TYPE O NEGATIVE OCTOBER RUST VINYL FULL
Ten minutes of romantic darkness, one would argue that ‘Haunted’ is the best song in the whole of the band’s back catalogue.įurthermore, Steele goes full Gregorian chant when he bursts into “I hate the morning (light)”, it sounds so demonic it’s pure genius. Steele’s reverb-drenched vocals are incredible, as is the melodic bridge if Tennyson’s Lady of Shallot had a sonic representation, it would be ‘Haunted’. Doom fused with shoegaze this is the band at their ethereal peak. Starting with that high pitched synth note and then Silver’s moody piano, when the rest of the band kicks in, it’s like a slow-motion punch in the face. No discussion of October Rust would be complete without the last musical track on the record, the atmospheric closer, ‘Haunted’. This would put many off the band, but when you realise there’s a certain level of jest that comes as a prerequisite with any Type O Negative song, you realise just how brilliant they were at drawing the ire of those who were too quick to judge or those without a keen ear for black comedy. A ridiculous lyric by all accounts, it is underpinned by the faux-doom of the breakdown and is consequently one of the most subtle moments in the band’s career. The lyrical motif “I’ll do anything to make you come” is also hilariously Type O Negative. His meaty, chorus-driven bass drives the track along, instilling it with that constant push feel that it has. It’s one of the clearest examples of Steele’s penchant for fusing the anthemic with the metallic. Musically, we get one of the band’s most anthemic tracks on the record and in their back catalogue. He sings: “Around the pyre, A circle of thirteen / Throughout these woods, ecstatic screams / I look deeply into your eyes / I smell your hair, caress your thighs / Now we’ll make love by firelight”. Another production technique employed on the album is the use of very abrupt endings and segues to a few of the songs, heard on the tracks "Green Man", "Red Water", and "Haunted".The winning streak then continues track four is the upbeat anthem ‘Be My Druidess’, continuing on the band’s unwavering gothic run, Steele’s lyrics are again an expert blend of B-movie horror cheese and the velvety lust that underpins gothic literature.
Tracks 2 and 15 are humorous untitled spoken word intros and outros to the album, respectively, with the band downplaying the recording of the album. It is the first of the band's albums with a "joke intro" in this case, "Bad Ground", which is 38 seconds of low-level buzzing, meant to sound as if the listener's speakers are incorrectly plugged in. It also features a much heavier cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl." October Rust has more ballads and less of the doom metal sound of previous or subsequent albums. This is the first album with Johnny Kelly credited as the band's drummer, although programmed drums are used on the album. October Rust is the fourth studio album by Type O Negative. Anniversary Edition, Deluxe Edition, Gatefold Sleeve, Coloured Vinyl, Indie Only
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