Peter Steele, Type O Negative’s bassist and front man died of a heart failure at the age of 48 years, at 4am, 14th April 2010.  Band mate Kenney Hickey confirmed the rumors of his passing away, despite a similar rumor in 2005.  Though this time the rumors seem to be true.  Pete’s work with Type O Negative was always groundbreaking and it was also of a huge influence on other genres of doom metal.
Type O Negative is a heavy metal / doom band, and sometimes even considered to be a …

Around 6 years ago, I bought ‘The 69 Eyes’ album ‘Blessed Be’.  The only reason I bought this album, is because I noticed that they really tried hard to look like Type O Negative.  Since I had never heard them, thought it might be a good investment, which wasn’t.  From the album’s artwork, their style and image, one can clearly smell Type O wannabe!
The music, lyrics and atmosphere are nowhere near Type O’s.  Without any offense, they would have done a better job if they formed a tribute Type O …

Sounds like a funny song title, or a joke, doesn’t it?  But it isn’t. Tripping A Blind Man is the second track from Type O Negative‘s latest album Dead Again.  The lyrics of the song talk about betrayal, anger and dissapointment.
When Peter Steele (Type O Negative’s vocalist and bassist) went a little bit too out of control with substance abuse to try to compensate for his father’s death, which he admits it was a coward thing to do, his family took control of the situation to do what is ‘of …