ROT HISTORY PAGE
Welcome to Rot History Page!Here
you can learn about the history of Rot!
Rot is a greek metal band which
was created during 1999.The current members of the band are 5:Payn,Buttons,Notter,Mathew
and Said.Rot really started working with the electric,electronic,east
and acoustic music during 2000.The band's first live gig was in
Fortezza of Rethymno here in Greece where the crowd was amazing!After
tha gig Rot did 2 more live appearances at Hyraklio and Hania.After
that,in 2001,the band started working on their first promo CD.The
production of the promo CD costed the band a lot of money cause
it was recorded in 3 different studios.The recording period of
the CD was very long,9 months!A new year comes...2002...During
that year we have good and bad news.The band finally released
their first promo CD "ROT" which has received many good
reviews from magazines and webzines such as Metal Hammer GR and
Heavy Metal Mania.Moreover the guys appeareared at UOC Radio 96.7FM
and the promo CD was presented on "Silver Dollar" club
of Sallonica,GR.After the appearance at OUC Radio 96.7FM in Crete
GR the official Rot website featured the live show on it's web
pages.Also Rot did some live appearances with the greek brutal
deathcore band Homo Iratus at An Club and Synergio.The press and
the fans reacted very good about these live gigs.After the gig
at An club the official Rot website webmaster uploaded many live
pics on the website and the Metal-Abyss webzine featured a review
of the band's promo CD.Also the band did 2 more gigs at the University
Of Rethymno and the party of Meltown TV at Agrinio.Rot made the
video clip of the song Here Inside and that song was also featured
in a complication which is called "Humanflies"(this
complication features many greek metal bands).Great news for the
band came when they signed with MBI Records for the release of
their debut album!Furthermore the band recorded a cover song of
Sevendust for a competition.Unfortuataly the song did not win
the competition.Also the official mailing list of Rot launched
on their official web site.During the summer of 2002 the band
made many things.They did a home video,they were reviewd by Nemesis-Underground
e-zine and the Bleeding Chaos webzine.Also during that time the
Nick Dafos Rot Fansite was online.Sadly,bad news came.Rot faced
serious problems cause the bassist Cyco left the band and the
official web site was not online for 3 weeks.Hopefully these problems
did not stop the band from their work and some good news came.The
web site came back online witha new host company and the band
has a new bassist named "Said".Also on September 2002
the wait was over for the band's debut album.The album was released
on Monday 09-09-2002.The debut album is in multimedia format and
features the Rot's home video!On September the band did even more
things.The webzine "Temple Of Metal" interviewed and
reviewed the band.Also Rot were reviewed by Metal Domination.Some
good news came for the band when they announced that they will
support the greek metal band Rotting Christ on the 26th of October.Also
the official web site forum came back and ERA Chanion interviewed
the guys.Furthermore the band's webmaster uploaded new pics at
www.rot1.com and the Heraklion University Radio interviewed the
band.Rot announced a new gig for the band.They will play live
on Thursday 24th of October 2002 at Xtreme.Also the band was interviewed
by the greek radio station 91.1 FM.Rot were reviewed by onother
3 magazines too:EPIKAIRA , Ark Of Metal and Pop & Rock.Onother
interview took place at MAD TV during the TV War session.In that
session of TV War,the band's video clip "Here Inside"
appeared for one more time.The fans that appeared at Xtreme and
Rotting Christ Support live shows were really good and supported
the guys very well.Especially,the live show at Agrinio was the
best that the band has ever been. After that gig a new live show
was announced by Rot.The guys will play live at Ydrogios supporting
Biohazzard at 04-12-2002.During November,Rot played live at Bar
Mytho(29-11-2002 , Chania , GR) and Bar Kixotis(06-12-2002 , Katerini,
GR).Also new reviews and interviews saw the light at Metal Hammer,Hxos
& Eikona and Pop & Rock.November ended with the new batch
of the album out.All new CDs featured new cover and artwork.During
December the band was reviewed-interviewed by AVextreme mag,Eleutheria
newspaper,Gate Of Lions e-zine and Ark Of Metal.Also they were
interviewed twice at Salonica where the went to support Biohazard.The
interview made by Radio 105.5FM and Radio 90.4FM.Also the official
website featured one live photo from the last live at Bar Mytho,Chania.
The band was also featured in Metal Music and MIC.gr . A review
of the live that took place at Agrinio(26-10-2002) was featured
at Metal Eagle. On 7th of January 2003 the band's song and video
clip "Here Inside" was voted No.13 best song of 2002
at the metal TV channel TV War! Also during January the band was
preparing some new tour dates that would be announced soon. Rot
were also reviewed by Pop & Rock and Blow Up magazines. On
09-02-2003 some more live pics were uploaded to the official web
site of Rot from their live gig supproting Biohazzard . Also a
review and an extended interview by Pop & Rock were added
to the reviews section. Rot once again proved that their are an
excellent band because the greatest new of their career came...The
band was voted as "The Best Metal Hope For The Future"
and "One Of The Best Greek Metal Bands" by the readers
of Metal Hammer,GR. 2 more tour dates were announced ...One at
Giannena and one as support for Deviser. at Heraklion... One more
live date was announced for 30th of March at Patra...Also one
more date was confirmed for the band......The band will play in
Athens on Monday 10-03-2003 at Paranoid Hellinic Fest,a big festival
that will feature over 30 metal bands!!! Sadly,some reviews that
I read about the festival were not good.They said that very few
people attended the festival and that Rot were bad.Payn didn't
sing well and the whole band wasn't good. On 10-04-2003 the band
was interviews by HXOS and Eternal Fields magazines. Also Rot
were awarded for their efforts : their debut album was selected
as the "3rd best album for 2002"! These were amazing
news.Moreover the band announced more live gigs : They played
on 19-04-2003 at Arts School of Athens as part of a peace festival
with other band such as Nightstalker,Skindred and Sportex. Also
on 24-05-2003 they played at TEI Heraklion with Deus X Machina
and Invisible Surfers.On 07-05-2003 the official web site forum
changed once again and it appearead even better than before!Also
the band was reviewed for one more time by www.mplok.gr and the
review was of course very good for one more time!The Rot guys
played once again live at TEI Heraklion(Saturday 24-05-2003) with
Deus X Machina,Gheto and Tribal West.That gig went very well and
the band also recorded a radio spot for it that was played by
many radio stations.Finally,the band's webmaster added new live
pictures to the official web site of Rot that were taken from
the gig at Gagarin(Athens,10-03-2003).During summer 2003 the band
entered the studio Siera of Athens to record more material for
their new second album.Some working titles were:"Unwined","Washes
Me Out","Mirrored" that were also included in the
live setlist.The band was putting their ideas together for a a
release before the end of 2003.Also on 27-07-2003 the band headlined
a big rock festival at Oropos with onother two supporting local
bands.The festival was open air,close to the beach.Another thing
worth to mention about this festival is the entrace which was
absolutely FREE.At 08-09-2003 the band finished recording their
new album.It went though the mixing phase and the final touches
to the songs were being made.There was a chance for any music
magazine to have a studio report with the band during September.Also
a new live dare has been confirmed.The band will play at 18-09-2003
at T.E.I. Larisa as headliners.The whole event was supported by
a number of supporting local bands.On 1-1-2003 a new review was
ready,from the greek magazine "The Dog".On November
2003 the new album was in the final stages of mixing at Siera
studios in Athens.It would be released sometime before Christmas.Rock
and Roll News posted news about the new album and metal hammer
GR made a Rot studio report.2 new studio reports were made by
Rock-On Magazine GR and an exclusive album hearing was done by
Metal Eagle Webzine.On 13-12-2003 the album was previewed at The
Dog & Thrumpet,Coventry,UK.The release party for the new album
was done ast 14-12-2003 at Underground clubsssss.People were able
to listen the new album and get some new t-shirts of the band!On
02-02-2004 all the sections of the official Rot web site(www.rot1.com)
were updated and some samples of the new album were ready for
download!Also the web fans could download the making of provocative
album video and the lyrics of the new album.8 new reviews were
posted by Rock ON,Metal Eagle,The Temple Of Metal,Xalara.net and
CDstore.gr concerning the new album Provocative and also 3 reviews
of the debut album by some newspapers and magazines(Athinorama,Makedonia,Echo
& Arts).The band
was voted as one of the best bands for 2003 at Metal Hammer Best
of 2003 and Avopolis Top-20 greek albums for 2003!.Also a new interview was dne for Mad TV,TV War
and 4 new provocativ reviews were done by Metal Zone,Free MNusic,RockPages
and AVmentor.Also Provocativ climbed
up at No.2 at the Meltdown Radio Top 10!Metal
Hammer GR did a new review and a new interview and MUSIClife also
wrote a new review of Provocativ!The band decided to go on some
more heavy and intense touring to promote the new album so 3 new
dates were announced at Club Pal,Giannena,GR(support:V.I.C. Royal,Pull
the trigger and headbangers) , University,Agrinio ,GR(support:V.I.C.
Royal,Karma Coma,The Potsons,Sun Bledgers) and at Club Synergio(a
place that they have visited before) at Patra,GR witht the usual
support band V.I.C. Royal plus Dask and Repenntant Angel! Here
comes June 2004 and the video of the interview that the band gave
at MAD TV (TV WAR) was posted online at the official web site
of Rot.You can find the video of the interview here http://www.rot1.com/video/Mad_TV(ROT_Interview).avi
.Also after 2 months of silence the guys of the band announced
that they will play one more live gig at An Club at 02-07-2004!To
remind you the history of the band they played there once again
in the past during 2002 and their gig there was absolutely one
of their best gigs ever.The previews gig at An Club was for the
debut album but the new gig is going to promote their latest album
"Provocativ".The fans could be prepared for a great
gig!The support bands for that gig are going to be Lock and OverRide.The
band revisited An Club once again for
their 3rd time in their history at
02-07-2004 once again with the support bands Lock and OverRide!Rot
seems to be in full throtle for the tour once they announced one
more gig that will be done on Plateia Eleftherias(Ko) on 14-07-2004!Happy
touring!It is not only Rot that have became such a succesful band
but also Nick Dachris that won the
second place at the Greek Graphic Design & Illustration Awards
with the cover of the 2nd album of Rot pRovOcaTive.Also on 08-07-2004 one more review was published
by Metal Legacy as well as two new interview by Metal Legacy and
Magazine.Also the webzine Metal Invader published one new interview
of the band.
The story has to
be writen...