| Rotting | |
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| Origin | Newmarket, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Death metal |
| Years active | 1992–2002 |
| Labels | CDN Records United Guttural Records |
| Website | www.rottingdeath.net |
| Past members | |
| Korey Arnold Rob Macaulay Jeff White Keith Devry Mike Belfry Junior Balzer James Alderson |
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Rotting was a Canadian death metal band that formed in 1992 from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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Throughout the band's existence, they've been featured in international print magazines such as Pit, Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, and Unrestrained! as well as many indie-zines.
Rotting played several mini-tours of the United States and participated in music festivals such as Milwaukee Metalfest, Ohio Deathfest and others. In late 1996, the band toured across Canada with Oppressor and Gorguts
Over their career, Rotting has shared the stage with popular metal acts such as Suffocation and Dying Fetus, Cannibal Corpse, Cradle of Filth, Woods of Ypres, and Kittie. Ex-Cannibal Corpse guitarist Jack Owen has been spotted in zines sporting a Rotting Human Race Liquidation t-shirt.
Rotting was formerly signed to United Guttural Records and remained on their roster until the label's demise in 2003. In 2003, The Forgotten was released with artwork by Studio-Sho from Japan on a one-album deal with CDN Records from Canada.
The band disbanded in 2004 due to lack of time and interest by the members. Bassist Jeff went into the wrestling industry under the persona's "Darth Cutthroatus" and "Cold Blooded" Chris Garvin, vocalist Korey started a mailorder company, The Catacombs; retailer of official band merchandise which also owns rights to Rotting's merchandise.
In 2000, the band recorded The Original Christ Crusher with Roger Beaujard of Mortician. The album is currently unreleased. The track "Stomped to Death" is featured on the reissue of Crushed, released in August 2007.
In 2009, Mike and Korey formed Burning Caskets as a side-project, which later formulated into a full band. Mike was unable to dedicate time to the group and inevitably departed to form a glam rock band known as "THE MIKE BELFRY PROJECT". Burning Casket's first studio release, "To Burn a False Prophet" dropped in July 2011.
Rotting's lyrics primarily focus on anti-religion, horror and angst.