ROTHEADS - Unfazed by Death reissue
Memento Mori
This is my first reissue review for 2026 and it's by a Romanian Death Metal band who I never heard of. Now in all honesty I don't know anything about Romanian Death Metal. In fact I probably have two or three CDs on the shelves behind me by Romanian Black Metal bands but that's it. So call me names I just don't give a fuck because you're probably as ignorant as I am on this scene.
So history wise ROTHEADS was originally a duo consisting of David who sang and played drums plus Bogdan (aka: Leonardo Spurcaciune) on guitars and bass. The band started out in 2014 and recorded this demo in 2016. By the way it should be mentioned that ROTHEADS are technically still around today. In fact their last full length, Slither in Slime, came out in 2022. Leonardo Spurcaciune is still in the band singing and playing guitar.
So as far as this reissue goes well here's where the fun comes in. This does not sound like modern Death Metal from 2016. In fact this comes off sounding like a demo from the 1990's. Now let's go back in history. In the late 2000s there was that little old Old School Death Metal revival with young bands bringing back the old ways. So let's just say this Romanian band was six to eight years behind the revival.
Be that as it may I like this release. ROTHEADS' sound is dark with deep guttural vocals, an old school grimy DM sound and even some Doom influence thrown in. The drum work is satisfactory. In a way this all reminds me of an American Death Metal act only known for their incredible demo and nothing else afterwards. What we have here are a handful of decent Death Metal cuts book ended by some insto intros and outros. Welcome back to the early days people.
LISTEN HERE:
https://rotheads.bandcamp.com/album/unfazed-by-death
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