Jungle Rot
Encyclopedia
History
Jungle Rot was founded in 1994. After their first two demos, the band was signed to the American independent label Pure Death Records, where they released their first album in 1996. Next year, the second album was released, by Pulverizer Records, which was next year released again by Pavement Music. The EP Darkness Fortold was released by the small label S.O.D., which is controlled by the creator of the underground-music magazine "Sounds of Death". The next two albums were released by Olympic Recordings. Since 2005 the band had no contract with a label, so the last album Warzone was released by themselves and sold by Crash Music on the American market.In 2008, they headlined a European tour with support from Warmaster, Downswitch and Walking Corpse.
The band signed with Napalm Records
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock.Originally, Napalm Records focused mainly on black metal acts such as Abigor and Summoning and folk metal bands such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg....
in January 2009 and released What Horrors Await in June 2009. In April 2011, the band signed with Victory Records
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It is a privately held corporation. It also operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several smaller independent record labels....
and released their album Kill on Command through the label on June 21, 2011.
Music and texts
The lyric concept of the band is the war and his concomitants. So the name goes back to a military jargon, which arise during the Vietnam WarVietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
, that relates to an infection of the feet, which appears in the jungle by the wetness of the military boots. (Jungle rot
Jungle rot
-In medicine:*Tropical ulcer...
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Studio albums
- 1996 Skin the Living
- 1997 Slaughter the Weak
- 1998 Darkness ForetoldDarkness Foretold (album)Darkness Foretold is the debut EP by the American death metal band Jungle Rot.-Track listing:# Agent Orange 06:02# Fight 'Til Death 03:37# Jesus Hitler 04:35# Darkness Foretold 04:12...
- 2001 Dead and BuriedDead and Buried (Album)Dead and Buried is the third studio album by the American death metal band Jungle Rot, released through Olympic Recordings in 2001.-Track listing:#"Intro" – 0:40#"Immersed in Pain" – 2:33#"Virus" – 2:32#"Misplaced Anger" – 3:32...
- 2004 Fueled by HateFueled By Hate (Album)Fueled by Hate is the fourth studio album by the American death metal band Jungle Rot, released through Olympic Recordings in 2004.-Track listing:#"Intro" – 0:56#"Face Down" – 3:46#"Let Them Die" – 2:31#"Fractured" – 4:42#"Gain Control" – 2:12...
- 2006 WarzoneWarzone (Album)Warzone is the fifth studio album by the American death metal band Jungle Rot, released through Crash Music in 2006.A music video was made for the opening track-Track listing:#"Victims of Violence" – 2:43#"Cut in Two" – 2:09#"Savage Rite" – 2:51...
- 2009 What Horrors Await
- 2011 Kill on Command
EPs/Demos
- 1995 Rip Off Your Face (Demo)
- 1995 Skin the Living (Demo)
- 1997 4-tracks (Promotion-Demo)
- 1998 Darkness Foretold (EP)