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Slow, Deep and Hard (1991)

Where the lyrics of Slow, Deep and Hard take you, and where it was really made.

The cover image was taken from a pornographic magazine, and the album started as a 1990 demo released under the band's former name Repulsion.

Key places

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn (1991)

Recording site Systems Two Recording Studio — The album was recorded and mixed at Systems Two in Brooklyn, New York. The point marks the studio's listed location at building level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Debut studio album by the American gothic metal band Type O Negative
• Released June 11, 1991 through Roadrunner Records
• Originally titled None More Negative
• First released in 1990 as a demo under the band's former name Repulsion
• Reissued March 24, 2009 with remastered audio and alternate artwork
• 2009 edition added new photos, expanded liner notes, a new band interview, and the bonus track Hey Pete (Pete's Ego Trip Version)
• The bonus track first appeared on The Least Worst Of; the version here is a studio take of a song that also appears live on The Origin of the Feces

Background

• Band renamed from Repulsion after learning that another band used that name
• Keyboardist and producer Josh Silver asked his parents for 6,000 dollars in late 1989 so the band could record the album
• Line-up on the album: Peter Steele (lead vocals, bass), Kenny Hickey (guitars, backing vocals), Josh Silver (keyboards, backing vocals), Sal Abruscato (drums, backing vocals)

Recording

• Recorded and mixed at Systems Two in Brooklyn, New York
• Mastered at Frankford/Wayne in New York, New York
• Engineer Michael Marciano; mastering by Michael Sarsfield
• Peter Steele credited for art concept and design

Cover

• Cover image taken from a pornographic magazine
• It shows a close-up of a penis entering a vagina during sexual intercourse

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Type O Negative was an American gothic/doom metal band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 1989.
• The band was formed by vocalist and bassist Peter Steele, guitarist Kenny Hickey, keyboardist Josh Silver, and drummer Sal Abruscato, who was later replaced by Johnny Kelly.
• The band initially named themselves Repulsion, then Sub-Zero, and finally Type O Negative.
• Steele's contract with Roadrunner Records from his time in Carnivore led to the band signing with the label in 1991.
• Their debut, Slow, Deep and Hard, was released shortly after signing.

Members

• Peter Steele: bass, lead vocals, keyboards, guitars (1989–2010; his death).
• Kenny Hickey: guitars, backing and additional co-lead vocals (1989–2010).
• Josh Silver: keyboards, piano, effects, synthesizers, programming, sampler, backing vocals (1989–2010).
• Johnny Kelly: drums, percussion, backing vocals (1993–2010).
• Sal Abruscato: drums, percussion (1989–1993).

Career

• Bloody Kisses (1993) went platinum and October Rust (1996) gold, and the band built a substantial cult following through seven studio albums, two best-of compilations, and concert DVDs.
• The band was nicknamed "the Drab Four" in homage to the Beatles' "Fab Four" moniker.
• Steele died on April 14, 2010; the cause was later reported as sepsis caused by diverticulitis.
• In November 2010, the surviving members confirmed the band had split up.
• In 2016, Loudwire ranked Type O Negative 32nd on its list of the Top 50 Best Metal Bands of All Time.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Revolver said the album was noisy and angry
• Revolver said it was a far cry from the hooky choruses and doom-out goth of the band's 1993 breakout, Bloody Kisses
• Revolver said it had more in common with the New York hardcore sound of Peter Steele's previous band, Carnivore
• The lyrics were intended to be sarcastic
• Several songs drew accusations of misogyny, bigotry and Nazism
• The accusations were partly due to the word Untermensch, which the Nazis used as a blanket term for non-Aryans
• The lyrics did not translate well to non-English speaking countries, where sarcastic lines were translated and taken literally

Reappraisal

• Spanish Wikipedia calls the album the seed of what came later for the band
• Spanish Wikipedia says it mixes doom metal in the style of Black Sabbath with punk, gothic metal, thrash metal and even industrial metal

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album's cover image came from a pornographic magazine, a close-up of a penis entering a vagina during sexual intercourse.
• Keyboardist Josh Silver's parents lent him 6,000 dollars in late 1989 so the band could make the record.
• The title track of the 1991 release, Unsuccessfully Coping With the Natural Beauty of Infidelity, used the chord structure of Simple Minds' song Don't You (Forget About Me).
• The track The Misinterpretation of Silence and Its Disastrous Consequences consists of hiss from a blank audio cassette tape.
• The main riff of Gravitational Constant was inspired by the theme song for the sitcom The Munsters.
• Several songs led to accusations of misogyny, bigotry and Nazism, partly because of the word Untermensch.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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