October Rust
Studio album by
Type O Negative
ReleasedAugust 20, 1996
Genre
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[3]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Chronicles of Chaos8/10[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[5]
Metal Storm7.5/10[6]

October Rust is the fourth studio album by Type O Negative. It was released in 1996.[7] 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 very heavy cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl".

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 one or more audio leads is incorrectly plugged into the input jacks of an amplifier. 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. 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

Production

Reception

October Rust was well received by critics. In 2017, former Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward ranked October Rust as one of his favorite Metal albums of all time.[8]

Charts

Chart (1996–21) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 33
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 21
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 5
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[14] 13
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 46
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 26
US Billboard 200[19] 42

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[20] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "'Bloody Kisses': 10 Things You Didn't Know Type O Negative's Masterpiece". Revolver. August 16, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Golemis, Dean (September 19, 1996). "Type O NegativeOctober Rust (Roadrunner) (star) (star)..." Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  3. ^ Huey, Steve. "Type O Negative - October Rust Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  4. ^ Bromley, Adrian (October 11, 1996). "Type O Negative - October Rust : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  6. ^ "Type O Negative - October Rust review". Metal Storm. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  7. ^ Jenkins, Mark (October 25, 1996). "TYPE O: GETTING LESS NEGATIVE". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  8. ^ Shteamer, Hank (July 12, 2017). "Black Sabbath's Bill Ward: My 10 Favorite Metal Albums". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Type O Negative – October Rust" (in German). Hung Medien.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Type O Negative – October Rust" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  11. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Type O Negative – October Rust" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  12. ^ "Type O Negative: October Rust" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  13. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  14. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2021. 44. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
  15. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Type O Negative – October Rust". Hung Medien.
  16. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Type O Negative – October Rust". Hung Medien.
  17. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Type O Negative – October Rust". Hung Medien.
  18. ^ "Type O Negative | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  19. ^ "Type O Negative Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  20. ^ "American album certifications – Type O Negative – October Rust". Recording Industry Association of America.
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