Slow, Deep and Hard

Slow, Deep and Hard is Type O Negative’s first album, released on Roadrunner Records in 1991. Originally titled None More Negative, 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.

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. 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.