Type O Negative: October Rust (30th anniversary, picture disc, Rocktober 2026) [ROADRUNNER]

Why you'll love it

A picture disc pressing for the album's 30th anniversary, part of Rhino's Rocktober 2026 run. October Rust was the band's biggest seller, a gold record in the US with 'My Girlfriend's Girlfriend', 'Love You to Death' and their cover of 'Cinnamon Girl'.

This edition

• Picture disc
• 30th anniversary edition
• Rocktober 2026 pressing

About the album

After the doom-heavy Bloody Kisses, Type O Negative made a record with more ballads, more melody and, true to form, more jokes. October Rust opens with 'Bad Ground', 38 seconds of buzzing meant to sound like a lead plugged into the wrong amp, followed by a mumbled spoken intro in which the band play down the whole enterprise. Then 'Love You to Death' arrives and Peter Steele's baritone takes over.

Josh Silver and Steele produced it themselves, and it's the first album credited to drummer Johnny Kelly. 'Be My Druidess', 'Green Man' and 'Wolf Moon' lean into the autumnal, pagan gloom the title promises, while the Neil Young cover 'Cinnamon Girl' shows how much pop sat inside the band all along. Fans often name it their best, and it is certainly the only gothic metal album we know that comes with its own fake technical fault.

Tracklist

Listen

Out October 9, 2026 on Roadrunner (cat# RPD1729353), a reissue of the 1996 album.