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Obituary – Slowly We Rot; Cause Of Death / Two From The Vault / Roadrunner Records 2x Audio CD 2003 / RR 8360-2
UPC 016861836023
Slowly We Rot is the debut album by American death metal band Obituary. It was released on June 14, 1989 and is the only Obituary album to feature bassist Daniel Tucker. Lead 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. Despite being recorded in standard tuning and with Fender Stratocasters, it is considered to be one of the band's heavier efforts. The remainder of the band's output has been recorded in D tuning.
Cause of Death is the second album by American death metal band Obituary. It was released on September 19, 1990. Cause of Death is considered a classic album in the history of death metal. The artwork was done by artist Michael Whelan. It is their first release with longtime member Frank Watkins on bass, and also their first and only album with guitarist James Murphy, previously of the group Death. Murphy did not contribute to the songwriting as the riffs he showed to the band would end up appearing on Disincarnate's Dreams of the Carrion Kind.
The cover art of this album was used in an H. P. Lovecraft collection, Lovecraft's Nightmare A. It was supposed to be the cover of Sepultura's album Beneath the Remains, but Roadrunner Records let Obituary use it first. Monte Connor of Roadrunner forced Sepultura to use another Michael Whelan illustration for Beneath the Remains. The second portion of the painting, Lovecraft's Nightmare B was used by Demolition Hammer for their 1992 album Epidemic of Violence. The incident with Sepultura led to Igor Cavalera become upset with Monte Connor, with Cavalera notably having a tattoo of the cover on his arm.
Obituary played Cause of Death in its entirety at the 2019 Decibel Metal & Beer Fest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Cause of Death contains a cover of Celtic Frost's "Circle of the Tyrants". Celtic Frost frontman Tom G. Warrior has since endorsed the cover.
| Label: | Roadrunner Records – RR 8360-2 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Two From The Vault |
| Format: |
2 x CD, Compilation
|
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Released: |
2003 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Death Metal |
Tracklist:
| Slowly We Rot | |||
| 1-1 | Obituary– | Internal Bleeding | 3:01 |
| 1-2 | Obituary– | Godly Beings | 1:55 |
| 1-3 | Obituary– | 'Til Death | 3:56 |
| 1-4 | Obituary– | Slowly We Rot | 3:36 |
| 1-5 | Obituary– | Immortal Visions | 2:25 |
| 1-6 | Obituary– | Gates To Hell | 2:48 |
| 1-7 | Obituary– | Words Of Evil | 1:55 |
| 1-8 | Obituary– | Suffocation | 2:35 |
| 1-9 | Obituary– | Intoxicated | 4:40 |
| 1-10 | Obituary– | Deadly Intentions | 2:09 |
| 1-11 | Obituary– | Bloodsoaked | 3:11 |
| 1-12 | Obituary– | Stinkupuss | 2:59 |
| 1-13 | Xecutioner– | Find The Arise (Demo) |
|
2:39 |
||
| 1-14 | Xecutioner– | Like The Dead (Demo) |
|
2:34 |
|||
| Cause Of Death | |||
| 2-1 | Obituary– | Infected | 5:35 |
| 2-2 | Obituary– | Body Bag | 5:49 |
| 2-3 | Obituary– | Chopped In Half | 3:45 |
| 2-4 | Obituary– | Circle Of The Tyrants |
|
4:26 |
|||
| 2-5 | Obituary– | Dying | 4:30 |
| 2-6 | Obituary– | Find The Arise | 2:51 |
| 2-7 | Obituary– | Cause Of Death |
|
5:39 |
|||
| 2-8 | Obituary– | Memories Remain | 3:44 |
| 2-9 | Obituary– | Turned Inside Out | 4:59 |
| 2-10 | Obituary– | Infected (Demo) | 4:16 |
| 2-11 | Obituary– | Memories Remain (Demo) |
3:34 |
| 2-12 | Obituary– | Chopped In Half (Demo) | 3:45 |
- A&R – Monte Conner
- Artwork [Design] – Dingus (2)
- Bass – Daniel Tucker (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14), Frank Watkins (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
- Drums – Donald Tardy
- Effects [Sound Effects] – Kent Smith (2) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
- Illustration [Cover Illustration Cause Of Death] – Michael R. Whelan
- Illustration [Cover Illustration Slowly We Rot], Artwork [Obituary Logo Cause Of Death] – Rob Mayworth
- Lead Guitar – Allen West (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14), James Murphy (2) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
- Liner Notes – Mike Gitter
- Lyrics By – John Tardy (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-12)
- Mixed By – Donald Tardy (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12), John Tardy (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
- Music By – Donald Tardy (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-12), Obituary (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14), Trevor Peres (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-12)
- Photography By – Tim Hubbard (2)
- Photography By [Cause Of Death] – Shaun Clark
- Producer – Obituary (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
- Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Scott Burns (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-12)
- Remastered By – George Marino
- Rhythm Guitar – Trevor Peres
- Vocals – John Tardy
