Rootwater

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Rootwater
During concert in Mega Club in Katowice.
During concert in Mega Club in Katowice.
Background information
OriginWarsaw, Poland
GenresNu metal, thrash metal, metalcore
Years active2002–2010[1]
LabelsFonografika, Mystic Production
Associated actsVesania, Vader
Websiterootwater.pl
MembersMaciej Taff
Sebastian Zusin
Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha
Marcin "Valeo" Walenczykowski
Grzegorz "Oleynik" Olejnik
Past membersPaweł "Paul" Jaroszewicz
Tomasz "Yońca" Jońca
Paweł Jurkowski
Przemysław Bieliński
Michał Truong
Artur Rowiński

Rootwater was a Polish nu metal band, formed in Warsaw, Poland in 2002 by Sebastian Zusin, Tomasz "Yońca" Jońca and Paweł Jurkowski. Soon, Maciej Taff has joined the band as a vocalist. In their music there are many hardcore, thrash, folk and punk, or even ambient influences clearly hearable. The name of the band comes from a Magic: The Gathering card captioned "Rootwater Commando". The band is famous for their psychedelic, technically perfect album covers. Many critics[who?] are comparing Rootwater's music to System of a Down's music, which is probably caused by a similar use of native "folkish" melodies by both groups. Rootwater's vocalist, Maciej Taff usually sings in English, but some songs refer to Hebrew (Hava Nagila),[2] or are sung in traditional Roma language (Caje Sukarije), Polish, or French (Climchoque).

Members[]

Last line-up
  • Maciej Taff - vocalist (2002–2010)
  • Sebastian Zusin - guitar (2002–2010)
  • Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha - bass guitar (2004–2010)
  • Marcin "Valeo" Walenczykowski - guitar (2009–2010; died 2018)
  • Grzegorz "Gregor" Olejnik - drums (2009–2010)
Former members
  • Paweł "Paul" Jaroszewicz - drums (2008)
  • Michał Truong - guitar (2004-2009)
  • Artur Rowiński - drums (2004-2008)
  • Tomasz "Yońca" Jońca - guitar (2002-2004)
  • Paweł Jurkowski - drums (2002-2004)
  • Przemysław Bieliński - bass guitar (2002-2004)

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Album details
Under
  • Released: April 27, 2004
  • Label: Fonografika
  • Formats: CD
The Legends of Hava Nagila (EP)
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Fonografika
  • Formats: CD
Limbic System
  • Released: March 1, 2007[3]
  • Label: Mystic Production
  • Formats: CD, digital download[4]
Visionism
  • Released: June 15, 2009[5]
  • Label: Mystic Production
  • Formats: CD, digital download[6]

Music videos[]

Year Title Directed Album
2004 "Hava Nagila"
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 Under
2010 "Living in the Cage" Mania Studio[7] Visionism

References[]

  1. ^ [1] Archived May 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Rootwater - Hava Nagila". YouTube. 2006-07-29. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  3. ^ "Rootwater - Limbic System - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 2007-03-01. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  4. ^ "iTunes - Music - Limbic System by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 2007-03-01. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  5. ^ "Rootwater - Visionism - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  6. ^ "iTunes - Music - Visionism by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  7. ^ "Aktualności - ROOTWATER u Lynch'a - Wytwórnia płytowa - Mystic Production". Mystic.pl. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

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