Obituary – Slowly We Rot (1989)

April 21, 2022

John Tardy has to have one of the most distinctive death metal vocal sounds. He reminds me of the gnolls from the Forgotten Realms computer RPG Baldur’s Gate. Your man here literally sounds like a feral beast let loose to scream over these sludgy, lurching death metal tunes.

Do I love this as much as Autopsy? Probably not, but it’s still a legendary lesson (lesion?) in doing slow death metal just right. I love the warm analogue sound, which has a lovely crispness to it, I love the art, and I love the mental vocals. It’s hard not to. Everything about this should appeal to a metalhead in some way shape or form! Haha!