Type O Negative - Dead Again
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Free Music Review: To all those who gave this 5 stars:
Hit: 5 Stars
All these things you say are true!
Understood, sadly,
by a chosen few
YOU!
Free Music Review: Dead Again
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I will make this simple. Dead Again is one of my favorite records of all time.Free Music Review: Type O Negative at their best
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If you're a fan, you'll love this album. Nuff said.Free Music Review: slow deep and hard meets bloody kisses
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a must have for any type o fan.Free Music Review: still not as good as october rust
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Type O is one of my favorite bands, and their album "October Rust" is my all-time favorite album. For a band with such a self-deprecating sense of humor and such a choppy musical history, Type O Negative creates powerful, emotional music that transcends the goth stereotypes it wallows in (and helped create). And Peter Steele's dark vocals, once sort of a gimmick, have become integral to their brooding sound.
Anyway, like I said, "October Rust" is the best album ever. But the follow-up, "World Coming Down", was rather disappointing. I was losing hope for the band when their last album, "Life Is Killing Me", turned out to be a significant improvement. While not as uniformly brilliant as "Rust", it had some excellent songs and brought back their sense of humor. So I had high hopes for the newest release, "Dead Again".
The album is surprising in a lot of ways. First of all, many of the songs are much faster than previous Type O material. Peter doesn't sing quite so deep and gloomy this time around, and guitarist Kenny Hickey does much more singing than before. A few songs break the ten-minute mark, something they haven't really done since their first record. And while much of their sound remains typically Type O, many of the lyrics deal with new themes and ideas.
According to recent interviews, Peter Steele has returned to his Catholic upbringing, and so much of the album deals with Christianity and religion. "The Profit of Doom" uses an asteroid striking the Earth as a metaphor for the Apocalypse. "These Three Things" deals with abortion and the Jewish state of Israel. "An Ode To Locksmiths" offers a rather twisted version of Genesis. "Halloween in Heaven" is a bit lighter in tone, dealing with all the dead great musicians playing a concert in Heaven. And as usual, some of the songs are simply about Peter Steele himself and his personal problems. The title track "Dead Again" is about drug addiction, and "Some Stupid Tomorrow" deals with his anger management issues.
Thankfully, their sense of humor has not disappeared or been overwhelmed by the serious subject matter. I laughed out loud at some of the song titles, such as "Tripping A Blind Man" and "Some Stupid Tomorrow," and several songs have some hilarious lines. Among my favorites:
"I had no pulse last time I checked / I'd trade my life for self-respect" (from "Dead Again")
"Elvis ain't dead, so he isn't here" (from "Halloween in Heaven")
"If only I'd known how cool death is / I'd have killed myself sooner" (from "Halloween in Heaven")
And let's not forget their album liner notes. The band photo from Life Is Killing Me featured four sets of feet with toe tags on them. Not to be outdone, Dead Again shows a picture of four mangled chalk outlines opposite photos of skeletons inside coffins. And in the section for equipment used, it says "Type O Negative has yet to learn how to use the following equipment." I always get a kick out of that sort of thing.
Even though I think "Life Is Killing Me" had some better individual songs than "Dead Again", I think "Dead Again" is a better album as a whole. The whole tone of the album sounds more concise and uniform. But that's just me. It is a bit on the long side, but that's my only real complaint.
As a whole, fans of Type O should be happy with this release. The band they know and love has clearly matured over the years, but their style is undeniably intact. However, some people might be put off by the religious content of many of the songs. People bravely hoping for a return to "October Rust" territory will surely be disappointed as well. That era is gone, folks.