October Noir is a gothic/doom metal band formed in Pensacola, Florida in 2016. They have released three studio albums and seven singles to date and are releasing a revamped, remastered edition of their first album, The Haunting and The Powerful, in 2022.
October Noir | |
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| Origin | Pensacola, Florida |
| Genres | Gothic metal, doom metal, gothic rock |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Labels | Independent |
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| Website | octobernoir |
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 are covers. "Pictures of Matchstick Men (RIPeter)", a Status Quo/Type O Negative cover, was released on April 14, 2018,[1] and "Lips Like Sugar", an Echo & the Bunnymen cover, was released on July 5, 2018.[2]
On October 1, 2019, their second album, Thirteen, was released. Seven days later, guitarist Doug Lane and keyboardist Justin Thompson joined the band,[3] completing the quartet. On January 14, 2020, a Chris Isaak cover "Wicked Game", was released,[4] 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,[5] and "Cry Little Sister", a Gerard McMahon cover.[6]
On April 14, 2021, the Type O Negative cover "Love You to Death" was released[7] 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.[8] 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,[9] the band's first single taken from any of their albums.