![]() ![]() Cliché at points due to some melodrama in the lyrics, but still an amazing song. Peter’s voice provides a haunting lament, and an elegy of his broken heart. This is a sad song about lost love, by far the most emotional piece on the album. September Sun –9:48 - Silver takes the lead on this song with beautiful piano medleys. The Profit of Doom sticks to the ablum's genre exploration theme as it creats a diverse collection of sounds, tones and vibes. The lyrics are worth the whole song: there’s irony, puns, and political slander! Eastern sounds bring nostalgia of George Harrison’s sitar. The bass feels dirty, washed-out and grungy. Peter’s growling and “evil speaking” makes this the darkest song on the album. This song is slow, progressive, and dark. The Profit of Doom –10:47- A long anticipated song, and finally released. The lyrics are a little disappointing, yet entertaining nonetheless. The progressiveness and the vocals “riding the guitar strings” give this song a psychedelic feel. Peter’s vocal diversity is very effective, it moves from deep- grunting to high-howling as the song makes its transitions. Tripping a Blind Man – 7:05 – The darkness in the bass makes a listener feel blind and the squealing of the guitar provides some bearing. This song is single material, and has somewhat of a pop-ish vibe although not original a song as others on the album, still worth the listen. The bass makes the whole track thick and dense and some riffs from Hickey throw in flavor. Peter's vocals are powerful and open the album in a way that Type O fans would be proud. The lyrics are typical Type O as they reflect the drug addiction cycle. The key change just before the chorus is beautiful and perfectly timed. Dead Again – 4:15 – The quick pace gives the song massive energy. Peter’s humble step back from the spotlight and the new found voices of the other band-mates, could be why this album is one of their best yet.Įach song on “Dead Again” is worthy of the album:ġ. In “Dead Again” Peter lets Kenny Hickey take the reigns on a lot of songs via guitar solos, allowing his bass to drone in the background. Most people familiarize the band with its signature sound: Peter’s bass tuned to an almost baritone-like depth, with his deep voice penetrating at low octaves. Unlike other Type O albums, the band’s influence of the psychedelic era and the Beatles in particular, is prominent in “Dead Again.” Peter and his cohorts pursue new territory when it comes to time and key changes, the allocation of instruments and subject matter. This album may perhaps be analogous to the band favorite “October Rust” (which debuted in ’96) with its poetic lyrics, forcefully dark vocals, and original musicianship. “Dead Again”, Type O Negative’s sixth studio album, looms large similar to the band’s ominous front-man, Peter Steele. Full of elusive guitar riffs and solos, haunting lyrics, psychedelic sounds and a dark dirty bass foundation. Singing in echoing harmony with itself, her voice is a kind of prophecy, bringing home to the present thoughts and realizations from the future, even as Cottrell buries herself in remembrance of the past.Review Summary: Type O Negative's most experimental up-to-date. Death Folk Country is the music and also the land where the music takes place, and the two have always been inextricable from each other."Ĭottrell’s voice, a quavering alto, fills the emptiest of canyons. "The title Death Folk Country is partly me describing a genre that fits the sound – but it's also meant to be taken as a Naming, a coronation of the world inside me. I've always been asked what ‘kind’ of music I play by people,” Cottrell explains. "This album to me is about painting a picture of a place where my heart lives. Cottrell's enigmatic presence guides listeners down a path of introspection - Death Folk Country's massive scope touches upon tales of love, loss, and so much more. The spirit of love passed on through her words will be the ultimate reward for earthly suffering. ![]() On her new album, Death Folk Country, Cottrell wards off death through creation - the most distilled form of love. Across both her solo work and as the vocalist of renowned doom band Windhand, DORTHIA COTTRELL envisions her music as both a document of love and a reconciliation with death. ![]()
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