agreed to pose for unaware that women made up only a minority of the readership. The album's title track further references Steele's father's death, while "Nettie" was written about his mother. Musical style AllMusic wrote "guitarist Kenny Hickey's passages have grown increasingly melodic, and the keys of Josh Silver possess a timeless melancholy" despite "how bleak or odd the lyrical proceedings get". Loudwire described it as "the most uplifting sounding album of their career". Release Life Is Killing Me 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. The album was officially released on June 17, 2003, on CD as well as cassette in some regions. In Europe, the album was also released with a bonus CD. The album reached No. 39 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The album was favorably received by music critics. Exclaim! wrote "Life Is Killing Me pays tongue-in-cheek homage to the world and the women that have screwed Steele over so badly. But musically, the disc is pure pop-rock bliss." "(We Were) Electrocute" was featured on the soundtrack to the 2003 horror film Freddy vs. Jason. Legacy "I Don't Wanna Be Me" was covered by European death metal band Meridian Dawn for their debut 2014 release The Mixtape. The song was later covered by Trivium. The opening two seconds of guitar feedback and drum startup on "I Don't Wanna Be Me" is sampled and heard frequently on the Liberty Rock Radio station in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. Track listing Credits Type O Negative Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass guitar, additional electric guitar and keyboards Kenny Hickey – backing vocals, co-lead vocals (on "...A Dish Best Served Coldly", "How Could She?" and "Angry Inch"), electric guitar Josh Silver – backing vocals, keyboards, sound effects, drum programming Johnny Kelly – backing vocals, drums, percussion Additional personnel The Bensonhoist Lesbian Choir (actually the band members themselves) – backing vocals Paul Bento – sitar (on "Less Than Zero (<0)"), tamboura, drum machine (on "Less Than Zero (<0)", "Electrocute (We Were)" and "Anesthesia"), lead guitar (on "How Could She?") Pandit Kinnar K. Seen – tabla (on "Less Than Zero (<0)") Sal Abruscato – backing vocals (on "I Like Goils") Technical personnel Mike Marciano – engineering, mixing George Marino – mastering Rebecca Waterfall –