Hammerheart Records are to release THE ROTTED’s ‘Apathy In The UK' single on limited edition 7" vinyl. The track is backed with ‘Drink Myself To Death’ and a cover of MOTÖRHEAD's ‘Iron Fist’, (both originally taken from the Anarchogram EP) and will be available with or without a limited edition white T-shirt featuring the cover artwork, this time created by vocalist Ben McCrow.

Says McCrow: “After seeing our rant about Metalheads not trying hard enough in this day and age, our friends at Hammerheart Records have offered to release ‘Apathy In The UK’ as a collectible 7-Inch vinyl single. A song containing the lyrics “Coloured vinyl, gatefold sleeves, limited editions not mp3s” was clearly crying out to be released in this format, so Hammerheart have offered to put their money where their mouths are and will be releasing The Rotted’s first ever slab of wax! Who knows, if it’s successful maybe we’ll be able to sort out a special gatefold, coloured vinyl version of the full album! It’s aimed at people who are as passionate about collecting rarities and special releases as we are, people who feel their music collection should be more than just a load of files on a computer. All you die-hards, collectors and vinyl nuts out there, we salute you!”

Further details here.

The Rotted released their new album, Ad Nauseam, on October 31st via Candlelight Records. ‘Apathy In The UK’ is streaming below:

Ben McCrow recently revealed the significance of Ad Nauseam:

"Ad Nauseam literally means ‘to the point of nausea’ and is a reflection not only of how much of our blood, sweat and tears went into making this the album of our collective careers, but also the way we go about making and playing our music at all times. Everything done to the maximum or not at all, no compromise and no trying to live up to other people’s expectations of what we should be doing, we do this on our terms and we don’t let anything stand in our way. Tim played a festival two days after cutting his finger off for fuck sake, he didn’t moan once, he just got on with it! How many guitarists can you say that about??? We put everything we have into this band, we live it and we breath it and we feel privileged to still be doing it after all these years. Nothing is taken for granted because we know it could all end in a second.

Play your music to the point of nausea or fuck off!!!"

Ad Nauseam features the following 11 songs:

'Anarchogram Sun'

'Rex Oblivione'

'Surrounded By Skulls'

'Non Serviam'

'Just Add Nauseam'

'Entering The Arena Of The Unwell'

'The House Of Bedlam'

'Apathy In The UK'

'Motorbastards'

'The Hammer Of Witches'

'Put Me Out Of Your Misery'