It was Steele and keyboardist Josh Silver who produced the record. A ridiculous lyric by all accounts, it is underpinned by the faux-doom of the breakdown and is consequently one of the most subtle moments in the band’s career.Īnother standout element of the record is the use of abrupt song endings and segues between songs that can be heard in moments such as ‘Green Man’, ‘Red Water’ and ‘Haunted’. The lyrical motif “I’ll do anything to make you come” is also hilariously Type O Negative. His meaty, chorus-driven bass drives the track along, instilling it with that constant push feel that it has. It’s one of the clearest examples of Steele’s penchant for fusing the anthemic with the metallic. Musically, we get one of the band’s most anthemic tracks on the record and in their back catalogue.

He sings: “Around the pyre, A circle of thirteen / Throughout these woods, ecstatic screams / I look deeply into your eyes / I smell your hair, caress your thighs / Now we’ll make love by firelight”. The winning streak then continues track four is the upbeat anthem ‘Be My Druidess’, continuing on the band’s unwavering gothic run, Steele’s lyrics are again an expert blend of B-movie horror cheese and the velvety lust that underpins gothic literature. It builds up to a hazy crescendo, and it is undoubtedly one of the band’s most ethereal. Interestingly, the track has a psychedelic edge to it, possibly owing to the band getting high in production. Romantic, sinister and dealing with the supernatural, the essence of the song and band are compounded by Steele’s almost vampiric vocal style. If we take a quick look at the lyrics of verse one, you’ll heed our point about the record’s inherent goth: “In her place one hundred candles burning / As salty sweat drips from her breast / Her hips move, and I can feel what they’re saying, swaying / They say the beast inside of me is gonna get ya”. Featuring Hickey and Steele’s chugging guitar and bass, we get some of Steele’s best ever lyrics on the track. The first piece of music the listener gets is a swooning yet crushing masterpiece of gothic metal. Track three, ‘Love You To Death’ was a statement of intent from the band. Guitarist Kenny Hickey finishes by saying, “We hope you enjoy it.” Each of the quartet then introduces themselves and thank the listener for picking up their new record, and explain how they spent a “couple of months” getting high when recording it. To Peter's credit, he understood, saying ' I wouldn't wait for me either.It then seamlessly fades into track 2, ‘Untitled’, where the band are laughing, and Steele asks, “We hope you enjoyed our little joke there?”. He didn't perform at what would be Type O's final show because he couldn't take time off from training to be an EMT.

He was getting tired of the uncertainty of the music industry and wanted to spend more time with his kids. An even sadder thought is that Josh Silver most likely would not have come back for another album cycle.Johnny Kelly was even scouting rehearsal spaces when he got the call. Peter died three years after its release, made sadder by the fact he was in good health and looking forward to making a new album which never got made. Later on, the last album was called Dead Again.Last year I dined with eleven.' However, Peter was able to maintain his humor because he was busy on tour at the time, and so it did not affect him as badly as it did a couple of years later. The song 'Red Water' is a candidate for most depressing Christmas song ever with such lines as 'The table is set for but seven.The heart monitor hits a flatline, and the woman starts sobbing. Especially 'Lung', which has the man hooked to a heart monitor and struggling to breathe while a woman, presumably his wife, watches while trying to stifle her tears. Three skits titled 'Sinus,' 'Liver,' and 'Lung': three ways members of the band were worried they could die.The music video was filmed in the shipyard where his father worked. ' The lyrics are pretty self-explanatory.

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