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One of the most popular gothic metal bands of all time, with 'Bloody Kisses' apparently selling over a million copies and Peter Steele gracing covers from Metal Hammer to Playgirl. Yet I've always found them a mixed bag, and it's time they were dealt with properly in the place they (mostly) belong - the gothic metal forum. 

Requiem's Unsuccessfully Coping with the Ranking of Type O Negative's Albums from Infidelity to Druidess (worse to best).

6. Dead Again (2007)

In all honesty, I can't remember this album very well, because my friend and I burnt and destroyed our copies in a flaming ritual in his backyard many years ago. I think Peter Steele was so emotionally dishevelled at this point that any greatness that I personally found in the music was long since gone. The title track is a sad reminder that his days were numbered. Unfortunately, he left his musical legacy on a deep, deep low. Strange album cover of Rasputin. You can't kill that guy, but my friend and I sure smashed the shit out of the crappy album. 

5. Life is Killing Me (2003)

This album escaped the unholy destruction of 'Dead Again', but there's not much to like about this one either. Tracks like 'Anesthesia' and the instrumental 'Drunk in Paris' are great, but don't make up for the foolish knucklehead songs like the homophobic 'I like Goils' or the infantile cover of 'Angry Inch'. A lot of people like Peter's humour and his sardonic take on things - I find it outrageously foolish and not a little embarrassing. The lyrics on this album are just appalling and the songwriting has no love or artistry about it. Album cover is actually a pretty good idea with the green heart monitor thing flatlining. The fucking album flatlines, that's for sure. 

4. Slow Deep and Hard (1991)

This album stands head and shoulders above the previous two in this list. The debut has a huge dose of the gothic keyboard density and romance that gives this such great atmosphere, and while Peter doesn't often use his unparalleled baritone - preferring to shout, hardcore style - there are just wonderful moments all the way through this imaginative and artistic album. There's less embarrassing self-pity here and more a mix of anger about failed romance and romantic passion that shouts life rather than death. 'The Origin of Faeces' is a rehash of much of this so doesn't get its own entry. Foolish album cover of sexual penetration, but fortunately it's green and acceptable and better than 'The Origin of Faeces' cover. Like, what the hell is wrong with Peter Steele?  

3. World Coming Down (1999)

I find parts of this a little bland, but the brilliant parts here are well worth it. 'White Slavery' is my favourite - it's an anthem that to me is about far more than cocaine, while tracks like 'Everyone I Love is Dead' and 'Everything Dies' are glorious gothic journeys, if a little down at the mouth compared with their best work. Another great highlight is the Beatles medley at the end of the album, which is a fabulous gothic movement. Unfortunately this would be the beginning of the end for my love of the band though, with several skippable tracks mid-album. Fairly boring but kind of nice cover of the Brooklyn Bridge in Type O green. Pretty cool, but they've done better. 

2. Bloody Kisses (1993)

'Bloody Kisses' and 'October Rust' are monuments, absolute monuments, of gothic glory and odes to love. I prefer the Roadrunner Records re-release digipak of this album that removed the 'joke' songs and rearranged the track order - at the behest of the band. What we're left with are classics like 'Christian Woman', 'Summer Breeze', 'Black No 1' and the title track. In fact, every song here is utterly amazing. Gothic metal perfection. The slow epic songs, the huge church organ keyboards and Peter Steele's smooth voice are transcendent. Brilliant cover of two girls together - the digipak shows them kissing, which doesn't bother me in the slightest. 

1. October Rust (1996)

This is actually my favourite album of all time, from any genre and band. That's how much this means to me, and from the moment I heard it in 1996 I fell in love with it. This is the ultimate romantic album, with songs like 'Love you to Death', 'Wolfmoon' and the greatest Christmas song ever, 'Red Water (Christmas Mourning)' reaching unassailable heights of emotion and atmosphere. Listen to 'Haunted' and you are transported, utterly transported. A young Requiem discovered what love and lust were truly about, and I haven't been the same since. Amazing production, and so much good taste and sophistication. It's a miracle that a band who can produce such juvenile trash at times can also release this mature exploration of yearning and sexuality. Evocative album cover of thorns like prison bars. 

Thoughts on Type O Negative, this list and Peter Steele? 

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14 hours ago, Requiem said:

One of the most popular gothic metal bands of all time, with 'Bloody Kisses' apparently selling over a million copies and Peter Steele gracing covers from Metal Hammer to Playgirl. Yet I've always found them a mixed bag, and it's time they were dealt with properly in the place they (mostly) belong - the gothic metal forum. 

Requiem's Unsuccessfully Coping with the Ranking of Type O Negative's Albums from Infidelity to Druidess (worse to best).

6. Dead Again (2007)

In all honesty, I can't remember this album very well, because my friend and I burnt and destroyed our copies in a flaming ritual in his backyard many years ago. I think Peter Steele was so emotionally dishevelled at this point that any greatness that I personally found in the music was long since gone. The title track is a sad reminder that his days were numbered. Unfortunately, he left his musical legacy on a deep, deep low. Strange album cover of Rasputin. You can't kill that guy, but my friend and I sure smashed the shit out of the crappy album. 

5. Life is Killing Me (2003)

This album escaped the unholy destruction of 'Dead Again', but there's not much to like about this one either. Tracks like 'Anesthesia' and the instrumental 'Drunk in Paris' are great, but don't make up for the foolish knucklehead songs like the homophobic 'I like Goils' or the infantile cover of 'Angry Inch'. A lot of people like Peter's humour and his sardonic take on things - I find it outrageously foolish and not a little embarrassing. The lyrics on this album are just appalling and the songwriting has no love or artistry about it. Album cover is actually a pretty good idea with the green heart monitor thing flatlining. The fucking album flatlines, that's for sure. 

4. Slow Deep and Hard (1991)

This album stands head and shoulders above the previous two in this list. The debut has a huge dose of the gothic keyboard density and romance that gives this such great atmosphere, and while Peter doesn't often use his unparalleled baritone - preferring to shout, hardcore style - there are just wonderful moments all the way through this imaginative and artistic album. There's less embarrassing self-pity here and more a mix of anger about failed romance and romantic passion that shouts life rather than death. 'The Origin of Faeces' is a rehash of much of this so doesn't get its own entry. Foolish album cover of sexual penetration, but fortunately it's green and acceptable and better than 'The Origin of Faeces' cover. Like, what the hell is wrong with Peter Steele?  

3. World Coming Down (1999)

I find parts of this a little bland, but the brilliant parts here are well worth it. 'White Slavery' is my favourite - it's an anthem that to me is about far more than cocaine, while tracks like 'Everyone I Love is Dead' and 'Everything Dies' are glorious gothic journeys, if a little down at the mouth compared with their best work. Another great highlight is the Beatles medley at the end of the album, which is a fabulous gothic movement. Unfortunately this would be the beginning of the end for my love of the band though, with several skippable tracks mid-album. Fairly boring but kind of nice cover of the Brooklyn Bridge in Type O green. Pretty cool, but they've done better. 

2. Bloody Kisses (1993)

'Bloody Kisses' and 'October Rust' are monuments, absolute monuments, of gothic glory and odes to love. I prefer the Roadrunner Records re-release digipak of this album that removed the 'joke' songs and rearranged the track order - at the behest of the band. What we're left with are classics like 'Christian Woman', 'Summer Breeze', 'Black No 1' and the title track. In fact, every song here is utterly amazing. Gothic metal perfection. The slow epic songs, the huge church organ keyboards and Peter Steele's smooth voice are transcendent. Brilliant cover of two girls together - the digipak shows them kissing, which doesn't bother me in the slightest. 

1. October Rust (1996)

This is actually my favourite album of all time, from any genre and band. That's how much this means to me, and from the moment I heard it in 1996 I fell in love with it. This is the ultimate romantic album, with songs like 'Love you to Death', 'Wolfmoon' and the greatest Christmas song ever, 'Red Water (Christmas Mourning)' reaching unassailable heights of emotion and atmosphere. Listen to 'Haunted' and you are transported, utterly transported. A young Requiem discovered what love and lust were truly about, and I haven't been the same since. Amazing production, and so much good taste and sophistication. It's a miracle that a band who can produce such juvenile trash at times can also release this mature exploration of yearning and sexuality. Evocative album cover of thorns like prison bars. 

Thoughts on Type O Negative, this list and Peter Steele? 

I'd probably have put Slow, Deep and Hard/Origin Of The Faeces first. To me it has an attitude and hard-hittingness to it that no other album matched entirely.

I'd also have put Life is killing me more towards the front of the list (around second or third), I like the couple of punkyer songs on that album and IYDKMIGHTKY is also a pretty awesome song.

Also, I think "I Like Goils" was a humerus attempt to clear up questions on his sexuality bought up by his playgirl appearance.

Apart from that, my list would be pretty similar.

 

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@Requiem : You know how I feel - World Coming Down and Life Is Killing Me are my two favorites. I think Pete took his songwriting to a new level on those albums. Compared to the rest of their catalog, they also flow better as full albums IMO. His arrangements got better, his song structures retained their sprawl but got more focused, his riffs and melodies got more intricate and idiosyncratic, and his lyrics (at their best) got more personal and revealing without losing their self-deprecating humor. I guess you either get it or you don't. It took me a while to get used to each new album, though, and if you're looking for that one specific thing you liked about that one specific album that they don't really do anymore, I can see how you'd find it difficult to warm up to them. Surprised you don't at least like "Nettie" and "The Dream Is Dead" off LIKM, or "Creepy Green Light" and "All Hallows Eve" off WCD. Hats off to Will for mentioning "IYDKMIGTHTKY", another of my favorite tracks.

Origin Of The Feces and Bloody Kisses (either version) would occupy the second tier for me, if I was ranking them. I think some of the Slow, Deep, And Hard versions of those first Type O songs are more energetic, but Pete's more melodic vocal approach and the ridiculous "crowd noises" and "banter" have made OOTF a longtime personal favorite. The rawness, simplicity, and memorability of those early albums is unmatched, and that material had just as much vigor in a live setting. You haven't really heard "I Know You're Fucking Someone Else" until you've heard it played at unconscionable volumes in the back room of L'Amour with a packed house singing along to every word.

By contrast, October Rust seems plodding and repetitive to my ears, not to mention overly polished, spiked with filler, and shot through with adolescent fantasies that take themselves too seriously (Be My Druidess? My Girlfriend's Girlfriend? Aside from fun at karaoke night, I'll pass...). There are a handful of songs on there that I love anyway (Love You To Death, Haunted, Wolf Moon), and I don't want to take away from those, but I could do without most of the others. That "Cinnamon Girl" cover is what skip buttons are for. I will be fair here and say that context counts for something - I can get into some of the weaker songs on this album if they come up in a playlist, and they're not so far off from individual tracks on the following albums. But man, this one is a a slog for me.

Dead Again is a fun album for me as a fan of the band, but it's one of their least memorable and inventive - more like a retrospective exhibit of previously covered territory than the rest of their catalog, which always seemed to be striving for something new. The weirdo Catholic pushiness of the lyrics is a bit much, and all the jilted-lover stuff is wearing thin - a cautionary tale about a man who got too wrapped up in one facet of his autobiography. For all that, it's got a lot of cool parts and good energy. I don't love it, but I like it a lot. Also nice to hear a real drummer on a Type O album for the first time since Bloody Kisses. After all the work Johnny put in, I'm happy he got to nail down a solid studio performance before it went tits up. Given that it turned out to be their swansong, I'll overlook the fact that it's too fucking long.

Also, let's not forget about the three previously unreleased tracks available on The Least Worst - "It's Never Enough", "12 Black Rainbows", and "Stay Out Of My Dreams". I don't really care for collected radio edits and alternate versions of tracks I already have, but those tracks by themselves are a solid 21-ish minutes of good songwriting from my favorite period of theirs - basically an EP.

Bottom line - Pete was a gifted songwriter with a unique voice, a strong sense of direction, and a willingness to bare uncomfortable personal truths in the service of his music. He managed to combine fun, rage, and gloom in a way I haven't heard anyone else pull off. Some of his songs are downright iconic. And the band was with him every step of the way. I look up to him as a musician, and I would have loved to hear what Type O did next. The world seems a bit emptier without them.

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5 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

@Requiem : You know how I feel - World Coming Down and Life Is Killing Me are my two favorites. I think Pete took his songwriting to a new level on those albums. Compared to the rest of their catalog, they also flow better as full albums IMO. His arrangements got better, his song structures retained their sprawl but got more focused, his riffs and melodies got more intricate and idiosyncratic, and his lyrics (at their best) got more personal and revealing without losing their self-deprecating humor. I guess you either get it or you don't. It took me a while to get used to each new album, though, and if you're looking for that one specific thing you liked about that one specific album that they don't really do anymore, I can see how you'd find it difficult to warm up to them. Surprised you don't at least like "Nettie" and "The Dream Is Dead" off LIKM, or "Creepy Green Light" and "All Hallows Eve" off WCD. Hats off to Will for mentioning "IYDKMIGTHTKY", another of my favorite tracks.

Origin Of The Feces and Bloody Kisses (either version) would occupy the second tier for me, if I was ranking them. I think some of the Slow, Deep, And Hard versions of those first Type O songs are more energetic, but Pete's more melodic vocal approach and the ridiculous "crowd noises" and "banter" have made OOTF a longtime personal favorite. The rawness, simplicity, and memorability of those early albums is unmatched, and that material had just as much vigor in a live setting. You haven't really heard "I Know You're Fucking Someone Else" until you've heard it played at unconscionable volumes in the back room of L'Amour with a packed house singing along to every word.

By contrast, October Rust seems plodding and repetitive to my ears, not to mention overly polished, spiked with filler, and shot through with adolescent fantasies that take themselves too seriously (Be My Druidess? My Girlfriend's Girlfriend? Aside from fun at karaoke night, I'll pass...). There are a handful of songs on there that I love anyway (Love You To Death, Haunted, Wolf Moon), and I don't want to take away from those, but I could do without most of the others. That "Cinnamon Girl" cover is what skip buttons are for. I will be fair here and say that context counts for something - I can get into some of the weaker songs on this album if they come up in a playlist, and they're not so far off from individual tracks on the following albums. But man, this one is a a slog for me.

Dead Again is a fun album for me as a fan of the band, but it's one of their least memorable and inventive - more like a retrospective exhibit of previously covered territory than the rest of their catalog, which always seemed to be striving for something new. The weirdo Catholic pushiness of the lyrics is a bit much, and all the jilted-lover stuff is wearing thin - a cautionary tale about a man who got too wrapped up in one facet of his autobiography. For all that, it's got a lot of cool parts and good energy. I don't love it, but I like it a lot. Also nice to hear a real drummer on a Type O album for the first time since Bloody Kisses. After all the work Johnny put in, I'm happy he got to nail down a solid studio performance before it went tits up. Given that it turned out to be their swansong, I'll overlook the fact that it's too fucking long.

Also, let's not forget about the three previously unreleased tracks available on The Least Worst - "It's Never Enough", "12 Black Rainbows", and "Stay Out Of My Dreams". I don't really care for collected radio edits and alternate versions of tracks I already have, but those tracks by themselves are a solid 21-ish minutes of good songwriting from my favorite period of theirs - basically an EP.

Bottom line - Pete was a gifted songwriter with a unique voice, a strong sense of direction, and a willingness to bare uncomfortable personal truths in the service of his music. He managed to combine fun, rage, and gloom in a way I haven't heard anyone else pull off. Some of his songs are downright iconic. And the band was with him every step of the way. I look up to him as a musician, and I would have loved to hear what Type O did next. The world seems a bit emptier without them.

Nice post. 

Despite my moments of vitriol, there are elements on every album that I like, and yes, tracks like 'Nettie' and 'Creepy Green Light' are really good tracks. Like you, there aren't too many Type O Negative tracks that would make me leave the room if they came up on a playlist or at a pub. 

Your complaints regarding 'October Rust' are, inversely, exactly why I love the album. One man's meat is another's poison. To my ears, though, 'World Coming Down' is a simplification of the sound, with a lot of the additional bells and whistles stripped back. To me, this was a step backwards. 

But ultimately it comes down to me not enjoying Peter Steele's humour very much. I deeply respect the man, and there is no shortage of latter album fans, but I really can't listen to the 'I Like Goils' style material in his oeuvre. 

I'm focusing on the negative here, but I really want to celebrate Type O Negative, especially the top 4 albums in my list. What a phenomenon that band was - there really isn't another like them.

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Bloody Kisses and October Rust - two CD's that I actually managed to completely wear down, because they were some of the very few CD's that I owned and had well over all access to in the...for my part... very stale earlish/middish 1990's. Damn, I loved those CD's, I need to get hold of them again!!

Managed to catch Type O Negative live back in Copenhagen, too. I can remember it left me broked the rest of that month, but it was all well worth it!!!!! Peter Steele was a real gentleman reminding the audience as one of the first things  when he came on stage that there were a lot of beautiful women in the crowd and that they wanted to stay that way.

Years later I remember being the ultimate fan girl browsing the internet for a pic of Pete from Playgirl magazine, got lucky, printed it out...and had it taped to my wall for ages *giggles* 

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One of my regrets in music would be that I never got to see Type O Negative live.

Obviously my preference would be around the ‘October Rust’ years, but yeah it would have been amazing to see the band onstage in a small to middle-sized venue. I’m sure it would have given me a whole new perspective on the music and personalities in the band.

Jealous of those who did see them. 

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I think the only TON album I don't have is the last one. October Rust, World Coming Down, and Life Is Killing Me are all ok imo (WCD being the best of those three imho). I think the first two TON albums were far and away the band's best work though.

 

Such a shame we lost Pete Steele, dude had a unique voice and his lyrics were always let's just say colourful?

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Bump.

I think it comes down to what tickles your emotional fancy when it comes to Type O favourites.

For instance, I love gothic and doom bands that lyrically dwell on romance and the fairer sex, so ‘October Rust’ and ‘Bloody Kisses’ are easily favourites. 

Once you hit ‘World Coming Down’ the party is over, so to speak and the tracks are about drugs and decay. This is cool too, but I prefer the ladies. 

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On 11/24/2019 at 12:36 AM, Grievous said:

*Sigh*

I miss Pete...

Type O Negative were such a unique & interesting band to listen to...

October Rust still gets a regular spin in this house to this day.

Peter was amazing. I listen to TON everyday and October Rust is my favorite album of all time. 

On 11/24/2018 at 5:40 AM, Requiem said:

One of my regrets in music would be that I never got to see Type O Negative live.

Obviously my preference would be around the ‘October Rust’ years, but yeah it would have been amazing to see the band onstage in a small to middle-sized venue. I’m sure it would have given me a whole new perspective on the music and personalities in the band.

Jealous of those who did see them. 

Sadly, I never got to see them live either. I was too young then. From what other fans have told me, their concerts were always unique and incredible. Peter's voice was like thunder and his jokes were hilarious. I can only imagine the energy felt in that audience. Sigh...

On 8/2/2018 at 12:47 AM, FatherAlabaster said:

@Requiem : You know how I feel - World Coming Down and Life Is Killing Me are my two favorites. I think Pete took his songwriting to a new level on those albums. Compared to the rest of their catalog, they also flow better as full albums IMO. His arrangements got better, his song structures retained their sprawl but got more focused, his riffs and melodies got more intricate and idiosyncratic, and his lyrics (at their best) got more personal and revealing without losing their self-deprecating humor. I guess you either get it or you don't. It took me a while to get used to each new album, though, and if you're looking for that one specific thing you liked about that one specific album that they don't really do anymore, I can see how you'd find it difficult to warm up to them. Surprised you don't at least like "Nettie" and "The Dream Is Dead" off LIKM, or "Creepy Green Light" and "All Hallows Eve" off WCD. Hats off to Will for mentioning "IYDKMIGTHTKY", another of my favorite tracks.

Origin Of The Feces and Bloody Kisses (either version) would occupy the second tier for me, if I was ranking them. I think some of the Slow, Deep, And Hard versions of those first Type O songs are more energetic, but Pete's more melodic vocal approach and the ridiculous "crowd noises" and "banter" have made OOTF a longtime personal favorite. The rawness, simplicity, and memorability of those early albums is unmatched, and that material had just as much vigor in a live setting. You haven't really heard "I Know You're Fucking Someone Else" until you've heard it played at unconscionable volumes in the back room of L'Amour with a packed house singing along to every word.

By contrast, October Rust seems plodding and repetitive to my ears, not to mention overly polished, spiked with filler, and shot through with adolescent fantasies that take themselves too seriously (Be My Druidess? My Girlfriend's Girlfriend? Aside from fun at karaoke night, I'll pass...). There are a handful of songs on there that I love anyway (Love You To Death, Haunted, Wolf Moon), and I don't want to take away from those, but I could do without most of the others. That "Cinnamon Girl" cover is what skip buttons are for. I will be fair here and say that context counts for something - I can get into some of the weaker songs on this album if they come up in a playlist, and they're not so far off from individual tracks on the following albums. But man, this one is a a slog for me.

Dead Again is a fun album for me as a fan of the band, but it's one of their least memorable and inventive - more like a retrospective exhibit of previously covered territory than the rest of their catalog, which always seemed to be striving for something new. The weirdo Catholic pushiness of the lyrics is a bit much, and all the jilted-lover stuff is wearing thin - a cautionary tale about a man who got too wrapped up in one facet of his autobiography. For all that, it's got a lot of cool parts and good energy. I don't love it, but I like it a lot. Also nice to hear a real drummer on a Type O album for the first time since Bloody Kisses. After all the work Johnny put in, I'm happy he got to nail down a solid studio performance before it went tits up. Given that it turned out to be their swansong, I'll overlook the fact that it's too fucking long.

Also, let's not forget about the three previously unreleased tracks available on The Least Worst - "It's Never Enough", "12 Black Rainbows", and "Stay Out Of My Dreams". I don't really care for collected radio edits and alternate versions of tracks I already have, but those tracks by themselves are a solid 21-ish minutes of good songwriting from my favorite period of theirs - basically an EP.

Bottom line - Pete was a gifted songwriter with a unique voice, a strong sense of direction, and a willingness to bare uncomfortable personal truths in the service of his music. He managed to combine fun, rage, and gloom in a way I haven't heard anyone else pull off. Some of his songs are downright iconic. And the band was with him every step of the way. I look up to him as a musician, and I would have loved to hear what Type O did next. The world seems a bit emptier without them.

I agree wholeheartedly with what you said at the end. In my opinion Pete was a musical genius and so different from other metal musicians.  He will always be my favorite singer/bassist of all time. Type O Negative was an incredibly unique band.... their lyrics and melody, the way they expressed themselves on/off-stage, their sense of humor, etc was unparalleled. I can go and on. I still think they're incredibly underrated as a band and only a handful of people truly get what they were about. Peter's death was a tragic loss and the world definitely feels emptier without them. 

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Any fans out there?  I one of those weirdos that has been dealing with Pete’s death being a super fan and all. Then I discovered this.

he released a full album of these tunes called in the sound of hollow bodies.

Denis is eerily reminiscent of Pete.  It’s acoustic versions of their tunes and Denis does a crazy amazing job.  It’s on Spotify too. These really made me to help me in my grief as weird as it sounds.

 

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Any fans out there?  I one of those weirdos that has been dealing with Pete’s death being a super fan and all. Then I discovered this.

he released a full album of these tunes called in the sound of hollow bodies.

Denis is eerily reminiscent of Pete.  It’s acoustic versions of their tunes and Denis does a crazy amazing job.  It’s on Spotify too. These really made me to help me in my grief as weird as it sounds.

 

Hey, I've moved this post to our existing TON thread. There are a handful of us big fans here. Fucking love these guys. Since my last post in this thread I've started really liking Dead Again more, and I guess Bloody Kisses has sunk in the rankings a bit.

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5 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

Hey, I've moved this post to our existing TON thread. There are a handful of us big fans here. Fucking love these guys. Since my last post in this thread I've started really liking Dead Again more, and I guess Bloody Kisses has sunk in the rankings a bit.

I've started to appreciate Life is Killing Me a bit more, I've played it through a couple more times since that day. (still not nuts about Electrocute) And I suppose you've made me rethink October Rust a little bit. Can't deny that songs like Love You to Death and Wolf Moon don't have quite the same impact they once did. But Green Man, Bacchus and Die With Me still do.

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Type O Negative for sure in the top tier for my favorite bands. 3 album run from 93-99 with Bloody Kisses, October Rust, and World Coming Down gotta be my favorite 3 album run in music.  Plenty of absolute bangers show up in the early records, 2000s records, and the B-sides though.

I don't want to say my "least favorite" so i'm just going to say the album I listen to the least is definitely Slow, Deep, and Hard. Songs like Der Untermensch and Gravitational Constant are really the only notable tracks that I relisten to but it's still a fun listen if you haven't heard it in a while. Same with Origin of the Feces, still interesting record though. 

Bloody Kisses in 93 is where the band fully embraces the gothic and some doom elements that always showed up in their first two records. I still remember the first time I heard Christian Woman and how it completely changed how I look at music. So many layers, of guitar, bass, synthesizers, flowing over you working in perfect unison to give you such a melodic chorus that conjures so much 90s alternative goodness I can't quite put words to it. Too Late: Frozen's second section is so fucking awesome man. Perfectly places you in the atmosphere of an arctic tundra blizzard. And Black No1 and Summer Breeze are also epic goth and doom metal icons.

October Rust of 96 is in my opinion their magnum opus and my favorite record. Fuck accusations of "overproduction" when this overproduction sounds so damn good. Skipping the joke track the album starts with Love You to Death, Peter Steele's whole-hearted attempt to make a gothic pop song to run on MTV Headbangers Ball and get the studio some cash. And god damn does it land. Everything from start to finish in Love You to Death is masterful. Listening through the first verses of the song brings such a feeling of 90s nostalgia its insane. I think I've heard in an interview or something before that songs on this record often used upwards of 50+ tracks, which certainly shows with all of these songs having such a lush and autumn feeling atmosphere.  The cover of Cinnamon Girl is fucking sick too and a favorite to scream along to in the car. Now that riff is dirty. Wolf Moon is another favorite. That opening bass line is so smooth and buttery and listening closely with all the slight noises adding to the the beautiful atmosphere while stoned out of your mind is a must do. The song kicks in like a truck with the atmosphere of the song continuing to impress me throughout. The verse starting 2 minutes and 30 seconds into the song has got to be one of my favorite musical moments from their whole discography. Something about Josh Silver's synths here are so magic literally making you feel like you're lifting and falling in mid air. The album is one of, if not my favorite of all time and is a must listen for any fan of 90s alternative. 10/10.

World Coming Down came in the fall of 99 following a period of family death and drug abuse in Peter Steele's life, as he had developed a cocaine addiction whilst touring for October Rust sometime in 97. Now the years from probably about 95, when they really started popping off, going to the end of 99 was what i'd define as their "golden age" is you will. In that period they're sales and relevance were at their peak and i'd really recommend giving their performance at Bizzare Festival 99 a watch as it really is a stunning performance by this legendary band as they're all starting to show they're age with all the members of the band entering their late 30s. It's almost like one last hurrah in one of the last big festival concerts of their careers. Getting back on topic, World Coming Down brings on a much darker vibe honing in more on the bands sludge and doom metal aspects. Highlights are Who Saves the Sane?, Pyretta Blaze, Everything Dies, and Creepy Green Light. Everything Dies is to World Coming Down as Love You to Death is to October Rust. Both are in my eyes attempts are singles that hit they're mark so well. Could you imagine hearing that opening riff on MTV? Creepy Green Light is a musical masterpieces, playing some beautiful melodies off of each other. Another great album, probably like an 8.5/10.

Type O Negative is a special band to me and their music makes me feel like no other music does, realizing all the little intricacies throughout the songs, starting to like a song you used to dislike, or watching the live performances. They really captured lightning in a bottle for a while there.

 

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2 hours ago, Sligga said:

Type O Negative for sure in the top tier for my favorite bands. 3 album run from 93-99 with Bloody Kisses, October Rust, and World Coming Down gotta be my favorite 3 album run in music.  Plenty of absolute bangers show up in the early records, 2000s records, and the B-sides though.

I don't want to say my "least favorite" so i'm just going to say the album I listen to the least is definitely Slow, Deep, and Hard. Songs like Der Untermensch and Gravitational Constant are really the only notable tracks that I relisten to but it's still a fun listen if you haven't heard it in a while. Same with Origin of the Feces, still interesting record though. 

Bloody Kisses in 93 is where the band fully embraces the gothic and some doom elements that always showed up in their first two records. I still remember the first time I heard Christian Woman and how it completely changed how I look at music. So many layers, of guitar, bass, synthesizers, flowing over you working in perfect unison to give you such a melodic chorus that conjures so much 90s alternative goodness I can't quite put words to it. Too Late: Frozen's second section is so fucking awesome man. Perfectly places you in the atmosphere of an arctic tundra blizzard. And Black No1 and Summer Breeze are also epic goth and doom metal icons.

October Rust of 96 is in my opinion their magnum opus and my favorite record. Fuck accusations of "overproduction" when this overproduction sounds so damn good. Skipping the joke track the album starts with Love You to Death, Peter Steele's whole-hearted attempt to make a gothic pop song to run on MTV Headbangers Ball and get the studio some cash. And god damn does it land. Everything from start to finish in Love You to Death is masterful. Listening through the first verses of the song brings such a feeling of 90s nostalgia its insane. I think I've heard in an interview or something before that songs on this record often used upwards of 50+ tracks, which certainly shows with all of these songs having such a lush and autumn feeling atmosphere.  The cover of Cinnamon Girl is fucking sick too and a favorite to scream along to in the car. Now that riff is dirty. Wolf Moon is another favorite. That opening bass line is so smooth and buttery and listening closely with all the slight noises adding to the the beautiful atmosphere while stoned out of your mind is a must do. The song kicks in like a truck with the atmosphere of the song continuing to impress me throughout. The verse starting 2 minutes and 30 seconds into the song has got to be one of my favorite musical moments from their whole discography. Something about Josh Silver's synths here are so magic literally making you feel like you're lifting and falling in mid air. The album is one of, if not my favorite of all time and is a must listen for any fan of 90s alternative. 10/10.

World Coming Down came in the fall of 99 following a period of family death and drug abuse in Peter Steele's life, as he had developed a cocaine addiction whilst touring for October Rust sometime in 97. Now the years from probably about 95, when they really started popping off, going to the end of 99 was what i'd define as their "golden age" is you will. In that period they're sales and relevance were at their peak and i'd really recommend giving their performance at Bizzare Festival 99 a watch as it really is a stunning performance by this legendary band as they're all starting to show they're age with all the members of the band entering their late 30s. It's almost like one last hurrah in one of the last big festival concerts of their careers. Getting back on topic, World Coming Down brings on a much darker vibe honing in more on the bands sludge and doom metal aspects. Highlights are Who Saves the Sane?, Pyretta Blaze, Everything Dies, and Creepy Green Light. Everything Dies is to World Coming Down as Love You to Death is to October Rust. Both are in my eyes attempts are singles that hit they're mark so well. Could you imagine hearing that opening riff on MTV? Creepy Green Light is a musical masterpieces, playing some beautiful melodies off of each other. Another great album, probably like an 8.5/10.

Type O Negative is a special band to me and their music makes me feel like no other music does, realizing all the little intricacies throughout the songs, starting to like a song you used to dislike, or watching the live performances. They really captured lightning in a bottle for a while there.

Helluva first post. Not gonna argue with anything you've said here, but I'd just like to throw you some unsolicited advice: don't sell their last two albums short. For a long time I mostly stuck to playing BK, OR & WCD as well, but in recent years I've really come to love both of their last two records too, most especially Dead Again which I've come to see as something of a masterpiece. They just kept getting better as songwriters I think, or Pete did anyway because I guess he wrote most of them. BK was my intro to the band in '93, so it will always hold sentimental value for me, and WCD has long been my favorite Type O album overall. But I must say the strength of the songwriting on Dead Again (all killer no filler) has really made me start to rethink my TON rankings.

Anyway welcome, pleased to meetcha and I hope you stick around.

 

Dead Again, 2007

 

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7 hours ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Helluva first post. Not gonna argue with anything you've said here, but I'd just like to throw you some unsolicited advice: don't sell their last two albums short. For a long time I mostly stuck to playing BK, OR & WCD as well, but in recent years I've really come to love both of their last two records too, most especially Dead Again which I've come to see as something of a masterpiece. They just kept getting better as songwriters I think, or Pete did anyway because I guess he wrote most of them. BK was my intro to the band in '93, so it will always hold sentimental value for me, and WCD has long been my favorite Type O album overall. But I must say the strength of the songwriting on Dead Again (all killer no filler) has really made me start to rethink my TON rankings.

Anyway welcome, pleased to meetcha and I hope you stick around.

 

Dead Again, 2007

 

Hey, greatly appreciated. Reading back it does seem like I don't like these last two records considering i just straight up didn't mention them, but they're still some of my favorite albums of all time. Dead Again songs Profit of Doom, She Burned Me Down, and Hail and Farewell to Britain get regular replays from me. I can see how you feel the songwriting only got better, especially lyrically. This stones called Apophis, it breeds apocalypse. Fuckin love that shit.

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