Obituary "Slowly We Rot (1997 Remastered, Gold Disc)""

Slowly We Rot is the debut album by American death metal band Obituary. It was released on May 16, 1989 and is the only album on which Obituary used E standard guitar tuning, as opposed to the D standard tuning used on all their other albums. Despite this, it is widely considered to be Obituary's heaviest album. Slowly We Rot is the only Obituary album to feature bassist Daniel Tucker, guitarist Allen West would leave soon after but returned for the third album The End Complete. It was re-released on January 27, 1997 with remastered sound and liner notes.

Track listing

All music by Obituary, all lyrics by John Tardy.

1. "Internal Bleeding" 3:01
2. "Godly Beings" 1:55
3. "'Til Death" 3:56
4. "Slowly We Rot" 3:36
5. "Immortal Visions" 2:25
6. "Gates to Hell" 2:49
7. "Words of Evil" 1:55
8. "Suffocation" 2:35
9. "Intoxicated" 4:40
10. "Deadly Intentions" 2:09
11. "Bloodsoaked" 3:11
12. "Stinkupuss" 2:59

Total length: 35:09

Bonus Tracks 1997 Roadrunner Remasters

1. "Find the Arise" (Demo) 2:39
2. "Like the Dead" (Demo) 2:34

The album was originally announced with a different tracklist which omitted "Intoxicated" for "Cause of Death" and a running order that was not used on the final release:

1. Internal Bleeding
2. Godly Blessings
3. Blood Soaked
4. Suffocation
5. Slowly We Rot
6. Till Death
7. Gates to Hell
8. Words of Evil
9. Immortal Visions
10. Deadly Intentions
11. Cause of Death
12. Stinkupuss

Reissued by Roadrunner Records on September 9th 2003 as a part of Roadrunner's Two from the Vault series remastered along with Cause of Death on 2 CDs, CD 1 has the same bonus tracks as the 1998 reissue.

Remastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY.

Tracks 13 and 14 is the Xecutioner's Demo 1986.

Recording information:

Recorded at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida.

Mastered at Fullersound, Miami, Florida.