Jungle Rot, one of my all time favorite bands, has announced their tenth studio album and holy shit am I excited! The self-titled effort will hit streets on July 20th via Victory Records. "Expect a beatdown if you aren't prepared," says bassist James Genenz. In January 2018 Jungle Rot entered Belle City Sound with engineer Chris Djuricic behind the board. Mixing and mastering was done by the legendary Dan Swanö (Dark Funeral, Marduk). Jaded death metal purists looking for fresh kills need to add Jungle Rot to their must-listen list. The album blasts off with ‘Send Forth Oblivion,’ an equivalent to stainless steel medical devices in your eardrum. Another track, ‘Glory For The Fallen,’ shows Genenz pounding away at his woofer as he explains the track was written for his close friend Jeff who was murdered last year. “I definitely needed to put something on the album for my fallen brother, and another track directed at the cowardly scumbag who took his young life, which is ‘Pumped Full Of Lead.’ I’ve had a lot of pain to write with, so that is my message - life is pain.” Jungle Rot closes out the album with their take of Kreator’s 1987 classic ‘Terrible Certainty.’ “I love this song and it’s one I’ve always wanted to cover. I remember seeing them for the first time, saying to myself I want to start a band,” Matrise confesses. Accompanying the band behind the drums is long-time Jungle Rot skin thrasher Jesse Beahler. The artwork will once again be created by longtime album cover artist Gyula Havancsak. Pre-order packages for Jungle Rot feature all new t-shirts, long sleeve, baseball tee, 46” x 46” flag, zip-up hoodie, girls t-shirt, limited-edition colored vinyl and a gore-proof cassette tape limited to only 75 copies. Everything is available at VictoryMerch.com and includes an instant download of “Fearmonger”. Hear “Fearmonger” now below!
