October Rust

October Rust
4th album by Type O Negative
Released	August 20, 1996
Label	Roadrunner
Tracks	15
Duration	72:58
Genre(s)	Gothic metal, power synth, gothic pop
Produced by	Josh Silver, Peter Steele
Singles	4

October Rust is the fourth album by Type O Negative, released on August 20, 1996. This is the first album with Johnny Kelly credited as the band's drummer who took over the duty left by the departed member Sal Abruscato.

October Rust is certified gold by the RIAA.

Album contents

October Rust has the most ballads and least doomy of any Type O album. It is melodic and has sludgy guitars, piano, synthesizers, and programmed drums. It is the first of the band's albums with a "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 and segues to a few of the songs, like "Green Man", "Red Water" and "Haunted". "Cinnamon Girl" is a much heavier cover of Neil Young's song of the same name.

The lyrics on this album are mainly about love and death.

Tracklist

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" – 5:48
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 cover) – 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

Reviews

• BigHans of Sputnikmusic (5/5) – "A haunting, melodic, somber, gorgeous opus from a group that severely overachieved on this album."

• AllMusic (4/5)
• The AV Club
• Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Metal Reviews (classic)
• Metal Storm (7.5/10)
• Ultimate-Guitar.com (8.9/10)
• YouTube

Personnel

Band performers

• Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass
• Kenny Hickey – guitar, acoustic guitar on "Die with Me", backing vocals
• Josh Silver – keyboards, piano, synths, effects, backing vocals
• Johnny Kelly – drums, drum programming, percussions, backing vocals

Additional performers

• Val Ium – vocals on "In Praise of Bacchus"