Obituary - Slowly We Rot music CD discography

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Existing comments about this CD

From: juan carlos	Date: October 19, 2013 at 18:35
brutal, Brutal.. BRUTAL!!! Just listen "Slowly we Rot" as song and you can be satisfied, but the whole album is a Blast. I was totally insane the first time that i Listened this one. "Gates of Hell" has an incredible insane vocals... Terrific album. If you are into Death Metal, this one is a must for you. 95/100 OBITUARY RULES!!!!!!!!!!!

From: Doghouse Reilly

Date: June 21, 2020 at 23:34

The rules of death metal were still being written in 1989, and those goofy pot-smoking kids in Obituary were partly responsible. The band's debut has that standard-issue Scott Burns/Morrisound production, but is absolutely dominated by John Tardy's roaring, ralphing vocals, which are mixed in well above the rest of the music and drenched in echo. This is somewhat ironic, because much of the time, he's not actually using words. He's just vocalizing, making agonized sounds to fit the overall mood of the music. There's not a lot of bass to be heard, so the guitars have kind of a buzzy sound, but this is mainly noticeable in hindsight. In '89, it must have sounded absolutely crushing.

From: Doghouse Reilly

Date: May 28, 2024 at 14:33

Obituary were hailed as the "heaviest band in the universe" when their debut album was released in 1989, thanks in large part to John Tardy's ralphing, often wordless vocals, which were way up in the mix, drenched in reverb, and coming in at a higher pitch than most other death-metal singers of the time. Couple that with a disregard for traditional song structures, and tempos that often downshifted into a creepy crawl, and you have the soundtrack for a zombie splatterfest set in the Everglades. Turned out this frightening racket was made by a bunch of goofy potheads from the suburbs, playing in standard tuning no less (for this album anyway). There are parts of this album where John's vocals are muffled and buried in the mix, making him sound like he's suffocating under quicksand, adding to the atmosphere. One thing there is not, however: catchy songs. This makes Slowly We Rot more of a front-to-back listening experience, because with the exception of the title track, "'Til Death," and

From: Doghouse Reilly

Date: May 28, 2024 at 14:39

... maybe a couple others, the songs mostly blend together. Honestly, it's hard to tell where "Intoxicated" ends and "Deadly Intentions" begins, and "Blood Soaked" after that. The production is a bit ear-fatiguing as well, with fuzzy, distorted bass combining with trebly guitars to make it sound like your speakers are breaking up. All part of the experience though, I guess. I enjoy it, but I feel like I'm missing out on some of the thrill, since by the time I discovered these first two albums, they were no longer shocking.

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