Steele says, “Well, that’s about it, that’s all we have I hope it wasn’t too disappointing. The song ends abruptly, and then the album closes with another ‘Untitled’, track 15. Invoking the medieval sense of evil and its implications, the discussions of “green mist” and eerie, beckoning voices to make ‘Haunted’ the most gothic song ever recorded.
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Ten minutes of romantic darkness, one would argue that ‘Haunted’ is the best song in the whole of the band’s back catalogue.įurthermore, Steele goes full Gregorian chant when he bursts into “I hate the morning (light)”, it sounds so demonic it’s pure genius. Steele’s reverb-drenched vocals are incredible, as is the melodic bridge if Tennyson’s Lady of Shallot had a sonic representation, it would be ‘Haunted’. Doom fused with shoegaze this is the band at their ethereal peak. Starting with that high pitched synth note and then Silver’s moody piano, when the rest of the band kicks in, it’s like a slow-motion punch in the face. No discussion of October Rust would be complete without the last musical track on the record, the atmospheric closer, ‘Haunted’. Although they had helmed every of the band’s previous records, October Rust has to be taken as their definitive opus, more so than its predecessor, Bloody Kisses. The aforementioned recording techniques showed that they had indeed reached their zenith as producers. It was Steele and keyboardist Josh Silver who produced the record.
A ridiculous lyric by all accounts, it is underpinned by the faux-doom of the breakdown and is consequently one of the most subtle moments in the band’s career.Īnother standout element of the record is the use of abrupt song endings and segues between songs that can be heard in moments such as ‘Green Man’, ‘Red Water’ and ‘Haunted’. The lyrical motif “I’ll do anything to make you come” is also hilariously Type O Negative. His meaty, chorus-driven bass drives the track along, instilling it with that constant push feel that it has. It’s one of the clearest examples of Steele’s penchant for fusing the anthemic with the metallic. Musically, we get one of the band’s most anthemic tracks on the record and in their back catalogue. He sings: “Around the pyre, A circle of thirteen / Throughout these woods, ecstatic screams / I look deeply into your eyes / I smell your hair, caress your thighs / Now we’ll make love by firelight”. The winning streak then continues track four is the upbeat anthem ‘Be My Druidess’, continuing on the band’s unwavering gothic run, Steele’s lyrics are again an expert blend of B-movie horror cheese and the velvety lust that underpins gothic literature. It builds up to a hazy crescendo, and it is undoubtedly one of the band’s most ethereal. Interestingly, the track has a psychedelic edge to it, possibly owing to the band getting high in production. Romantic, sinister and dealing with the supernatural, the essence of the song and band are compounded by Steele’s almost vampiric vocal style. If we take a quick look at the lyrics of verse one, you’ll heed our point about the record’s inherent goth: “In her place one hundred candles burning / As salty sweat drips from her breast / Her hips move, and I can feel what they’re saying, swaying / They say the beast inside of me is gonna get ya”.
Featuring Hickey and Steele’s chugging guitar and bass, we get some of Steele’s best ever lyrics on the track. The first piece of music the listener gets is a swooning yet crushing masterpiece of gothic metal. Track three, ‘Love You To Death’ was a statement of intent from the band. Guitarist Kenny Hickey finishes by saying, “We hope you enjoy it.” Each of the quartet then introduces themselves and thank the listener for picking up their new record, and explain how they spent a “couple of months” getting high when recording it. It then seamlessly fades into track 2, ‘Untitled’, where the band are laughing, and Steele asks, “We hope you enjoyed our little joke there?”.
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