Vocally his strength is being able to mimic Peter Steele's phrasing, allowing his voice to fall on the intervals Steele would have chosen. But where he falls short is his inability to belt out of his chest voice to emote like Steele. He also does not drop that far down into the lower more vampiric range Steele was known for. There is a little more originality on "LATW2TG". He does make more of an attempt to capture Steele's higher belt on this one it feels like he tried to cram every idea from "World Coming Down" into this song. At almost eight minutes, he does capture the spirit of Type O, in how they wrote long almost progressive epics that sprawled out.
The lead single "They Look Like Shadows" at least makes more of an attempt to do its own thing and dials the Type O tribute back to a more respectable level. Then they dial it back up for "She's Drowning" as he emulates their use of harmonies on this one. This might as well have been a cover of "Blood & Fire" "Promethean Gift" is the last song which is over nine minutes long. There is less of a direct narrowing from a particular song, rather he plays of the tropes Steele dealt in. There is less of a goth mood to these songs than what the band actually did. Granted when trying to imitate someone they just go for the easiest elements Garett can capture. But a band like Type O is hard as they covered a wide range from more punk songs, to growing Sisters of Mercy moments that were still plugged into 60s psychedelic. This tribute is just stocking to the broad strokes. I will give this an 8.5, due to the lack of originality, I already own the Type O albums , why listen to some one imitate them ? Out on 20 Buck Spin.
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