This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
When Peter Steele roared, “I know you’re f—ing someone else!” at an unfaithful lover on his Noo Yawk goth-metal outfit Type O Negative’s 1991 debut Slow, Deep And Hard, the sheer intensity of his white-hot anger was riveting — and frankly, more than a little scary.
But even musclebound, undead vampires like Steele mellow with age, it seems. World Coming Down, Type O’s latest release, is less driven by hatred than by sorrow, as Steele laments lost loves, lost friends and lost minds — along with a hefty dose of self-loathing tossed in for old times’ sake. Don’t be fooled into thinking Pete’s wimped out, however; wave after wave of churning guitars, recycled Black Sabbath sludge-riffs, Steele’s Bela Lugosi vocals and lyrics such as “with every breath, I pray for death” keep World Coming Down as creepy, dark and twisted as the road to Vlad’s castle.
