Slowly We Rot

about this album

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. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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