October Rust

October Rust is the fourth studio album by Type O Negative. It was released in 1996.[3] This is the first album with Johnny Kelly credited as the band's drummer, although programmed drums are used on the album. October Rust has more ballads and less of the doom metal sound of previous or subsequent albums. It also features a much heavier cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl."

October Rust
Studio album by
Type O Negative
ReleasedAugust 20, 1996
GenreGothic metal, doom metal
Length72:49
LabelRoadrunner
ProducerJosh Silver, Peter Steele
Type O Negative chronology
Bloody Kisses
(1993)		 October Rust
(1996)		 World Coming Down
(1999)
Singles from October Rust
  1. "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend"
    Released: 1996
  2. "Love You To Death"
    Released: 1996
  3. "In Praise of Bacchus"
    Released: 1997
  4. "Cinnamon Girl"
    Released: 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune link
Chronicles of Chaos(8/10) link
Metal Storm(7.5/10) [2]

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. The second and fifteenth tracks are humorous untitled spoken word 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, heard on the tracks "Green Man", "Red Water", and "Haunted".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Steele, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
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 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
Total length:72:49

Credits

Type O Negative

Additional personnel
  • Val Ium – backing vocals (on "In Praise of Bacchus")

Production
  • Mike Marciano - recording engineer
  • George Marino - mastering
  • Sagmeister Inc. - cover art
  • Tim Fitzharris - photography
  • Joseph Cultice - photography
  • Tobias Frere Jones - typography
  • Laura Michaels - design

Charts
Chart Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 33
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] 21
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[9] 15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 46
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 26
US Billboard 200[13] 42

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[14] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Huey, Steve. October Rust - Type O Negative at AllMusic
  2. "Type O Negative - October Rust review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. Jenkins, Mark (October 25, 1996). "TYPE O: GETTING LESS NEGATIVE". The Washington Post. p. 17. Retrieved October 2, 2015. The new York quartet's sound [on their new album October Rust] now owes as much to the lush goth-rock of the Sister of Mercy as the harsh grind of bands like Carcass.
  4. "Austriancharts.at – Type O Negative – October Rust" (in German). Hung Medien.
  5. "Ultratop.be – Type O Negative – October Rust" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  6. "Dutchcharts.nl – Type O Negative – October Rust" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  7. "Type O Negative: October Rust" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  8. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  9. "Norwegiancharts.com – Type O Negative – October Rust". Hung Medien.
  10. "Swedishcharts.com – Type O Negative – October Rust". Hung Medien.
  11. "Swisscharts.com – Type O Negative – October Rust". Hung Medien.
  12. "Type O Negative | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  13. "Type O Negative Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  14. "American album certifications – Type O Negative – October Rust". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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