3/10/2023 0 Comments Type o negative bloody kisses![]() ![]() A devilish mix indeed- think Barry White, but if he loved to drink blood, longed for his loved one, and listened to a lot of Black Sabbath. I’m sure certain types of females just swoon at the sound of his voice, and to mainstream listeners it sounds absolutely terrifying. Peter Steele’s extremely deep, vampire like vocals are perfect and quite brr-inducing. Just about everything about this album is top notch, from a technical standpoint right down to the little touches to the songs (like the rain at the beginning of “Black No. The lyrics primarily center around love, sex, death, religion, and setting Peter Steele on fire. The songs are very slow-tempoed and the guitars fuzzed out, and they feature deep and scary vocals. Despite the fact that some of the songs are over 7 minutes long, just about ever track (songs, not the sound bites between songs- more on this later) on this album is instantly and compulsively listenable, and this is all without sacrificing the integrity of the band.īloody Kisses is primarily a heavy metal album with gothic overtones, and with a very strong sense of melody spread throughout the album. The reason why Bloody Kisses works so well is because the band decided to incorporate pop melodies into their droning, gothic sound, without sacrificing everything that makes Type O Negative what they are. The band’s debut album, “Slow, Deep, and Hard” from way back in 1991 featured a lot of thrash and punk influences, along with more obvious lyrics designed to offend (Peter sure was an angry guy). Type O Negative has always been known to write depressing, droning heavy metal songs, with a lot of them sprinkled with extremely dry and self-deprecating humor. It also proved to be a real success at the time it was released, as the album went gold on the strength of singles and videos like “Christian Woman” and “Black No. This I’m sure is debatable between metal fans, but for this listener, having listened to each Type O album meticulously over time, Bloody Kisses stands tall as the band's best album by far. When you look at the band’s discography, there’s obviously no stronger album that they’ve created than 1993’s Bloody Kisses, a near masterpiece for the band. His death prompted me to dig back to my old Type O cds, and have another listen to the band famously known as "The Drab Four", a nickname they certainly earned through this album, "Bloody Kisses". One thing I’m sure most fans can agree on, is that Peter Steele has certainly left his mark in metal history. ![]() Lead Singer Peter Steele’s death, however sad it is, does bring sort of an appropriate end to the notoriously depressed and at times troubled singer, and as such, listening to certain songs (or the entire World Coming Down album) from the band’s discography adds an ever deeper and morbid meaning to them. Certainly one of the premier goth metal bands of our time. Review Summary: Unquestionably TON's best album.Īhh, Type O Negative. ![]()
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