Italian duo R.O.T. (Revolution of Two) admit their music isn’t perfect, but encourage anyone “looking for something weird and different” to give it a go. The duo offers up a diverse modern metal sound that experiments with a variety of styles and elements, which they describe as “heterogeneous, contaminated and modern.”
The dup of Eddy Scissorhands (vocals) and Louis LittleBrain (guitar) met at school in the small town of Cassino, around 80 miles southeast of Rome. They tried creating a band with a traditional lineup, but it didn’t work out, so they pushed ahead as a two-piece.
On the sound they’ve crafted since, they told us: “Modern and contaminated, we don’t have a specific sound, we like to experiment with every song. We love to contaminate our songs with other genres like trap, electronica, and phonics. We try to create catchy and direct structures and melodies but layer the riffs with samples and unexpected parts. It’s unique, but it’s designed to appeal even to those who don’t listen to metal!”
Our first taste of this is No Way To See You, which came out in February and was the band’s first release in two years. It opens up with dreamy guitars that continue in a lively instrumental section, before dropping into mellow vocals over light drums. The drums and vocals pick up pace as it builds towards a big singalong chorus. The intensity suddenly increases with screamed vocals, darting guitars and searing synths, before big djenty guitars are joined by vicious vocals. The light guitars return, teeing up another clean chorus to bring the track to an end.
On the track, the band said: “It’s the single that announces our return. We’ve been on hiatus for two years, we thought we’d never play again… and instead, here we are! The song was the first one we didn’t produce ourselves, but we did it in collaboration with Howard Fang of Within Destruction, it was an honour for us! It was well received, but we think it still has to reach the right people! Those who haven’t heard it can expect a very emotional song, about being far from those we love. It’s melodic… but we didn’t hold back from incorporating our heavier influences into it.”
The duo have since followed that up with Orange Piccolo, which was released on Friday. It opens up with an anime sample and repeating keys, before shouty vocals give way to heavy guitar chords and drums alongside a funky little lick. Clean vocals take over, picking up pace as big guitars and drums join in and lead into another section of intense vocals. It goes a little happy hardcore on us with a fast-paced beat, before dropping into a big singalong chorus.
The R.O.T. sound draws inspiration from a wide range of influences, including the likes of Within Destruction, Paledusk, Bring Me The Horizon and lately also Avralize, who they describe as “really fantastic and are bringing a breath of fresh air to metalcore.”
And on what inspires them to write music, they explains: “Definitely, (influences) have changed over the years. The funny thing is, as a kid, I wrote much more profound things… now I’m heavily inspired by my passions: anime and video games. Almost all of our songs are inspired by this world, of course. We also like the more philosophical side of some works of this genre, but sometimes we just write “kamehameha!!!” and we’re satisfied!”
There’s plenty more to come from R.O.T., who have dozens of demos in the bank ready to be released, so expect more music from them shortly.
And the band added: “We broke up because we’d lost motivation, but we realized there’s still a lot to say in modern metal, and many bands are just sleeping on their feet, making this genre saturated and boring. Our music isn’t perfect, it’s not overly produced, but it’s fresh, different, and we’ll try to continually renew ourselves. So if you’re looking for something weird and different, give us a chance!”
R.O.T. don’t currently have any socials that we can find, but you can check out their music on Spotify, Bandcamp and YouTube.
Listen to R.O.T. and more new music on our Spotify playlists GigRadar Core and GigRadar Metal
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