October File are a British Post-Punk Band, named after the die Kreuzen

Die Kreuzen

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 album. Their debut album was released in 2004; subsequent releases followed on the labels Golf Records

Golf Records

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 and Candlelight Records

Candlelight Records

Candlelight Records is an independent record label based in Europe founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bassist Lee Barrett, though it has had a division in the United States since January 2001. Candlelight Records specialises in black metal and death metal, having bands such as Emperor,...

. Their music uses elements of punk

Punk rock

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, hardcore

Hardcore punk

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 and industrial metal

Industrial metal

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, often with political overtones. Jaz Coleman

Jaz Coleman

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 of Killing Joke

Killing Joke

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 guests on their most recent album, 2007's Holy Armour from the Jaws of God. The group was scheduled to tour with Prong in January 2008 but pulled out due to illness. The band toured in February 2010 with American band Fear Factory

Fear Factory

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 and British band Sylosis

Sylosis

Sylosis is a British metal band from Reading, Berkshire. In 2008 the band released their debut full-length studio album, the critically acclaimed Conclusion of an Age...

, followed closely by an appearance at Hammerfest II in Prestatyn, Wales on the second stage. Additionally, the band appeared as themselves in the zombie comedy Zombie Driftwood, set in the Caymen Isles. The movie soundtrack comprises a selection of heavy metal songs and includes the tracks Falter and Isolation by October File.

Discography

• A Long Walk on a Short Pier (Abstract Sounds, 2004)
• How to Lose Friends and Alienate People EP (Golf Records
  Golf Records
  Golf Records is an independent record label based in the UK.-Artists:*4ft Fingers*Amulet*A New Way Trust*Black Flame Dispute*The Blueprint*Boy Hits Car*Carpathian*The Chariot*Dead Poetic*The Devil Wears Prada*District*Dopamine...
  
  , 2004)
• Monuments EP(Golf Records
  Golf Records
  Golf Records is an independent record label based in the UK.-Artists:*4ft Fingers*Amulet*A New Way Trust*Black Flame Dispute*The Blueprint*Boy Hits Car*Carpathian*The Chariot*Dead Poetic*The Devil Wears Prada*District*Dopamine...
  
  , 2005)
• Hallowed By Thy Army EP (Candlelight Records
  Candlelight Records
  Candlelight Records is an independent record label based in Europe founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bassist Lee Barrett, though it has had a division in the United States since January 2001. Candlelight Records specialises in black metal and death metal, having bands such as Emperor,...
  
  , 2006
• Holy Armour from the Jaws of God (Candlelight Records
  Candlelight Records
  Candlelight Records is an independent record label based in Europe founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bassist Lee Barrett, though it has had a division in the United States since January 2001. Candlelight Records specialises in black metal and death metal, having bands such as Emperor,...
  
  , 2007)
• Our Souls to You (Candlelight Records
  Candlelight Records
  Candlelight Records is an independent record label based in Europe founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bassist Lee Barrett, though it has had a division in the United States since January 2001. Candlelight Records specialises in black metal and death metal, having bands such as Emperor,...
  
  , 2010)

External links

• http://www.octoberfile.com Official Website
• http://www.myspace.com/octoberfile Official Myspace Page
• Interview on Musikreviews.de (German)