We don't know anything about what's gonna happen, but we've chosen to embrace the fact that sooner or later, we're all gone die. On 'Everything Dies', Peter Steele ponders over his dead relatives and how eventually the rest of them, as well as his girl and everybody else must die. What might happen is also the overall theme of the album, namely death. We've all been heavily into chemical abuse and the tracks illustrate what might happen if things don't change. Those are kind of worst-case scenarios for the members of the band. Sounds of drinking, snorting and ambulance sirens hint at a night out gone bad, very bad. Three tracks - 'Sinus', 'Liver' and 'Lung' - interspersed through the record - are made up entirely of atmospheric (and quite frightening) soundscapes created by Josh. The sound is raw and hard compared to the more trippy 'October Rust'. 'World Coming Down' is an upfront and honest record, and Josh has produced it accordingly.

I don't do shit like that, I like being in the studio making music. People don't wanna know that you are having a bad time they want to hear that you party every night and have lots of girls. Rock is a very bullshit sort of music, you know. Most bands write bullshit records and bullshit you in interviews. This, according to Josh, excludes quite a number of musicians from the art arena. But it's what we were feeling at the time, and I believe art should reflect feelings. I guess you wouldn't play 'World Coming Down' when your family is coming over for Christmas. Our records reflect what we've been through, and it may not be very cheery. With an album called 'World Coming Down' telling dark stories about substance abuse and loved ones dying on you out on the shelves, things look more gloomy than ever. There isn't a lot of sunshine going on in the lives of the members of Type O Negative. McDonald's is like nine dollars and McDonald's sucks! I couldn't afford to live here, says keyboardist and producer Josh Silver. I haven't got any Swedish money, so I guess I'm not going to eat anything today, he mutters.

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