Slow, Deep and Hard

Infobox Album
Name = Slow, Deep And Hard
Type = studio
Artist = Type O Negative


Released = June 16, 1991
Recorded =
Genre = Gothic-Doom Metal
Length = 58:31
Label = Roadrunner Records
Producer =
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:cq5g8qttbtm4 link]
Last album =
This album = "Slow, Deep And Hard"
(1991)
Next album = "The Origin of the Feces"
(1992)

"Slow, Deep and Hard" is Type O Negative's first album, released on Roadrunner Records in 1991. Originally titled "None More Negative", [cite book | title=Metal: The Definitive Guide | date=2007 | author=Garry Sharpe-Young | pages=293] it consists of seven tracks and is a semi-autobiographical album (with heavy amounts of black humor) based on a relationship that vocalist/bassist Peter Steele was involved in.

Overview

The album is considered the catapult to launching the band's career (which later skyrocketed with "Bloody Kisses" and "October Rust"). While the album definitely has a rawness that was prominent on Peter Steele's previous band Carnivore, it does incorporate elements that would become standard for Type O Negative. Therefore, fans are divided on this album. Either way, it remains a merging of styles including doom metal, thrash metal, gothic rock, and industrial music.

The cover of Slow, Deep and Hard is in fact that of a blurred out picture of sexual penetration. [cite news | title=Interview with WFWM Radio | date=1993 | author=Peter Steele "It's a close-up of a penis going into a vagina." ] The picture has been misinterpreted many times as being a naked man or other miscellaneous objects, but it is indeed another humorous joke put on by Type O Negative for their fans and against the industry. Their following album: The Origin of the Feces attempted to carry the same humor with a raw picture of a male anus, however, having not blurred the picture at all - the record company forced a re-release with a more suitable picture.

ong Summaries

"Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Beauty of Infidelity"

The first track is one of their the most famous (better known for its chorus line "I Know You're Fucking Someone Else") is a twelve-minute-long song about being cheated on; the lyrics alternate between the poetic ("'Trust and you'll be trusted,' said the liar to the fool") and crude chants ("Slut! Whore! Cunt!"). The song has been attacked as misogynistic, although it remains one of their best-loved tracks by fans.

"Der Untermensch"

Titled after the term used by the Nazis for those they considered unworthy of reproducing. The song attacks those who cheat on welfare and drug dealers, containing such provocative lyrics as, "If you don't pay taxes, you shouldn't vote, so get in line and get back on the boat," and "Spike in your arm, no money for food, yet there's plenty of gas in your BMW." Despite their meaning, the band met with tons of resistance and controversy in Europe that they later parodied on their "live" album "The Origin of the Feces".

"Xero Tolerance"

The third track is a humorous look in the inside of a man who kills his wife and even contains samples of works by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

"Prelude to Agony"

This track contemplates the "pain of desire" and particularly of sexual desire. The song ends with samples of "Jackhammer Rape".

"Glass Walls of Limbo (Dance Mix)"/"The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences"

The next two tracks are a bit curious. Track five, "Glass Walls of Limbo (Dance Mix)", is a five-minute ambient mix of noise, and a repeated vocal choir. Track six, "The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences", is one minute of silence.

"Gravitational Constant"

The final track, "Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 x 10^-8 cm^-3 gm^-1 sec^-2", is about the weight of life, losing the will to live and committing suicide; the last words of the song and the album are "suicide is self-expression".

Track listing

All lyrics and music by Peter Steele, unless noted.

# "Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity" – 12:39
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Anorganic Transmutogenesis (Synthetic Division)
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Coitus Interruptus
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I Know You're Fucking Someone Else
# "Der Untermensch" – 8:54
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Socioparasite
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Waste of Life
# "Xero Tolerance" (includes samples from J.S. Bach) – 7:45
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Type "A" Personality Disorder
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Kill You Tonight
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Love You to Death
# "Prelude to Agony" – 12:14
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The Truth
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God Love Fire Woman Death
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Jackhammerape
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Pain (Is Irrelevant)
# "Glass Walls of Limbo (Dance Mix)" – 6:41
# "The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences" – 1:04
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Venus: Contrary Motion
# "Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 x 10^-8 cm^-3 gm^-1 sec^-2" – 9:14
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Unjustifiable Existence
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Acceleration (Due to Gravity) = 980 cm^-2 sec
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Antimatter: Electromechanical Psychedelicosis
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Requiem for a Souless Man

Credits

* Peter Steele – Lead Vocals & Bass Guitar
* Kenny Hickey – Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Vocals
* Josh Silver – Keyboards, Synth and Effects, Vocals
* Sal Abruscato – Drums and percussion, Vocals

Additional credits

* The Bensonhoist Lesbian Choir (which is actually just the band itself on backing vocals)

External links

* [http://www.typeonegative.net/ Official Homepage]

References