Type O Negative "Life Is Killing Me"

Life is Killing Me is the sixth studio album by gothic metal band Type O Negative.

There are no "soundscape" tracks on Life is Killing Me, but there is a brief instrumental track titled "Drunk in Paris" as well as a soundscape that, while being part of the track "I Don't Wanna Be Me" is musically different. There are two tracks on the album about Steele's parents: "Todd's Ship Gods (Above All Things)" is named after the shipyard his father worked in, while "Nettie" is named after his mother. The album features a cover of the song "Angry Inch" from the off-Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The album also contains a cover of the interstitial music from television's The Munsters, titled "Thir13teen". The acronym in the title of "IYDKMIGTHTKY (Gimme That)" stands for "If You Don't Kill Me I'm Going To Have To Kill You", which is the most repeated phrase in the song, other than "Gimme That".

The song "How Could She?" references a large number of female television characters: Wilma Flintstone, Marcia Brady, Alice Kramden, Gladys Kravitz, Laverne and Shirley, Jeannie, Morticia Addams, Aunt Esther, Sweet Polly Purebred, Natasha, Mrs. MacGillicuddy, Ginger, Mary Anne, Mrs. Howell, Samantha Stephens, Lieutenant Uhura, Judy Jetson, Olive Oyl, Ethel Mertz, Edith Bunker, Marilyn Munster, Rhoda, Penny Robinson, Chrissy Snow, Catwoman, Creepella, Weezie Jefferson, Betty Rubble, Little Cindy Who, Penelope Pitstop, Lois Lane, Vanna White, Wonder Woman, Elly May, Maude and Witchiepoo.

The inside spine under the CD tray bears the message "Type O Negative is a non-prophet organization".

The album was leaked onto the Internet before release, upsetting keyboard player Josh Silver to the point that he released a message online complaining that the leak essentially took revenue from the band.

Vocalist and bassist Peter Steele used a custom Fernandes Tremor 4-string bass for the recording of the album, an instrument which was built to his exact specifications under his sponsorship with the company. Although Fernandes granted his design wishes regarding the exclusive electronics and hardware, the unique color of green mixed specifically for Steele was, in his words after he received two of the three duplicate bass guitars made for him, "completely wrong" compared to the shade of "Vinland Green" he had asked for and had described to the builders.

This is the last album by the band to make use of programmed drums, which had previously been used on October Rust and World Coming Down. Studio drums would be used on 2007's Dead Again.

The album was originally titled "The Dream Is Dead" after the name of the closing song. This led some fans to believe that the band was retiring or breaking up, which proved untrue. So, they changed the name to "Life Is Killing Me".

According to liner notes, "Thir13teen" is pastime music from The Munsters TV show, composed by Jack Marshall, published by Universal Songs Inc. (ASCAP)

Recorded and Mixed at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY. 

Additional Recording and Mixing at Systems Two. 

Additional Recording at Sty in the Sky, Brooklyn, NY. 

Additional Recording at Toben Project Studio, Brooklyn, NY. 

Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY