Slow, Deep and Hard

Slow, Deep and Hard is the debut studio album of Type O Negative, released in 1991 on Roadrunner Records.

Slow, Deep and Hard
Studio album by
Type O Negative
ReleasedJune 3, 1991[1]
Recorded1989
StudioSystems Two, Brooklyn, New York City[1]
GenreDoom metal, gothic metal, heavy metal,[2] hardcore punk[3]
Length58:31
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerType O Negative[1]
Type O Negative chronology
Slow, Deep and Hard
(1991)		 The Origin of the Feces
(1992)
Singles from Slow, Deep and Hard
  1. "Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity"
    Released: 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert Christgau[4]
metal.de[5]
rockmetal.pl[6]

Overview

The album, originally titled None More Negative and released in 1990 under the group's former name Repulsion,[7] launched the band's career. The album has a rawness that was prominent in Peter Steele's previous band, Carnivore, but it incorporates elements that became standard for Type O Negative, merging styles including doom metal, gothic rock, new wave and industrial music. Slow, Deep and Hard is a semi-autobiographical album with heavy amounts of black humor, based on a failed relationship in which the vocalist/bass guitarist Peter Steele was involved. In keeping with the band's notable humor, the album's cover artwork is a blurred image of sexual penetration.[8]

According to guitarist Kenny Hickey, Steele based a riff of Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 × 10−8 cm−3 gm−1 sec−2 (later known as "Gravity") from the theme song of the 1964 American sitcom The Munsters.[9]

Roadrunner Records released a remastered version of Slow, Deep and Hard on March 24, 2009.[10]

Track listing

All lyrics and music by Peter Steele, unless noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity
  • I. Anorganic Transmutogenesis (Synthetic Division)
  • II. Coitus Interruptus
  • III. I Know You're Fucking Someone Else"
12:39
2."Der Untermensch
  • I. Socioparasite
  • II. Waste of Life"
8:54
3."Xero Tolerance (includes samples from J.S. Bach)
  • I. Type "A" Personality Disorder
  • II. Kill You Tonight
  • III. Love You to Death"
7:45
4."Prelude to Agony
  • I. The Truth
  • II. God Love Fire Woman Death
  • III. Jackhammerape
  • IV. Pain (Is Irrelevant)"
12:14
5."Glass Walls of Limbo (Dance Mix)"6:41
6."The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences
  • I. Venus: Contrary Motion"
1:04
7."Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 × 10−8 cm−3 gm−1 sec−2
  • I. Unjustifiable Existence
  • II. Gravitational Acceleration (Due to Gravity)
  • III. Antimatter: Electromechanical Psychedelicosis
  • IV. Requiem for a Soulless Man"
9:14

Personnel

Production
  • Michael Marciano - engineering[1]
  • Michael Sarsfield - mastering[1]

References
  1. Huey, Steve. "Slow, Deep and Hard". Allmusic. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  2. "5 Reasons Peter Steele Of Type O Negative Is The Ultimate Goth Boyfriend — Kerrang!". Kerrang!. October 31, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  3. "Type O Negative - Dead Again review". Metal Storm. March 15, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. Christgau, Robert. "Type O Negative". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  5. "Type O Negative - Slow, Deep And Hard" (in German). metal.de. April 1, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  6. Harqy (March 28, 2000). "recenzja: Type O Negative 'Slow Deep And Hard'" (in Polish). rockmetal.pl. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  7. Garry Sharpe-Young (2007). Metal: The Definitive Guide. p. 293.
  8. Peter Steele "It's a close-up of a penis going into a vagina." (1993). "Interview with WFWM Radio".
  9. Loudwire. "Type O Negative's Kenny Hickey Plays His Favorite Riffs". YouTube. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  10. "Roadrunner: "Slow, Deep And Hard (Re-mastered)" - Type O Negative". Roadrunner Records. Archived from the original on July 13, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
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