PODCAST: November 2020 Episode

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And we are back with a fresh episode -- a Black Friday episode, if you like, but it will be around for much longer than those sales. I trust and hope that everyone is still among us, despite the many challenges of the present world, but at least we've had some good developments since Halloween. I can't supply you with much additional good news, myself, but I can offer you a show filled with things that are both good and new. To that end, this month's episode begins with new music from that master of the morose tale of love gone wrong, Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows. In fact, the entire new album, Island of the Dead ... or the Five Stages of Mourning is an ode to the withering of affections and subsequent misery, offset a bit by lush production and what I must say is a crystal clear and well-balanced recording for something created in such an emotional state.

 

The first full set begins with new music from The Twilight Garden, a band that I am glad to see back in the ring, perhaps to get the attention they deserve for the new album, Revelation. Following that, we mark the 40th anniversary of the first Bauhaus full length, before diving deeper into The Wake's new Perfumes & Fripperies album. Shifting from more orthodox goth to modern post-punk, we then hear the new single from Portland's Shadowhouse, before hopping over to Belgium for A Slice of Life's new updated single. Finally, a new one from former-Californian-but-now-German band Night Nail's new March to Autumn album.

 

We open set two with more new California deathrock from longtime masters Altar de Fey, before moving just a few inches over to fresh-faced Californian deathrockers Deep Cavity, with a track from their 2019 release, Spectres on the Sacristy. We then fall back to 2018 to catch up with the latest from Italy's reunited Burning Gates, before stepping into the vaults for a 2001 hard-goth classic from Austria's Kiss the Blade, which really took me down a memory hole. In a good way. The last pair of songs go together, in that the first is brand new from Delphine Coma's Tortuosa LP, and the second is their remix contribution to the new single from Entertainment, entitled Maggot Church. It's good to see two southeastern US bands that are both really making it happen right now, working together. 

 

Set three begins with a small tribute to the memory and work of Daria Nicolodi (1950-2020), actress and screenwriter known for her contributions to such iconic Italian horror pieces as Suspiria, who died on Thanksgiving Day. Several of her works were actually spotlighted on last month's show, so for this one, I played selections from Deep Red and Inferno during the preceding talk break, which lead into a clip from the Inferno movie trailer, and finally to the song "Mother Tenebrarum" from Decoded Feedback.

Daria Nicolodi (1950-2020) R.I.P.

The set then continues in the darkwave/industrial vein, with a couple of vault-classics from Velvet Acid Christ and Malaise, before giving you a taste of S.C.R.A.M., a new dark ambient / industrial landscape project, who have just released what would be a great soundtrack for exploring abandoned sites, Sellafield Mox. Brand new music from Steven Archer's Stoneburner steps in next, taken from the new Beauty is Terror album, before we're struck by a selection from the new Bestial Mouths LP, RESURRECTEDINBLACK, which sees the band/project expanding their sound in some cool new ways.

The dark metal set kicks off with something that would have been great for the Halloween special, but alas, The Kryptik's new Behold Fortress Inferno came out on October 31st, making it a few days late to have made the cut. Nevertheless, it should satisfy '90s classic black metal fans quite well. Speaking of classic '90s metal sounds, we mark the 25th anniversary of Dissection's Storm of the Light's Bane this month, with a song that provided one of the blueprints for the Swedish death/black sound for years to come. Brand new melodic black metal from Portland's Uada comes next, taken from their Djinn LP, followed by a third portion of Pallbearer's latest doom opus, Forgotten Days. In closing the show, we hear from Canadian neoclassical dark metal act Neige & Noirceur, whose latest album, Bach, serves as a tribute to the legendary composer.

 
All of that PLUS: Great new soundtrack work from “Lovecraft Country” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor”; new dark ambient from Abscheulichkeit; overlooked '80s soundtracks from the 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: November 27th, 2020

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

Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - Black Magic Spell  [Island of the Dead, 2020]
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The Newton Brothers - Flora / It’s You, It’s Me, It’s Us  [“The Haunting of Bly Manor” (soundtrack) 2020]
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The Twilight Garden - Revelation  [Revelation, 2020]
Bauhaus - Nerves  [In the Flat Field, 1980]
The Wake - Break Me Not  [Perfumes and Fripperies, 2020]
Shadowhouse - A Year Today  [A Year Today/Tonight (single), 2020]
A Slice of Life - Older (Revival Mix)  [single, 2020]
Night Nail - March to Autumn  [March to Autumn, 2020]
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Jonathan Elias - Dance of Death / Katrina’s Haunting / Katrina’s Stare / Darkness Comes  [“Vamp” (soundtrack) 1986]
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Altar de Fey -  Mercy’s Kiss  [And May Love Conquer All, 2020]
Deep Cavity - Your Sweet Satan  [Spectres in the Sacristy, 2019]
Burning Gates - Abandonment  [New Moon, 2018]
Kiss the Blade - Head and Heart  [Heartbeat Amplified, 2001]
Delphine Coma - Dissolve  [Tortuosa, 2020]
Entertainment - Maggot Church (Delphine Coma mix)  [Maggot Church (single), 2020]
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Goblin - Profondo Rosso  [“Profondo Rosso” (aka Deep Red, soundtrack) 1975]
Keith Emerson - Elisa’s Story  [“Inferno” (soundtrack) 1980]
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[SAMPLE, Trailer] “Inferno” (1980)  {R.I.P. Daria Nicolodi}
Decoded Feedback - Mother Tenebrarum  [Technophoby, 1997]
Velvet Acid Christ - Black Rainbows  [The Art of Breaking Apart, 2009]
Malaise - Walking Through the Wonderland  [“The Goth Box” (comp.) 1996]
S.C.R.A.M. - Into the Hive (Reactor No. 4)  [Sellafield Mox, 2020]
Stoneburner - Are You There the Way I’m Here?  [Beauty is Terror, 2020]
Bestial Mouths - In Ruins  [Resurrectedinblack, 2020]
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Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq - Sundown Town  [“Lovecraft Country” (soundtrack) 2020]
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The Kryptik - Behold Fortress Inferno  [Behold Fortress Inferno, 2020]
Dissection - Where Dead Angels Lie  [Storm of the Light’s Bane, 1995]
Uada - The Great Mirage  [Djinn, 2020]
Pallbearer – Vengeance & Ruination  [Forgotten Days, 2020]
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Abscheulichkeit - The Ruined Symphony  [Dead Children's Nightmares, 2020]
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Neige & Noirceur - Invention 9 en F mineur  [Bach, 2020]

 

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PODCAST: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL (October 2020)

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Having spent the bulk of 2020 locked in my crypt, hiding from the Red Death, I've set stockpiled a great deal of material for this year's Halloween episode -- a GREAT, great deal. So, buckle up, boils and ghouls. We may not be able to party like we want to, but in an attempt to make up for that, we're driving this hearse into FOUR blood-soaked hours of Halloween Hymns this year! That's right, it's (quite possibly) the biggest coffin ever to be crammed through the internet and into your ears: It's The 2020 "Out ov the Coffin" HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!!!!

Featuring: NEW, current, classic, and obscure FULL-SIZE songs from the most morbid realms of goth, post-punk, deathrock, horror punk, darkwave, damnbient, metal, and MORE, riddled with hundreds of fun-sized bites of cvlt movie dialogue, sound effects, trailers, TV spots, novelties, and, of corpse, horror film and television soundtracks, all assembled in ritual formation, and (g)hosted by yours truly, DJ Ichabod.

Once again I have ungraved some delightfully fresh musical specimens for this year's special. As if to make up for such a shit year, we have debuts this month from three of the strongest deathrock/goth acts in the US: Altar de Fey, The Wake, and Entertainment (who have also just released a fantastic new video), PLUS deeper cuts into the latest from Sonsombre, Vincas, Horror Vacui, The Kentucky Vampires, Naglfar, and Cultus Profano, fresh Halloween mood music from Slasher Dave, Images in Silence, MALCO, Cimitir, and John Carpenter, AND a closing premiere from Nashsylvania's own Halloween band, Boo Dudes.

I promised, in this episode, to share a link to the A Southern Gothic Halloween special I mentioned (featuring Entertainment, Vincas, and many other great Georgia bands), so you can watch that here. And you should. Tis the season!

 

We'll also bite-mark the 50th anniversaries of three stone cold classic vampire films: Hammer's "Taste the Blood of Dracula" and "The Vampire Lovers," PLUS, the film that came out on this very day in 1970, Dan Curtis' big-screen adaptation of his cult hit TV series, "House of Dark Shadows"! Being a personal favorite of mine, I couldn't resist the coincidece of this episode launching on the very anniversary the film's release, so the artwork for this special reflects that celebration.

 

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! This withered pumpkin of a year desrves an extra kick in the gourds, so you're getting a bonus HEAVY HALLOWEEN HORROR set! That's right, I've once again traveled to the intersection of Heavy Metal and Horror Movies, and returned with not only the certified '80s Metal-Horror classics that you Dream Warriors know and love, but some overlooked cult selections, and even a few rarities -- all mixed with vintage ad spots and samples from the age we'll never allow to be buried.

 

I hope this show will help restore some of your stolen Halloween season -- and if it does, please hand it out to your fiends by sharing it on your social media platform of choice.

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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
 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: 2020!

  Show recorded on: October 27-28th, 2020

James Bernard - Taste the Blood / The Ceremony Begins  [“Taste the Blood of Dracula” (soundtrack) 1970]
[SAMPLE] Sammy Terry Intro (WTTV Indianapolis, 1986)
[SAMPLE] Something Weird - “Monsters Crash the Pajama Party” Opening
[SAMPLE] “Taste the Blood of Dracula” (1970)
[SAMPLE] Vintage CBS "Special" Bumper
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me (Twin Peaks Murder Edition by DJ Ichabod, 2017)
Calabrese - Maleficis Visibilis
[SAMPLE] “The Masque of the Red Death”
[SAMPLE] The Pagan Invasion, Vol. 1
Calabrese - He Who Flees the Light
[SAMPLE] “Scooby-Doo: The Ghoul, The Bad, and The Ugly”
[SAMPLE]  Something Weird - The Crawling Thing, The Creature of Evil (radio spot)
Misfits - Halloween  [Halloween, 1981]
[SAMPLE] Boris Karloff reads “Sleepy Hollow”
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Ken Higgins, Jim Calabrese - Opening Theme  ["Spookies" (soundtrack) 1986]
Slasher Dave - Dusk  [Spookhouse, 2020]
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[SAMPLE] “House of Dark Shadows” (1970)

Sonsombre - One Thousand Graves  [One Thousand Graves, 2020]
[TRAILER] “House of Dark Shadows” (1970)
Nosferatu - Horror Holiday  [Wonderland, 2010]
[SAMPLE] “House of Dark Shadows” (1970)
Mephisto Walz - Dear Familiar Phantoms  [The Eternal Deep, 1994]
Nox Novacula - Hitchhiker  [Hitchhiker/Drug, 2019]
[SAMPLE] “The Masque of the Red Death”
[TRAILER] “The Mask” (1961)
Horror Vacui - My Funeral, My Party  [Living for Nothing, 2020]
Altar de Fey - And May Love Conquer All  [And May Love Conquer All, 2020]
[TRAILER] “The Vampire Lovers” (1970)
The Wake - Hammer Hall  [Perfumes and Fripperies, 2020]
[SAMPLE] “House of Dark Shadows” (1970)
The Kentucky Vampires - Vampire’s Coffin  [Crimson Curse, 2020]
[SAMPLE] “The Vampire Lovers” (1970)
Witching Hour - Ligea  [Hourglass, 1992]
[SAMPLE] “Vincent Price’s Halloween Thriller” (1984)
Sleepy Hollow - Terror of the Number  [Sleepy Hollow, 1994]
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Dennis Michael Tenney - Night of the Demons Theme  ["Night of the Demons" (soundtrack), 1988]
Images in Silence - Wandering Souls (exc.) [“Subsistence” (comp.) 2020]
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Entertainment - Maggot Church  [Maggot Church, 2020]
[SAMPLE] "The Haunted Mansion"
Corpus Delicti - Dancing Ghost [Obsessions, 1995] 
[SAMPLE] "The Midnight Hour" (1985)
[SAMPLE] Vincent Price, The Secrets of Witchcraft
La Scaltra - The Spell  [The Third Eye, 2019] (Seasonally Beautiful Video alert!)
[SAMPLE] “Tales from the Darkside: Trick or Treat"
London After Midnight - Trick or Treat (9199)  [Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119, 2019]
[TV SPOT] “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” (1st TV Broadcast 1987)
[TV SPOT] “The Dunwich Horror” (1970)
Marquee Moon - Prince of Darkness  [Beyond the Pale, 1985]
[TV SPOT] “Phantasm” (1979)
Vincas - Until It Rains Red  [Phantasma, 2020]
[SAMPLE] “The Dead of Night” (1977)
Screaming Dead - The Night  [The Danse Macabre Collection, 1984]
[TV SPOT] “Halloween” (1978) (1st television broadcast)
H. Zombie - Burato do Inferno feat. Txarly Usher  [Deathrock is Dead, 2013]
[SAMPLE] Elvira on "The Fall Guy" (1983)
The Last Dance - Elvira’s Theme (live)  [“The Search for the Next Elvira” (2007)]
[TRAILER] “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (1975)
John Zacherley - Happy Halloween  [Scary Tales, 1962]
[SAMPLE] “Terror on Tape” (1985)
[TV SPOT] “The Return of the Living Dead” (1985)  
[SAMPLE] “The Return of the Living Dead” (1985)
Francis Haines - Trioxin Theme [“The Return of the Living Dead” (score) 1985]
SSQ - Tonight (We Make Love Til We Die  [“The Return of the Living Dead” (soundtrack) 1985]
Babel - The Howling (Make Flesh Creep Mix)  [“Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf” (soundtrack) 1985]
[SAMPLE] The Real Ghostbusters “When Halloween Was Forever”
Samhain - Halloween II  [November-Coming Fire, 1986]
[SAMPLE] Christopher Lee reads “The Tell Tale Heart”
Voo-Doo Church - Eyes (Second Death)  [Voo-Doo Church, 1982]
[SAMPLE] “Dracula” (1931)
Burning Image - Haunted  [“Kaliffornian Deathrock” (comp.) 2006]
Charles Bernstein - Main Title (exc.)  [“A Nightmare on Elm Street” (soundtrack) 1984]
[SAMPLE] Boris Karloff - “Tales of the Frightened”
[TV SPOT] “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984)
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John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Chariots of Pumpkins (Remix)  ["Halloween III: Season of the Witch" (soundtrack) 1982]
Cimitir - The Moon and the Waning Veil  [The Spectral Sessions (Autumnal Improvisations), 2020]
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[SAMPLE] “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992)
Seraphim Shock - Ascend  [single, 2019]
Grave Society - Sanctified  [Act I: Dictum Nyctophilia, 2018]
[SAMPLE] “House of Dark Shadows” (1970)
Lock Howl - Graveless  [Pareidolia, 2017]
[SAMPLE] “Cemetery Man” (1994)
Tribulation - The Lament  [Down Below, 2018]
[SAMPLE] “Castle of Blood” (1964)
Sarcófago - Nightmare  [Rotting, 1989]
[SAMPLE] "Dead of Night" (1977)
Mayhem - Freezing Moon (Dead version) [Studio Sessions, 1990]
[TRAILER] “Mortuary” (1983)
[SAMPLE] “Mortuary” (1983)
Cultus Profano - Upon a Tomb of Sacrilege  [Accursed Possession, 2020]
[TRAILER] “Taste the Blood of Dracula” (1970)
[SAMPLE] “Night Gallery: Return of the Sorcerer” (1972)
Cradle of Filth - Beneath the Howling Stars (Remixed and Remastered)  [Cruelty and the Beast (Re-Mistressed), 1998/2019]
[SAMPLE] “Dark Shadows” Ep. 248  
Naglfar - A Sanguine Tide Unleashed  [Cerecloth, 2020]
[SAMPLE] "Pagan Invasion Vol 1"
Hexenhammer - Cryptographik  [Underground, 1990]
[SAMPLE ] "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: House of Shokoti Pt 2" (1983)
King Diamond - Eye of the Witch  [The Eye, 1990]
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MALCO - El Santos Obsidian  [Horror Titles - Vol. I, 2020]
Claudio Simonetti - Demon  [“Demons” (soundtrack) 1985]
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[RETRO-WE’EN COMMERCIAL BREAK] The Haunted Mansion at Long Branch, Castlevania for Gameboy, Circuit City’s Midnight Madness Sale
[TRAILER] “Trick or Treat” (1986)
[SAMPLE] Alice Cooper hosting "Headbangers Ball" (Halloween 1989)
[SAMPLE] “Hack-O-Lantern” (1988)
DC LaCroix - Devil’s Son  [Hack-O-Lantern, 1988]
W.A.S.P. - Tormentor (“Dungeonmaster” version)
[TV SPOT] “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors” (1987)
Dokken - Dream Warriors (video version, 1987)  [Unchain the Night (DVD 2007)]
[TV SPOT] “The Return of the Living Dead II” (1988)
Leatherwolf - Alone in the Night  [“The Return of the Living Dead II” (soundtrack) 1988]
[TRAILER] Black Roses
Black Roses / MASI - Soldiers of the Night  [“Black Roses” (soundtrack) 1988]
[SAMPLE] “Paganini Horror” (1989)
Vince Tempera - Stay the Night  [“Paganini Horror” (soundtrack) 1989]
[TV SPOT] “Incubus” (1981)
Samson - Vice Versa  [Head On, 1980]
[SAMPLE] “The Gate (1987)
[SAMPLE] “Rocktober Blood” (1984)
Sorcery - I’m Back  [“Rocktober Blood” (soundtrack) 1984]
[SAMPLE] CHiPs “Rock Devil Rock” episode (1982)
Moloch - Devil Take Me  [“CHiPs: Rock Devil Rock” (unreleased soundtrack) 1982]
[TRAILER] “Shock Em Dead” (1991)
[TV SPOT] “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” (1984)
Lion - Love Is A Lie  [“Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter” (soundtrack) 1984]
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John Carpenter - Skeleton  [Skeleton b/w Unclean Spirit, 2020]
Goblin - Tenebrae (Main Title)  [“Tenebrae” (soundtrack) 1982]
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[SAMPLE] Alice Cooper, “Halloween: The Happy Haunting of America”  
Alice Cooper - He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask)  [“Friday the 13th Part VI” (soundtrack) 1986]
[SAMPLE] “A Very Venture Halloween” Haunted Opening Theme (R.I.P.)
[SAMPLE] Robert England “Halloween: The Happy Haunting of America”
[SAMPLE] “A Very Venture Halloween”
Boo Dudes - There’s Some Ghosts in This House  […And Justice For Fall, 2020]
[SAMPLE] Tales from the Darkside (closing theme and narration)
[SAMPLE] Angus Scrimm “Halloween: The Happy Haunting of America”

KEY:
(comp.) = compilation

(exc.) = excerpt

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PODCAST: Compilation for the Dead 2020 (Bonus September 2020 Episode)

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As with everything this year, the Out ov the Coffin: Compilation for the Dead 2020 is a strictly virtual affair. This special, annual episode of the show always coincides with Dragon Con, and since the convention has gone virtual this year, I decided to follow suit and keep this tradition alive online, too. If you don't know what Dragon Con is, think of it as the Comicon of the Southeast, but more fan-driven, held every year in Atlanta Georgia on Labor Day Weekend. Comics, Fantasy, Horror, Music, Gaming, TV, Film, and even panels about Goth, which is where this compilation comes in -- but more on that in a minute. If you want to tune into this year's virtual Dragon Con, running 24 hours throughout the holiday weekend, follow this link:

https://dragoncon.tv/virtual

What is this "Compilation for the Dead," though? Well, it's something of a tribute to those goth compilation CDs that were so helpful to me when I first got into this kind of music in the '90s. It's designed to play through without talk breaks, so you can focus on this season's crop of new, current, and returning dark artists that I think people should know about. It's also a good intro to what the show is about, for any newcomers.

I started the "Compilation for the Dead" series back in 2007, after attending Dragon Con for a couple of years, where I would always have conversations between panels about the state of goth music, the health of the scene, and if there were any good bands still putting "this kind" of music out. My answer to the last question was always an emphatic "YES," but in order to put my money where my mouth was, I decided to create some proof.

"I made you a mixtape...."

So, each year I choose an album's worth of strictly new and current music to represent this podcast, my DJing style, and, most importantly, the current state of goth & the wider dark music scene as I see it.

If this is your first episode of Out ov the Coffin, the regular episodes happen once a month, taking the form of a traditional radio show, with an emphasis on new music -- but also including classics from the vault, episodic themes, and further cuts into current albums in the realms of: Goth, post-punk, deathrock, darkwave, coldwave, industrial, film scores, dark metal, and more. The next one in line will actually be another special edition, October's traditional Halloween Special, which is both a personal and listener favorite each year.

Until then, if you're new here, I encourage you to check out some of the previous episodes (here or here), and to follow the show on Facebook and Instagram.

Thanks,
Ichabod

* Neither this podcast nor this compilation are endorsed or produced by Dragon Con.

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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

  This mix/episode originally compiled September 2020.

Intro track, which then plays backwards beneath the introductory and closing remarks:

Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me  ["Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack) 1994]

The "Out ov the Coffin" Compilation for the Dead, 2020:

1.    Mark Korven - Arrival  ["The Lighthouse" (soundtrack) 2019]
2.    Secret Shame - Haunter  [Dark Synthetics, 2019]
3.    Grasshopper - October  [Scuttle, 2020]
4.    A Projection - Lucy Shrine  [Section, 2019]
5.    Anders Manga - Rosaries and Requiems  [Andromeda, 2020]
6.    October Burns Black - Cast Aside  [Reflections, 2019]
7.    False Figure - Cryptophasia  [A Promised End, 2019]
8.    Topographies - Not My Loneliness, But Ours  [Not My Loneliness, But Ours, 2020]
9.    The Cemetary Girlz - The Wanderer  [single, 2020]
10.  La Scaltra - The Spell  [The Third Eye, 2019]
11.  Pilgrims of Yearning - The Visitor  [Forsaken Lands, 2020]
12.  Je T'aime - The Flying Dutchman  [Je T'aime, 2019]
13.  Bobby Krlic - Ritual in Transfigured Time  ["Midsommar" (soundtrack) 2019]
14.  Kiss of the Whip - Circle of Knives  [New Lows, 2019]
15.  Shadow Figure - Purgatory  [Accept & Kneel, 2020]
16.  King Venus - Inhumite  [Inhumite, 2020]
17.  The Faces of Sarah - Memourium  [Memourium, 2020]
18.  Seraphim Shock - Ascend  [single, 2019]
19.  David Arnold & Michael Price - In the Mirror  ["Dracula" (soundtrack) 2020]
20.  Final Gasp - Dead Asleep  [Baptism of Desire, 2019]
21.  Vaeok - Souls Void  [Vaeok, 2020]

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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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