Rootwater was a Polish nu metal band, formed in Warsaw 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), or are sung in traditional Roma language (Caje Sukarije), Polish, or French (Climchoque).
Members Last line-up Maciej Taff – vocalist (2002–2010) Sebastian Zusin – guitar (2002–2010) Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha – bass guitar (2004–2010) Marcin "Valeo" Walenczykowski – guitar (2009–2010; died 2018) Grzegorz "Gregor" Olejnik – drums (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 Title Album detailsUnder Released: 27 April 2004 Label: Fonografika Formats: CDThe Legends of Hava Nagila (EP) Released: 2006 Label: Fonografika Formats: CDLimbic System Released: 1 March 2007 Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital downloadVisionism Released: 15 June 2009 Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download
Music videos YearTitleDirectedAlbum 2004 "Hava Nagila" Under 2010 "Living in the Cage" Mania Studio Visionism
References
External links
Official website