I can go on on how this album came to be and what may have influenced it, but I’d rather look into the album itself and what makes it truly special. To his work in his band Carnivore to creating Type O’s early albums which have far less gothic tinge and far more brutality and anger brought upon the sounds Peter managed to evoke, slowly progressed into the core album that defines Type O Negative’s spirit for me - October Rust. It might be my personal least favorite TøN album, but that doesn't mean that it's shit, it's just not really an opus I thoroughly love and cherish like others do.Īll of Peter Steele’s experiences led up to this. I guess October Rust just wasn't really made for me, and that's okay. Aside from a few laughably bad lyrics like the cringe-inducing "I'll do anything to make you cum" from Be My Druidess (I audibly cackled when I heard this), and the ultra repetitive lines from songs like Burnt Flowers Fallen, Peter delivers some very pretty and poetic lines throughout this album.
This is a very beautiful album, the production is rich as hell, and under certain circumstances, I could really vibe out to it for the whole hour+ it lasts.
Maybe I'm the idiot, maybe I'm just too dumb to get it or something, but I don't really understand how this album is better than its direct successor, or even its flawed but enjoyable predecessor.ĭespite my personal distaste for it, I'm still going to give it a 69. I really wanted to have that "eureka" moment where it jumps out at me as to why it's so fucking great, but that just never happened. I listened at different times, in different moods, but it just kinda never grew on me. (Drawn out, stale gothic doom with a lot of ambient elements). Outside of a few really cool moments like the Neil Young cover and Love You To Death, October Rust just goes on for way too long, doing the same type of thing over and over again. It's lacking in hooks, It's lacking in dynamism (the music and Peter both never get angry or intense at all), and mostly just plays like a lazy, lifeless, empty version of Type O Negative. But at the end of the day, that's really all it has. It's the type of album you could get really high or drunk to and vibe with its swirly textures and ambience. I will give it some credit, it is a very beautifully made album. Some of the songs even just abruptly cut off, only for a new one to start, like they didn't even bother writing an ending at all. I'm constantly left wanting after tracks on here end, almost as if they're all super long and drawn out crescendos with no climax. The difference is that I still find merit in California because a sizable portion of it consists of Bungley bangers, whereas October Rust, to me, just plods along and never delivers the goods. really? THAT'S the best one? It's an apt comparison because October Rust is a bit of a softer, easier listen than other TøN albums, just like how California is softer and easier than the other Bungle albums. Everyone says that album is "Bungle's masterpiece" and whatnot, and I'm just sitting here like.
I don't really know, actually! This dissonance between mine and the majority opinion also happened to me with Mr. October Rust is an album which is lauded pretty much across the board by everyone I know who likes TøN. These two albums are my favorite because they're both dynamic and interesting listens which cycle through a bunch of different movements and moods in a very satisfying way. I love how all over the place Slow, Deep, and Hard is, as well as the various different types of somber moods tackled on World Coming Down. I like Type O Negative, especially their debut and World Coming Down, which both reveal frontman Peter Steele's most fractured and vulnerable sides.
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