Bloody Kisses

Well it’s my own submission, why wouldn’t I give it a 5/5? Type O Negative was one of those underrated genius bands imo. They had an ear for great music and every song is just dripping with sarcasm, little winks at the camera etc, all while making you wonder if they actually are serious. I think whoever described them as 50% Sabbath, 50% Beatles kinda got it right. You can hear both influences in there really clearly once you know. And the first few songs on this album are just all-time. 5/5.

It's a good thing that they don't care what I think, because I think that they are kind of shitty

I don’t know that I need anymore early 90s metal, thanks

Not only do Type O go for broke in length, they keep it seamless. The project's uniformly campy, but everything else is dynamic goth bliss.

Yeah, this is right up my alley. I think it is a hair bloated, but it makes up for it in the vibe.

It's hard to tell just how "in on it" they are with their own inherent silliness, but it really does put out an unmatched vibe that mostly makes up for the bloat.

One of the cornerstones of gothic metal and the first peak in Type O Negative's discography. Along with Paradise Lost, they gave this genre its shine in the 90s, renewing and making even more oppressive the original gothic rock of the previous decade

Surprisingly melodic metal with flashes of grunge, and do I hear some shoegaze in there as well? A more compelling mixture of genres than much of the metal on the actual list.

y 1 Sounds like Metallica if they went goth

Oddly enough, I got Romeo Void vibes listening to this thing. I might like it better if we slept together.

in the garden of eden kinda vibe. daddy chill. 11 minute songs and you're not Mars Volta? please.

Kinda peak self-important Goth, so dark, so serious. I don't mind it as music, though.

I've never chosen to listen to them before. Goth/metal/rock band. Very vampiric. Interesting album.

Interesting sound. More of this experimentation with different sounds should have been on the original list, instead of so many repeated artists/genres

Bruh. 3/10

4/10. It's a good thing these guys say they don't care what I think, because I didn't enjoy this music very much. Like, the summer breeze cover was fun because it was so unexpected and different, but I think Gothic metal just isn't for me.

My brother had this album on CD back when we were young. I couldn't stand it back then, and still can't. I don't care whether or not they are consiously being tongue-in-cheek with their sound and lyrics; it still sounds like a band that is massively constipated.

While hearing Black No. 1 I clearly remember the gothmetalheads going wild on this on the dancefloor in my younger years. Especially the ladies were particularly fond of Peter Steele. As then I can't fathom what the appeal was. Still can't actually. For me it is all over the place and no real point of reference.

Not my cup of tea...

Didn’t enjoy this at all. 2 stars.

Knew about these guys but thought they were heavy metal and definitely missed out on the goth part. There's some interesting instrumentation going on here, and I enjoyed a good deal of the arrangements, but man this thing is long – didn't look at the runtime before it started, and it just felt like it kept going and going without end. As a result, things get a bit tiring by the midpoint (which could've made a decent LP all in itself) and become an absolute slog by the end. The theatrics were fun at first, but really wore me down and made me tired of listening.

Not for me!

Love this album, very influential in my youth. Good dark times. RIP Peter

Every time I thought I had this album figured out it ended up taking another totally unexpected turn. I was settling in for heavy emo rock at first but it started as a mix of like 5 finger death punch and Depeche Mode THEN got to the heavy Metallica stuff before becoming somewhat more mainstream rock and ending with a fucking sitar. Probs wont listen again for a long time but definitely memorable if only for the Halloween song and the death to all white people song.

Some really nice tracks in there, but too much chaff to deserve 4 stars. You have to be in a very special category to pull off songs over 6 minutes, let alone an album with 6 of them.

This is cheesy as fuck, and Peter Steele has the personality of a walking nostril hair, but it's kinda fun too.

I’d like to think that the band is approaching this album with some self awareness but I don’t know enough about them to know. This album is transgressive lyrically, but is pretty typical goth rock with some late 90s/early 2000s alternative touches. Sometimes it sounds like basic commercial rock and other times is clearly leaning into gothic metal. The length was a bit much as well.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: We hate everyone, Too late: Frozen

Why are the lyrics for Machine Screw not available?... and why would they want to remake summer breeze? ugh. It's not so bad of a goth album.

This album reminds me of the smart-but-unmotivated kid in a classroom: when on task, phenomenal. When not, the results aren't as good. It's interesting that this record takes shifts into hardcore punk ("Kill All The White People") and, weirdly, Madchester-esque-rock ("Set Me On Fire"), but it is at its best when performing the atmospheric, deep-voiced goth-metal it seems to be championed for. Favorite tracks: "Christian Woman", "Bloody Kisses"

I can hear the heavy goth style reminding momentarily of Sisters of Mercy. Tends to get a little long and meandering. Not really my taste, but fun and not entirely awful. I admire their sense of humour.

Nothing really exciting here. But they tried

It was certainly was an album. The cover of Summer Breeze as metal song was interesting. I didn't hate it. It was a little long. I wont revisit. It is probably slightly better than a 2, but not much.

Musically this is fine, if a bit silly. Stylistically scattershot with dumb lyrics and comically bad vocals. "Kill All the White People" kind of rocks though. Fave Song: Set Me on Fire

This is one of the funniest albums I've ever heard. It stops just short of being a parody, but the band must have known what they were doing with the stupid lyrics and vampiric tone of the vocals. Overall, the kitsch Halloween 'spoooooooky and ghoooooouulish' vibe (mwah ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaa) is quite fun and the music is pretty accessible. It's a bit long and very, very silly. Although I basically had a fun time listening to it, it's really not very good. Rating: 2 Playlist track: Set Me on Fire Date listened: 22/07/24

Not my style

The sound is actually pretty clean and seems well produced. Unfortunately what they produced seems overly serious but just comes off as dumb, laughably dumb.

It's a bit edgelordy, which leaves it feeling more than a little dated. But the clear Sabbath influence and a weird Isley Brothers cover means I didn't go away from this completely cold.

ridiculously po faced and serious

Well that was a bloody mess (pun intended). Not quite sure what they’re going for here or if there’s just a big sect of Dracula metal enthusiasts but I may not be the target audience. The summer breeze cover was also an interesting interpretation. Overall this album was like a chopped and screwed version done by white people about their weird hobbies. 2.7/10

Gothic metal, doom metal, alternative metal. Tostonazo. Un 1.