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Dead Again (2007)

Where the lyrics of Dead Again take you, and where it was really made.

This was the band's last studio album, released two years before frontman Peter Steele died and the band dissolved afterward.

Key places

Recording studio in Brooklyn (2007)

Recording site Rough Customer — Dead Again was recorded and mixed at Systems Two in Brooklyn, New York, and the album was also mastered there. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Dead Again: seventh and final studio album by the American gothic metal band Type O Negative
• Stylized as DЭДD ДGДIИ
• Released March 13, 2007 through Steamhammer, a subsidiary of SPV
• Released before frontman Peter Steele died in 2010, after which the band dissolved

Background

• Steamhammer was an SPV label; SPV GmbH declared bankruptcy in 2009
• Because of this, many artists on the label could not rerelease their albums due to legal issues, including Dead Again
• Album became available again on Spotify and Apple Music on August 20, 2021, through Nuclear Blast
• Re-released in February 2008 with a DVD of live performances, interviews, and music videos
• A separate three-LP vinyl box set followed, with collector's items such as a T-shirt and a 12-page booklet

Recording

• Studio drums were used instead of a drum machine for the first time since Bloody Kisses
• Remains the only Type O Negative studio album with Johnny Kelly's actual drum playing
• Recorded and mixed at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY
• Additional recording at Sty In The Sky, Brooklyn, NY, and at Paul Bento's Studio
• Mastered at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY

Cover

• Cover photo portrays Grigori Rasputin, the Russian mystic and associate of Tsar Nicholas II
• Lettering is set in a faux-Cyrillic font
• The CD insert folds out into the shape of a cross with Rasputin's head at the top
• The back photo was taken in 1906 and shows four young women of the Tsarist family

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Type O Negative was an American gothic/doom metal band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 1989.
• The band was formed by vocalist and bassist Peter Steele, guitarist Kenny Hickey, keyboardist Josh Silver, and drummer Sal Abruscato, who was later replaced by Johnny Kelly.
• The band initially named themselves Repulsion, then Sub-Zero, and finally Type O Negative.
• Steele's contract with Roadrunner Records from his time in Carnivore led to the band signing with the label in 1991.
• Their debut, Slow, Deep and Hard, was released shortly after signing.

Members

• Peter Steele: bass, lead vocals, keyboards, guitars (1989–2010; his death).
• Kenny Hickey: guitars, backing and additional co-lead vocals (1989–2010).
• Josh Silver: keyboards, piano, effects, synthesizers, programming, sampler, backing vocals (1989–2010).
• Johnny Kelly: drums, percussion, backing vocals (1993–2010).
• Sal Abruscato: drums, percussion (1989–1993).

Career

• Bloody Kisses (1993) went platinum and October Rust (1996) gold, and the band built a substantial cult following through seven studio albums, two best-of compilations, and concert DVDs.
• The band was nicknamed "the Drab Four" in homage to the Beatles' "Fab Four" moniker.
• Steele died on April 14, 2010; the cause was later reported as sepsis caused by diverticulitis.
• In November 2010, the surviving members confirmed the band had split up.
• In 2016, Loudwire ranked Type O Negative 32nd on its list of the Top 50 Best Metal Bands of All Time.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Reception was mainly positive
• The Portuguese Wikipedia article says the album was well received by critics

Reappraisal

• Returned to Spotify and Apple Music on August 20, 2021, through Nuclear Blast
• Announced on March 13, 2022 for the 15th anniversary, with reissues on vinyl, CD, and cassette through Nuclear Blast Records

Records

• Debuted at No. 27 on the US Billboard 200
• Sold 22,000 copies in the US in its Billboard debut week
• Resulted in the band's highest ever chart positions
• Because it was released under a different label, it is the only studio album left out of many band compilations, including 2013's The Complete Roadrunner Collection 1991 - 2003 and 2019's None More Negative boxset

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "Halloween in Heaven" is a tribute to Dimebag Darrell, who was murdered on stage in 2004
• The album was released before Peter Steele's death in 2010, and the band dissolved after it
• Nuclear Blast announced a 15th-anniversary reissue on March 13, 2022
• The Spanish Wikipedia article notes the album runs over 77 minutes, making it the band's longest studio album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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