-of-david-bowies-space-oddity-available-for-streaming/ |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>
In October 2016, it was announced that drummer/vocalist Mercedes Lander had started a new sludge/doom metal band called the White Swan that released the single "Illuminate". The debut EP, ''Anubis'', was released on November 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=The White Swan (Kittie) Tease New Track, Set Release For Debut EP|url=http://www.theprp.com/2016/10/18/news/white-swan-kittie-tease-new-track-set-release-debut-ep/|website=Theprp.com|date=October 18, 2016|publisher=THEPRP|access-date=October 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=KITTIE Drummer MERCEDES LANDER Launches THE WHITE SWAN - "The Feeling of Darkness About to Boil Over into Chaos Just Underneath the Surface"|url=http://bravewords.com/news/kittie-drummer-mercedes-lander-launches-the-white-swan-the-feeling-of-darkness-about-to-boil-over-into-chaos-just-underneath-the-surface|website=Bravewords.com|date=October 11, 2016 |access-date=October 21, 2016}}</ref>
On February 11, 2017, bassist Trish Doan died at the age of 31.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oid=1004955|title=Trisha Doan Obituary|publisher=yourlifemoments.ca|date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229232314/http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oid=1004955 |archive-date=29 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/trish-doan-dead/|title=Kittie's Trish Doan Dead |publisher=loudwire.com|date=February 13, 2017}}</ref> Doan had moved to Australia in 2013 and had frequently used her social media accounts to speak of her frustrations with depression.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-bassist-trish-doan-dead-at-31/ |title= KITTIE Bassist TRISH DOAN Dead At 31 |publisher=blabbermouth.net |date=February 13, 2017 |access-date=April 19, 2020 }}</ref>
On August 30, 2017, the band announced that they would performing a three-set single concert on October 27, 2017, in their hometown of London, Ontario in the London Music Hall, featuring three different line-up variations made up of both current and former members. The concert marked the launch of their 20-year anniversary documentary,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/kittiepage/posts/10155218362098515 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/17636243514/10155218362098515 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Kittie - Join us on October 27...|publisher=Kittie (via Facebook)|date=October 26, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and featured the return of Candler, Bowman, Phillips, Arroyo and Vujic to perform songs from their respective eras.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/watch-reunion-of-kitties-original-lineup-from-live-at-the-london-music-hall-concert-film/|title=Watch Reunion Of KITTIE's Original Lineup From 'Live At The London Music Hall' Concert Film|date=March 1, 2019|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref> The concert was released on DVD format on March 26, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2019-03-01 |title=Watch Reunion Of KITTIE's Original Lineup From 'Live At The London Music Hall' Concert Film |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/watch-reunion-of-kitties-original-lineup-from-live-at-the-london-music-hall-concert-film/ |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>
On March 30, 2018, the documentary ''Kittie: Origins/Evolutions'', which was filmed prior to the reunion concert, was released on Blu-ray and DVD for the very first time. Like they did with the reunion concert, Atfield and Marx declined to participate; according to Morgan Lander, Atfield was supportive of the documentary, appearing in the initial crowdfunding pitch video, but "didn't think it was the right move for her" to appear.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.joelgausten.com/2018/03/still-clawing-kitties-morgan-lander-on.html|title=Still Clawing: Kittie's Morgan Lander on the Band's New Documentary & Undying Resilience|first=Joel|last=Gausten}}</ref> Packaged with the movie was a CD featuring a collection of live performances by the band.
In 2019, Morgan Lander expressed uncertainty about the future of the band, the primary reason being that she didn't feel right moving the band forward without Trish Doan.<ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://talk-toomey.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-202-morgan-lander-kittie |title=Ep. 202 Morgan Lander (Kittie) |website=talk-toomey.simplecast.com |publisher=Talk Toomey |host=Joshua Toomey |date=March 21, 2019 |access-date=April 19, 2020 }}</ref> Several months later, it was announced that Lander had joined the melodic death metal band, Karkaos, as their new lead singer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-22 |title=Kittie's Morgan Lander Joins Canadian Death Metal Band |url=https://loudwire.com/kittie-morgan-lander-death-metal-karkaos/ |access-date=2026-05-06 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref>
In October 2020, Mercedes Lander stated that it was unlikely that Kittie would reunite to perform again without a significant financial offer and the ability to include all of the band's former members. Like her sister, she also stated that she found it difficult to go forward with the band without Doan.<ref name=":0">{{cite podcast |url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-thunder-underground-43098823/episode/epsode-291-mercedes-lander-the-72617412/ |title=Episode 291 - Mercedes Lander (The White Swan / Kittie) |website=iHeartRadio |publisher=Thunder Underground |host=Trent Schoenhals and Jason Wood |date=October 14, 2020 |access-date=January 18, 2022 }}</ref>
===Return to performing, ''Fire'' (2021–present)=== In late 2021, coinciding with a resurgence in nu metal's popularity, Kittie was contacted by bookers to play several shows,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Li |first=Jasmine |date=2023-07-24 |title=Are You Ready? The Nu Metal Renaissance Is Upon Us. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/24/style/nu-metal-gen-z.html |access-date=2023-10-25 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> prompting the band to officially end their hiatus in January 2022, with Jenkins rejoining the band on bass.<ref name=":1" /> On September 8, 2022, Kittie performed their first show since 2017 at the Blue Ridge Rock Festival at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Watch: KITTIE Plays First Show in Five Years |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/watch-kittie-plays-first-show-in-five-years}}</ref> In October 2022, Kittie performed on all three days of the When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas, Nevada.<ref name=":1" /> After seeing the band perform at the festival, Kittie were signed to Sumerian Records by label head Ash Avildsen and began working on new music in January 2023.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Leivers |first=Dannii |date=May 2024 |title="The World is Ready For Us Now" |magazine=Metal Hammer |publisher=Future plc |pages=54–58 |issue=386}}</ref>
On May 13, 2023, Kittie performed their first new song in 12 years, "Vultures", at the Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Enis |first=Eli |date=2023-05-15 |title=See Kittie debut crushing new song "Vultures" at Sick New World |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-kittie-debut-crushing-new-song-vultures-sick-new-world |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Revolver |language=en}}</ref> On November 19, 2023, the band confirmed that they were recording a new album with producer Nick Rasculinecz at Sienna Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2023-11-20 |title=Kittie Is Working On New Studio Album With Acclaimed Producer Nick Raskulinecz |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/kittie-is-working-on-new-studio-album-with-acclaimed-producer-nick-raskulinecz |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref> On February 13, 2024, Kittie premiered the song "Eyes Wide Open" on Sirius XM's Liquid Metal channel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BraveWords |date=February 13, 2024 |title=Kittie - New "Eyes Wide Open" Single To Make World Premiere On SiriusXM Liquid Metal Today |url=https://bravewords.com/news/kittie-new-eyes-wide-open-single-to-make-world-premiere-on-siriusxm-liquid-metal-today |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=bravewords.com |language=en}}</ref> The following day, the band released the song as a single with a music video and announced that they had signed to Sumerian Records.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2024-02-12 |title=Kittie's First New Song In 13 Years, 'Eyes Wide Open', To Be Released On Wednesday |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/kitties-first-new-song-in-13-years-eyes-wide-open-to-be-released-on-wednesday |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brannigan |first=Paul |date=2024-02-14 |title="Sometimes, incredible opportunities present themselves in surprising ways": watch the video for Eyes Wide Open, the first new music from Kittie in 13 years |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/eyes-wide-open-first-new-music-from-kittie-in-13-years |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Metal Hammer (loudersound) |language=en}}</ref> Upon release, ''Consequence'', ''Exclaim!'', ''Metal Hammer'' and ''Revolver'' listed the song as one of the best of the week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hadusek |first=Jon |date=2024-02-16 |title=Kittie's "Eyes Wide Open" Is Our Heavy Song of the Week |url=https://consequence.net/2024/02/kittie-eyes-wide-open-heavy-song-of-the-week/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Slingerland |first=Calum |date=February 14, 2024 |title=Kittie Sink Their Claws Into "Eyes Wide Open" |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim-staff-picks-kittie-eyes-wide-open |access-date=February 15, 2024 |website=Exclaim!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hobson |first1=Rich |last2=Alderslade |first2=Merlin |date=2024-02-16 |title=The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/best-new-metal-songs-while-she-sleeps-kittie-fever-333 |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Metal Hammer (loudersound) |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Enis |first=Eli |date=2024-02-16 |title=6 best new songs right now |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/6-best-new-songs-right-now-21624 |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Revolver |language=en}}</ref> After the release of "Vultures", the band announced that their seventh album, ''Fire'', would be released on June 21, 2024.<ref name=":6" />
In 2025, Kittie released ''Spit XXV'', an EP featuring re-recordings of four tracks from their debut album ''Spit''. In June 2026, the band is scheduled to embark on their first full headlining tour of North America in more than a decade, the Legacy of Fire Tour, with Kingdom of Giants and Gore,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-02 |title=KITTIE Announce Legacy Of Fire Tour Celebrating 30 Years Of Metal Mayhem |url=https://metalinjection.net/tour-dates/kittie-announce-legacy-of-fire-tour-celebrating-30-years-of-metal-mayhem |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US}}</ref> followed by a tour of Europe in August.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=James |date=2026-02-03 |title=Kittie announce European tour |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/kittie-announce-european-tour-2026/ |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Musical style and influences== Kittie has been put under multiple genres of music. They have been categorized as {{nowrap|nu metal}},<ref>{{cite book |title=Rock'n America: A Social and Cultural History |last=Weinstein |first=Deena |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2015 |isbn=9781442600188 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-8WnBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT477}}</ref><ref name="Underground">{{cite web |title=Kittie - "In The Black" CD Review |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/reviews/details.cfm?releaseid=2267 |publisher=Metal Underground}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://drownedinsound.com/news/1245232-kittie-return-with-a-nu-album | title=Kittie return with a nu album | publisher=Drowned in Sound | date=October 26, 2006 | access-date=September 9, 2014 | author=Raziq, Rauf | archive-date=September 10, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200200/http://drownedinsound.com/news/1245232-kittie-return-with-a-nu-album | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Udo |first = Tommy |title = Brave Nu World |publisher = Sanctuary Publishing |year = 2002 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/139 139–149, 242] |isbn = 1-86074-415-X |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/bravenuworld00tomm/page/139 }}</ref> alternative metal,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=Katherine H. |title=Paper Dolls: Fragile Figures, Enduring Symbols |last2=Keene |first2=Michael L. |publisher=McFarland |year=2017 |isbn=9781476629391 |page=137}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=August 30, 2011 |title=Kittie Posts New Music Video, "We Are the Lamb" Online |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=71240 |publisher=Metal Underground}}</ref> {{nowrap|heavy metal}},<ref name="AM"/><ref name="Monger"/><ref name="MTV">{{cite web |title=Kittie Drummer: We're Not A 'Girl Metal Band' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/620680/kittie-drummer-were-not-a-girl-metal-band/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107033511/http://www.mtv.com/news/620680/kittie-drummer-were-not-a-girl-metal-band/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 7, 2015 |publisher=MTV}} ''January 25, 2000''</ref> {{nowrap|death metal}},<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kittie/albums/album/174407/review/5945120/safe|title=Kittie: Safe : Music Reviews|last=Hoard|first=Christian|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 10, 2002|access-date=May 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211125720/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kittie/albums/album/174407/review/5945120/safe|archive-date=February 11, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="FEMMMUSIC">{{cite web |url=http://www.femmusic.com/magazine/cdrevs.htm |title=Kittie - Spit (1999 Ng Records) |publisher=FEMMUSIC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060036/http://www.femmusic.com/magazine/cdrevs.htm#kittiespit |archive-date=September 23, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/5890 | title=Kittie : Oracle | publisher=NME | date=September 12, 2005 | access-date=September 9, 2014 | author=Ahmed, Imran}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2942340,00.html |title=Until the End by Kittie |publisher=ARTISTdirect |access-date=July 19, 2013 |archive-date=August 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807152654/http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,2942340,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/oracle-mw0000591503 |title=Oracle - Kittie |website=Allmusic}}</ref> extreme metal,<ref name=fear>{{cite web|url=http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/kittie-not-so-safe-%E2%80%93-cd-review|title=Kittie: 'Not So... Safe' – CD Review|publisher=Gregory Burkart|date=September 14, 2012|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015094951/http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/kittie-not-so-safe-%E2%80%93-cd-review|archive-date=October 15, 2012}}</ref> groove metal,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=September 4, 2020 |title=The White Swan (mem Kittie) cover Tracy Bonham on new EP (listen) |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-white-swan-mem-kittie-cover-tracy-bonham-on-new-ep-listen/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=BrooklynVegan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McNamara |first=Colin |date=2011-09-08 |title=CD Review: Kitte - I've Failed You |url=https://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-k-o/10021-cd-review-kitte-ive-failed-you |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Reflections of Darkness |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref name="Monger" /> thrash metal,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/cd-reviews/Content?oid=3193 |title=cd reviews |newspaper=The Stranger}} ''February 3, 2000''</ref><ref name="Monger" /> gothic metal,<ref name="Spice">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/620107/spice-grrrls/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926022251/http://www.mtv.com/news/620107/spice-grrrls/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |title=Spice Grrrls |publisher=MTV |last=Kandell |first=Steve}} (December 28, 1999)</ref> punk,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/620177/kittie-harry-connick-jr/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926015510/http://www.mtv.com/news/620177/kittie-harry-connick-jr/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |title=Kittie, Harry Connick Jr. ... |publisher=MTV}} ''December 30, 1999''</ref> and hard rock.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20000601kittie |title=Kittie |date=May 31, 2000 |publisher=BMI}} ''May 31, 2000''</ref> Kittie has often used death metal and black metal vocals in their songs and often had clean singing in those songs as well.<ref name="Underground" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-black-mw0000826869|work=Allmusic|author=Monger, James Christophe|access-date=September 14, 2009|title=In the Black - Kittie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/kittie-in_black |title=Kittie in the Black |publisher=Exclaim!}} ''December 21, 2009''</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1546001/metal-file-kittie-cradle-of-filth-meshuggah-more-news-that-rules/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926080423/http://www.mtv.com/news/1546001/metal-file-kittie-cradle-of-filth-meshuggah-more-news-that-rules/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |title=Metal File: Kittie, Cradle Of Filth, Meshuggah & More News That Rules |publisher=MTV}} ''November 16, 2006''</ref> On the ''Spit'' album, Kittie used screaming, clean singing and rapping.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2015/02/best-nu-metal-hits#5 |date=February 11, 2015|access-date=April 29, 2015|publisher=Fuse|title=The 19 Best Nu-Metal Hits of All Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teenink.com/reviews/music_reviews/article/6879/Kittie---Spit/ |title=Kittie - Spit |publisher=Teen Ink}}</ref> Kittie have been compared to bands such as Pantera,<ref name=PlayLouder>{{cite web|url=http://playlouder.com/review/419kittie.html |title=Oracle by Kittie |access-date=December 2, 2015 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020211093519/http://playlouder.com/review/419kittie.html |archive-date=February 11, 2002 }}</ref> Slayer,<ref name=PlayLouder /> and Mudvayne.<ref name="SPIN"/>
Kittie's formative influences were based within the Seattle grunge scene;<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Karpe |first=Matt |title=Nu Metal: A Definitive Guide |publisher=Sonicbond Publishing |year=2021 |isbn=9781789520637 |location=UK |pages=77–80 |language=en |chapter=Kittie: Fallon Bowman speaks}}</ref> Morgan Lander has stated that when Kittie made ''Spit'', the band were listening to bands such as Silverchair, Alice in Chains, and Nirvana.<ref name="SnoCore" /> Later on, when Morgan joined the band, Kittie transitioned from a grunge band into a nu metal band, taking inspiration from recent releases of the time by Korn, Deftones and Sepultura.<ref name=":3" /> When asked about their influences in an interview with ''Metal Maidens'' in 1999, the members of Kittie cited Nile, Today Is the Day, Placebo, Far, Weezer, Orgy, Fear Factory, Hole, Tura Satana, Human Waste Project, Babes in Toyland, Misfits, Blondie, and Nasum as influences.<ref name="MetalMaidens">{{cite web |last=Hegt |first=Liselotte |date=September 1999 |title=Kittie: A Goddamn Smack In The Face With A Crowbar! |url=http://www.metalmaidens.com/kittie.htm |access-date=June 17, 2018 |work=Metal Maidens}}</ref> With the release of ''Oracle'', Kittie abandoned the nu metal style found on ''Spit'' in favour of a more extreme metal sound.<ref name=":222">{{Cite web |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |date=July 15, 2002 |title=Ex-Kittie Guitarist Scratches Back, Talks Of Plans For Assault |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/5qea8f/ex-kittie-guitarist-scratches-back-talks-of-plans-for-assault |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411153635/https://www.mtv.com/news/5qea8f/ex-kittie-guitarist-scratches-back-talks-of-plans-for-assault |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2023 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> In interviews, Morgan has cited Marilyn Manson, Korn,<ref>{{cite web |author=Friedman, Michael |date=April 3, 2018 |title=Continuing the Conversation With Kittie |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brick-brick/201804/continuing-the-conversation-kittie?amp= |access-date=March 27, 2020 |work=Psychology Today}}</ref> Metallica, Cannibal Corpse, Nile, Carcass, At the Gates, Acid Bath, and Testament as influences on the band.<ref name="SnoCore" /><ref>{{cite web |date=November 20, 2009 |title=Interview with Kittie vocalist & guitarist Morgan Lander |url=http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/kittie-interview-with-vocalist-and-guitarist-morgan-lander |publisher=Bruce Moore |access-date=July 19, 2013 |archive-date=February 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202210010/http://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/kittie-interview-with-vocalist-and-guitarist-morgan-lander |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Legacy == ''Tiny Mix Tapes'' called Kittie "probably the best known all-female band of the [nu metal] era",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hemmerling |first=Joe |date=October 5, 2016 |title=I Can't Help But Feel the Pain |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/i-cant-help-feel-pain |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |language=en}}</ref> and various publications have described the band as influential to women in rock and metal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steininger |first=Adam |date=July 9, 2013 |title=The ten most ferocious female pioneers in metal |url=https://www.westword.com/music/the-ten-most-ferocious-female-pioneers-in-metal-5673203 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=Westword |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Cherry |first=Serena |date=2019-03-08 |title=Serena Cherry: "Let the bullies laugh… Metal is where I belong" |url=https://www.kerrang.com/serena-cherry-let-the-bullies-laugh-metal-is-where-i-belong/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Alessandro |title=11 most underrated nü-metal bands that shaped a generation |url=https://www.altpress.com/underrated-nu-metal-bands-kittie-motograter/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":52">{{Cite web |last=Mashurov |first=NM |date=2018-04-05 |title=Here's To 20 Years Of Kittie |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1989753/heres-to-20-years-of-kittie/columns/sounding-board/ |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref> In 2004, ''ROCKRGRL'' named them one of the most influential all-female bands of all time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=Summer 2004 |title=The 20 Most Influential All-Female Bands of All Time |magazine=ROCKRGRL |page=27 |issue=52 |issn=1086-5985}}</ref> The band have been cited as an inspiration by Djamila Bozen Azzouz of Ithaca,<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Hobson |first=Rich |date=2023-11-15 |title="We didn't take it seriously until the armed SWAT team arrived": Ithaca's Djamila Azzouz talks visibility, nightmare gigs and auditioning for Ithaca by singing Break Stuff |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/djamila-azzouz-ithaca-interview-2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718121157/https://www.loudersound.com/features/djamila-azzouz-ithaca-interview-2023 |archive-date=18 July 2024 |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=Metal Hammer |language=en |via=loudersound}}</ref> Lzzy Hale,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2024-05-20 |title=Kittie's Morgan Lander: 'We Hope Our Music Empowers Everyone, And Women Especially' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/kitties-morgan-lander-we-hope-our-music-empowers-everyone-and-women-especially |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Blabbermouth.net |language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS). Do we got a source where Hale actually says this??|date=May 2025}} Serena Cherry (Svalbard and Noctule)<ref name=":22" /> Ari May of Faetooth,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-03-30 |title=Interview: Faetooth |url=https://goodalbumfriday.com/2020/03/30/faetooth/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/eHaN6 |archive-date=2026-04-15 |access-date=2026-04-16 |website=Good Album Friday |language=en-US}}</ref> and Poppy,<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Metal Hammer |date=2024-10-19 |title="There was a lot of power in what they had to say. I felt that even before I could relate to the stories they were telling": Why Poppy's cover of Spit by Kittie is a tribute to one of her favourite metal bands |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/there-was-a-lot-of-power-in-what-they-had-to-say-i-felt-that-even-before-i-could-relate-to-the-stories-they-were-telling-why-poppys-cover-of-spit-by-kittie-is-a-tribute-to-one-her-favourite-metal-bands |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref> whilst Demi Lovato<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ilana |title=Demi Lovato's hard-won journey back to their rock roots |url=https://www.altpress.com/demi-lovato-holy-fvck-interview/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> and Caroline Polachek<ref>{{Cite web |last=Handler |first=Rachel |date=2024-05-03 |title=Caroline Polachek Explains Her 'Straight-Up Grunge' Moment |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/caroline-polacheks-i-saw-the-tv-glow-song-explained.html |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> are fans of the band. Princess Nokia has called Kittie her favourite metal band of all time,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenfield |first=Jacquelyn |date=2021-02-03 |title=Princess Nokia Wants You To Stop Asking If She's White |url=https://www.nylon.com/beauty/princess-nokia-on-metal-music-ben-jerrys-and-her-first-beauty-collaboration |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Nylon |language=en}}</ref> and included the band in the music video for "Dragons", from her debut album ''Metallic Butterfly'' (2014).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2014-01-15 |title=Princess Nokia – Dragons |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/18459/1/princess-nokia-dragons |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> In 2016, ''OC Weekly'' listed Kittie as the eighth-best Canadian metal band.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Distefano |first=Alex |date=2016-03-14 |title=The 10 Best Canadian Metal Bands |url=https://www.ocweekly.com/the-10-best-canadian-metal-bands-7041452-2/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=OC Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Band members== === Current === * Morgan Lander – lead vocals, guitar, piano <small>(1996–2017, 2022–present)</small> * Mercedes Lander – drums <small>(1996–2017, 2022–present)</small>, backing vocals <small>(2005–2017, 2022–present)</small><ref>{{Cite web |last=Clingempeel |first=Jessica |date=21 Apr 2018 |title=Interview with Mercedes of Kittie |url=https://etherealmetalzine.com/2018/04/21/interview-with-mercedes-of-kittie/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Ethereal Metal Webzine |language=en }}</ref> * Tara McLeod – guitar <small>(2005–2017, 2022–present)</small> * Ivana "Ivy" Jenkins – bass <small>(2007–2012, 2017, 2022–present)</small>
=== Former === * Fallon Bowman – guitar, backing vocals <small>(1996–2001, 2017) </small> * Tanya Candler – bass, backing vocals <small>(1997–1999, 2017)</small><ref name=":8">{{Cite magazine |last=Anon. |date=April–May 2000 |title=Kittie |url=http://www.instantmag.com/insights/kittie.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001027120733/http://www.instantmag.com/insights/kittie.htm |archive-date=October 27, 2000 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Instant Mag |issue=27 }}</ref> * Talena Atfield – bass <small>(1999–2002)</small> * Jeff Phillips – guitar, backing vocals <small>(2001–2003, 2017)</small>, bass <small>(2007)<ref name="SRTourBL2"/></small> * Jennifer Arroyo – bass <small>(2002–2005, 2017)</small> * Lisa Marx – guitar <small>(2004–2005)</small> * Trish Doan – bass <small>(2005–2007, 2012–2017; died 2017)</small>
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== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable" |+Juno Awards !Year !Nominee / work !Award !Result !{{Ref.}} |- |2001 |Kittie |Best New Group |{{nom}} |<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=LeBlanc |first=Larry |author-link=Larry LeBlanc |date=March 17, 2001 |title=Nelly Furtado Sweeps Junos |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=kittie+juno+awards+2001&pg=PA6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325142736/https://books.google.com/books?id=RxQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=kittie+juno+awards+2001&pg=PA6 |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |access-date=March 16, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |page=6 |volume=113 |issue=11 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> |- |2025 |''Fire'' |Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year |{{nom}} |<ref>{{Cite web |last=LaPierre |first=Megan |date=2025-02-11 |title=Here Are the 2025 Juno Awards Nominees |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/here-are-the-2025-juno-awards-nominees |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Exclaim! |language=en}}</ref> |}
{| class="wikitable" |+''Kerrang!'' Awards !Year !Nominee / work !Award !Result !{{Ref.}} |- |2000 |Kittie |Best International Newcomer |{{nom}} |<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Anon. |date=September 9, 2000 |title=Come In and Burn |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=EMAP |page=12 |issue=818}}</ref> |} {| class="wikitable" |+''Metal Edge'' Readers' Choice Awards !Year !Nominee / work !Award !Result !{{Ref.}} |- | rowspan="6" |2001 |Morgan Lander | rowspan="2" |Female Performer of the Year |{{won}} | rowspan="6" |<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite magazine |last=Anon. |date=June 1, 2001 |title=The Readers of Metal Edge Magazine Have Spoken |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Hits/00s/2001/Hits-2001-06-01.pdf |magazine=HITS |type=Advertisement |volume=15 |issue=746 |page=4 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref> |- |Kittie |{{nom}} |- |''Spit in Your Eye'' |Home Video of the Year |{{won}} |- | rowspan="3" |Kittie |New Band of the Year |{{won}} |- |Who's Going to be the Next Big Thing |{{won}} |- |Most Underrated Band | {{won}} |- | rowspan="5" |2002 |Mercedes Lander |Drummer of the Year | {{nom}} | rowspan="5" |<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Anon. |date=June 2002 |title=17th Annual Readers' Choice Awards |magazine=Metal Edge |publisher=Sterling/Macfadden Partnership |pages=82–85 |volume=48 |issue=2}}</ref> |- |Morgan Lander | rowspan="2" |Female Performer of the Year | {{won}} |- |Kittie | {{nom}} |- |Talena Atfield{{#tag:ref|Tied with Shavo Odadjian & Dave Ellefson|group=N}} |Bassist of the Year | {{nom}} |- |Kittie |Most Underrated Band | {{nom}} |- |2005 |Kittie |Most Underrated Band | {{won}} |<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Anon. |date=June 2005 |title=20th Annual Readers' Choice Awards |magazine=Metal Edge |publisher=Dorchester Media LLC |page=63 |pages= |volume=51 |issue=2}}</ref> |}
==Discography== {{main list|Kittie discography}} '''Studio albums''' *''Spit'' (<!--Spit was initially released on November 13, 1999, but re-released by a larger label in 2000. See the actual album page for more details.-->1999) *''Oracle'' (2001) *''Until the End'' (2004) *''Funeral for Yesterday'' (2007) *''In the Black'' (2009) *''I've Failed You'' (2011) *''Fire'' (2024)
==References== '''Notes''' <references group="N" responsive="1"></references> '''Citations''' {{reflist}} '''Sources''' {{refbegin}} * {{cite AV media |title=Kittie: Origins/Evolutions |year=2017 |type=Motion picture |publisher=Lightyear Entertainment |location=Canada |people=McCallum, Rob (director) |ref={{harvid|McCallum|2017}}}} {{refend}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * *{{allMusic}} * {{IMDb name|nm2203251}} * [https://sumerianrecords.com/collections/kittie Kittie] at Sumerian Records
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