Gorerotted was a British death metal band formed in 1997 which split up in January 2008 and reformed with new members as The Rotted. Gorerotted's lyrics and song titles were largely inspired by horror films and serial killers. The band's song titles often incorporated humorous rhymes or puns such as "Cut, Gut, Beaten, Eaten", "Put Your Bits in a Concrete Mix", and "Only Tools and Corpses", a pun on the popular British sitcom, Only Fools and Horses, the latter beginning with a suspiciously similar introductory drumbeat to the sitcom's theme music.
Musically, Gorerotted employed a distinctive dual vocal style. Originally with Ben delivering a deep, death growl-style, and Mr. Gore providing contrast to this with a high-pitched yelling and screaming. When Wilson joined as the band's bass player on the album Only Tools and Corpses he also added to the vocals by delivering high-pitched growls and additional screams, thus the band had three different voices going at times. After Mr. Gore's departure in 2004, Wilson took over his vocal parts in the older songs. The guitar riffs are often fast and technical, with the bass usually doubling these parts. Both the guitars and the bass are tuned down one whole-step (guitars are tuned to D), to achieve a heavier sound. The drumming is extremely fast, often making use of blast beats and double bass.
I'm too sexy for live girls
The casket lid ripped open
A festering, rotting corpse
The stench of putrifaction
Just makes me thirst for more
Pustulous blisters bursting
Hair comes out in my hands
The blackened skin peels back easy
Fluid oozes from my glans
Maggots munching near my dick
Makes me cum, makes me sick
I'm a monster yeah you know what I mean
Cuz I fuck dead girls in the graveyard
In the graveyard, In the graveyard yeah
I rape their little tush in the graveyard
Dripping sebum
Oozing pus
Smearing semen
Forbidden lust