Slow, Deep and Hard

Slow, Deep and Hard is the debut studio album Type O Negative , released in 1991 via Roadrunner Records . The working title of the album is “Jesus Looks Like Me”, and it was planned as the third album of Carnivore , the previous group by Peter Steel ^[1] .

Slow, Deep And Hard
Studio album Type O Negative
Date of issue	June 16, 1991
Genres	gothic metal doom metal with thrash metal elements
Duration	58:31
Producer	Peter Steele Josh Silver
Label	Roadrunner records
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Timeline Type O Negative
Slow, Deep And Hard (1991) The origin of the feces (1992)

The disc is a Gothic rock built on simple guitar riffs , a characteristic vocal technique close to a scream, and complemented by noise effects typical of industrial ^[2] . On subsequent albums, thrash metal and industrial will completely disappear. Nevertheless, on the first Type O Negative album, features that will later become the band's calling card: sex , unhappy love and death as the main themes of songs and the irony of the lyrics are already clearly visible.

The name of the second track - “Der Untermensch” (from the German subhuman ; this word was used by the Nazis in relation to those whom they considered “lower races”) - led to the group being accused of sympathy for Nazism . In fact, this song is a protest against the fact that criminals, including drug dealers, profit from government benefits for the poor. For Type O Negative, politicized lyrics are uncharacteristic, unlike Steele’s work as part of Carnivore, where songs on acutely social topics prevailed. As a result, during a tour of Europe, Type O Negative faced harsh criticism and protests from leftist organizations.