1. Dead Again |
2. Tripping A Blind Man |
3. The Profits Of Doom |
4. September Sun |
5. Halloween in Heaven |
6. These Three Things |
7. She Burned Me Down |
8. Some Stupid Tomorrow |
9. An Ode To Locksmiths |
10. Hail And Farewell To Britain |
- Peter Steele – Lead vocals, bass guitar, guitar, and keyboards
- Josh Silver – Keyboards, synth, effects, programming, backing vocals
- Kenny Hickey – Lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
- Johnny Kelly – Drums, percussion, backing vocals
Upon listening to the album for a while now, I have to say that the best tracks are not the one that is going to be a single. Where as it is good, clocking in at 10:47, it is in my opinion, not the highlight. The 2 tracks that strike me as the top tracks are September Sun (9:47) and Halloween in Heaven (4:50). The production on this album is very clean and crisp as always with plenty of Steel's 4 string bass and Silvers keys. Strangely, the drums are not very heavy. Their off beat splash cymbal that is ever so present in almost all of the last 2 albums is very thin and wispy. The drums are crisp, clean and very crisp as well as being very thin, almost to the point of understated compared to the other albums "rock drums". The most comparable album to this style is October Rust in production. October Rust is comparable by me to Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of The Moon; The pinnacle of production that a band could do.
Dead again is a good album and worthy of purchasing if you are a Type-O fan. Halloween In Heaven is a rocking track where the guitars have a strong attack with a punk influence over 130BPM. This production is more fitted to some of the earlier works, but the addition of a female vocal byTara VanFlower of Lycia adds some interesting twists to the song. Her soulful style is a stark contrast to Steel's powerful vocal style. This song gives details an afterlife in which many late Rock and Roll musicians, such as John Bonham and Bon Scott, play music in Heaven. Here are the lyrics:
The dead they got that morbid beat It goes deo deo
They dance upon decaying feet
With their black toes oh no
Heaven Limbo and Hell Purgatory oh well oh well
Halloween in Heaven It's Christmas in Hell
Halloween in Heaven Oh well oh well
The devil stole a Yule tree Decorated with souls
Jesus trick or treating As Him below
Heaven Limbo and Hell Purgatory oh well oh well
Halloween in Heaven It's Christmas in Hell
Halloween in Heaven Oh well oh well
Bonham on drums Entwistle on bass As guest morticians
Bon Scott on vox Rhoads just for kicks
On guitar Hendrix Lennon sits in
With his friend George But where is Morrison?
Of course I cried When I heard they'd died
And took a part of me Same time gave
From beyond the grave Became what was to be
Elvis ain't dead So he isn't here Party never ends
Demon roadies angel groupies Suicide losers
If only I'd known how cool death is
I'd have killed myself sooner
Of harps and choirs Pumpkin pine pyres
Flames of red and green Orange and black
Years to take me back Christmas or Halloween
Halloween in Heaven It's Christmas in Hell
Halloween in Heaven Oh well oh well
Many of the themes of this album deal with Christianity, Steel is said to have found his Christian Faith in recent interviews. September Sun's intro reminds me of G&R November Rain! The piano is the same chord progression as that song. During the song, if you listen closely, you can hear near the end, Hitler speaking. It seems that he is talking about a lost love in his past. IT has the big gothic intermissions like many of their other songs. They have a good album and these tracks could be good radio tracks if edited properly. Here are the lyrics:
September sun blowing golden hair Now keep in mind son
She was never there October's rust
Bisecting black storm clouds
Only the deaf Hear my silent shouts
Yet in the dark Still he screams your name
Nights living death With witch rhymes insane
Ten years amassed Para toda mi Vida?
Lost man in time Was his name Peter?
September sun rotted Flatbush porch
I would have run then Had I known the cost
Autumnal rays turned your eyes to stone
Did it give you pleasure To steal my soul
Leave her alone Me? – I know why
This was all written and edited using MS Word 2007 to publish this post.
