Jungle Rot

Jungle Rot
Jungle Rot at the Mayhem Festival 2015 in Chula Vista, CA
Background information
Origin	Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
Genres	Death metal
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Victory Records, Napalm Records, Olympic Records, Season of Mist, Century Media Records, Crash Music, Inc, Pulverizer Records, S.O.D. Records, Pure Death Records
Website	Official Jungle Rot page
Members	Dave Matrise James Genenz Geoff Bub
Past members	Jim Bell Kevin Forsythe Joey Lohr Joe Carlino Chris Djuricic Brian Kuhn Mike LeGros Jim Garcia Jim Harte Rob Pandola Neil Zacharek Jerry Sturino Eric House

Jungle Rot is an American death metal band from Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, formed in 1992.

History

Jungle Rot was founded in 1992 as a side project by Jim Harte and Joe Thomas, members of the Wisconsin thrash metal act, Prisoner. The band's name refers to Jungle rot, an infection of the feet, which people developed in the jungle when their military boots got wet and were left on. The band acquired Kenosha-based guitarist Dave Matrise (Num Skull, Nocturnal, Fatal Violence) in 1993 and recorded their first demo Rip Off Your Face, a crude offering of childish fun. It wasn't until 1994 when Matrise took over that the band got serious and started to take off. The band refined their style and released their second demo Skin The Living in 1995, which is the year Matrise acknowledges the band truly officially began.

After their first two demos, the band was signed to the American independent label Pure Death Records, owned at the time by Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed, where they released their first album, a repackaging of their second demo Skin the Living, in 1996. In late 1997, their second album, Slaughter the Weak was released on independent label Pulverizer Records.

The EP Darkness Foretold was released in 1998 by the small label S.O.D. Records, which was spearheaded by the creator of the underground music magazine Sounds of Death, and featured covers of Slayer's "Fight Til Death" and Carnivore's "Jesus Hitler". The initial pressing of Darkness Foretold came with a limited edition Jungle Rot Comic Book. The next two full-length studio albums, 2001's Dead And Buried and 2004's Fueled By Hate were released by Olympic Recordings in partnership with Century Media Records.

It wasn't until 2005 that the current core of Jungle Rot came together when Matrise enlisted the talents of Chicago native James Genenz (Fleshgrind, Avernus, Dead For Days, Reign Inferno, God Dementia) on bass guitar and Geoff Bub (Destiss, Putrid Dissentary) on guitar.^[1] With songwriting duties now shared between the three members, and the bulk of the lyrics being forthwith written by Genenz, Matrise was now able to take his band to the next level.

Subsequent touring ensued with bands like Deicide, Goatwhore, Cattle Decapitation, Krisiun, The Black Dahlia Murder, 25 Ta Life, Hate Eternal, Incantation, and Vital Remains. In mid-2006, the band released the album Warzone on Crash Music. This recording marked the first album to feature the now current Jungle Rot core of Matrise, Genenz, and Bub. In 2008, they headlined a European tour with support from Warmaster, Downswitch, and Walking Corpse.

The band signed with Napalm Records^[2] in January 2009 and released What Horrors Await in June 2009. A European tour with Six Feet Under followed shortly thereafter along with a headlining run across the United States. In April 2011, the band signed with Victory Records and released Kill on Command on June 21, 2011.^[3] On March 19, 2013, Jungle Rot released their eighth album through Victory Records, titled Terror Regime. The band hit the road to support the album with metal luminaries such as Suffocation, Obituary, Broken Hope, Decrepit Birth, and more.

On April 14, 2015 it was announced that Jungle Rot would be playing the entirety of the 2015 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, performing on the Victory Records stage.^[4][5]

In early 2015 the band announced via their social media that they were working on their ninth studio album, Order Shall Prevail, to be released later in the year on Victory Records. Pre-orders for the album were announced on May 26, along with the album's track listing, release date of June 30, and a stream for the single "Paralyzed Prey."^[6] On May 27, 2015 it was revealed that Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy) would be lending his vocals on the track "Fight Where You Stand".^[7] On June 29 the official music video for the single "Paralyzed Prey" premiered on Vevo.^[8]

On March 7, 2016 Jungle Rot released a video for the track "Doomsday" via Victory Records.^[9] The band was also announced as part of the 2016 edition of the Metal Alliance Tour alongside Dying Fetus and The Acacia Strain.^[10]

Jungle Rot are endorsed exclusively by Spector Bass Guitars, ESP Guitars, S.I.T. Strings, Vader Cabinets, and In Tune Guitar Picks

Style

Jungle Rot plays an aggressive style of thrash influenced death metal and are known to integrate slow stomp melodies into their speed-thrash style. Most of the lyrical subjects deal with war, torture, murder, death, and corruption.

Personnel

Current members

• Dave Matrise - Vocals, Guitars (1994–present)
• James Genenz - Guitars (2004-2005), Bass (2005-present)
• Geoff Bub - Guitars (2005–present)

Former Members

• Joe Carlino - Bass (1993-1994)
• Brian Kuhn - Bass (1994-1995)
• Mike LeGros - Bass (1999-2000)
• Jim Garcia - Drums (1999-2002)
• Joe Thomas - Vocals (1992-1994)
• Chris 'Wisco' Djuricic - Bass (1995-1999, 2001-2003) Guitar (2004)
• Jim Harte - Drums (1992-1997)
• Jim Bell - Guitars (1994-2000)
• Rob Pandola - Drums (1997-1998)
• Kevin Forsythe - Guitars (2000-2002)
• Jerry Sturino - Bass (2004-2005)
• Eric House - Drums (2004-2006 / 2008-2010)
• Joey Lohr - Guitars (2004-2005)
• Neil Zacharek - Drums (2006-2007)
• Jesse Beahler - Drums (2010-2013)

Touring Musicians

• Remington Roberts - Drums (2013–Present)
• Parker Yowell - Drums (2016)
• Mike Miczek - Drums (2014)
• Shawn Johnson - Drums (1999)
• Tony Ochoa - Drums (2010)
• Andy Vehnekamp - Drums (1999)
• Joey Muha - Drums (2015)
• Scott Fuller - Drums (2013)
• Chris 'Wisco' Djuricic - Guitar (2013)

Discography

Studio albums

• Skin the Living (1996, Pure Death Records)
• Slaughter the Weak (1997, Pulverizer Records)
• Dead and Buried (2001, Olympic/Century Media)
• Fueled by Hate (2004, Olympic/Century Media)
• Warzone (2006, Crash Music Inc.)
• What Horrors Await (2009, Napalm Records)
• Kill on Command (2011, Victory Records)
• Terror Regime (2013, Victory Records)
• Order Shall Prevail (2015, Victory Records)

Demos and EPs

• Rip Off Your Face (1993)
• Skin the Living (1995)
• 4-tracks promo (1997)
• Darkness Foretold (1998, S.O.D. Records/Crash Music Inc.)

Singles

• Rise Up And Revolt (2011, Victory Records)
• Speed Freak [Hallows Eve cover] (2016, Victory Records)

DVDs

• Live in Germany (2006, Crash Music, Inc.)

Music Videos

• Victims Of Violence (2006, directed by Dave Paul)^[11]
• Worst Case Scenario (2010, directed by Jason Meudt & Emmett Austin)^[12]
• Rise Up And Revolt (2011, directed by Eric Richter)^[13]
• Blood Ties (2012, directed by Eric Richter)^[14]
• Blind Devotion (2013, directed by Eric Richter)^[15]
• Terror Regime (2013, directed by Eric Richter)^[16]
• Carpet Bombing (2013, directed by Eric Richter)^[17]
• Utter Chaos (2013, directed by Eric Richter)^[18]
• Ruthless Omnipotence (2013, directed by Eric Richter)^[19]
• Paralyzed Prey (2015, directed by Dustin Smith)^[20]
• Doomsday (2016, directed by Dustin Smith)^[21]

Compilation Appearances

• Gorebag appeared on "Death Metal Legends" (CD, Pavement Music, 2008)
• Darkness Foretold appeared on "Sampler #12" (CD, Pulverised Records / S.O.D. Magazine, 1998)
• Fight Till Death (Slayer cover) appeared on "Straight to Hell: A Tribute to Slayer" (CD, Cleopatra/Deadline, 1999)
• Left For Dead appeared on "Road Kill Vol. 2" (CD, Pavement Music, 1999)
• Tomb Of Armenus appeared on "Deftone 2/99" (CD, Deftone Magazine, Feb 1999)
• Darkness Foretold appeared on "The Morbid One" (CD, Morbid Records, 1999)
• Humans Shall Pay appeared on "Fire on the Brain - Volume 1" (CD, Olympic, 2001)
• Face Down appeared on "Metal for the Masses Vol. 3" (2×CD, Century Media Records, 2004)
• Butchering Death appeared on "Dreaded Compilation Vol. Sicks" (Cassette tape, Copremesis Records)

References

External links

• Official Jungle Rot Website
• Official Jungle Rot profile at Victory Records
• Jungle Rot in the Metal Archive