PODCAST: August/September 2020 Episode

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Note: This episode is labeled as the August/September episode, first because it's arriving on the cusp of the two months, and second because it will be the last "regular" episode before October's Halloween Special, and there are a few September-related items I did not want to skip by simply calling thisthe August edition. There will, however, be a special bonus episode in September, when the annual "Compilation for the Dead" mixtape-style show arrives. That one will drop somewhere between September 3rd and 7th, to coincide with Dragon Con Goes Virtual, since that is usually where it would first appear. So, worry not,  you're not actually losing an episode in this process. It's really just a housekeeping measure. That said, on with the show...
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This fall marks the 50th anniversary of one of my favorite films, the Czech New Wave (oc)cult classic, "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders." Naturally, I could not resist paying it some tribute with musical selections at both ends of this episode, as well as a nod to its iconic artwork on this month's graphic. To that end, the intro features some selections from the film's original 1970 score by Luboš Fišer, as well as the 2007 alternate score by The Valerie Project. Embedded in that lush soundscape is a brand new track from ROME, taken from their just-released new full-length, The Lone Furrow. "Ächtung, Baby!" -- an apparent jab at the U2 song of the same name -- features the guest vocal power of Primordial's Alan Averill, and is indicative of the high quality of the new album as a whole (which also features guests like Nergal from Behemoth and Joe from Pallbearer, but more on that later).

Set one begins with brand new post-punk/goth rock from Finland's The Flatfield, who have issued their second new digital single of the year in the form of "The Dancer." New music from bay area post-punks Ötzi comes next, taken from their new Storm LP, followed closely by another taste of Horror Vacui's latest deathrock opus, Living for Nothing. We then celebrate a pair of essential-goth-classic anniversaries from Siouxsie & the Banshees, whose Kaleidoscope album just turned 40 in August, and Switchblade Symphony, whose debut album Serpentine Gallery came out way back on September 11th, 1995, in the times before that date was tainted. Finally set one closes with another taste of the new Clan of Xymox album, Spider on the Wall. 

Set two starts from a special place in my heart, with a trio of tracks related to my love for cult '90s act, The God Machine. I was excited to learn earlier in the week that the band's drummer, Ronald Austin (now going by Austin Lynne Austin) had reversed his early retirement from music and started a whole new project. That band, in which he plays all the instruments, is called Mercylane. He's released only a couple of singles so far, one of which starts things off. From there, fittingly enough, we move into the title track from The God Machine's very first release, 1991's Purity EP (which I had finally obtained this summer on its only existing format, vinyl, so please excuse the surface noise). I was also astounded to learn, while reading the bio for Mercylane, that Mr. Austin had actually played drums for their '90s labelmates The Cure (!!!) for one of the songs on the 1996 album Wild Mood Swings, so I wrap up my God Machine trilogy with that song, "This is a Lie."

The second half of set two continues with new music from The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices, which features vocalist Lisa Gerard (Dead Can Dance), followed by a debut from a new project called Feast! The band features drummer Tom Coyne (45 Grave, The Last Dance, The Prophetess) with a rotating cast of collaborators, making percussion-heavy music along the lines of DCD or The Creatures. Finally, the set concludes with brand new music from The Psychedelic Furs (there's a phrase you don't get to say every day), taken from their quite satisfying new album, Made of Rain.

Set three begins with another new single from Seraphim Shock, taken from a promised, forthcoming EP that will gather the first chapter of new material they've issued since their return. Since I haven't been able to run Fascination Street (my goth dance/club night in Nashville) since the pandemic struck us down, I decided to play a pair of songs recorded at recent concerts (remember concerts? MAN, those were great!). Anyway, you'll hear live tracks from Twin Tribes and Scary Black, taken from their respective "Live at Fascination Street" releases, both of which are available as official releases on their Bandcamp pages. From there, you'll get a brand new track from France's The Cemetery Girlz and a darkwave debut from Brooklyn's Shadow Figure.

Finally, on a sad note, we close the third set with a song from the latest Calabrese album, Flee the Light, which I play in memory of James Calabrese, Sr. who died last week. James was the father of all three members of Calabrese -- who are actually brothers in real life, as well as being a great band -- and he was heavily supportive of his sons throughout their career, often going on tour with them to run merch and greet fans, and even appearing as a character in one of their classic videos. Rest in peace, sir:

R.I.P. James Calabrese, Sr. (1947-2020)

Set four brings us into the realms of dark metal -- for this month, mostly new black metal releases. First up, from Los Angeles, Cultus Profano, who offer up a very '90s style on their new album Accursed Possession. Some new French black metal follows, from the mysteriously pronounced Bâ'a (feat. ex members of Anorexia Nervosa), followed by something a bit more raw from Belgium's Silver Knife. Toronto's Panzerfaust come crashing in next, with a taste of their boot on The Suns of Perdition - Chapter II: Render unto Eden. And, lastly, we travel all the way to Iceland for the final track of the set, this one from Nexion's new Seven Oracles LP.

After another short instrumental from The Valerie Project, the final song of the show once again goes to Pallbearer, this time with the second single from their forthcoming LP, Forgotten Days. As I mention on the way out, the vocals here are nothing short of heroic, and the basslines are fluid and ever-moving -- which I think we've grown to expect from Pallbearer at this point, but it's still great to hear it happening again.

 
All of that PLUS: New dark ambient work from Ukraine's Saalvia and an ambitious project called Grizzly Steppe from members of Dead Voices on Air and Snog; An unearthed example of actual '80s synthwave from Projekt Records man Sam Rosenthal's old project Doppler Effect; Further cult film anniversaries; 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: August 30th-31st, 2020

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

Luboš Fišer - The Work of Death (exc.)  [“Valerie and Her Week of Wonders” (soundtrack) 1970]
ROME (feat. Alan Averill) - Ächtung, Baby!  [The Lone Furrow, 2020]
The Valerie Project - The Sermon  [The Valerie Project, 2007]
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Luboš Fišer - The Sermon (exc.) / Sacrifice (exc.) / The Contract (exc.)  [“Valerie and Her Week of Wonders” (soundtrack) 1970]
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The Flatfield - Dancer  [single, 2020]
Ötzi - Tunnels  [Storm, 2020]
Horror Vacui - Frustration  [Living for Nothing, 2020]
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Trophy  [Kaleidoscope, 1980]
Switchblade Symphony - Wallflower  [Serpentine Gallery, 1995]
Clan of Xymox - Black Mirror  [Spider on the Wall, 2020]
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Doppler Shift - Sharon’s Theme  [Live KSBR, 1987]
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Mercylane - Wade Into Love  [single, 2020]
The God Machine - Purity  [Purity EP, 1991]
The Cure - This is a Lie  [Wild Mood Swings, 1996]
The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices (feat. Lisa Gerrard) - Stanka (Choir version)  [Shandai Ya Stanka, 2020]
Feast! - Melech Malchei Hamelechim  [single, 2020]
The Psychedelic Furs - Don’t Believe  [Made of Rain, 2020]
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Saalvia - Nusquam  [Zionphar, 2019]
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Seraphim Shock - Savannah’s Bones  [single, 2020]
Twin Tribes - Portal to the Void (live)  [Live at Fascination Street, 2020]
Scary Black - Ice Rose (live)  [Live at Fascination Street, 2020]
The Cemetery Girlz - The Wanderer  [The Wanderer (single), 2020]
Shadow Figure - Purgatory  [Accept & Kneel, 2020]
Calabrese - Let Doom Overtake Us  [Flee the Light, 2020]
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David Williams - The Prophecy / Lucifer / Transfer of the Soul  [“The Prophecy” (soundtrack) 1995]
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Cultus Profano - Cursed in Sin, Op. 25  [Accursed Possession, 2020]
Bâ'a - Transept / Titan  [Deus qui non mentitur, 2020]
Silver Knife - Unyielding  [Unyielding, Unseeing, 2020]
Panzerfaust - Areopagitica  [The Suns of Perdition - Chapter II: Render unto Eden, 2020]
Nexion - Sanctum Amentiae  [Seven Oracles, 2020]
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Grizzly Steppe - 00.05.55  [Svalbard, 2020]
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The Valerie Project - Prelude  [The Valerie Project, 2007]
Pallbearer - Rite of Passage  [Forgotten Days, 2020]

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PODCAST: July 2020 Episode

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As we enter the fourth month of our new pandemic reality, and the sweltering heat of mid-summer, I welcome you to the July 2020 episode of "Out ov the Coffin." Hopefully, some new music, mixed with just the right selections from the vault, will take your mind off of both of those things.

The show begins with new music from the UK act, Grasshopper. The band first caught my attention when I read that they had worked with David M. Allen, best known for producing just about every record The Cure put out from 1984-1992 (and, good lord, that's a lot of amazing material), but he was also responsible for such landmark albums as The Sisters of Mercy's First and Last and Always, and The Chameleons' Strange Times, just to name a few. Not to put too much emphasis on the production credit here, but that's such a stellar resume, it's worth a quick write-up here. At any rate, Grasshopper's new album, Scuttle, as deceptively named as both the album and the band are, is a welcome addition to the current post-punk/goth movement.

The first full set begins with new music from Boston's Pilgrims of Yearning, whose new album Forsaken Lands has built up a good buzz in recent weeks. Newcomers, and recent Profound Lore artists, Executioner's Mask step in next, with what might be a surprising blend of Lorry-esque post-punk and goth/deathrock sounds, considering that the band features members of such much-heavier acts as Howling Void. An older cut from Italy's Yabancı then leads us into a 10th anniversary nod to the self-titled debut from O. Children. Stepping further back in time, we hear from Joy Division's iconic final studio album, Closer, in honor of its 40th anniversary this month. Finally, the set drops to a somber, but infinitely moving, close with Alex Reed's stripped-down, piano and vocal take on the 2003 ThouShaltNot classic, "The Ocean Is Your Voice," which emerged in 2018 on a one-off performance released as The White Beyond (Piano at Night). 

The second set has a bit of a theme, inspired simply by the swamp-like heat of the south in the summer, even at night, which evokes southern gothic vibes, bourbon-soaked tales of woe, and shadowy western tinges. As the kids say, "it's a mood." The set begins with another taste of the new Venus Aeon compilation, “Blood and Dust: A Gothic Western”, this time from October Burns Black. Next: Athens, Georgia newcomers Vincas stroll in -- on Nick Cave's legs and looking for blood -- with a track from their new album, Phantasma. Former Athens natives (now Brooklynites) Bambara stroll in next, but even slower -- we're dripping with Cave-sweat now -- for a deeper swallow of their latest LP, Stray. We then let the pace drop almost entirely, opening the stage for a gloom-ridden croon from the greased-up new Danzig Sings Elvis LP. Controversial, perhaps, but I have always celebrated Danzig's penchant for '50s/'60s music, which -- along with David Lynch, of corpse -- helped cement the association I have with such music and dark, ethereal moods that suggest longing and tragic death, if not by foul play. Closing out the set, I reach back in the early '90s goth vault for The Tors of Dartmoor, followed by a 40th anniversary salute to Echo and the Bunnymen's first LP, Crocodiles. 

Set three turns to darkwave, in case you need something to wash all of that dust out. Clan of Xymox jumps in first, with the closing track from their new Spider on the Wall album, followed by the title track from up-and-coming darkwave act Scary Black's second full length release, Are You Afraid of the Dark? The third, and final, 40th anniversary salute of this episode arrives next, that being Ultravox's first Midge Ure-era album, Vienna. We then dig deeper into Astari Nite's new Here Lies album, before exploring the new release from the Jean-Marc Lederman Experience, a collaborative collection of songs from Lederman (known for his work with Fad Gadget, Gene Loves Jezebel, Front 242, etc.) and a series of guest vocalists from such acts as All About Eve, Assemblage 23, GLJ, Kirlian Camera, Mesh, Chiasm, Cassandra Complex, and Leather Strip. In this case, the song we hear is voiced by Mesh's Mark Hockings. The set then closes with more current darkwave from Baltimore's Kiss of the Whip, taken from their 2019 album New Lows.

Set four changes the focus to dark metal, beginning with a further taste of the new Paradise Lost album, Obsidian, followed by a deeper cut from Shadowflag's In Asylum Requiem. Quebec's Trépas carry the black metal torch even further, making their 'Coffin debut with a cut from their 2019 album, Lhéritage du Monde. We then spend a few moments in Klinikal Trials with industrial landscape artist Images In Silence, courtesy of burgeoning Nashville collective, Trance//Furnace. Finally, the set hammers itself shut with a formerly obscure song from Drudkh, originally limited to a split with Hades Almighty, but recently made more widely available on the compilation, A Few Lines In Archaic Ukrainian.

The final song of the show goes to modern progressive doom masters, Pallbearer, and the first single (and title track) from their forthcoming LP, Forgotten Days -- a song about the loss of memory, and of self, from afflictions like alzheimer's.

All of that PLUS: A collection of "summer soundtrack synth" for all of the talk breaks this month, featuring a brand new piece from the legendary director/composer John Carpenter, as well as a small tribute to the memory of the equally-legendary actor John Saxon, who died this week (in Murfreesboro, TN, much to the surprise of those of us who live nearby) at the age of 83. A more fitting tribute to his many roles in horror film will follow on the Halloween episode in October.

R.I.P. John Saxon (1936-2020)

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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: July 27th-28th, 2020

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

Grasshopper - Hymn  [Scuttle, 2020]
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John Carpenter - Unclean Spirit  [Skeleton b/w Unclean Spirit, [2020]
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Pilgrims of Yearning - The Visitor  [Forsaken Lands, 2020]
Executioner's Mask - 1988  [Despair Anthems, 2020]
Yabancı - The Bless  [Birth EP, 2013]
O. Children - Ruins  [O. Children, 2010]
Joy Division - Twenty Four Hours  [Closer, 1980]
Alex Reed - The Ocean Is Your Voice  [The White Beyond (Piano at Night), 2018]
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Mark Ryder & Phil Davies - Main Title / Ancestry  [“Trancers" (soundtrack) 1984]
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October Burns Black - Arrowhead  [“Blood and Dust: A Gothic Western” (comp.) 2020]
Vincas - Phantasma  [Phantasma, 2020]
Bambara - Miracle  [Stray, 2020]
Danzig - First In Line  [Sings Elvis, 2020]
The Tors of Dartmoor - The Edge of Her Heaven  [The Obvious Darkness, 1991]
Echo and the Bunnymen - Stars Are Stars  [Crocodiles, 1980]
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Claudio Simonetti - Revenge’s Beach (#3) / Dark Mood (#7)  [“Nightmare Beach” (soundtrack) 1989]
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Clan of Xymox - See You On The Other Side  [Spider on the Wall, 2020]
Scary Black - Are You Afraid of the Dark?  [Are You Afraid of the Dark?, 2019]
Ultravox - Passing Strangers  [Vienna, 1980]
Astari Nite - Gloomy Witch  [Here Lies, 2020]
Jean-Marc Lederman Experience - Letter from Mark Hockings  [Letters to Gods (and Fallen Angels), 2020]
Kiss of the Whip - Circle of Knives  [New Lows, 2019]
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Charles Bernstein - Dark Possibilities / Inner Workings / Stealth  ["Deadly Friend" (soundtrack) 1986]
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Paradise Lost - Ending Days  [Obsidian, 2020]
Shadowflag - To the Earth, To the Corpse, To the Seas  [In Asylum Requiem, 2020]
Trépas - Lhéritage du Monde  [Lhéritage du Monde, 2019]
Images In Silence - Neurotoxin  [Klinikal Trials, 2020]
Drudkh - Золотий кінь (Golden Horse)  [A Few Lines In Archaic Ukrainian (comp.) 2019] 

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Guido & Maurizio De Angelis - (untitled theme)  [“A Blade in the Dark” (soundtrack) 1983]
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Pallbearer - Forgotten Days  [Forgotten Days, 2020]

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Here we are in late June, 2020, and the world has yet to end -- but it is something of a "Crushed Velvet Apocalypse," if you will. I say that in honor of the 30th anniversary, this summer, of The Legendary Pink Dots's 1990 album of the same name, which also happens to be my first and favorite record from the band. To celebrate three decades with such a lush piece of art, I've book-ended this episode with end-times appropriate songs from what has blossomed into a fitting collection for the time we find ourselves in today. So, with that, I welcome you all to this new episode of "Out ov the Coffin."  

The first full set begins with new music from Delphine Coma, whose new single/EP, Secondary Eyes, continues the quality darkwave we came to know on 2018's Leaving the Scene. Following that, we dive deeper into Here Lies, the latest from Florida's Astari Nite, who have also launched a new video for the track "Leave the Winter on the Ground." Fearing arrives next, with a Slowdive-esque deep cut from their latest, Shadow, before checking out new music from UK act Black Angel -- which is the first of two tracks on this episode taken from the new Venus Aeon compilation, “Blood and Dust: A Gothic Western.” A fitting, vampy new single from California's Former Humans comes next, sliding nicely into a classic from Mummy Calls, taken from the soundtrack to the 1987 classic "The Lost Boys." Sadly, this song and the score music that lines the next talk break were played in memory of director Joel Schumacher, who died this week at the age of 80. The next two talk breaks also feature score music from some of my favorite films that he directed (notable, "8MM" and "Flatliners"). 

Set two begins by jumping to the end of the new Horror Vacui LP, Living for Nothing, for a second taste, before continuing the deathrock vibes with a 20th-anniversary selection from the first, self-titled Cinema Strange album. It's hard to believe it's been that long. Anders Manga summons the airwaves next, with a curious selection from his new Andromeda album. As it happens, I originally played this song back in October, but it had been released under a different band name (Coffin Moth), in a slightly different form. I guess we now know who was behind that project. We then dive into the vaults for some classic '90s goth from Screams for Tina, and some recently re-released material from UK act The Vanishing Point, the latter of which saw a new vinyl release this year, of their 1985 material, courtesy of Old Skull Records. New goth rock from Sensorium UK (featuring an ex-member of The Nefilim) comes next, followed by some current Russian post-punk from buzzworthy band Ploho. Check out the video for their song here. 

Set three begins with the return of California's System Syn. Once Upon a Second Act sees Clint Carney regaining his momentum from seven years ago, and retaining his ability to place confessional lyrics over a mixture of danceable beats and more introspective musical laments. The piano intro of Shock Therapy's "Hate is a 4 Letter Word" transitions us nicely into the vaults of 1985 again, but just for a few moments, as a new track from Hante.'s new remix (and more) album brings us back to the present. Connecticut's Grandeur make their 'Coffin debut next, with a catchy electronic post-punk single, "Emancipation Day." After a '90s classic from Sunshine Blind, we close the set with Sonsombre's cover of the Fields of the Nephilim classic, "Slow Kill," which also appears on the aforementioned compilation,
“Blood and Dust: A Gothic Western.”

The dark metal set begins by marking the 30th anniversary of Danzig's landmark 1990 album, Lucifuge. Mastermind, frontman, and horror rock legend Glenn Danzig, as it happens, celebrated his 65th birthday this week, too. Woah! Beyond that, we slide into a lot of new black metal offerings, first from Quebec's Sombre Héritage, with the opening track from their new Alpha Ursae Minoris album. Finland's October Falls makes their debut next, with a lengthy cut from A Fall of an Epoch, followed closely by the title track from In Asylum Requiem, the latest from UK act Shadowflag. Finally, the metal draws to a close with a selection from our second French-Canadaian act of the night, Monarque, taken from their 2019 release, Jusqu'à La Mort.

All of that PLUS: New dark ambient music from Poland's Marla Van Horn; Selections from the cult soundtrack anniversary vault; 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: June 26th, 2020

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

The Legendary Pink Dots - Just a Lifetime  [The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse (30th Anniversary Edition), 1990/2020]
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Marla Van Horn - Broken Spine  [Anatomy of Pain, 2020]
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Delphine Coma - Secondary Eyes  [Secondary Eyes, 2020]
Astari Nite - Leave the Winter on the Ground  [Here Lies, 2020]
Fearing - Pictured Perfect  [Shadow, 2020]
Black Angel - She (Deluxe Version)  [“Blood and Dust: A Gothic Western” (comp.) 2020]
Former Humans - Lust in the Shadows  [single, 2020]
Mummy Calls - Beauty Has Her Way  [“The Lost Boys” (soundtrack) 1987]
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Thomas Newman - Closing Time / Awakening / Drinking Blood  [“The Lost Boys” (unreleased score) 1987]
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Horror Vacui - Unreachable  [Living for Nothing, 2020]
Cinema Strange - Greensward Grey  [Cinema Strange, 2000]
Anders Manga - Night of the Witch  [Andromeda, 2020]
Screams for Tina - Eleven Eleven  [Screams for Tina, 1993]
The Vanishing Point - Displaced Man  [The Final Scream / The Vanishing Point (Split LP), 2020]
Sensorium UK - Dreams of the Dead  [MMXVIII, 2020]
Ploho - Горький опыт (Gorkiy opyt)  [Пыль (Pyl), 2019]
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Mychael Danna - The House  ["8MM" (soundtrack), 1999]
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System Syn - Collapsing  [Once Upon a Second Act, 2020]
Shock Therapy - Hate is a 4 Letter Word  [Shock Therapy, 1985]
Hante. - Run Lie Cry  [FIERCE Remixes & More, 2020]
Grandeur - Emancipation Day  [single, 2020]
Sunshine Blind - Regodless  [Love The Sky To Death, 1995]
Sonsombre - Slow Kill  [“Blood and Dust: A Gothic Western” (comp.) 2020]
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James Newton Howard - Reflections in the Evening / Sins of the Past  [“Flatliners” (soundtrack) 1990]
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Danzig - Devil’s Plaything  [II: Lucifuge, 1990]
Sombre Héritage - Polaris  [Alpha Ursae Minoris, 2020]
October Falls - A Fall of an Epoch  [A Fall of an Epoch, 2020]
Shadowflag - Lest the Night Be Thorned  [In Asylum Requiem, 2020]
Monarque - Jusqu'à La Mort  [Jusqu'à La Mort, 2019]
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Joe Renzetti - Main Titles (Frankenhooker)  [“Basket Case 2 / Frankenhooker” (soundtrack) 1990]
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The Legendary Pink Dots - New Tomorrow  [The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse (30th Anniversary Edition), 1990/2020]

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This episode opens with two pensive neo-classical selections, probably influenced by the atmosphere of the current season. The first is new from Portland's uniquely styled and named Disemballerina, whose latest album Poison Gown has just seen digital release (here). Second, flowing sonically, if not thematically, from the first, is a classic and seldom-heard track from The Legendary Pink Dots, a band that simply has been on my mind a lot as of late.

The first full set begins with a deeper selection from the new Soft Kill album, Heresy. The band has just announced a whole slew of dates for next year, including some great opening slots for bands like Clan of Xymox and Modern English. Also hitting the road in a big way next year will be The Cure (!!!), who close this set filled with overlooked and underrated selections from the vault, as well as more somber autumnal selections.

The second main set is filled with new bands and releases, beginning with The Hearse, a straightforward gothic rock act out of the UK, which is something we certainly need right now. Coming up quickly behind that is new music from L.A.'s Sextile, from their new album A Thousand Hands, followed by a short-but-interesting new track from Australia's Masses, taken from their brand new split with Death Church.

The next set begins with new music from Belgium's eyebrow-raising Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat, who add a bit more electro to their recent explorations in darkwave on their new To Live Vicariously album. After dipping a bit further into the new Cold Showers album, Matter of Choice, we drop by Paris for a double shot from Hélène de Thoury, member of both Hante. and Minuit Machine, two impressive new darkwave/synth bands that I can't seem to stop listening to lately. Look for new material from Minuit Machine on the December episode, in fact. 

Finally, the set draws to a close with something new from Seattle's Grave Babies, taken from their new Holographic Violence album, the edge on which leads gracefully into the next set, which begins with some almost doom-laden new post-punk from L.A.'s Deth Crux. A band who needs no introduction then grabs the set by the throat: Killing Joke, with a taste of the closing track from their new Pylon album, which has already started receiving rave reviews. Killing Joke will also hit the road in 2016, with tickets already on sale now. 

The metal begins in earnest with Cardinal Wyrm's new digital single, a cover of the Bathory classic "Enter the Eternal Fire." Get it here. Pinkish Black then steps in with a song from their new (and also acclaimed) album, Bottom of the Morning. After an absolute master-classic from My Dying Bride, the show concludes with the accidentally-amazing Chipmunkson16speed, a project that involves capturing old Chipmunks records, played at very slow speeds, with often haunting results. In this case, an ethereally-damned take on the Belinda Carlisle classic "Heaven is a Place on Earth," which sounds -- in this incarnation -- like the soundtrack to somebody slowly bleeding to death in the Black Lodge. Yes.

All of that, PLUS: An unrealized soundtrack selection by Von Hertzog, taken from the new Retro Promenade tribute/compilation, Argento; Revisited soundtracks old and new; Selections from the deathrock, goth, 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: November 20th, 2015

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

Disemballerina - Impaled Matador  [Poison Gown, 2015]

The Legendary Pink Dots - The Lovers (Part 1)  [The Lovers, 1984]

François De Roubaix - Les Lèvres Rouges / Les Dunes D'ostende (edit) ["Les Lèvres Rouges (Daughters of Darkness)" (soundtrack) 1971]

Soft Kill - Grandview  [Heresy, 2015]

Death Cult - Butterflies  [Grave Dance, 1996]

ROME - Les Deracines  [Nos Chants Perdus, 2010]

Black Ice - Signals  [Myopia, 2007]

Anasazi - Samsara  [Attic Noise, 2012]

Womb - One Real Kiss  [Spiteful Extractions, 2001]

The Cure - Sinking [Live: In Orange, 1986]

Martin Cooper & David A. Hughes - Entering the Tunnels  ["C.H.U.D." (soundtrack) 1984/2015]

The Hearse - Mein Leiden  [The Hearse, 2015]

Sextile - Visions of You  [A Thousand Hands, 2015]

Masses - Disperse  [Masses/Death Church (split) 2015]

Zotz - Marcha Fúnebre  [Amargura, 2015]

Secret Sight - Long Line  [Day.Night.Life, 2014]

The Snake Corps - Testament  [Testament, 1986]

Von Hertzog - Claudio's Last Ride  ["Argento" (comp.) 2015]

Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat - To Live Vicariously  [To Live Vicariously, 2015]

Cold Showers - Only Human  [Matter of Choice, 2015]

Minuit Machine - Love is God  [Live & Destroy, 2014]

Hante. - Damages  [Her Rise and Fall, 2014]

Grave Babies - Eternal (On & On)  [Holographic Violence, 2015]

Cuts - Bunsen Burner  ["Ex Machina" (soundtrack) 2015]

Deth Crux - Swallowed  [Pears of Anguish, 2015]

Killing Joke - Into the Unknown  [Pylon, 2015]

Cardinal Wyrm - Enter the Eternal Fire  [(digital single), 2015]

Pinkish Black - Burn My Body  [Bottom of the Morning, 2015]

My Dying Bride - The Cry of Mankind  [The Angel and the Dark River, 1995]

Brian Reitzell - Hassun  ["Hannibal" Season 2, Volume 1 (soundtrack) 2014]

Chipmunkson16speed - Heaven is a Place on Earth  [soundcloud.com/alvin-thechipmunkson16sp, 2015]

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