Type O Negative

The tree in the photo above was planted on Monday, November 21 in the name of the late Peter Steele, former frontman for Carnivore and Type O Negative and former employee of the New York City Parks Department. Said former Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly, "[The oak tree planting is] something that's been a long time in the making. A lot of fans took it upon themselves to do something special for Peter.

Earlier this month, we went back through our history and put together a look at the classic live albums we've released over the years, including titles by Slipknot, Machine Head, Opeth, Sepultura, Type O Negative (well, sorta) and many more. Now we want to know which of these is your favorite.

Story by Leonard Pierce Live albums can be a tricky proposition. The worst of them are cheap cash-ins, inessential releases for collectors only; but at their best, they come close to replicating the unforgettable atmosphere of actually being there when a great band hits a groove in front of an energetic and responsive audience.

With Halloween coming up on Monday, and a deluxe vinyl boxed set of all their Roadrunner albums coming to independent record stores November 25, we thought we'd ask you what you think of Type O Negative. For those who aren't familiar with the group's body of work, here's a brief rundown: they emerged at the dawn of the '90s, combining the grinding thrash of late frontman Pete Steele's previous band, Carnivore, with a seemingly bottomless well of doom riffs and a surprising gift for haunting melodies. The roaring sludge of their earliest albums, Slow, Deep and Hard and The Origin of the Feces, was gradually bolstered on Bloody Kisses, October Rust, World Coming Down and Life is Killing Me with ever-increasing doses of melody, Goth gloom and crushingly heavy guitar.

Roadrunner Records will release a special Type O Negative vinyl box set exclusively via independent retailers on Black Friday, which lands on November 25 this year. As the first band to achieve platinum status on the Roadrunner roster, Type O Negative didn't rewrite the rules. They simply tore the rule book up, burned what was left of it and did whatever the hell they wanted with the smoldering ash.

The online music-streaming service Spotify recently launched in the US, and while it's presently invite-only, it's pretty easy to get signed up if you want to - and you should. There are three tiers: you can listen to music for free, with commercial interruptions every two or three songs; you can pay $5 a month and hear no commercials; or you can pay $10 a month and get commercial-free music that you can also stream to your phone or iPod.

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