Gorerotted were an English

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band formed in 1997 that disbanded in January 2008 and reformed with new members as The Rotted. Gorerotted's lyrics and song titles were largely inspired by horror films and serial killers. The band's song titles often incorporated 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 ''

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'', the latter beginning with a similar introductory drumbeat to the sitcom's theme music. Musically, Gorerotted employed a distinctive dual vocal style. Originally with Ben McCrow delivering a deep,

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-style, and Mr. Gore (Jason Merle) providing contrast to this with a high-pitched yelling and screaming. When Wilson joined as the band's bass player on the album ''

Only Tools and Corpses Gorerotted were an English deathgrind band formed in 1997 that disbanded in January 2008 and reformed with new members as The Rotted. Gorerotted's lyrics and song titles were largely inspired by horror films and serial killers. The band's song ...

'' 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. 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

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s and

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. During their time together, the band toured the UK and Europe extensively with acts such as

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, Vomitory and

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, visited the US to play at

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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 ''

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'', a zombie-themed

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release. Ben Goreskin and Tim Carley renamed the band The Rotted in 2008 when their new material took on more of a

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vibe and continued to tour and record until splitting in 2014. Ben now co-fronts

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pioneers

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Discography

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'' (Demo, 1998) *''

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'' (Relapse Records/Dead Again/IBD, 2001) *'' Split Your Guts Vol. 1'' (Deepsend Records, 2002) *''

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'' (Metal Blade Records, 2005)

Members

;Final line-up *Tim Carley – guitar (1997–2014) *

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– vocals (1999–2014) *Nate Gould – drums (2008–2014) *Reverend Trudgill – bass (2008–2014) ;Former members *Jeremy Gray – guitar (1997–1999) *Jason Merle – vocals (1997–2004) *Dave Hirschheimer – drums (1998) *Steve Smith – bass (1998–2001) *David 'Dicksplash' Hewitt – guitar (1999–2001) *Matt Hoban – guitar (2001–2007) *Jonathon Rushforth – drums (2001–2008) *Phil Wilson – bass, vocals (2003–2008) *Gianpiero Piras – guitar (2007–2008) ;Touring musicians *

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– drums (1997) *Lakis Kyriacou – guitar (1997) *Dan Knight – guitar (2006)

External links

Official history website
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