Disco de Obituary: “Slowly We Rot/Cause of Death”

if a rotting corpes popped out of the ground & started talking to you, he would sound like john tardy.i heard that on the 1st album ("slowly..") they did'nt even bother to write lyrics for a lot of the songs.he would just scream,growl,grunt,& howl whatever sounded right.this may turn some people off but its so cool to me.this may have came out 4 or 5 years after "scream bloody gore" & "seven churches" but i still consider obituary 5 of the founding fathers of death metal.nothing realy stands out on either album from any other part of either album(did that make sence?).no one band member realy stands out either .they all compliment one another equally here for two well rounded & very entertaining cds.i would have to say, though that if somone asked me what death metal was i'd have to pop in "cause of death" track 7 ,the title track.

Obituary was one of the main DM bands to come out of Florida in the late 80's- early 90's. They disbanded for a while, but recently got back together & released another album, "Frozen in Time," which I hear is actually pretty good. But I guarentee it DOES NOT beat either of these 2 masterpeices... I don't know which one of these I like better. I'd have to say at 1st I liked "Cause of Death" better, but I've been listening to "Slowly We Rot" again lately, & it's just as good. I recommend this "2 From the vault" double pack because you get BOTH of their original classics remastered and for the same price as you'd pay for just one of them by themselves. Great DM here, get on the ball & get it man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just finished up my reviews of "Slowly We Rot" and "Cause of Death", but this packaging is how I got both albums. These are two extreme metal classics and are worth checking out if you're a fan of heavier metal. Obituary proves what a great band they are here, with the first album, "Slowly We Rot" being rawer and more stripped-down, like an edgier Slayer, and "Cause of Death" shows the band delving into more progressive, technical and classically-influenced death metal. Both albums are truly great, and at a price like this, you're gonna be on a dark and twisted path to headbanging in no time! Thanks for the time, and peace.

Two american metal gems for a very low price. A must have for every fan of the genre. Buy it!

way back in the dark ages of the metallian, when i first heard "Slowly We Rot," it shocked me. i liked me some "Leprosy" and some "Scream Bloody Gore" at the time, but john tardy and his zombie growlin' struck a chord that began a fundamental ripple that changed into a rip-tide on the ocean of music, and heavy metal along with myself were never the same again. the doomy, groovy sabbath riffs mixed with blasting and a forbidding atmosphere etched a mark on my musical tastes that exist to present day. this is really an excellent deal for an album purchase--you get both "Slowly We Rot" coupled with the more refined, better produced "Cause of Death," a combo that just can't be beat...it's akin to making a double disc release of "Stained Class" and "Unleashed in the East."