Rootwater

{{Short description|Polish nu metal band}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Rootwater

| image = Rootwater - 3.jpg

| caption = During concert in Mega Club in Katowice, 2007

| image_upright = 1.25

| background = group_or_band

| origin = Warsaw, Poland

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Nu metal
• thrash metal
• alternative metal

}}

| years_active = 2002–2010[http://muzyka.onet.pl/10175,2168435,newsy.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515075336/http://muzyka.onet.pl/10175,2168435,newsy.html |date=15 May 2010 }}

| label = Fonografika, Mystic Production

| website = {{url|rootwater.pl}}

| current_members = Maciej Taff
Sebastian Zusin
Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha
Marcin "Valeo" Walenczykowski
Grzegorz "Oleynik" Olejnik

| past_members = Paweł "Paul" Jaroszewicz
Tomasz "Yońca" Jońca
Paweł Jurkowski
Przemysław Bieliński
Michał Truong
Artur Rowiński

}}

Rootwater was a Polish nu metal band, formed in Warsaw in 2002{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/root-water-mn0002446455 | title=Root Water Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More | website=AllMusic }} 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),{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p212848xPzM&feature=player_embedded#! |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/p212848xPzM |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Rootwater – Hava Nagila |publisher=YouTube |date=29 July 2006 |accessdate=26 July 2015}}{{cbignore}} or are sung in traditional Roma language (Caje Sukarije), Polish, or French (Climchoque).