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{{Infobox album
| name       = October Rust
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Type O Negative]]
| cover      = Octoberrust.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = August 20, 1996
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Gothic metal]]<ref>{{cite web|date=August 16, 2018|title='Bloody Kisses': 10 Things You Didn't Know Type O Negative's Masterpiece|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/bloody-kisses-10-things-you-didnt-know-type-o-negatives-masterpiece|access-date=April 17, 2023|website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]}}</ref>|[[progressive metal]]<ref name="ct"/>}}
| length     = 72:49
| label      = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
| producer   = [[Josh Silver]], [[Peter Steele]]
| prev_title = [[Bloody Kisses]]
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [[World Coming Down]]
| next_year  = 1999
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = October Rust
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[My Girlfriend's Girlfriend]]
 | single1date = August 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/1574/mode/2up|title=Great Rock Discography, 2004 edition|page=1575}}</ref>
 | single2     = Love You to Death
 | single2date = November 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/1574/mode/2up|title=Great Rock Discography, 2004 edition|page=1575}}</ref>
 | single3     = [[Cinnamon Girl#Cover versions|Cinnamon Girl]]
 | single3date = September 1997<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/1574/mode/2up|title=Great Rock Discography, 2004 edition|page=1575}}</ref>
}}
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=Type O Negative - October Rust Album Reviews, Songs & More|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000646617|access-date=April 17, 2023|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="ct">{{cite web|last=Golemis|first=Dean|date=September 19, 1996|title=Type O NegativeOctober Rust (Roadrunner) (star) (star)...|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-09-19-9609190278-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524081908/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-09-19-9609190278-story.html|archive-date=May 24, 2022|access-date=April 17, 2023|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]''
| rev3Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Bromley|first=Adrian|date=October 11, 1996|title=Type O Negative - October Rust : Review|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-269|access-date=April 17, 2023|website=[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev4score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=464}}</ref>
| rev5 = [[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]
| rev5Score = 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=1154|title=Type O Negative - October Rust review|publisher=[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]|access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref>
}}

'''''October Rust''''' is the fourth studio album by American [[Gothic metal|gothic metal]] band [[Type O Negative]]. It was released in 1996.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=October 25, 1996|title=TYPE O: GETTING LESS NEGATIVE|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/10/25/type-o-getting-less-negative/ac820b21-9103-4dd7-aa05-c5915459c976/|access-date=October 2, 2015|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> This is the first album with [[Johnny Kelly]] credited as the band's drummer, although programmed drums are used on the album. ''October Rust'' has more ballads and less of the doom metal sound of previous or subsequent albums. It also features a cover of [[Neil Young]]'s "[[Cinnamon Girl]].”

It is the first of the band's albums with a "joke intro"; in this case, "Bad Ground", which is 38 seconds of low-level buzzing, meant to sound as if one or more audio leads is incorrectly plugged into the input jacks of an amplifier. Tracks 2 and 15 are humorous untitled spoken word intros and outros to the album, respectively, with the band downplaying the recording of the album. Another production technique employed on the album is the use of very abrupt endings and segues to a few of the songs, heard on the tracks "Green Man", "Red Water", and "Haunted".

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| total_length    = 72:49

| all_writing     = Peter Steele, except where noted

| title1          = Bad Ground
| length1         = 0:38

| title2          = 
| length2         = 0:21

| title3          = Love You to Death
| length3         = 7:08

| title4          = Be My Druidess
| length4         = 5:25

| title5          = Green Man
| length5         = 5:47

| title6          = Red Water (Christmas Mourning)
| length6         = 6:48

| title7          = [[My Girlfriend's Girlfriend]]
| length7         = 3:46

| title8          = Die with Me
| length8         = 7:12

| title9          = Burnt Flowers Fallen
| length9         = 6:09

| title10         = In Praise of Bacchus
| length10        = 7:36

| title11         = [[Cinnamon Girl#Cover versions|Cinnamon Girl]]
| note11          = [[Neil Young]] cover
| length11        = 4:00

| title12         = The Glorious Liberation of the People's Technocratic Republic of Vinnland by the Combined Forces of the United Territories of Europa
| length12        = 1:07

| title13         = Wolf Moon (Including Zoanthropic Paranoia)
| length13        = 6:37

| title14         = Haunted
| length14        = 10:07

| title15         = 
| length15        = 0:08
}}

==Credits==
===Type O Negative===
* [[Peter Steele]] – [[lead vocals]], [[bass guitar]]
* [[Kenny Hickey]] – [[backing vocals]], [[acoustic guitar]], [[electric guitar]]
* [[Josh Silver]] – [[backing vocals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s, [[synthesizer]], [[sound effects]], [[Programming (music)|programming]]
* [[Johnny Kelly]] – [[drum machine]], [[percussion]]

===Additional personnel===
* Val Ium – backing vocals (on "In Praise of Bacchus")

===Production===
* Mike Marciano – recording engineer
* George Marino – mastering
* Sagmeister Inc. – cover art
* Tim Fitzharris – photography
* Joseph Cultice – photography
* Tobias Frere Jones – typography
* Laura Michaels – design

== Reception ==
''October Rust'' was well received by critics. In 2017, former [[Black Sabbath]] drummer [[Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward]] ranked ''October Rust'' as one of his favorite Metal albums of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Shteamer |first=Hank |date=July 12, 2017 |title=Black Sabbath's Bill Ward: My 10 Favorite Metal Albums |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/black-sabbaths-bill-ward-my-10-favorite-metal-albums-196238/type-o-negative-october-rust-1996-196273/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1996–21)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
|{{Album chart|Austria|8|artist=Type O Negative|album=October Rust}}
|-
|{{Album chart|Flanders|33|artist=Type O Negative|album=October Rust}}
|-
|{{Album chart|Netherlands|21|artist=Type O Negative|album=October Rust}}
|-
|{{Album chart|Finland|7|artist=Type O Negative|album=October Rust}}
|-
|{{Album chart|Germany|5|artist=Type O Negative|album=}}
|-
|{{Album chart|Hungary|13|year=2021|week=44}}
|-
|{{Album chart|Norway|15|artist=Type O Negative|album=October Rust}}
|-
|{{Album chart|Sweden|3|artist=Type O Negative|album=October Rust}}
|-
|{{Album chart|Switzerland|46|artist=Type O Negative|album=October Rust}}
|-
|{{Album chart|UK|26|artist=Type O Negative}}
|-
|{{Album chart|Billboard200|42|artist=Type O Negative}}
|-
|}

== Certifications ==
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{{Certification Table Entry |region=United States |artist=Type O Negative |title=October Rust |award=Gold |type=album |relyear=1996}}
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==References==
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[[Category:1996 albums]]
[[Category:Type O Negative albums]]
[[Category:Progressive metal albums by American artists]]