Dead Again

In this brave new world of obsessing over ‘lists’ and ‘ranking’ an artists’ output in best to worst, one list that caught my eye recently was something along the lines of : ‘Rock/Metal bands with no bad albums’...I was horrified that this great band was not included!Apart from the ‘between a live and studio’ album of ‘Origin of the Feces,’ (which isn’t a bad album, just the original album kind of re-recorded with a couple of new tracks) every single (100% studio) TON album is excellent and this is no exception.As some have already noted in previous reviews here on Amazon, this album might well be the purest example of the late, great and massively missed Pete Steele’s premise of the band as a ‘mix of The Beatles and Black Sabbath,’ the Iommi-esque riffage is obvious, and very closely mimic one or two of them (which is a good thing) whileThe Beatles melody blueprint has always been apparent in their sound, it is at its most obvious here (see ‘September Sun’ as a good example). It does feel that the label change lifted a weight of the Drab Fours’ shoulders, the songs aren’t anywhere near as hardcore or full tilt against the grain as debut ‘Slow, Deep and Hard’ but are probably on the whole more progressive, longer time-wise and overall heavier than all but that album in their back catalogue.The opening title track is a short, sharp burst of every good element of the band over the years, ‘Profit of Doom’ has some of the best and most likely melodies to sing along with in their career (try to stop yourself belting out the heartfelt closing refrain of ‘my soul’s on fire’), ‘Tripping a Blind Man’ harkens back to the tumultuous feel of their most serious release of ‘World Coming Down’ and its’ lyrics and subject matter reinforce that mood while Dimebag Darrell tribute ‘Halloween in Heaven’ is good, old, brainless fun in one sense and incredibly emotional at the same time. There’s some element of every TON ‘era’ for fans of the band.Whilst I would only (personally) place this album above the aforementioned ‘Origin of the Feces’ (which again, doesn’t really count) and ‘Life is Killing Me,’ (as despite the jarring seriousness of ‘World Coming Down’ putting much people off that album - I loved its refreshing depressing nature and doom I guess!), such opinions are moot really, as this band simply did not release a bad album, it all comes down to your personal tastes. If you’re a fan of the band you won’t be disappointed and you may, justifiably, discover your favourite ‘Negative album here, I didn’t, but I LOVE it just the same and it sits proudly amongst all the other TON albums I have, never far from being played to death again.Only negative, is that this was and will be Pete Steele’s last ever recording and that it signalled the end of this fantastic, landscape changing band. Goodbye and farewell to Pete and TON, you are all sadly missed.

I have been a HUGE Type O Negative fan since the 1990s. I love all of their albums but this is hands down my favourite of the lot.Nobody knew it at the time but this was to be Peter Steele’s swan song. The last album from ToN and the musical genius that was Peter Steele.For me it takes everything that was good from all of the other albums and condenses it into one perfect album. Heavy in parts. Melodic. Layered and produced to perfection.The main theme running though it was Peter finding his faith after many years, and whilst I am not a religious person I can appreciate his passion, and it is all done in typical Pete fashion. Joking when he was serious and serious when he was joking, with a touch of anger in parts and some stuff that only he would understand thrown in. His sonic therapy for our listening pleasure.I love all of the tracks but have to say September sun is utter brilliance and listening always makes me sad to think that there never will be any more Type O Negative albums.Not currently found on Spotify, ITunes or any other streaming service due to this album being on a different label to the others Θ

The tape sounds great, it is their last ever album. And thank the dark one they reissued it!

This album is absolutely brilliant.My ratings out of 5 for the tracks are as follows:Dead Again: ****Tripping A Blind Man: *****The Profit Of Doom: *****September Sun: *****Halloween In Heaven: *****These Three Things: *****She Burned Me Down: ****Some Stupid Tomorrow: ***An Ode To Locksmiths: *****Hail And Farewell To Britain: *****It's also worth noting that tracks 1 and 8 are the shortest on the album, so the majority of this is fantastic. It's also worth saying that some of these tracks are almost better than 5 stars, as Type O really do push the boundaries for what should be expected from an album with this one.

great album by a great band...not much more u can say then that

Not the best Type O effort, (which for me is world coming down) but a varied and solid one. I wont go into any great depth about the length / subject matter / style of the songs, suffice to say; there are some hardcore carnivore-esque moments, some epic overblown goth moments, and some quite metal moments!The thing that struck me about this release is the sheer quality and power of Pete Steele's voice, he's really on form pretty much all the way through.

thank you all is great