THE ROTTED

Bio:
The RottedTHE ROTTED’s subject matter reflects the times we live in, but unlike most bands that rant about the world as they see it, The Rotted do things differently. There is no preaching, no soap box bullshit with this band, The Rotted take the negative and twist and turn it and combine it with British gallows humour into something positive (Albeit in a very sarcastic, negative, nihilistic way!) The music is a unique blend of death metal, black metal, hardcore punk and dark cynical lyrical humour. Nothing contrived, no gimmicks, their music is honest and from the heart! The live shows are intense, fast and furious and littered with McCrow’s banter and audience participation, it provides a much-needed release for the band and the fans, a good time to be had by all!
The Rotted were formed in early 2008 by vocalist Ben McCrow and guitarist Tim Carley, the two main men behind UK death grind legends Gorerotted. They are now joined by bass player Reverend Trudgill and drummer Nate Gould, both previously of Blackened murder metal loonies Screamin Daemon.
"When Gorerotted and Screamin Daemon both came to an end in 2008 we knew we had to keep playing extreme metal. We wanted to go back to our roots and back to the bands that first got us into this music. You can hear it all over our records, we like extreme music the old school way! Recently we’ve been spinning a lot of discs by the bands we grew up listening to, Entombed, Napalm Death, Slayer, Sick Of It All, Sepultura, Motorhead, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Immortal, Emperor and classic stuff like that! We are proud to be old school in our tastes and in our attitudes! We do things off our own backs and we play extreme music the way we remember it!" Tim Carley - April 2010
With the debut album ‘Get Dead Of Die Trying’ released in July 2008, THE ROTTED have already made an impressive dent in the skull of the metal scene. They’ve had nothing but great press, played many UK tours and festivals (Hammerfest, Bloodstock, Hellfire) as well as European festivals (Summer Breeze, Elsrock, Dynamo) which amongst these included destroying the crowd at the sold out Wacken 2008. During 2008 in a bizarre turn of events they even managed to subvert the masses and give a middle finger to the mainstream media by having their track ‘A Brief Moment Of Regret’ played nation wide in a high street clothing store. The song was picked without the band knowing and contains a lot of references to shit that your average Saturday shopper ain’t gonna wanna hear about, the score Heavy Metal 1, mainstream morons 0.
THE ROTTED aren’t part of any particular scene or fad, past or present and because of this the band have constantly found themselves on many a diverse yet extreme bill. Playing with everyone from Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, The Berzerker, Vader and Bolt Thrower, through to Alestorm, Malefice, Trigger The Bloodshed and AOAA even through to Anvil, Saxon and Anathema is what to the rotted boys it’s all about! The aim of uniting every band and every style possible under the banner of HEAVY FUCKING METAL!!!
The Rotted @ MySpace