Rootwater

Infobox musical artist
Name = Rootwater

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Img_capt = During concert in Mega Club in Katowice.
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Background = group_or_band
Origin = flagicon|POL Warsaw, Poland
Genre = Heavy metal, folk metal, hardcore
Years_active = 2002 – present
Label = Fonografika (2005-2007) Mystic (2007 - present)
URL = [http://rootwater.pl Rootwater official website]
Current_members = Maciej Taff Sebastian Zusin Heinrich Michał Truong Artur Rowiński
Past_members = Yonca Paweł Jurkowski Przemo

Rootwater is a Polish heavy metal band, formed in Warsaw, Poland in 2002 by Sebastian Zusin, Yonca and Pablo. Soon, Maciej Taff has joined the band as a vocalist. In their music there are many hardcore, trash, folk and punk, or even ambient influences clearly hearable. The name of the band comes from a card captioned "Rootwater Commando". The band is famous for their psychedelic, technically perfect album covers. Many critics 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 folk (Hava Nagila), or are sung in traditional Roma language (Caje Sukarije), Polish, or French (Climchoque).

Appearances

Rootwater have made an Appearance on the bonus audio CD of The Witcher Music Inspired By The Game with the track 'Born Again'.

Members

* Maciej Taff - vocalist
* Sebastian Zusin - guitar
* Heinrich - bass guitar
* Michał Truong - guitar
* Artur Rowiński - percussion

Former members

* Tomasz "Yońca" Jońca - guitar
* Paweł Jurkowski - percussion
* Przemysław Bieliński - bass guitar

Discography

* 2002 "Hava Nagila" (Single)
* 2004 "Under" (LP)
* 2006 "The Legends of Hava Nagila" (Single)
* 2007 "Limbic System" (LP)

External links

* [http://www.rootwater.pl Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/rootwater Rootwater's Official Myspace]
* [http://www.0v0.pwii.pl/forum/index.php?showforum=18 Official forum (Polish)]