• Blue Corpse With Blood Splatter
• Remastered
• Single pocket jacket with hype sticker
  
  

Obituary emerged from Tampa's death metal underground in 1989 with Slowly We Rot, their debut that established the band as architects of a brutalist approach to the genre. Where peers favored technical precision, Obituary built their sound from churning, sludge-heavy riffs and John Tardy's distinctively guttural vocals—a raw physicality that made them stand apart. The album's unpolished production and suffocating atmosphere marked a decisive statement within death metal's early trajectory, proving that sheer heaviness and directness could rival the complexity dominating the underground.

Tracks like "Internal Bleeding" and "Godly Beings" showcase the album's core strength: hooks disguised within dissonant guitar work and lyrics that move between visceral horror and existential dread. "'Til Death" and the title track "Slowly We Rot" exemplify Tardy's ability to wring melody from monotone incantation, while "Immortal Visions" and "Gates To Hell" maintain the grinding, suffocating momentum that defines the record's 43-minute runtime. The production—simultaneously claustrophobic and cavernous—creates an atmosphere of relentless pressure, each song a sustained descent rather than a structured progression.

This reissue restores Slowly We Rot to vinyl with remastered audio that preserves the original's crushing weight while clarifying the low-end definition and vocal presence that made the record so influential. The package includes a white paper inner sleeve and a transparent sticker applied to the shrink wrap, maintaining classic presentation while the remastered transfer ensures the record's abrasive character remains intact on the format that best suits its heavy, analog character.

Tracklist:

A1. Internal Bleeding (3:01)
A2. Godly Beings (1:55)
A3. 'Til Death (3:55)
A4. Slowly We Rot (3:36)
A5. Immortal Visions (2:25)
A6. Gates To Hell (2:47)
A7. Words Of Evil (1:55)
B1. Suffocation (2:35)
B2. Intoxicated (4:40)
B3. Deadly Intentions (2:09)
B4. Bloodsoaked (3:10)
B5. Stinkupuss (3:01)
B6. Find The Arise (Demo Version) (2:39)
B7. Like The Dead (Demo Version) (2:34)