2026 Anniversary Series 098: Type O Negative – October Rust

Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 20th August 1996 It is always fascinating to listen to records from twenty, thirty, forty years ago and still find them to feel utterly different from anything you can listen to today, and Type O Negative could be one of the most obvious examples of that theory. Their gloomy, sardonic gothic doom has rarely been imitated even if a lot of the little bits and pieces of their sound have been appropriated by so many bands over the years, but no one has really sounded like them. Probably for the best, because why fuck with perfection eh? Well, this year marks the thirtieth anniversary of their masterpiece and an album a number of people I know and trust believe is their finest work, ‘October Rust’, an album that probably showcases why Type O Negative remains oddly peerless to this day. If ‘Bloody Kisses’ had given us the establishing concepts of just what Type O Negative were capable of, both musically and inspirationally, their darkly gothic satire of…

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