'The Origin of the Feces' features a decent quality sound production, and while it´s not the most interesting release by Type O Negative, it´s still a quality release which is a greatly entertaining listen. Other than that the biggest changes involve changing some words, choir arrangements, and at one point singing in a British accent. They have been re-arranged here, and some of them are considerably shorter than the originals. 'Are You Afraid' is a short, dark, and goth tinged track, which points forward to the sound Type O Negative would bring to the table on 'Bloody Kisses (1993)', while the material off 'Slow, Deep and Hard (1991)' are unconventional doom/hardcore tracks. So while it´s still obvious that it´s 'Paranoid' being covered, Type O Negative succeed in doing what any artist who covers another should aspire to, which is making another artist´s song their own. The pace is much slower than the original, and they incorporate the main riff from 'Iron Man' too. Type O Negative put their own spin on 'Paranoid' and make the song their own. Reissues of 'The Origin of the Feces' feature a different cover artwork (a black and green portrait of 1493 painting 'The Dance of Death' by Michael Wolgemut) and a cover of 'Paranoid' by Black Sabbath in a regular studio recording. In addition to those tracks the album also features a cover of Billy Roberts' 'Hey Joe' (titled 'Hey Pete' here) and the Type O Negative original 'Are You Afraid', which is exclusive to 'The Origin of the Feces' (the song never saw a regular studio version release). The original version of 'The Origin of the Feces' (which featured a cover artwork with a picture of Steele´s anus) predominantly features re-arranged versions of tracks from 'Slow, Deep and Hard (1991)', where the titles of the tracks have been altered. All manufactured for the entertainment of the listener, and it works. In typical sarcastic fashion, frontman Peter Steele even has arguments with the fake audience (who screams back at him 'You Suck') and suddenly the concert stops in the middle of the album because a bomb threat is called in. Although 'The Origin of the Feces' is credited as a live release, it´s actually a live in the studio recording with added crowd noises. It´s a bit unusual (although it´s been done before by other artists), to release a live album, when you only have one studio album out, but Type O Negative were never the band to do things in a conventional way. It bridges the gap between the band´s debut full-length studio album 'Slow, Deep and Hard' from 1991 and their sophomore full-length studio album 'Bloody Kisses' from 1993. The album was released through Roadrunner Records in May 1992. 'The Origin of the Feces' is a live album release by US, New York based heavy/doom/goth metal act Type O Negative. It’s just a band that doesn’t sit well with me. The gothic guitar melodies and echo effects are usually quite nice, and Peter sounds good for the most part, but he still falls into parody territory too often. Far too often, these songs are overlong and filled with all the annoying tropes of the band I mentioned before. Red Water is great, even, with some actually melancholic and doomy atmosphere. Anyway, as for this album… Most of the music is pretty good. The joke interludes found on many of their albums send a pretty clear message they don’t really take anything too seriously. It’s like if gym jocks tried making Gothic Metal. Most of their songs are filled with tongue in cheek humor, sarcasm, overly vulgar sexuality, and Peter Steele’s ever so annoying “sensual tough guy” persona. Type O Negative, rather than representing these traits, are more so a parody of them. The thing about these genres is that they are known for being moody, melancholic, sombre, etc. Doom and Gothic Metal are some of my favorite genres, and Type O Negative practically invented the later (despite what people say, I am firmly of the opinion they have NEVER played the former). My relationship with Type O Negative has always been troubled.

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