Rootwater was a Polish
nu metal
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band, formed in
Warsaw
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in 2002 by Sebastian Zusin, Tomasz "Yońca" Jońca and Paweł Jurkowski. Soon, Maciej Taff has joined the band as a vocalist. In their music there are many hardcore, thrash, folk and punk, and even ambient influences clearly audible. The name of the band comes from a
Magic: The Gathering card captioned "Rootwater Commando". The band is famous for their psychedelic 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 (
Hava Nagila
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),
or are sung in traditional Roma language (Caje Sukarije), Polish, or French (Climchoque).
Members
; Last line-up
* Maciej Taff –
vocalist
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(2002–2010)
* Sebastian Zusin –
guitar
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(2002–2010)
*
Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha –
bass guitar
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(2004–2010)
* Marcin "Valeo" Walenczykowski – guitar (2009–2010; died 2018)
* Grzegorz "Gregor" Olejnik –
drums
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(2009–2010)
; Former members
*
Paweł "Paul" Jaroszewicz – drums (2008)
* Michał Truong – guitar (2004–2009)
* Artur Rowiński – drums (2004–2008)
* Tomasz "Yońca" Jońca – guitar (2002–2004)
* Paweł Jurkowski – drums (2002–2004)
* Przemysław Bieliński – bass guitar (2002–2004)
Discography
Studio albums
Music videos
References
External links
*
Official website
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