October Rust by Type O Negative

Pros: A strange, exciting blend of all that is romantic, hilarious, and depressing.
Cons: None.

My original plan was to review October Rust in October. More specifically, I wanted to post a review of October Rust on Halloween day. Obviously, I'm a procrastinator. Seriously, though, no band is better for Halloween than Type O ...

Pros: Exceptional look into the world of love, lust, death and darkness.
Cons: May be too dark for some people...

Type O Negative's Bloody Kisses touched a part of me that I chose to ignore for a very long time. It slithered into my life like a serpent in the night, washing over me like a cold ocean wave… ... it gripped me with such a force that I was ...

Pros: A Gothic Romantic Soundtrack
Cons: none

Type O Negative's third album 1996's October Rust is their most successful album to date. Improving on the musical template of it's predecessor Bloody Kisses, October Rust sees Type O not only going into their old bag of Sabbath-cum Beatles tricks but it ...

Pros: From the first piano note to the production in the dense sound- a masterpiece!
Cons: Once in a full moon does a record of such caliber appear...

This is (in my honest opinion) not only Type O's greatest offering, but also one of the top 20 albums in existence! 'Bloody Kisses' was good- but not quite as beautiful.

Peter Steele and Co. have crafted melodies so haunting, so beautiful that...

Pros: The songs, the vocals, "soundscapes" from keyboards, and the artwork.
Cons: Some people don't like singers with baritone vocals. They think Pete's trying to be scary.

This is my most favorite album by Type O Negative, by far.
The album opens up with a fun little prank courtesy of the boys in Type O, it's a recording of roughly 35 seconds of a bad ground hum immediately followed by the band members: Johnny...

Pros: A terrific goth metal record from top to bottom.
Cons: some people think these songs are too slow.

"Functional Art Is Simply Tolerated Vandalism...We Are The Vandals"

Those are the words on the inside of the liner notes to Type O Negative's 1996 RoadRunner Records release, "October Rust"....

Pros: A metal band that sings about love... and makes it cool!
Cons: Heh, some might be "disturbed" by this album's sexual imagery.

In my mind, Type O Negative stands alone in the world of music. I somehow feel the term "metal" isn't always really fitting. Perhaps the lyrics? Sure, you're got the typical self-loathing of any self-respecting black/gothic metal band, but the concept...

Pros: as always great songwriting and playing
Cons: somber ovetones

October Rust, Type O Negatives fourth release on Roadrunner Records is a continuation of their transformation from angry, mean spirited, venom filled misanthropic heavy metal to depression filled, lovelorn & gloomy “Goth-pop”. While October Rust is...

Pros: So much mood, great songs, great musicianship -- "Wolf Moon"
Cons: I heard their follow up to this didn't live up to its standard.

This is by far the best Type O Negative album ever, which is an opinion I have never seemed to have been in the majority of. But personally, I think the feel, music and overall, well mood are this are just so damn cool!

Many people will say...

Pros: Interesting creation of "Pop-Goth"... Remake of "Cinnamon Girl" pretty cool.
Cons: Most other songs are forgettable.

Maybe it was success, maybe it was the criticism. Who really knows, but for some reason, Type O Negative decided to exercise their strange sense of humor with the release of 1996's October Rust, the follow up to their commercially successful Bloody...

Pros: Absolutely beautiful
Cons: There ARE none.

Here it is: the album that will pull that gun out of your mouth and hide the bottle of sleeping pills you were planning to eat tonight. Throw away that suicide note and put on your headphones, because this album is beautiful, raucous, serene, and...

Pros: great voice, dark guitars, amazing lyrics
Cons: very addictive! (if u can call it a con)

This album is amazing.That would be my first comment.The whole album consists of stylistically pagan deep songs in which truly grab your attention.I was introduced to Type O Negative through a friend, in which I had only heard OF them and not their...

Pros: great instrumentation, cool, deep lyrics
Cons: -

Because Type O Negative's 1996 album is definitely essential to any goth rock fan. Of course, this review is coming from a goth rock fan, so I don't have anything to say to dis the band.

For some reason, I find the vocals and...

Pros: Great cd. Very romantic, beautiful and just stunning.
Cons: Cover of "Cinammon Girl" is pretty bad.

Type O Negative's fourth album shows more than ever that these four can combine depressingly romantic lyrics with deep, bassy music with very few flaws. The cd opens with silence, followed with the band thanking the audience for picking up the album....

Pros: Seductively dark, truly a fine example of the macabre.
Cons: none

This albumn is my favorite of Type O Negative's works. The remake of Cinnamon Girl is absolutely wonderful and even flows into the general feel that pervades most of their music. From the opening static to the thanks at the end this albumn tops my...