The UK's GOREROTTED have decided to take the big step of changing their name to THE ROTTED. According to a press release: "Having worked so hard on their new album Get Dead Or Die Trying, the lads felt that due to the huge progression they've made from previous releases musically and lyrically and after frequent line-up changes that this was the only right thing to do. "

Says frontman Ben McCrow: "The motives behind what we were doing with Gorerotted have changed over the years, and as a mark of respect for what we achieved, for previous band members and for fans, we didn't feel it was right to continue under our previous monicker. This album is gonna blow people away, I couldn't even classify it for you if I tried, all I can say is its heavy as fuck, catchy as hell and a piece of work we're all incredibly proud of. People have been affectionally referring to us as The Rotted for some time now, so it seemed like a decent change to us."

The Rotted's new album, Get Dead Or Die Trying, is due for release on June 27th (Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Italy) and June 30th (rest of Europe).

The band has announced the first tour dates under their new monicker.

June
14 – Cambridge, UK – Barfly

July
2 - Manchester, UK - Music Box
3 - Glasgow, UK - Ivory Blacks
4 - Nottingham, UK - Junktion 7
5 - London, UK - Bar Academy
6 - Newport, UK – TJs

August
1 - Wacken, Germany - Wacken Open Air
13 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany - Summer Breeze Open Air

UK tour dates also feature TED MAUL.

The band's new MySpace can be found myspace.com/therotted.