Rotten Sound
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| Music genre(s) | Grindcore, Crust Punk, Death Grind |
| Homebase | Finland |
| Years active | 1993-Present |
| Current Status | Active |
| Notable Records | Under Pressure, Murderworks, From Crust 'Til Grind, Murderlive, Exit |
| Label(s) | S.O.A. Records, Century Media, Relapse Records, Spinefarm Records |
| Website | Official website |
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Rotten Sound is a Finnish grindcore band, formed in 1993.
Rotten Sound plays music much in the same vein as Napalm Death and Extreme Noise Terror, lyrically attacking social issues such as greed, conformity, and racism. The band has been praised mostly for its ferocity and relentlessness, as well as the unusually high musicianship of the group, particularly due to ex-drummer Kai Hahto, who left to join the Finnish epic metal band, Wintersun.
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[edit] History
Rotten Sound was formed already in 1993. After a slew of underground releases, singles and EPs, the band unleashed their debut album "Under Pressure" in 1997 on Repulse Records and "Drain" followed in 1998. On year 2002 Rotten Sound released the genre-defining Murderworks (Necropolis/Century Media), one of the corner-stones of the modern grind-core and after the release, Rotten Sound found themselves headlining an European tour.
On January 2005 Spinefarm released "Exit"-album, which went immediately to the Finnish charts for three weeks. "Exit" got also praising reviews from different medias around the world and it was claimed as one of the most important extreme releases of the year 2005. After the release of "Exit" Rotten Sound toured in Scandinavia, U.S. and did a 2nd headlining tour in Europe during January 2006.
Sami Latva joined Rotten Sound in February 2006 to replace the long-time drummer, Kai Hahto. The band was expecting to have a long break in 2006 from almost all activites, but when Sami joined, Rotten Sound could start to prepare for the next studio session immediately. They recorded eight new songs for "Consume to Contaminate"-MCD during April 2006. Lyrical content of "Consume to Contaminate" is handling again difficult issues on this globe with loads of cynisism and a touch of death.
Rotten Sound has made four full length albums, ten shorter releases, five European tours, two U.S.-tours, three scandinavian tours and is one of the leading bands in grind-core. Now "Consume to Contaminate" introduces the new heavy, aggressive and insane Rotten Sound: a band which is prepared to take destructive powers of grind-core a few big leaps ahead.
[edit] Discography
[edit] EPs
- 1995 - Sick Bastard (Genet Records)
- 1995 - Psychotic Veterinarian (S.O.A. Records)
- 1996 - Loosin' Face (Anomie Records)
- 2000 - Still Psycho (Necropolis Records/Merciless Records)
- 2006 - Consume to Contaminate (Spinefarm Records/Power-It-Up Records)
[edit] Full Lengths
- 1997 - Under Pressure (Repulse Records/Revenge Productions)
- 1998 - Drain (Repulse Records/S.O.A. Records)
- 2002 - Murderworks (Autopsy Stench Records/Necropolis Records/Century Media Records/Relapse Records)
- 2003 - From Crust 'Til Grind (Century Media Records)
- 2004 - Murderlive (Spinefarm Records)
- 2005 - Exit (Spinefarm Records/No Tolerance Records/Willowtip Records)
[edit] Splits
- 1997 - Spitted Alive Split with Control Mechanism (I.D.S. Records)
- 2001 - 8 Hours of Lobotomy Split with Unholy Grave (M.C.R. Records)
- 2003 - Seeds of Hate Split with Mastic Scum (Cudgel Agency)
[edit] Members
[edit] Current Members
- Keijo Niinimaa - vocals
- Mika Aalto - guitar
- Toni Pihlaja - bass
- Sami Latva - drums
[edit] Former Members
- Kai Hahto - drums
- Juha Ylikoski - guitar
- Pekka Ranta - bass
- Mika Häkki - bass
[edit] Links
- Official website
- Rotten Sound at Encyclopaedia Metallum
- BerontakZine.com – Exit review in Indonesia
