Type O Negative have done it again, and Dead Again is a compulsory buy for every fan of the band and the genre. The ending track, bearing yet another quirky title, “Hail And Farewell To Britain,” is another epic, and its haunting melodies make it a great album closer –- closing a great album. Steele sings with power and majesty, bringing out the fine chorus very well, and another strong track is what you have here. The song itself is very Crowbar-ish, especially the main riff, as it thumps along at a mid-tempo pace. “An Ode To Locksmiths” may be the album’s quirkiest song title, but surely this often overlooked brand of craftsmen also deserves some praise. Although the tempo does vary through the track, this is Goth Rock with an attitude – and it works very well. The greatness of this track (almost) overshadows the fact that “She Burned Me Down” is nowhere as good, and luckily the short, fast, and almost Motörhead-ish “Some Stupid Tomorrow” makes sure everything is more than all right. “These Three Things,” which, as you know by now, is the album’s longest track, is also one of its very best –- this is music at its most majestic and mighty, with Steele crying out the thoughtful lyrics, while the band sounds just as dirty as they should. The chord progressions are overly predictable, and the band has used the same ideas before yielding far better results. “Halloween In Heaven” is another short and quickly-paced track, but unfortunately it may be among the weakest on the album. Steele’s vocals also deserve to be mentioned here, as the way he executes the spoken parts of “The Profits …” is nothing but insanely cool. Which one is the best is hard to choose, but both are strong tracks, which definitely deserve taking up 20 minutes of the listener’s time. “The Profits …” (very cool title) displays a lot of Black Sabbath/general 70’s influences in both the riffs and vocal melodies, while “September Sun” is far more Goth in its harmonies and melody lines. “The Profits Of Doom” and “September Sun” both clock in around the 10 minute mark, but except for that common feature, they are very different compositions indeed. 1920x1200 Type -O-Negative, Peter Steele RIP &MediumSpace 26. The aforementioned title track is one of the best of the lot with its very catchy chorus, melody, and up-tempo beat, and the following “Tripping A Blind Man” is another highlight with its fascinating lyrics and varied musical content. 1920x1080 Typo O Negative Tribute to Peter Steele &MediumSpace 78. This is not Type O Negative’s darkest or heaviest album, and not their most accessible, but it is a very good one sporting quite a few examples of that very thing – great tunes. The expression “Great Tunes” is actually very relevant when describing this album as a whole. This time fans get a total of 10 songs with a running time of 77 minutes, sporting song lengths from the 4:15 minute opener “Dead Again” to the 14:21 syrup dance “These Three Things.” Both are great tunes, by the way.
The original recording of this song with Steele’s own lyrics (as “Summer Girl”) was never officially released, but has been uploaded to YouTube.Led by a Peter Steele in tip-top shape, New York’s darkest are back with another serving of their trademark black, sticky stew. And a different mix of the song done by Rick Rubin was included on the “Top-Shelf” edition of Bloody Kisses in 2009. The following year, a “Rejected Radio Release” version of the song appeared on releases for the single “Love You To Death”. When the song was released as a single, two new versions which incorporate “Set Me On Fire” were sent to radio stations, simply named “New Version” and “Full Length New Version”. The original songwriters did not approve of the new lyrics, so the band was forced to record the song with its original words. As the band jammed, Steele started altering the lyrics, making them salacious: Type O frontman Pete Steele was a fan of the song and brought it to the band, suggesting they record their own version of it. “Summer Breeze” was originally a top 10 hit for Seals & Crofts in the early 1970s.
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