Dave Matrise on meat+potato vs tech death, new Jungle Rot LP being the best | Aggressive Tendencies

Jungle Rot's Dave Matrise explains why the band's upcoming new album is by far their best piece of work to date (followed by 'Kill on Command' and 'Order Shall Prevail'). He explains why they focus on "in your face grooving" and playing meat and potatoes death metal, while the genre has gone way more technical and admits he hopes the band can cash in when the old-school sound comes back to prominence. Admittedly, he says there already is some old-school revival death metal he loves, such as Skeletal Remains and Necrot, but as much as he loves the new stuff, one of his favourite parts of being in a band is befriending bands he's loved for ages and having them love his band. He tells the story of how he met Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy, Soulfly, Nailbomb, etc.) on 70,000 Tons of Metal and got him to do a guest vocal part on "Fight Where You Stand" before revealing there's a killer guest vocal part on the upcoming album, too. Interview conducted on April 4th at Coalition in Toronto.
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[@jessewilliams8655]

Man it’s 2022 and he nailed it, the new wave of old school death metal is here and it’s amazing

[@TimmyTurner421]

What a cool guy

[@djabthrash]

Such a sick band ! Very underestimated !

[@RoyOutddor75]

Jungle Rot kicks ass ALWAYS! It’s power it’s strength it’s real🤘🏼

[@scottiematthews5932]

Just discovered this band and hell yah brother! What a kickass in your face feel the groove kinda band 🤘lovin it!

[@JustinGoldsmith]

I admit: I am a new fan. I had never heard of these guys until the new album showed up in my Google Music feed as a suggested new album. Instant fan. And I have to say he's right. In the last few days I've listened to all their albums I can find and this new one is fucking incredible. Fast, SOLID, and heavy as fuck.

[@AggressiveTendencies]

Straight up solid band for sure. They don't fuck around. Thanks for watching and glad you found the Rot!

[@whoareyou221]

Been one of my favorite bands since day 1.

[@okaythen27]

This death metal band just rocks. Long live Jungle Rot!

[@cmd_f5]

Didn't even know they had a new one coming out. Awesome!

[@fullmetalmedia4877]

Long live Jungle Rot, that re-issue of What Horrors Await is still kicking our ass. Just a great straight forward, ass kicking death metal band. Can't wait for the new record to listen to some new JR songs! Seems like such a laid back midewestern dude, cool interview as always!

[@AggressiveTendencies]

Hell yeah, looking forward to new music from them. He was very kind and his passion for his music came through loud and clear. Thank you very much!

[@greatdiosghosties2762]

OLD SCHOOL

[@scorch2020]

Jungle Rot is responsible for getting me into death metal, before it was just deathcore for me
Keep it up!

[@whiteymamasan4138]

Jungle rot...the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be!!! Fueled by hate is my favorite album.

[@mr.mystery4577]

Classic album from them

[@DizzyDez613]

Jungle Rot is one of those bands, every album seems to get a bit better. Can’t wait for May 2022!

[@SuperStrik9]

Dave rules 🤘

[@alexperry4691]

Nice sincere dude.

[@ununseptium7961]

Max just did a feature with Body Count too.

[@AggressiveTendencies]

Hell yeah he did!

[@blazeandcyrus]

We are dyinggggg to get some dates up in Wisconsin.

[@jackk9497]

PLEASE. Come home guys, i know so many people both in the Milwaukee area and the Madison area who want to see Jungle Rot live!

[@Admiral_Bongo]

The lighting makes Dave look like a wax figure.

[@tunafish7081]

fuck yeah NECROT rules!!

[@Stratking01]

I hear these guys hail from the Kenosha, Milwaukee to be exact, and man, I can hear that thick accent! Lol. Seriously tho, this band is amazing and he’s right as all hell about old school death makings comeback over the tech stuff

[@troopershollar7975]

#1 jungle rot album...dead and buried

[@manuelharlander8604]

i agree

[@timcoleman5683]

Absolutely!

[@tiago001pessoa]

I think that’s the opinion of almost every jungle rot fan

[@janegoodall3862]

So whos the guest? Just got out so getting back into the groove here...

[@drummer7557]

My favorite band who doesn't give two shits about doing six string sweeps, ultra blast beats with pro-tools and shitty live shows.