Get Dead or Die Trying is the debut studio album by British death metal band The Rotted (formerly known as Gorerotted). 28 Days Later is a cover of the soundtrack song In the House - In a Heartbeat from the film of the same name, composed by John Murphy.
In early 2008 The Rotted rose from the
ashes of two already dead UK bands. Vocalist Ben McCrow and guitarist
Tim Carley, the two main men behind Death/Grind legends Gorerotted were
joined by bass player Reverend Trudgill and drummer Nate Gould, both
previously of blackened murder metal loonies Screamin’ Dæmon. The debut
album Get Dead Or Die Trying (Metal Blade Records) hit stores in July of
the same year. Produced by Russ Russell (Evile, Napalm Death, Dimmu
Borgir) and engineered by James Dunkley (Blaze Bailey, Crowbar) Get
Dead… has received fantastic reviews across the metal press.
Two years of intense UK and European touring followed the album release
with festival highlights including Wacken Open Air 2008 (DE), Summer
Breeze 2008 (DE), Dynamo 2008 (NL), Elsrock 2008 (NL), Vlamrock 2008
(BE), Bloodstock 2009 (UK), Hammerfest 2009 (UK), Headbangers festival
2009 (NL) and Hellfire festival 2009 (UK).
In 2009 a video was shot for album track Nothin' But A Nosebleed and became a regular on Scuzz TV and others.
July 2010 saw The Rotted back in the studio with James Dunkley and the
band releasing Anarchogram, a self-funded, self-released EP on their own
label Anarchogram Industries. Anarchogram features 2 new songs and 4
bonus cover versions. Each member of The Rotted chose a track to cover
that personally inspired them to play Extreme Metal.
More
intense touring followed the release of Anarchogram, including a hugely
successful 27 date European tour with old school Swedish Death Metallers
Grave and American Grinders Misery Index. The tour kicked off during
November 2010 and took The Rotted to every corner of mainland Europe.
The Rotted also took part in a joint headline UK tour with Relapse
artists Man Must Die in July 2010 and one off UK shows with Napalm
Death, Bolt Thrower and Onslaught during spring and summer 2010.
December 2010 saw The Rotted hit the UK again for a run of headline
shows as well as jetting out to Israel to headline shows in Tel-Aviv,
Jerusalem and Haifa.
Summer 2011 once again saw The Rotted
perform at various festivals in Europe, including the band’s second
appearance at Bloodstock Open Air (UK), Deathfeast Open Air (DE) and
Dong Open Air (DE). However, disaster struck 2 days before the band’s
appearance at Czech festival Obscene Extreme when guitarist Tim Carley
severed the end of the little finger on his left hand. After a trip to
hospital, some surgery, and Tim having to relearn the songs so that they
could be played with one less finger the scheduled performance went
ahead as planned.
The Rotted’s second full-length album Ad
Nauseam was released on Candlelight Records on 31st October (and later
on cassette via Dead Beat Media for Asia) to universal praise and
featured artwork created by tattooist and band bassist Reverend
Trudgill. Production duties were once again handled by Russ Russell at
Parlour Studios and songs covered a variety of themes such as the band
members’ Anti-theist and autonomous outlook, the end of days, injustices
and the championing of outsiders. A 7-inch vinyl single Apathy In The
UK was then put out by Dutch label Hammerheart Records to support the
release. The end of the year saw the band hook up with Grindcore
Supergroup Lock Up for a run of UK shows as well as appearances at the
UK’s Candlefest shows and at The Netherlands’ Eindhoven Metal Meeting.
2012 saw the band perform at Summer Breeze festival (DE), the band's
own Offenders Of The Faith fest (UK), Headbanging Festival (NL),
Kashfest (NL) and tours of Scotland and Ireland, taking in cities few
other bands visit.
In 2013, The Rotted recorded a new single,
Rotted Fucking Earth, originally as a download only track with an
accompanying video (directed by vocalist Ben's brother), but later to be
released as a limited edition split 7-inch vinyl with Dutch Grindcore
outfit Collision. Performances included Metaldays Open Air (SL),
Eindhoven Metal Meeting (NL) and club shows with bands such as Extreme
Noise Terror and Carpathian Forest.
In 2014, the band announced
that their performance at the Camden Underworld on 20 September would
be their last and that the former members would be concentrating on
education, tattooing and other musical projects; Vocalist Ben has since
joined Extreme Noise Terror, guitarist Tim currently plays in old time
acoustic Gypsy/Ska/Punk band Jo Carley And The Old Dry Skulls, and after
returning to his homeland, drummer Nate has joined Israeli Death Metal
veterans Lehavoth.
2. The Howling 02:54
3. A Return to Insolence 03:41
4. Kissing You with My Fists 02:56
5. Angel of Meth 03:17
6. A Brief Moment of Regret 02:38
7. The Body Tree 03:42
8. Get Dead or Die Trying 02:37
9. It's Like There's a Party in My Mouth (and Everyone's Being Sick) 03:05
10. Fear and Loathing in Old London Town 03:56
11. 28 Days Later (John Murphy cover) 06:41
• Tim Carley: guitars
• Gian Pyres: guitars
• Phil Wilson: bass
• Nate Gould: drums.
