Revisiting classic heavy metal sounds
This week, my classic album comes from a band from Brooklyn New York who have been together now for about 18 years. As this band released more albums, their songwriting has matured and the band has created probably better CDs than this classic as a whole, but nothing will ever touch the nostalgia of:
Bloody Kisses by Type O Negative (1993)
Yes, I'm a huge mark for these guys. I feel bad that it's almost impossible for me to criticize most of their work because I do sincerely love most of the stuff these guys have released. I remember seeing the video for the song “Black No. 1” from this album and thinking that I'd never listen to that crap. Thank goodness my bud bought the disc and was a tad bit disappointed with it, and lent it to me because he thought I should check out a few of the tunes to see if I agree with him. After one listen to the opener, “Christian Woman,” I was hooked. I had never heard anything like it in my life. When the song kicks in with Beatle-like harmonies over amazingly detuned guitars with a keyboardist holding everything together like glue, you know you're in for something special.
While “Christian Woman” is a popular song for the band, it was “Black No. 1” that was the breakthrough hit, causing this CD to be the first platinum album for Roadrunner Records. Even today, the band still plays the song live but have said that if they never had to play it again, they would be very happy.
The music on the CD blends metal, pop, 70s rock, punk and ties it in with a tad bit of gothic flare. People have always labeled Type O Negative as a goth band, but they are way more than that — just listen to October Rust, the album that followed this one. If you need more proof, the closer, “Can't Lose You” is a hypnotic love melody that laced with a sitar melody. The chanting at the end may lost some people, but it's definitely a highlight of the album and shows the band's tongue in cheek humor and their broad musical ability.
The CD is available in both the standard edition, featuring the little intermission clips that feature various themes, as well as a digipak versions that doesn't include the songs “We Hate Everyone” and “Kill All the White People.” It does contain the track “Suspended in Dusk.” If you have to pick one, pick up the regular version because the “Suspended…” isn't that great of a tune and you can find that song on the special 2 disc set of Life Is Killing Me on eBay.
Sample this band and then go buy their stuff. This is my favourite band ever and although some bands can play better, faster, sing better or anything you can think of, no one can touch these guys. Start your Type O collection off with this masterpiece.
Bloody Kisses by Type O Negative (1993)
Yes, I'm a huge mark for these guys. I feel bad that it's almost impossible for me to criticize most of their work because I do sincerely love most of the stuff these guys have released. I remember seeing the video for the song “Black No. 1” from this album and thinking that I'd never listen to that crap. Thank goodness my bud bought the disc and was a tad bit disappointed with it, and lent it to me because he thought I should check out a few of the tunes to see if I agree with him. After one listen to the opener, “Christian Woman,” I was hooked. I had never heard anything like it in my life. When the song kicks in with Beatle-like harmonies over amazingly detuned guitars with a keyboardist holding everything together like glue, you know you're in for something special.
While “Christian Woman” is a popular song for the band, it was “Black No. 1” that was the breakthrough hit, causing this CD to be the first platinum album for Roadrunner Records. Even today, the band still plays the song live but have said that if they never had to play it again, they would be very happy.
The music on the CD blends metal, pop, 70s rock, punk and ties it in with a tad bit of gothic flare. People have always labeled Type O Negative as a goth band, but they are way more than that — just listen to October Rust, the album that followed this one. If you need more proof, the closer, “Can't Lose You” is a hypnotic love melody that laced with a sitar melody. The chanting at the end may lost some people, but it's definitely a highlight of the album and shows the band's tongue in cheek humor and their broad musical ability.
The CD is available in both the standard edition, featuring the little intermission clips that feature various themes, as well as a digipak versions that doesn't include the songs “We Hate Everyone” and “Kill All the White People.” It does contain the track “Suspended in Dusk.” If you have to pick one, pick up the regular version because the “Suspended…” isn't that great of a tune and you can find that song on the special 2 disc set of Life Is Killing Me on eBay.
Sample this band and then go buy their stuff. This is my favourite band ever and although some bands can play better, faster, sing better or anything you can think of, no one can touch these guys. Start your Type O collection off with this masterpiece.
