Slowly We Rot
by Obituary

Slowly We Rot by Obituary
Year: 1989
Release date: 1989-00-00
Overall rank: 25,701st   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 27 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (353rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,258th)
Award Best albums of all time (25,701st)

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Obituary bestography

Slowly We Rot is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by Obituary on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Obituary is Cause Of Death which is ranked number 10735 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 110.

Obituary album bestography « Higher ranked (10,735th)
Cause Of Death
This album (25,701st)
Slowly We Rot
Lower ranked (36,127th) »
Dying Of Everything

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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22
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Obituary: Out of the Swamp
1884 Lounge, Memphis, United States. United States
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Obituary: Out of the Swamp
The Blue Note, Columbia, United States. United States
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29
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Obituary
Tipitina's, New Orleans, United States. United States
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Slowly We Rot track list

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Slowly We Rot rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 25,701st | 1980s rank: 3,258th | 1989 rank: 353rd

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78/100 (from 27 votes)
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From 01/10/2026 13:03 | #312559
Old-School Death-Metal from Florida . And it still kicks b*** .
Fun-Fact : There are no lyrics . Just growling and shouting some lines.
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