Coolness, kick-ass tracks, one-riff wonder, recognition value, variety and pure entertainment – composing can be such easy. Seemingly effortless THE ROTTED dishes a release having nearly no rival in 2011. Old school influenced D-Beat Death Metal Ad Nauseam should be, so the patient information sheet says. This sound different and matches just partly. I have no idea where THE ROTTED conjures up ideas but every track is a story on its own, including high recall value fortunately. The English dudes use nearly every stylistic device which seems to be useful, and even if it’s such as simple. The basic chordal scrubbing in Rex Oblivione turns out to be an absolute (high-speed)projectile (this track is already a classic), the opener Anarchogram Sun with its hookline and bass/drum parts is hard to be topped in its coolness, The Hammer Of The Witches is carried by an Amon Amarth melody, Just Add Nauseam renders homage to the Grind-history of early Gorerotted (THE ROTTED rose of), Apathy In The UK and Motörbastärds practice hard to divine genuflections (and hard to fail to hear) of THE ROTTED’s faves. It doesn’t matter if mid-tempo or sporting up-tempo is played, not at least by the vocals and the down-to-earth production Ad Nauseam is a masterpiece in energy. At long last the demons in Put Me Out Of Your Misery may tear you out of the spherical density into another world deservedly. It couldn’t get much better.