Kenny Hickey: Type O Negative is ‘in the Mixing Process’ for a New Live Album

Though they may not have played a show in 16 years, some of the surviving members of long-dead gothic metal band Type O Negative are working on the release of a new live album. And though the band officially split up after the untimely death of frontman Peter Steele in 2010, this isn’t the first rumblings of something happening within that camp.

Still, according to an interview between former Type O Negative guitarist Kenny Hickey and Scott Penfold of Loaded Radio, a full length concert recording is currently being worked on for the officail release of the album.

“We’re actually working on a live album right now. Yeah, we’re in the mixing process… So I’m excited about that. [We’re] working on the artwork now.”

Though some studio magic will likely be needed for the release, Hickey clarified that it wouldn’t be similar to a Kiss Alive situation where things were re-recorded and tightened up in studio. And even though there was a chance that some play may have been hindered by how drunk everyone was, he said that sort of extensive in-studio work wasn’t necessary because “you don’t have to do that any more. We got technology now.”

This news comes just a few days after Hickey spoke about the possibility of a reunion show. In the interview, he made it sound like he could see it happening, especially as promoters get more and more desparate and the asking cost goes higher and higher.

“A lot of people are approaching us. There are a lot of agents contacting us. There’s money in it, so the more the value goes up, the more they’re gonna hound us.”

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