October Rust comes off as a promising concept and a nice try, but lacks the consistency to fully realize the band's potential.
This album released in AUGUST and is called OCTOBER rust
Actual false advertising, I will be suing Peter Steele
Probably one of the most dreamy and psychedelic metal albums I’ve ever heard, and that’s certainly a compliment. I’m not super into metal, I haven’t hated much but I’ve never really felt all that enticed into listening besides TOOL and some blackgaze, but based on the genres, this sounded like exactly my type of metal. I just gotta say, this thing is atmospheric as FUCK, and that’s amazing. Peter Griffin or whatever the fuck his name was has a really ... read more
If 'Bloody Kisses' was the start of something instantly captivating, 'October Rust' is dreamy, heavy perfection. Few albums could taut a soundscape this woozy and mystical while being rooted in metal's intrinsic heaviness -- and to that point, Peter Steele's vocals are absolutely astonishing as well.
If you like The Cure and you like Deftones, go listen to this. Mind-blowing stuff.
The sultry vibes contrasting with the harsher metal elements was really cool to hear first listen.
| 1 | Bad Ground 0:38 | 55 |
| 2 | [untitled] 0:21 | 60 |
| 3 | Love You to Death 7:08 | 96 |
| 4 | Be My Druidess 5:25 | 91 |
| 5 | Green Man 5:47 | 87 |
| 6 | Red Water (Christmas Mourning) 6:48 | 91 |
| 7 | My Girlfriend's Girlfriend 3:46 | 89 |
| 8 | Die With Me 7:12 | 87 |
| 9 | Burnt Flowers Fallen 6:09 | 87 |
| 10 | In Praise of Bacchus 7:36 | 90 |
| 11 | Cinnamon Girl 4:00 | 88 |
| 12 | The Glorious Liberation of the People's Technocratic Republic of Vinnland by the Combined Forces of the United Territories of Europa 1:07 | 73 |
| 13 | Wolf Moon (Including Zoanthropic Paranoia) 6:37 | 92 |
| 14 | Haunted 10:07 | 89 |
| 15 | [untitled] 0:08 | 63 |