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When last we heard from Type O Negative, the band had wrapped its thick, brooding, and notoriously down sound in lushly layered production and delivered 1996's "October Rust."
Technical evolution served the band well, as the album generated a couple of instant classics with "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" and a distinctively Type O-ified cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl." The album also went on to sell close to 500,000 copies and earn the group a slot on Ozzfest's maiden voyage in 1997.
However, four years of touring before and after "October Rust" left the band in need of new kicks, so now Type O Negative is back with a new model for '99. Opting for a stripped-down sound more in line with the band's 1993 gold-selling breakthrough "Bloody Kisses," Type O holed itself up in a studio in its native Brooklyn, scaled back from a 56-track recording to 24, and went at it.
The result, "World Coming Down," does indeed offer a fresh sound, but it still manages to stay true to Type O's gleefully gloomy and defiantly dark ways. With song titles like "Everything Dies," "Everyone I Love Is Dead," and "All Hallows Eve," it seems appropriate that the band is waiting until autumn puts the final nail in summer's coffin (Tuesday, September 21 to be precise) to deliver the album. They even manage to turn the Beatles' "Day Tripper" into a crashing metal dirge.
MTV News' Robert Mancini ventured into Systems 2, the Brooklyn studio where the band put together "World Coming Down," and talked to the group (vocalist-bassist Peter Steele, keyboardist-producer Josh Silver, guitarist Kenny Hickey, and drummer Johnny Kelly) about stripping down and getting back to basics... and of course, self-deprecation abounded.
Check out what transpired here in our MTV News Online feature.
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