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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I don't like ballads. When I think of ballads, I think of those Driving Rock type compilations, overflowing with sap from the likes of Meatloaf, Chris DeBurgh, Bryan Adams, Journey and their ilk. You'll forgive my listing of desparately obvious artists there, but that's the stigma I have to get past with ballads. I don't even know what precisely constitutes a ballad. I could look it up but I'm not going to. Ignorance is bliss. All I know is, when I hear the word, I think of Celine Dion or some such warbling their way to the top of the charts for months on end until something else comes along to knock `em off.
How is this relevant? It isn't. It was a diatribe, though it leads me to a more relevant point: my intense hatred of the metal ballad. Metal bands have been selling out for years. Dream Theater, Metallica, Slipknot and countless others (I say countless, obviously I could only come up with three) have been peppering their work with these radio-friendly single-fodder tracks for years now, and it sickens me. Always has. I don't know how often it's the label's decision or if the bands love to show their sappy, clichéd sides but it drives me to distraction. Invariably I will skip these tracks, though obviously the metal world laps it up: that one last tie to the commercial world of... shudder and vomit... the charts.
No really, HOW is this relevant? I'll tell you, self. October Rust is an album full of ballads (from a Brooklyn quasi punk band no less), and it's absolutely bloody brilliant.
Pete O' Steele (that's their bassist-singer, noob) once half-dismissed it as `one for the ladies'. There's no denying TON sold out for this record, letting loose two huge singles and entirely dropping the double-bass drumming, obscene imagery and mock-racism atogether. Good for them, too. Every single song (OK, maybe 80%) on October Rust is a ballad of some sort- Steele sings (not shouts, sings) about intense love, lust, threesomes, loss, paranoia and wolves in instantly memorable melodies, most of which are very simple but infectiously hummable. Thankfully, said ballads are thrust through the Type-O-Ballad-Woodchipper, and emerge swathed in slow, heavy drudge, but the innate, how do you say, sweetness (?) of the songwriting is unscathed.
As far as I'm concerned, they'll never top it. Subsequent albums are ruined by the choice of drum machine (the one on Rust is less obvious) and a serious ratio of filler:killer. But even if they did, it wouldn't be by repeating it. October Rust is something they'll never try again, and God knows why they did in the first place. Maybe it was a bet, someone's dare to see if they could achieve massive commercial success. It's reflective, wounded ethos could even have been a bandage on the wounded ego of Steele, fresh from his Playgirl failure. Frankly, who cares? We have the album and always will, and it remains the jewel in the Type O crown, and one of the best releases in what I feel was arguably the best year for music in history.
How is this relevant? It isn't. It was a diatribe, though it leads me to a more relevant point: my intense hatred of the metal ballad. Metal bands have been selling out for years. Dream Theater, Metallica, Slipknot and countless others (I say countless, obviously I could only come up with three) have been peppering their work with these radio-friendly single-fodder tracks for years now, and it sickens me. Always has. I don't know how often it's the label's decision or if the bands love to show their sappy, clichéd sides but it drives me to distraction. Invariably I will skip these tracks, though obviously the metal world laps it up: that one last tie to the commercial world of... shudder and vomit... the charts.
No really, HOW is this relevant? I'll tell you, self. October Rust is an album full of ballads (from a Brooklyn quasi punk band no less), and it's absolutely bloody brilliant.
Pete O' Steele (that's their bassist-singer, noob) once half-dismissed it as `one for the ladies'. There's no denying TON sold out for this record, letting loose two huge singles and entirely dropping the double-bass drumming, obscene imagery and mock-racism atogether. Good for them, too. Every single song (OK, maybe 80%) on October Rust is a ballad of some sort- Steele sings (not shouts, sings) about intense love, lust, threesomes, loss, paranoia and wolves in instantly memorable melodies, most of which are very simple but infectiously hummable. Thankfully, said ballads are thrust through the Type-O-Ballad-Woodchipper, and emerge swathed in slow, heavy drudge, but the innate, how do you say, sweetness (?) of the songwriting is unscathed.
As far as I'm concerned, they'll never top it. Subsequent albums are ruined by the choice of drum machine (the one on Rust is less obvious) and a serious ratio of filler:killer. But even if they did, it wouldn't be by repeating it. October Rust is something they'll never try again, and God knows why they did in the first place. Maybe it was a bet, someone's dare to see if they could achieve massive commercial success. It's reflective, wounded ethos could even have been a bandage on the wounded ego of Steele, fresh from his Playgirl failure. Frankly, who cares? We have the album and always will, and it remains the jewel in the Type O crown, and one of the best releases in what I feel was arguably the best year for music in history.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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This album is one of my favourites. If anything happened to my copy I would be very sad. If any guy knows what it is like to love some one so much only for them to rip your heart out, then this album is for you. Full of sadness and misery, but at the same time hopeful and uplifting. I don't think there is any other album like it. An emotional masterpiece.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I'm not really into this type of music any more but felt compelled to make a comment on this album. It is a great bit of pseudo goth metal with a witty edge that never takes itself too seriously and hence can be enjoyed by hard core metal fans and the more casual listener too.
It has a very Autmnal feel - it suceeds in it attempts to be all dark and sinister - even a little 'vampish' - they play with the metal and goth genres well - never sticking to one and never becoming contrived - it is easy on the ear too with lots of harmonies and gentle chords here and there.
I'm selling a lot of my old heavy metal albums coz not really into the thrash metal thing anymore- but keeping this one coz its still a great, enjoyable bit of 'dark metal'.
tunes like 'wolf moon', 'love you to death'and 'burnt flowers fallen' have enough edge and playful artistry to it a worthwhile listen.
It has a very Autmnal feel - it suceeds in it attempts to be all dark and sinister - even a little 'vampish' - they play with the metal and goth genres well - never sticking to one and never becoming contrived - it is easy on the ear too with lots of harmonies and gentle chords here and there.
I'm selling a lot of my old heavy metal albums coz not really into the thrash metal thing anymore- but keeping this one coz its still a great, enjoyable bit of 'dark metal'.
tunes like 'wolf moon', 'love you to death'and 'burnt flowers fallen' have enough edge and playful artistry to it a worthwhile listen.
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