{"product_id":"type-o-negative-october-rust-picture-disc","title":"Type O Negative - October Rust (Picture Disc Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType O Negative - October Rust\u003c\/strong\u003e returns as a limited \u003cstrong\u003e2LP Picture Disc\u003c\/strong\u003e edition for Rocktober, exclusive to RSD stores. Originally released in 1996, the album is the fourth studio record from the Brooklyn band and one of the releases most closely associated with their signature combination of gothic atmosphere, doom-heavy guitars, dark humour and unexpectedly lush melody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLed by Peter Steele, Type O Negative had already built a reputation for bleak humour and slow, crushing arrangements, but \u003cem\u003eOctober Rust\u003c\/em\u003e pushed the band further toward layered textures and romantic melancholy. The record retains the weight of metal while making greater use of keyboards, harmonies and spacious production, creating a sound that can be both heavy and dreamlike within the same song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat balance helped make \u003cem\u003eOctober Rust\u003c\/em\u003e a landmark in the band's catalogue. It captures the tension that defined Type O Negative at their best: sincere and ironic, bleak and beautiful, theatrical and deeply personal. The album's distinctive mood also made it especially influential within gothic metal and adjacent alternative scenes, where its combination of atmosphere and heaviness continues to resonate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Rhino Atlantic reissue is pressed across \u003cstrong\u003etwo 140g Picture Discs\u003c\/strong\u003e and is designated as a \u003cstrong\u003eRocktober RSD Stores Exclusive\u003c\/strong\u003e. Scheduled for release on 2 October 2026, it gives one of Type O Negative's most celebrated albums a highly visual collectors' edition while retaining the full 2LP format.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album is also notable for how confidently it embraces beauty alongside heaviness. Steele's deep vocal delivery, the band's slow tempos and the dense guitar sound are offset by melodic keyboards, layered harmonies and passages that verge on dream-pop atmosphere. That contrast gives the record much of its identity and helps explain why \u003cem\u003eOctober Rust\u003c\/em\u003e has remained a gateway album for listeners moving between metal, goth, alternative rock and darker forms of romantic pop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhino Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58728661352822,"sku":"0081227802172","price":52.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/6450\/6005\/files\/typeonegative.webp?v=1789488184","url":"https:\/\/www.stickyblacktarmac.com\/products\/type-o-negative-october-rust-picture-disc","provider":"Sticky Black Tarmac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}