Slowly We Rot - Remastered & Expanded

Slowly We Rot – Remastered & Expanded is a newly remastered reissue of Obituary’s 1989 debut, often hailed as one of the most savage and influential first‑wave death metal albums. The core 12‑track record—“Internal Bleeding,” “Godly Beings,” “’Til Death,” the title track “Slowly We Rot,” “Intoxicated,” “Bloodsoaked,” and others—appears in newly mastered form, preserving Scott Burns’s raw, swampy early Morrisound sound while adding clarity and low‑end weight that suits modern vinyl and digital formats. It captures the classic lineup of John and Donald Tardy, Allen West, Trevor Peres, and Daniel Tucker in their earliest, most feral state: lurching, doom‑soaked riffs, primitive but menacing tempos, and John Tardy’s uniquely strangled growl.

The “expanded” element comes via two bonus demo tracks, “Find the Arise” and “Like the Dead,” appended to the album sequence to showcase the band’s formative writing and rehearsal‑room brutality. Issued for the first time in the U.S. on colored vinyl—“corpse blue with blood splatter,” matching Rob Mayworth’s iconic cover art—the edition is positioned as both an audiophile‑minded upgrade and a collector’s piece for long‑time fans. Contemporary write‑ups frame this remaster as a definitive way to hear Slowly We Rot: still filthy and cavernous enough to honor its underground origins, but remastered and supplemented so that its historical importance in death metal’s evolution is even easier to appreciate.