Track By Tracks: Rotgut - 8 oz Cantrip (2026)
1. Slash and Burn:
This one's for St. Luigi. Plenty of us have a lot of untapped anger for the ghouls behind the levers of power. This song was a big release valve for that. Plenty of the most despicable monsters in the world get glossy profiles in the press and have their egos fanned on a daily basis, while the rest of society just thinks about wringing their necks.
The song structure is simple. We wanted a fast, classic old school metalcore/thrash intro for a live set, half-step power chord changes, and some black metal dyads. Drums have a lot of change-ups and some quick blasts.
2. Disgraced:
This one was heavy. I like big chords, so the intro progression is really stacked, starting with a minor-major 7th for a lot of tension. Our drummer, El CC, got to show off some licks in the intro as well.
Lyrically, this one's got references to the genocide in Palestine, but on the whole theres a lot about imperialism and the lust for resource extraction turning the world into a slaughterhouse on fire.
3. Ye Intrepid:
Lighter satire than the other,s but dark harmonically. Main riffs are centered on a tritone D - G#. There's chromatic movement and stacked power chords in the breakdown. It's the only one we got with a breakdown. We should do some more slow and heavy stuff.
I had the breakdown gang vocal part first - "Submerge and Implode" - and built the song out from the middle.
The jaunty rhythm gives it a sea shanty vibe, which is good cause the theme of the song is like an Age of Exploration propaganda piece about the doomed Titan Submersible.
4. Gods and Masters:
Our earliest one, actually written for an earlier project, Raw Dogs, which was more crossover punk/thrash. It's raw. There was a lot of anger after the Q nightclub shooting. If you remember, the porn star Dick Delaware's failson was on some superior race bullshit and destroyed the lives of a lot of better people.
A lot of shut-ins with no prospects tend to slip further from reality and get sucked into conspiracy theories. In the end, it's all for the betterment of the Epstein class.
This ones more melodic than other Rotgut tracks, but it's got tension. Big chord voicings, contrary motion. The nuts and bolts are there. Shout out to Ilya Ignatov for learning and laying down an impossible solo in two days.
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