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Alex is joined by co-pilot Greg Duncan for this episode. New music, KISS Trivia and an all new untitled game that is ANNOYING.
October Noir is a gothic/doom metal band formed in Pensacola, Florida in 2016. They have released 3 full-length albums and 9 stand-alone singles. They recently released a new collection Letters To Existence in September 2023. The band’s sound is heavily influenced by gothic metal pioneers Type O Negative, whom from they also derive much of their aesthetic and lyrical inspiration as well.
October Noir was started by Tom Noir in late 2016 and released the first album, The Haunting and the Powerful, on October 19, 2017. Drummer Daniel “Stickz” Bryant, guitarist Troy Lambert, and keyboardist Jackie “Jaxxx” Daniel would join Tom for live shows after the first album came out. In 2018, October Noir would release two singles, both being covers. “Pictures of Matchstick Men (RIPeter)”, a Status Quo/Type O Negative cover, was released on April 14, 2018, and “Lips like Sugar”, an Echo & the Bunnymen cover, was released on July 5, 2018.
On October 1, 2019, their second album, Thirteen, was released. Seven days later, guitarist Doug Lane and keyboardist Justin Thompson joined the band, completing the quartet. On January 14, 2020, a cover of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” was released, the first October Noir song where instruments were credited to each member of the quartet. They released two additional singles in 2020: “Race War”, a Carnivore cover, and “Cry Little Sister”, a Gerard McMahon cover.
On April 14, 2021, the Type O Negative cover “Love You to Death” was released to coincide with the 11-year anniversary of Peter Steele’s death. In late June 2021, keyboardist Justin Thompson left the band due to personal reasons. October Noir released their third album, Fate, Wine, & Wisteria, on September 22, 2021. One month prior, one of their tracks, “Windows”, was released as a single, the band’s first single taken from any of their albums.