Vinyl Record

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses on 2LP vinyl. A 1993 Metal record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

2LP · Metal · 1993

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1993 2LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection Metal shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Bloody Kisses is Type O Negative making gothic metal seductive, ridiculous, wounded and enormous all at the same time. Released in 1993, the band's third album turns Brooklyn doom, black comedy and romantic decay into a sound that feels less like a genre exercise than a whole climate system. Christian Woman and Black No. 1 are the obvious monoliths, stretching desire, blasphemy, hair dye, satire and longing across slow riffs and Peter Steele's cavern-deep voice. But the album's personality is broader than its two great calling cards: Summer Breeze twists soft-rock familiarity into cemetery perfume, Kill All the White People and We Hate Everyone keep the hardcore sarcasm close, and the title track pulls the record toward actual grief. Bloody Kisses works because it never chooses between sincerity and mockery. Its darkness is funny, its jokes are bleak, and its romance sounds as if the candles have already burned down.

Bloody Kisses matters because it gave 1990s gothic metal one of its signature crossover texts. The album helped Type O Negative move from underground provocation to wider recognition, showing that doom-weight riffs, theatrical humour and pop-shaped hooks could occupy the same haunted room.

For collectors, this is the central Type O Negative title: the album where Christian Woman, Black No. 1 and Summer Breeze define the band's public mythology. It belongs beside major 1990s metal records because its heaviness is inseparable from character, wit and atmosphere.

Gothic doom metal with slow-motion riffs, deep baritone vocals, organ shadows, black humour, erotic melodrama, hardcore interruptions, melodic choruses and a cold romantic haze.

Recommended for: Collectors building a core 1990s gothic metal shelf; Fans of Christian Woman, Black No. 1 and Peter Steele's baritone; Listeners who like heavy records with satire, gloom and huge hooks.

When was Bloody Kisses released? Bloody Kisses was released in 1993 as Type O Negative's third studio album. What are the key tracks on Bloody Kisses? Christian Woman, Black No. 1, Summer Breeze and the title track are the main entry points into the album's heavy, gothic and darkly comic world. Why is Bloody Kisses considered a landmark? It made Type O Negative's mix of doom metal, goth atmosphere, pop melody and black humour feel fully formed and widely influential.