Type O Negative – Dead Again (2007)

January 12, 2025

Dead Again is a strange one. In some respects, it shows the band coming “full circle”; at least in morphing all of their various styles and ideas over the years together, yet also shows them moving forward at the same time. Dead Again is unlike many of the Type O records before it, and is the first one since Bloody Kisses to feature non-programmed drums (and the first – and only – one to feature drummer Johnny Kelly in the band’s entire career).

The production on Dead Again is noticably different than every other release too. Yes, the absense of the drum machine and the presence of real, organic drumming marks a big shift in the sound, but the studio job is also much warmer and natural. Steele’s flanged-out, fuzzy bass still underpins everything like some sort of bizarre trademark, but typical Type O this is not.