Rotten Sound is a grindcore band which was formed in 1993 in Finland. After… Read Full Bio ↴Rotten Sound is a grindcore band which was formed in 1993 in Finland. After a slew of underground releases, singles and EPs, the band unleashed their debut album "Under Pressure" in 1997 on Repulse Records and "Drain" followed in 1998. On year 2002 Rotten Sound released the genre-defining Murderworks (Necropolis/Century Media), one of the corner-stones of modern grindcore and after the release, Rotten Sound found themselves headlining a European tour.
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On January 2005 Spinefarm released "Exit"-album, which went immediately to the Finnish charts and stayed for three weeks. "Exit" also received praising reviews from different medias around the world and was claimed as one of the most important extreme releases of the year 2005. After the release of "Exit" Rotten Sound toured in Scandinavia, U.S. and went on a second headlining tour in Europe during January 2006.

Sami Latva joined Rotten Sound in February 2006 to replace long-time drummer, Kai Hahto. The band was expecting to go on a hiatus in 2006, but, thanks to Sami, could start to prepare for the next studio session immediately. They recorded eight new songs for "Consume to Contaminate"-MCD during April 2006. Lyrical content of "Consume to Contaminate" is handling again difficult issues on this globe with loads of cynisism and a touch of death.

Rotten Sound has made four full length albums, ten shorter releases, five European tours, two U.S.-tours, three scandinavian tours and is one of the leading bands in grind-core. Now "Consume to Contaminate" introduces the new heavy, aggressive and insane Rotten Sound: a band which is prepared to take destructive powers of grind-core a few big leaps ahead.

Sell Your Soul
Rotten Sound Lyrics

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Gaining more property
For your social value
Losing inner self
Not needed to succeed
Urge to get filthy rich
With inhuman deeds
Taken from your dull life
That does not exist anymore

Sell your soul and die alone
Sell your soul and die alone

Gathering money for your safety
And to increase your assets
Giving no help
To the underprivileged
Joy was not gained
Only the hollow pain
Being afraid of losing
Your stolen wealth to the thieves

Sell your soul and die alone
Sell your soul and die alone

Sell your soul and die alone
Sell your soul and die alone

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Rotten Sound's "Sell Your Soul" depict a bleak picture of greed and emptiness. The song suggests that the pursuit of material wealth and social status can lead to a loss of one's true self and a lonely death. The lines "Gaining more property for your social value/Losing inner self not needed to succeed" convey the message that people become so consumed with accumulating wealth and status that they lose sight of who they really are.

The song also highlights the darker aspects of the pursuit of wealth, emphasizing that true success cannot be earned through immoral or unethical means. The lines "Urge to get filthy rich/With inhuman deeds/Taken from your dull life/That does not exist anymore" imply that those who engage in unethical behavior in order to accumulate wealth are participating in something that is not reflective of their true selves.

Ultimately, the repeated refrain of "Sell your soul and die alone" drives home the point that those who are consumed by greed and materialism end up alone and empty, selling their soul for something that ultimately brings them no joy or fulfillment.

Line by Line Meaning

Gaining more property
Acquiring more material possessions

For your social value
To elevate your status among others

Losing inner self
Sacrificing personal identity

Not needed to succeed
Not essential for achieving success

Urge to get filthy rich
Desire to obtain extreme wealth

With inhuman deeds
Through immoral actions

Taken from your dull life
Removed from your unexciting existence

That does not exist anymore
That no longer exists

Sell your soul and die alone
Choose to prioritize wealth over morality and suffer the consequences alone

Gathering money for your safety
Accumulating funds for security

And to increase your assets
And to boost your financial worth

Giving no help
Not providing assistance

To the underprivileged
To those in need

Joy was not gained
Happiness was not obtained

Only the hollow pain
Only an emptiness and distress

Being afraid of losing
Having fear of losing

Your stolen wealth to the thieves
Your illegally obtained riches to others who might take them away

Sell your soul and die alone
Choose to prioritize wealth over morality and suffer the consequences alone

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: KAI HAHTO, KEIJO KRISTIAN NIINIMAA, MIKA PETRI AALTO, TONI MIKAEL PIHLAJA

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