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History
LAY DOWN ROTTEN were formed in Herborn, Germany back in 1999 as a solo project by vocalist Daniel Jakobi. He wrote the first few songs on his own, then deciding to carry on with the project. After showing his material to some fellow musicians, Timo Claas, Johannes Pitz and Daniel “Mini” Benner joined the band in May 2000, turning Jakobi’s solo project into LAY DOWN ROTTEN.
Already in November 2000 the group recorded its first 4-track demo CD entitled “Colder As Cold”, which was met with very good reactions. In July 2001 the band began recording their second demo CD “Way Of Weakness”. Being a self-produced affair, the band took around 4 months to finish it. In September 2001 bassist Johannes left the band for work reasons. The band found a replacement in Uwe within the same month. In 2002 the group kept writing new material, motivated by the good reactions received by their live shows (with REAPER, BURDEN OF GRIEF, FALL OF SERENITY, MEATKNIFE and DEATH REALITY, among others) and releases. Due to a lack of money the band couldn’t afford to go into the studio during that year, so they kept rehearsing and saving.
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