In their endless quest to push and support
current underground acts that
deliver the goods unaware of trends and hypes, on July 25th, Memento Mori is proud to
present Rotheads'
highly anticipated second album, Slither
in Slime.
Hailing from Romania, this putrid ensemble was formed in Bucharest back in 2014
as an old-school death metal side-project to the experimental
doom/noise/stoner-improv band Keeng Ra'at; both bands contained the same three
members. By 2015, five songs were written, and recordings began in December of
that year. Ultimately, six songs (plus intro and outro) came out in April 2016
as the Unfazed by Death demo,
which turned out to be a remarkable, sick trip into the bowels of murky and
foul-smelling death metal. In the meantime, another guitarist joined the band,
and the original bassist left and rejoined later on. The original drummer and
vocalist also left the band in August of that year, and another drummer then
joined, while the vocals have been henceforth handled by the original
guitarist.
With that lineup thus set, Rotheads burst
from the bowels of the ugliest underground with their aptly-fucking-titled
debut album, Sewer Fiends, for
Memento Mori in 2018.
Unyielding and unapologetic, Rotheads took
their aggregate influences - particularly from the classic early 90's Finnish
scene (Convulse, Abhorrence/Amorphis, Sentenced, Demigod, Depravity), as well
as other timeless crypt dwellers such as Autopsy, Gorement, Edge of Sanity,
Accidental Suicide, Incubator, and Asphyx- and proceeded to create a
mesmerizingly murky 'n' moody work with their debut album. The sewage was piled
high and plentifully, and true diehards took notice.
And still the sewers call! A four-way split with Vorus, Engrossed, and Eruptive
followed a year later, but the sewers of the soul that pollute Rotheads continued to
pulse, patiently lying in wait for the right time to strike. And strike they do
with their second full-length, Slither
in Slime! Another aptly-fucking-titled album, Slither in Slime immediately
sounds like Rotheads, but
something strange - something altogether unwholesome and even otherworldly - is
at work here. While no doubt as crushing as ever, there's a cool/calm/collected
execution to the album that creates tension and unease, allowing those same
foul 'n' fetid riffs to wash over you with filthier effect, and something
approaching "atmosphere" results. Patient? Yes, but the payoff is
even grander, as a swirling creepiness seduces even the most closeminded death
metaller. We could also say that Slither
is Slime is CATCHY as fuck, too, but that should be apparent
to anyone who dares to step into Rotheads'
newest sewer. Simply MASSIVE? You fucking bet!
Graced with appropriately stark cover art courtesy of Mörtuus and suitably
tendrilous mastering courtesy of Ted Tringo, Rotheads have eclipsed the lofty standards set
by their debut: you are hereby commanded to Slither in Slime!
Take the first step into that slime with the brand-new track "Gut
Mauled" HERE at Memento Mori's official YouTube channel.
Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting
for Rotheads' Slither in Slime
1. Vampyric Inbreeding [4:17]
2. Lost in the Cemetery Gardens [4:44]
3. Gut Mauled [7:14]
4. Gore Coffin [6:01]
5. Spectral Visitation [4:53]
6. Skin Forest [5:58]
7. Dragged Through Existence [9:41]
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