October Rust

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  • Artist: Type O Negative
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: August 20, 1996
  • Total Time: 72:49
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Peter Steele predicted that the follow-up to Bloody Kisses would accentuate Type O Negative's melodic side, specifically for the purpose of making money. Steele's attempt at "pop-goth" actually works well for a while; his cynical take on goth-rock's typical subject matter is in full swing over the first half of October Rust, and the band gleefully wallows in its stated commercialism by personally thanking the listener for purchasing the album at its start and finish...October Rust comes off as a promising concept and a nice try... ~ Steve Huey, Rovi

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October Rust
Studio album by Type O Negative
Released August 20, 1996
Genre Gothic metal, doom metal, gothic rock.
Length 72:52
Label Roadrunner
Producer Josh Silver, Peter Steele
Type O Negative chronology
Bloody Kisses
(1993)
October Rust
(1996)
World Coming Down
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [1]

October Rust is the fourth album by Type O Negative. It was released in 1996, and has a more gothic rock feel than earlier albums. This is the first album to feature Johnny Kelly credited as the band's drummer, though in a 2007 interview with Dave Manack for dreadcentral.com keyboardist and co-producer, Josh Silver confessed that all the drum parts on "October Rust" and the band's two subsequent studio albums (World Coming Down and Life is Killing Me) were programmed. October Rust has more ballads and less of the punk/metal sound of previous or subsequent albums. It also features a (much heavier) cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl."

It is the second of their albums to introduce the "joke intro"; in this case, the intro, "Bad Ground", is 38 seconds of low-level buzzing, meant to sound as if the listener's speakers are incorrectly plugged in. The second and fifteenth tracks are humorous untitled intros and outros to the album, respectively, with the band downplaying the recording of the album. Another production technique employed on the album is the use of very abrupt endings/segues to a few of the songs, like "Green Man", "Red Water", and "Haunted".

"October Rust" sees the band use a drum machine for the first time, although Johnny Kelly is still credited as drummer. Studio drums would not reappear until 2007's Dead Again.[2]

The third track "Love You to Death" was covered by Polish gothic/progressive metal band Moonlight.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Steele except where noted.

  1. "Bad Ground" – 0:38
  2. (Untitled) - 0:21
  3. "Love You to Death" - 7:08
  4. "Be My Druidess" - 5:25
  5. "Green Man" - 5:47
  6. "Red Water (Christmas Mourning)" - 6:48
  7. "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" - 3:46
  8. "Die With Me" - 7:12
  9. "Burnt Flowers Fallen" - 6:09
  10. "In Praise of Bacchus" - 7:36
  11. "Cinnamon Girl" (Neil Young) - 4:00
  12. "The Glorious Liberation of the People's Technocratic Republic of Vinnland by the Combined Forces of the United Territories of Europa" - 1:07
  13. "Wolf Moon (Including Zoanthropic Paranoia)" - 6:37
  14. "Haunted" - 10:07
  15. (Untitled) - 0:08

Credits

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1996 The Billboard 200 42
Norwegian Record Charts 15
Finland's Official List 7[3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r239294
  2. ^ "Type O Negative Remember Dimebag Darrell On 'Positive' New LP." Chris Harris. Feb 28 2007.
  3. ^ "Finnish TOP40 Chart: Type O Negative - October Rust" (in Finnish). http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/type+o+negative/october+rust. 

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