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ROADRUNNER RECORDS & MUSIC PUBLISHING CO INC
225 LAFAYETTE STREET
SUITE 709
NEW YORK, NY 10012
TELEPHONE: (212)219-0077
FAX: (212)219-0301

TYPE O NEGATIVE

Peter - Vocals/bass
Kenny - guitar
Sal - drums
Josh - keyboards

"But my heart's longing was for Death and Night and Blood..."
-Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima, 21 years before he committed ritual suicide

THE PAST

Led by Peter Steele, New York's Type O Negative arose from the ashes of the legendary apocalyptic barbarians Carnivore. Inn the wake of their first LP Slow, Deep and Hard, Type O Negative was simultaneously critically acclaimed and reviled. Despite Steele's continuing controversies, many may be alienated or unable to grasp the current universe of sadness and pain that has matured out of Carnivore's primal scream.

THE PRESENT

With Bloody Kisses, Type O Negative have finally produced an album which truly reflects the soul of the band in its dark mirror of sound. In contrast with the first T.O.N. album, Bloody Kisses is "based more on sadness and loneliness, whereas the first album was based on anger," states Steele. Myriad levels of songwriting and lyrical inspiration have found their fullest expression to date on the new LP, which is realms beyond both Slow, Deep and Hard and 1992's "live" E.P. Origin of the Feces. Weaving through an array of styles, Bloody Kisses is held together by an ominous, heavy, psychedelic force. Try picturing the Beatles reanimated as Black Sabbath with Lurch on vocals...at every step of the way, the album confounds previous conceptions and expectations.

THE SONGS

Soundscapes of pain and destruction bridge the gaps between many of the tracks, making the whole album a total experience, rather than just a collection of songs. In keyboarist and co-producer Josh Silver's words, these interludes are "nightmarish - like bad acid trips."

Machine Screw. After being violated with a soundtrack of mechanized coitus, some may thing they have the ultimate confirmation for their visions of T.O.N. as a misogynist vehicle of masculine oppression. But as usual, things aren't quite that simple...

Christian Woman. Takes the listener down into the dank catacombs of sexual repression and releae, the real legacy of the Catholic Church and its teachings. In the chorus Steele's basso profundo voice reaches its most extreme depth, and the blasphemy attains its zenith with the declaration "Jesus Christ looks like me" - Steele's correction to people who use to tell him that his appearance resembled that of the Savior.

Black No One. Should confirm the notion that T.O.N. are now courting favor with the alternative scene, at the same time detailing one of Peter Steele's stranger relationships: "I was once involved with this gothic girl, who was very obsessed with herself, to the extent that one time she asked me to fuck her while holding a mirror over my face, so she could fantasize about having sex with herself."

Kill All the White People. Allegations of racism, fascism, and any number of other "isms" have swirled around T.O.N. since day one. What their accusers will say to this new anthem should provide for entertaining reading.

Summer Girl. Here the erotic-macabre thrust of Bloody Kisses consummates itself in a gloomy pagan lust song both foreboding and intoxicating. Seals and Crofts surely had no idea what sort of demon child they were giving birth to when they wrote "Summer Breeze". With the Sixties pop reverie of Sets Me On Fire at its climax, the sexual immolation is complete.

We Hate Everyone. The experience of an aborted European tour in 1991, where Type O Negative met with violent opposition and a string of cancelled shows due to their rumored fascist ideology, left its mark on the band's consciousness. But no one has yet been able to answer T.O.N.'s ultimate question: "How can you possibly be a racist when you hate everybody equally?" Their own conclusion: "Sh*t comes in all colors."

Bloody Kisses. The album's title track portrays a scenario of total loss and loneliness, symbolized by the act of suicide and its excruciating consequences. Type O Negative's modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet. With my blood, I'll find your love...

Too Late: Frozen. A mind-warping ride through Steele's unforgiving conscience. "People do the most horrible things and then say they're sorry, as if that's going to wipe the slate clean. But I'm no Christian and I will never turn the other cheek. I will never forgive and I'll never forget."