Gorerotted
Gorerotted are an English deathgrind band formed in 1997 that disbanded in January 2008 and reformed with new members as The Rotted until 2014 before announcing a reunion under their original name in 2026. Gorerotted's lyrics and song titles are largely inspired by horror films, VHS Video Nasty films and serial killers. The band's song titles often incorporate humorous rhymes or puns such as "Cut, Gut, Beaten, Eaten", "Put Your Bits in a Concrete Mix", and "Only Tools and Corpses", a pun on the popular British sitcom Only Fools and Horses, the latter beginning with a similar introductory drumbeat to the sitcom's theme music. Following this theme the song 'Carrion Smelling' is also a pun on the classic British Carry On (franchise) films.
Musically, Gorerotted employ a distinctive dual vocal style. Originally with Goreskin delivering a deep, death growl-style, and Mr. Gore providing contrast to this with a high-pitched punk style yelling and screaming. When Wilson joined as the band's bass player on the album Only Tools and Corpses he also added to the vocals by delivering high-pitched growls and additional screams, thus the band had three different voices going at times. After Mr. Gore's departure in 2004, Wilson took over his vocal parts in the older songs, with Reverend Trudgill now covering the higher vocals. The guitar riffs are often fast and technical, with the bass usually doubling these parts. Both the guitars and the bass are tuned down one whole-step (guitars are tuned to D), to achieve a heavier sound. The drumming is extremely fast, often making use of blast beats and double bass.
The band released its debut studio album, Mutilated In Minutes in 2000 via the guitarist Fluffy's label Dead Again Records before reissuing it 2002 via Relapse Records. It was preceded by a demo release titled Her Gash Did I Slash in 1998. Gorerotted signed with Metal Blade Records in 2003 and released the album 'Only Tools And Corpses' the same year, followed by their third and final album 'New Dawn For The Dead' in 2005.
During their initial time together, the band toured the UK and Europe extensively with acts such as Nile, Decapitated, Cryptopsy, Vomitory and Pungent Stench, visited the US to play at Maryland Deathfest in 2007, and appeared in an advert for The Sun newspaper, as well as on the soundtrack to two films, namely The Incredibly Strange People Show and Porn of the Dead, a zombie-themed hardcore pornography release.
Goreskin and guitarist and founding member Fluffy renamed the band The Rotted in 2008 when their new material took on more of a death metal/punk vibe and continued to tour and record until splitting in 2014.
On the 12th of January 2026 Gorerotted announced they would be returning to play Damnation Festival With the passing of former bassist Wilson, the band enlisted their former The Rotted band mate and former Screamin' Dæmon front man Reverend Trudgill to complete the line up with Goreskin, Fluffy and Junky Jon, the only band members that appeared on all three albums.
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