October Rust
A Criminally Underated Album And Band
Let me start by saying that I'm no newcomer to music. My first album was
Led Zeppelin's "Led Zeppelin." I got that album in the summer of 1972 from
my "babysitter." She gave it to me for my 10th birthday.
My second and third ever albums were Deep Purple "Machine Head" and
Alice Cooper's "School's Out."
I saw Van Halen's debut tour with Black Sabbath in 1978.
I saw the KISS reunion Tour 1 in I think around 1995 or 96, whenever their
first retour took off, at the Great Western in LA, CA.
Anyway, I've seen a lot of bands, old and new, and I've been around rock
for years.
I'd never heard of this band until a younger friend of mine, 26, turned me
on to them about three days ago. He gave me "World Coming Down" and I
about crapped my pants. He then gave me this album, "October Rust."
These guys were refreshing in that their sound is unique. That's an
understatement. Yes, they remind me of Christian Death or Bauhaus, but I
never thought either of those two quite pulled it off, although I have a
profound respect for both bands. I guess I could say the same thing for
Type O, but just trust me and other reviewers here: If you want something
refreshing and original, with a sound that will blow you away, get "World
Coming Down," or this album.
I can't give any other review except to say that the goth, gloom hits an all
time high here. There are no fast guitar speed metal riffs or berserk drum
beats, but the beats immersed me in an incredible world of ebb and flow,
up and down, rich, strong, moving ranges. In other words, they never
bored me.
If you have never heard anything by this band--you won't be sorry.
By the way, the instrumentals and vocal really do deserve a good system
to fully appreciate, and enjoy, this quite unique sound. It's not really
something you want to listen to on a boom box. A good set of earphones
and a nice transparent mp3 or similar file will do the trick, but to FULLY
appreciate the sound, listen to it on a system where you can actually feel
the bass and other lows in your chest. I'd not talking about block away
volume. In fact, this music doesn't need to be cranked to enjoy it. It just
needs a good system to reproduce it's heavy, back beat, slow, full
spectrum energy.
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