CoC : Type O Negative - World Coming Down : Review

Type O Negative - _World Coming Down_
(Roadrunner, 1999)
by: Adam Wasylyk (10 out of 10)

Where _October Rust_ was overly commercial and left a sour taste in my mouth, _World Coming Down_ is nearly the bipolar opposite of its predecessor. It's vastly uncommercial, crushingly heavy and totally negative. It's almost as if the band have taken on a whole new meaning -- less woman/sex-oriented, more mournful and depression saturated. Tracks like "Everyone I Love Is Dead", "Who Will Save the Sane", "World Coming Down" and "Everything Dies" demonstrate that Type O haven't gone soft on us, providing us with plenty of brooding atmospheres and agonizingly painful moments to behold. Pete Steele's vocals are still among the best I've ever heard -- painful, soulful, depressive. Josh Silver's keyboards give the album nearly all of its emotional impact, whose multi-layered characteristic allows for a listener to take away different sounds from a song with each passing listen. _World Coming Down_ flows effortlessly, moving from track to track like a story that must be told, no matter what the outcome may be. Also included is "Day Tripper", a Beatles medley done in the ol' Type O tradition -- giving it a heavier edge and making it their own. An album that won't be ignored, it's my favourite album of 1999. Hands down.

(article published 9/12/1999)

CHATS
11/18/1996	A Bromley	Type O Negative: Spreading Darkness Once Again

ALBUMS
3/8/2007	J Smit	9	Type O Negative - Dead Again
8/28/2003	Q Kalis	8	Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me
10/11/1996	A Bromley	8	Type O Negative - October Rust

GIGS
7/14/1997	A Wasylyk	Fear Factory / Type O Negative / Drain / Powerman 5000	Be Afraid, Be Very Very Afraid
10/11/1996	A Bromley	Type O Negative / Life of Agony / Manhole	A Night of Negativity