T Coles
"Though death metal songwriters weren't moving away from the grim subject material, there was a growing desire for clarity, with bands tightening up to better communicate weird or abstract ideas of death, and to court some of the more lucrative commercial possibilities. This more professional approach, forged from recording engineers and musicians working to refine the sound, would be the spark that finally ignited the interest of larger organizations."[1]
Slowly We Rot is the sound of being smashed to pieces be hammers, dropping the scalpel precision in favour of blunt trauma. It's a concussive cascade of dull blows to the cranium and upper torso, a remorseless assault against the senses and body."[2]