PODCAST: May 2020 Episode

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Welcome to the May 2020 episode of "Out ov the Coffin." I mean it when I say that I hope this episode finds you well, considering all that has been going on and the struggles such things can bring. On that note, this show begins with a pair of songs in memory of Ian Curtis, as this month marks -- as hard as it is to fathom -- the 40th anniversary of his suicide on May 18th, 1980. His sudden and premature departure would leave the world wondering what would or could have been for generations to come. For as short as it actually was, Ian's musical career with Joy Division has since proven iconic for anyone with even the most casual interest in goth or post-punk.

Kicking off the first proper set is a pair of great new deathrock tracks, to get things moving in the right direction: First we have a song from the brand new Horror Vacui LP, Living for Nothing, and I am ever so glad to have them back at a time like this. A debut from Oakland's False Figure (feat. members of Cruz de Navajas) comes next, from their 2019 EP A Promised End, which I'm glad to have finally checked out, even if I am a bit late to that funeral party. Next up is a personal favorite from Ireland's sadly-defunct Solemn Novena, whose goth rock instant-classic Kiss the Girls album celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. Following a quick trip to the late '90s vaults with Fliehende Stürme, the set rounds out with two more new entries: Fresh Colombian deathrock from Tumbas, followed by the welcome return of The Faces of Sarah (and the impressive vocal pipes that come with them). The band's new Memorium album can be found here, along with a host of other new and old offerings you may have missed. 

Set two begins with something I'm quite proud to present here: A selection from Twin Tribes' new Live at Fascination Street album -- recorded at, you guessed it, Fascination Street Nashville (aka, the goth dance night that I run). Pick up the release (cassette, digital, or the matching shirt), and you'll hear the Texas darkwave duo's set from our December 2019 event, back when live shows were still possible. Remember that? Anyway... 

Set two continues with a new track from Brooklyn's A Cloud of Ravens, who released "Sacrosanct" as a free single for World Goth Day last week. UK post-punk act Ist Ist is up next, with the lead single from their new Architecture album, followed by a the classic "Eve White / Eve Black" from Siouxsie & the Banshees, in honor of Siouxsie 63rd birthday this week -- plus the 40th anniversary of its release as a b-side to "Christine" in May of 1980. Need another anniversary? Well, Bloody Dead and Sexy's An Eye On You turns 10 this week, so you'll get a banger from that album. Need some more birthdays? The next three tracks are in honor of the annual triple-birthday celebration for horror icons Peter Cushing (May 26th), Vincent Price and Christopher Lee (both May 27th). For Peter, we have Killing Miranda name-dropping him in their 1999 single Teenage Vampire, followed by more new music from The Kentucky Vampires, who've crafted a full ode to the irreplaceable "Saint Vincent." Finally, during the talk break, music from the Hammer Horror classic, "Taste the Blood of Dracula," which also happens to have been released 50 years ago this month! In spite of Lee's distaste for the film, it's a personal favorite from his year's in the Dracula cape.

Set three begins with a new song from Clan of Xymox, who not only have a single out for "Lovers," but the forthcoming full length, A Spider on the Wall is now up for pre-order as well. More lush new darkwave from Florida's Astari Nite is next, taken from their brand new album, Here Lies. We then take a moment to calm the waters with an older track from Iceland's favorite daughters, Kælan Mikla, before checking out new music from San Francisco's Topographies -- a relatively new post-punk band featuring The Cure-founder Lol Tolhurst's son Gray. Next up is another new bay-area band, Houses of Heaven, which sees members of Vaniish and Red Voice Choir entering more industrial territory, and finally, set three closes with another new single from the recently reactivated and relocated Seraphim Shock, who promise a full EP release in the coming months.

Set four kicks off with brand new music from one of the famed "Peaceville-three," Paradise Lost, whose new album Obsidian finds the band encapsulating their previous sounds into one streamlined entity. Easing into the heavier territory, I stop in to catch up with Finland's Hexvessel for a dark acoustic passage from their 2019 album All Tree, before diving head first into black metal with a slightly older selection from Denmark's Múspellzheimr. Brazil's The Kryptik are up next with a double shot from their 2019 LP When the Shadows Rise, which leads nicely into brand new music from Naglfar. The band's unmistakable Swedish black metal sound remains remarkably consistent at this point, making 2020's Cerecloth an easy one for long time fans to lock into.

Finally, after a quick (ok, more like "rambling") talk break, the show wraps up with the controversial new Behemoth single, a cover of The Cure's 1980 classic, "A Forest," rendered in the band's aggressively occult fashion, with the addition of the famously frayed guest vocals of Shining's Niklas Kvarforth. As I say in the break, I suggest taking in this cover via the accompanying video, because it played a significant role in my appreciation of their version, which many already despise. I will say here that although The Cure is my favorite band of all time, I do not consider them an impossible band to cover, nor do I consider their material sacrosanct, as some clearly do. That, and I thoroughly connect with both metal and goth, obviously. That said, judge as ye will... 

All of that PLUS: New dark ambient from Russia's Socium Apathy; Fresh dungeon synth from Sweden's Örnatorpet; Selections from the goth and dark ambient vaults; and more!

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PLAYLIST BEGINS HERE
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]

(each band name is also a website link)
(sets and talk breaks separated by dashes)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
  Show recorded: May 29th, 2020

Opening Theme: 
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack), 1994] 

Joy Division - The Only Mistake  [Still, 1981]
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades (live at High Hall, 2nd May 1980) [Still, 1981]
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Trance to the Sun - Clocks  [Ghost Forest, 1994]
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Horror Vacui - Lost  [Living for Nothing, 2020]
False Figure - Morningstar  [A Promised End, 2019]
Solemn Novena - Faerytale  [Kiss the Girls, 2010]
Fliehende Stürme - Trümmergemüt  [Hinter Masken, 1999]
Tumbas - Lo Que Nos Une Nos Separa  [Dolor, 2020]
The Faces of Sarah - Memorium  [Memorium, 2020]
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Shinjuku Thief - Shadow Path  [The Witch Hunter, 1995]
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Twin Tribes - Fantasmas (live)  [Live at Fascination Street, 2020]
A Cloud of Ravens - Sacrosanct  [World Goth Day single, 2020]
Ist Ist - You're Mine  [Architecture, 2020]
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Eve White / Eve Black  [Christine (single), 1980]
Bloody Dead and Sexy - Candy Box  [An Eye On You, 2010]
Killing Miranda - Teenage Vampire  [Teenage Vampire (single), 1999]
The Kentucky Vampires - Saint Vincent  [Crimson Curse, 2020]
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James Bernard - The Ceremony Begins  ["Taste the Blood of Dracula" (soundtrack) 1970]
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Clan of Xymox - Lovers  [Lovers (single), 2020]
Astari Nite - Disease of the Divine  [Here Lies, 2020]
Kælan Mikla - Glimmer og aska  [Kælan Mikla, 2016]
Topographies - Not My Loneliness, But Ours  [Not My Loneliness, But Ours, 2020]
Houses of Heaven - Sleep  [Silent Places, 2020]
Seraphim Shock - Future Flesh  [single, 2020]
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Socium Apathy - Dive to Depth  [Under Water, 2019]
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Paradise Lost - Hope Dies Alone  [Obsidian, 2020]
Hexvessel - Otherworld Envoy  [All Tree, 2019]
Múspellzheimr - VII/VIII  [Hyldest til Trolddommens Flamme, 2014]
The Kryptik - The Awakening of Evil / Damned [When the Shadows Rise, 2019]
Naglfar - Vortex of Negativity  [Cerecloth, 2020]
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Örnatorpet - Myrkriður  [Vid Himinsenda, 2019]
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Behemoth - A Forest (Feat. Niklas Kvarforth)  [A Forest, 2020]

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PODCAST: April-May 2017 Episode

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First, a little bit of housekeeping: This episode is labeled the April-May episode to mark a slight transition in the launch dates. Instead of uploading each episode at the tail end of each month, episodes will now be launched at the top of each month, just to keep things fresh. So, this is basically the April episode you would have gotten last week, while the one I record at the end of this month will launch in June. 

Making up for that slight delay and change, this show has several special bonus features, bringing it up to a full 3 hours. In addition to a nice list of new releases, deeper cuts from current releases, and tracks from the vault, you will also hear a special tribute set to The Cure, marking this month's 35th anniversary of Pornography, as well as the 30th anniversary of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. Then, in honor of the forthcoming premiere of the new season/series, we'll take an "accidental" musical journey through Twin Peaks, AND close the show with annual respects paid to Rozz Williams, just in case anyone thought I'd forgotten.

On the way in, you'll hear new music from Oakland's Esses, the latest group (in a long line of worthy groups) to feature members of the oft-praised bay-area band Black Ice. Their new album slipped out towards the end of last year, and it would've been on my 'Best ov' list if I'd heard it in time. Can't win 'em all.

We begin the first full set with more new goth rock from Philadelphia's Night Sins, taken from their Sisters-soaked Dancing Chrome album, then pick up a deeper cut from Aware, the latest from Italy's Tanks and Tears. After a classic from Siouxsie & the Banshees, we visit Russia, for new post-punk from TRIØXIN (extra points for that band name), followed by a taste of the new Clan of Xymox album, Days of Black, which sees the band mostly continuing in the darkwave/goth style that put them on the map. Matias 13, known better to most as the guitarist for Germany's Bloody Dead and Sexy, has filled the void between their releases with a solo, mostly-instrumental album called The Opium Sea, from which you'll hear a song, followed by a classic from France's best '90s goth export, Corpus Delicti, to celebrate the arrival of their new vinyl reissues. 

The second set begins in Ukraine, with a song from the curiously named post-punk band, Battle Axe Culture. I then lament the fact that I'm missing Horror Vacui's current US tour by playing one of their recent classics, followed by a further taste of U.S. goth/post-punk/darkwave band New Today. A deeper cut from Chicago's Wingtips comes next, in honor of their upcoming live appearance at the May 13th edition of Fascination Street (Nashville's goth, post-punk, deathrock, darkwave dance night). After a recent track from Minuit Machine-related project Hante., we get a new Fad Gadget cover, as interpreted by US darkwave act NOIR (Athan Maroulis of Spahn Ranch fame), followed by a modern classic from the presumably-defunct(?) LA band, Pins and Needles. 

Next, we arrive at the special double-anniversary tribute set to The Cure, featuring several original tracks, a new cover by Portland's Lunch, some rare, period interview clips, and some early/alternate versions of now iconic tracks. All of this to honor the 35th anniversary of the release of Pornography (May 4th, 1982) and the 30th anniversary of Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (May 25th, 1987). Keep your eyes peeled, as I will also be re-upping my 2012 special episode, dedicated entirely to the majesty of Pornography (the album, you perverts!), as it is my favorite album of all time.

For the second special bonus set of the show, I've gathered a whole set of music that gives me the vibe (if you will) of the Twin Peaks universe, without actually having been recorded for the series (or the movie). Included is music from the newly reissued Tear Garden album, Have a Nice Trip, and more new music from the latest Worm Ouroboros album, What Graceless Dawn. I have put this together, of corpse, in honor of the new series/season that will be starting up on May 21st, WHICH WILL BE GREAT, RIGHT? We hope so... 

We then arrive at the dark metal portion of this extra-long show, which begins with new music from the Pvtrefactio 7-inch, just issued by Finland's Celestial Grave. A couple of forgotten classicks from the melodic death and black metal vaults follow, from Night In Gales and Mütiilation, respectively, before giving you a second taste of Nocta, from the UK's goth-metal flagbearers, Light of the Morning Star. A second taste of the new Pallbearer album, Heartless, rounds out the metal for the night, allowing us to close the show with my annual remembrance of the life of Rozz Williams (Christian Death, Shadow Project, etc.), who took his own life in April of 1998. R.I.P./1334.

All of that, PLUS: News, updates, and tour info; selections from the dark ambient vaults; and more! 

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PLAYLIST BEGINS HERE
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]

(each band name is also a website link)
(sets and talk breaks separated by dashes)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
  Show recorded on: April 30th into May 1st, 2017

Opening Theme:
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack), 1994]

Esses - Echoes  [No Light in this Fire, 2016]

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Desiderii Marginis - Solemn Descent ["...And Even Wolves Hid Their Teeth And Tongue Wherever Shelter Was Given" (comp.) 1995]
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Night Sins - Spire and Ecstasy  [Dancing Chrome, 2017]
Tanks and Tears - Butterfly  [Aware, 2017]
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Overground  [The Thorn, 1984]
TRIØXIN - Душа дурака  [Огни, 2017]
Clan of Xymox - Vixen in Disguise  [Days of Black, 2017]
Matias 13 - Red Skies Burning  [The Opium Sea, 2016]
Corpus Delicti - Broken  [Obsessions, 1995]
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Corpus Delicti - Last Light  [Twilight, 1993]
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Battle Axe Culture - Embargo Cult  [digital single, 2017]
Horror Vacui - Scream of Infamy  [Return of the Empire, 2014]
New Today - No End  [Better Than Death, 2017]
Wingtips - Til the End  [Greyarea, 2016]
Hante. (feat. Box von Düe) - Burning  ["La Danse Macabre" (comp.) 2016]
NOIR - Back to Nature  [Under What Flag (A Tribute to Fad Gadget), 2017]
Pins and Needles - Bright Lights in Cascades  [Victims, 2008]
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The Cure - Demise  [Pornography (Deluxe Edition), 1982/2006]
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Robert Smith - The Interview (exc.)  [The Interview, 1987/1998]
The Cure - One Hundred Years  [Pornography, 1982]
Lunch - A Short Term Effect  ["The Cvlt Nation Sessions: The Cure - Pornography" (comp.) 2017]
Robert Smith - Side A (exc.)  [Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Interview, 1987]
The Cure - Temptation Two (aka Let's Go To Bed) (RS Studio demo  [Pornography (Deluxe Edition), 1982/2006]
Robert Smith - Side A (exc.)  [Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Interview, 1987]
The Cure - The Kiss  [Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, 1987]
Robert Smith - Side A (exc.)  [Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Interview, 1987]
The Cure - If Only Tonight We Could Sleep (studio demo) (exc.)  [Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (Deluxe Edition) 1987/2006]
The Cure - If Only Tonight We Could Sleep  [Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, 1987]
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Angelo Badalamenti - Sneaky Audrey / Packard's Theme  ["The Twin Peaks Music Archive" (soundtrack/comp.) 2011]
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The Tear Garden - Made in China Part 2  [Have a Nice Trip, 2017]
Xiu Xiu - Nightsea Wind (exc.)  [Plays the Music of Twin Peaks, 2016]
The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking in the Sand)  [Leader of the Pack, 1965]
Glenn Danzig - And the Angels Wept  [Black Aria, 1992]
Nosferatu - Wonderland  [Wonderland, 2010]
Worm Ouroboros - Night  [What Graceless Dawn, 2016]
Fear of Eternity - Staring at the Dark  [Spirit of Sorrow, 2006]
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - Titles/Sister Jeanne's Vision  [Suite from "The Devils" (soundtrack) 1971/1990]
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Celestial Grave - Pvtrefactio  [Pvtrefactio, 2017]
Night In Gales - Slavesun  [Towards the Twilight, 1997]
Mütiilation - The Eggs of Melancholy  [Black Millennium (Grimly Reborn), 2001]
Light of the Morning Star - Nocta  [Nocta, 2017]
Pallbearer - I Saw the End  [Heartless, 2017]
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Raison D'être - The Verge of Somnolence  ["The Absolute Supper" (comp.), 1997]
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Rozz Williams & David E. Williams - Not In Love (live, 1996)  [Accept the Gift of Sin, 2003]
Rozz Williams & Gitane Demone - Flowers  [Dream Home Heartache, 1995]

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(comp.) = compilation

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PODCAST: March 2017 Episode

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We begin this episode with the new Bella Morte song, "One Bright Soul In This Emptiness" (get the maxi-single here). The band has traveled many avenues since its inception in the '90s, and this one sees them shedding the crunchier guitar sound of recent years and heading into post-punk territory, in a very successful way. AND, while you're thinking back to their earlier output, the band is currently raising funds to press their classic "Where Shadows Lie" album on vinyl, so if you need that in your life, you can vote with your wallet right here. 

Speaking of bright souls in emptiness, the next thing you hear will be music from the recent film, "The Girl With All the Gifts," as composed by Cristobal Tapia De Veer. A new and stylish development in the already well-established zombie genre is hard to come by, so I put my stamp of approval on this one. See it.

Beyond that, the first full set begins with eagerly-anticipated new music from Philadelphia's Night Sins, whose Dancing Chrome album will be released on May 19th via Funeral Party Records. Pre-order it here. Following that, we hit a couple of classic obscurities, before digging a little deeper into the latest goth-punk opus from PDX's The Bellicose Minds, The Creature. We then round out the set with U.S. goth/post-punk/darkwave band New Today, offering one of many ways to get their new Better Than Death album stuck in your head.

The second set kicks off with the somber darkwave of Skeleton Hands, taken from their just-released Flood Spell EP, which is probably only too happy to lead into a taste of the new Depeche Mode album, Spirit. Belgian darkwave/ebm act Luminance arrives next, with another title track, this one from their new Constance in Sorrow EP. Nashville favorites HR_Lexy follow, with a deeper cut from last year's Slaves to the Light EP, this one also premiering as a video earlier this week. For those near Nashville, the band will be the featured live musical guests at the next edition of our goth danse night, Fascination Street, on Saturday April 8th.

After reaching into the vault for another classic, the second set comes to a brilliant close with the title theme from Jim Williams' excellent score to the equally-excellent new French/Belgian film, "Raw," which I will also take a moment to recommend. Watch the trailer here, and pre-order the soundtrack LP here.

Set three begins with the new single from Sweden's Principe Valiente, the not-Sinatra-related "Strangers in the Night." A classic from Joy Division jumps in next, leading us into a further taste of the new album from Italy's Winter Severity Index. Premieres from France's Night Train to Nowhere and Italy's Tanks and Tears follow next, before closing the set with an overlooked track from The Cold, dating back to 2009, and thereby still sitting close to the door of the last decade's vault.

The fourth set launches us into dark metal territory, beginning with a new one from Germany's Venenum, taken from their bizarre new Trance of Death LP. Mysterious UK act Light of the Morning Star follow closely with a taste of their new gothic metal opus, Nocta, which brings a welcome style and sound back to the table, for me. French-Canadain black metal masters Délétère creep in next, with a taste of their latest, Per Astra Ad Pestilentium, before the show ultimately closes with an epic tale from the new Pallbearer album, Heartless, which just hit stores shelves at the end of last week. You can catch those stand-up gents on tour now.

All of that, PLUS: New synthwave sounds from Night Prowler and Dance with the Dead; Selections from the goth, darkwave, and post-punk vaults; and more! 

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PLAYLIST BEGINS HERE
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]

(each band name is also a website link)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
  Show recorded on: March 27th, 2017

Opening Theme:
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack), 1994]

Bella Morte - One Bright Soul In This Emptiness  [One Bright Soul In This Emptiness, 2017]
Cristobal Tapia De Veer - Standing Dead / Sleepers  ["The Girl with All the Gifts" (soundtrack) 2017]
Night Sins - Crystal Blue  [Dancing Chrome, 2017]
The New Creatures - Clownhead  ["The Black Bible" (comp.) 1998]
Pink Turns Blue - If Two Worlds Kiss  [If Two Worlds Kiss, 1987]
The Bellicose Minds - The Creature  [The Creature, 2016]
New Today - Commendation  [Better Than Death, 2017]
Fernando Velázquez - Crisis/A World Destroyed  ["A Monster Calls" (soundtrack) 2016]
Skeleton Hands - Flood Spell  [Flood Spell, 2017]
Depeche Mode - So Much Love  [Spirit, 2017]
Luminance - Constance in Sorrow  [Constance in Sorrow, 2017]
HR_Lexy - Garden Heart  [Slaves to the Light, 2016]  [N]
Cocteau Twins - When Mama Was Moth  [Head Over Heels, 1983]
Jim Williams - Raw (Main Title Theme)  ["Raw" (soundtrack) 2017]
Night Prowler - Nocturne  [The Night Prowler, 2017]
Principe Valiente - Strangers in the Night  [Strangers in the Night (single), 2017]
Joy Division - These Days  [Love Will Tear Us Apart, 1980]
Winter Severity Index - Backstroke  [Human Taxonomy, 2016]
Night Train to Nowhere - Fire in the Pandora's Box  [Dance of Horns, 2017]
Tanks and Tears - Breath  [Aware, 2017]
The Cold - Just For Tonight  [Last Embrace, 2009]
Chris Bacon - Mother Knows Best/You Think I'm Crazy  ["Bates Motel" Volume 2 (soundtrack) 2016]
Venenum - Entrance / Merging Nebular Drapes  [Trance of Death, 2017]
Light of the Morning Star - Lord of All Graves  [Nocta, 2017]
Délétère - Le Lai de la Vermine  [Per Astra Ad Pestilentium, 2017]
Dance with the Dead - Quietly Into the Night  [The Shape, 2016]
Pallbearer - Dancing In Madness  [Heartless, 2017]

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[N] = Nashville artist

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PODCAST: February 2017 Episode

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Arriving on the last possible day of February 2017, this episode begins with a further cut from The Agony In Memory EP by Dallas, Texas band, Garden of Mary, who are already in the studio at press time, recording new material for a future release. We look forward to that, even as we look back, during the next song, on the career of Bill Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017), who sadly died too early this week. In this case, a selection from the soundtrack to the greatly underappreciated Near Dark serves as a small tribute to the man's on-screen charm and style.

The start of the first full set sees me catching up on a release that I never got to last year, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds latest, Skeleton Tree, the making of which was profiled in the stark and moving documentary film, One More Time With Feeling. By nature, it can be a scattered and difficult album and film, due to the tragic circumstances that colored its creation, but it's worth delving into. Following that, you'll hear deeper cuts from the excellent new ROME album, The Hyperion Machine, and the equally heralded new Soft Kill album, Choke, as well. After our second dip into the vaults of 1987, you'll hear another new track from the UK's FEHM, before wrapping up the set with new post-punk/darkwave from Italy's Winter Severity Index. 

The next set is rife with deathrock sounds, new and old. We begin with a taste of Blood Lust, the brand new demo/EP from Louisville's The Kentucky Vampires, before jumping into a classic from 45 Grave. Circling back to France in 2014, we revisit Varsovie's album, L'Heure et la Trajectoire, giving the center of the set a more post-punk lining. Never fear, though, as we slide back to 1981 for a classic from The Mob, before closing the set with a semi-new track from NYC's Elysian, who recently changed their name from Maudlin, and left their original base of Atlanta, for what I imagine to be brighter (darker?) deathrock pastures. 

The third set begins with a brand new Votive Offering from the UK's Artefact, who are quickly followed by more deathrock flavor from L.A.'s The Wraith. The band, which features ex-members of Lost Tribe and Cinema Strange, has now issued their first physical release, in the form of the Shadow Flag EP. Next up is a further cut from Bestial Mouths, who are hitting the road in the US in March (Nashville on March 22nd) to support their latest Cleopatra Records album, Heartless. Next, some brand new alien darkwave from Drab Majesty's The Demonstration enters gracefully, holding the door open for a deeper cut from The Rain Within's new Dark Drive album. This time, we get the track "Murder," for which there is now a cool new video. 

The dark metal portion of the show is comprised entirely of new music this month, beginning with a song from the practically-obscure 2016 cassette-only release from Portland's recently revamped Atriarch, We Are All Dead. Following that, I finally get into the latest from Neurosis, with a track from their Fires Within Fires. A further taste of Ash Borer's The Irrepassable Gate comes next, before closing the set with an outlandish new one from Germany's Paria, taken from their Knochenkamp album. Lastly, the show closes with a lengthy new track (clocking in at almost 30 minutes!) from Cultes Des Ghoules' latest black metal theatre-piece, Coven, or Evil Ways Instead of Love.

All of that, PLUS: 30th and 40th anniversary nods to horror classics "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" and "Suspiria," respectively; Synthwave flavors from the currently-touring Carpenter Brut; Some unreleased '80s horror soundtrack magic; and more! 

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PLAYLIST BEGINS HERE
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]

(each band name is also a website link)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
  Show recorded on: February 27th/28th, 2017

Opening Theme:
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack), 1994]

Garden of Mary - Sleepless Nights  [The Agony In Memory, 2016]
Tangerine Dream - Rain in the Third House  ["Near Dark" (soundtrack) 1987] {R.I.P. Bill Paxton}
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone  [Skeleton Tree, 2016]
ROME - Celine in Jerusalem  [The Hyperion Machine, 2016]
Soft Kill - Lost  [Choke, 2016]
Stiff Kittens - Eternal Blue  [Eternal Blue, 1987]
FEHM - I Scared, I Stiff  [Circadian Life, 2016]
Winter Severity Index - Athlete  [Human Taxonomy, 2016]
Angelo Badalamenti - Opening/Puppet Walk/Save the Children ["A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" (soundtrack) 1987]
The Kentucky Vampires - Communicate with the Living  [Blood Lust, 2017]
45 Grave - Phantoms  [Sleep in Safety, 1983]
Varsovie - La Fêlure  [L'Heure et la Trajectoire, 2014] 
The Mob - No Doves Fly Here  [No Doves Fly Here, 1981]
Elysian (formerly Maudlin) - Crooked  [self-titled, 2016]
Goblin - Black Forest  ["Suspiria" (soundtrack) 1977]
Artefact - Libracide  [Votive Offering, 2017]
The Wraith - Dolor  [Shadow Flag, 2017]
Bestial Mouths - Earth  [Heartless, 2016]
Drab Majesty - Behind the Wall  [The Demonstration, 2017]
The Rain Within - Murder  [Dark Drive, 2016]
Carpenter Brut - Invasion A .D.  [Trilogy, 2015]
Atriarch - Repent  [We Are All Dead, 2016]
Neurosis - Bending Light  [Fires Within Fires, 2016]
Ash Borer - Grey Marrow  [The Irrespassable Gate, 2016]
Paria - So Far From the Hidden God  [Knochenkamp, 2016]
John Ross - Opening Titles  ["Hide and Go Shriek" (soundtrack) 1988]
Cultes Des Ghoules - Satan, Father, Savior, Hear My Prayer... (Scene V)  [Coven, or Evil Ways Instead of Love, 2016]

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