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The Rotted - Get Dead or Die Trying

Wednesday, 16 July 2008

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7.9

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Track Listing:
01. Nothin' but A Nosebleed
02. The Howling
03. A Return to Insolence
04. Kissing You with My Fists
05. Angel of Meth
06. A Brief Moment of Regret
07. The Body Tree
08. Get Dead or Die Trying
09. It's Like There's A Party in My Mouth (And Everyone's Being Sick)
10.Fear and Loathing in Old London Town
11. 28 Days Later

Artist: The Rotted
Title: Get Dead or Die Trying
Genre: Hardcore • Death Metal
Release Date: 08 July 2008
Record Label: Metal Blade Records
Format: Full-length
Country: England
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Overall rating (weighted)		7.9
Musicianship		8.0
Composition		8.0
Experimentation		7.0
Production		9.0
Value		8.0

You may remember Gorerotted as those British punks who played death metal fast, loud and angry, with a sound sometimes described by our Webmaster as "catchy and brutal". Now Gorerotted have become The Rotted, but not much has really changed. The Rotted still play metal like punks with no real care or concern for anything except speed and intensity. Get Dead or Die Trying has certainly more of a hardcore punk influence than death metal, unlike Gorerotted's releases. With this slightly refurbished sound, the Rotted created an album worthy of being praised alongside "Only Tools and Corpses" as quintessential in the band's discography. Despite a decidedly younger sound, Get Dead or Die Trying may even be the band's most mature release. Where Gorerotted's lyrical content was more focused on horror and gore related, The Rotted turn the aggression inward and give us tales of nihilistic self-medication, drug abuse and meandering through London backstreets with nothing but contempt, a far cry from their previous material. Now unlike most death metal bands who just play a normal blast beat or tremelo pick throughout the entire song, where the Rotted succeed is by breathing live into their songs. Their songs progress, the drummer adds a variety of subtle accents to what could become tedious drum patterns, songs don't follow the typical intro-riff 1-bridge-chorus-etc. with makes for a more interesting listen.

Within the album's 38 minute runtime you'll get 9 tracks of trademark "catchy and brutal" death metal and 2 instrumental tracks (one being the cover of the theme of 28 Days Later..., originally composed by John Murphy). Once the album is over you are left satisfied, the Rotted delivered exactly what I expected and more: ridiculously punk beats and blasts, an audible bass that does more that just keep the rhythm, shredding riffs and pissed off vocals. The production leaves nothing to be desired, every note is audible. For those who felt that A New Dawn for the Dead was perhaps a little to slow to follow up Only Tools and Corpses, Get Dead or Die Trying is a solid alternative.

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