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Still proving that gothic metal need be mordant and humorless, New York's Type O returns with their sixth album of misanthropy, high drama and perversion with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Towering frontman Pete Steele is still the bands focal point and his lyrics are more grotesquely hilarious than ever. Musically,
Life is pretty accessible, eschewing much of the brutal, thrashy heaviness of Type O's early material. "(We Were) Electrocute" is a sleek, electro-pop homage to 1980s New Romanticism that showcases Josh Silver's funeral synth lines. The adrenaline-fuelled soft-rock rush of "I Like Goils" comes on like
Andrew WK in a vampire cape. And "Less than Zero" finds Type O Negative revisiting one of their more surprising influences, the
Beatles, as a sitar cuts through the eerie gloom.
--Louis Pattison
Product Description
2003 album from Roadrunner Records! Limited edition double CD features an additional bonus disc of seven rare and previously unreleased classics, 'Out Of The Fire (Kane's Theme)' (prev. unreleased), 'Christian Woman' (Butt-Kissing Sell-Out Version), 'Suspended In Dusk', 'Blood & Fire' (Out Of The Ashes Mix), 'Black Sabbath', 'Cinnamon Girl' (Extended Depression Mix), & 'Haunted' (Per Version - prev. unreleased), dating back to the days of 'Bloody Kisses'. 22 tracks. Slipcase.