PODCAST: December 29th, 2011 "THE BEST OV 2011" Special Edition

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This week, I took a long look back at the year that was 2011, and -- as usual -- I couldn't pare it down to the length of a regular episode. Hence, what we have here is a 3.5 hour MEGA-SODE, celebrating the best in dark music over the past year, with entries from the fields of gothic rock, post-punk, deathrock, darkwave, ebm, industrial, neoclassical, dark metal, film scores, and yet uncharted areas of the bizarre realms of sonic art.

I should note that this show is done in an order that sounds good and flows well, rather than any sort of ranking, so think of this episode as a time capsule, rather than a countdown. I'm sure I've left something or somebody out, so don't hang the DJ. I did my best to highlight the most impressive albums, the catchiest singles, and the rest of the sounds that may remain tied to memories of this past year. And I hope you enjoy it.

I haven't made a formal short-list of my fvorite albums of 2011, but I will share that I was very impressed with the three new ROME albums, quite pleasantly surprised by how much I loved the new Nosferatu material, quite often found listening to Ulterior's infectious sound, proud to have watched Cryogen Second become the band that they are, very glad to see the (re)emergence of Brighter Fires as a creative force, and, of course, honored by all of the great feedback that the Loss album received this year. For the rest of the story, just take a listen...

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PLAYLIST
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]
(each band name is also a website link)



"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, December 29th, 2011

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

Nosferatu - Silver  [Wonderland, 2011]
ROME - Sons of Aeeth/The Brute Engine  [Die Æsthetik Der Herrschaftsfreiheit - Band 2: Aufruhr, 2011]
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - Starlight Seen Through Veils of Tears  [Have You Seen This Ghost?, 2011]
This Way to the Egress - Chapel Hill  [This Delicious Cabaret, 2011]
Christine Plays Viola - Witch of Silence  [Innocent Awareness, 2011]
Entertainment - Distance  [SOMA: A Disaro Mixtape, 2011]
Lotus Feed - Drawn Too  [A Different Place, 2011]
Hyena Motorcade - Heartbreaks  [single, 2011]
Brendan Perry - Wintersun  [Ark, 2011]
Adoration - Sense  [single, 2011]
Christopher Drake - (untitled) ["Batman: Year One" (soundtrack) 2011]
Ulterior - Sex War Sex Cars Sex  [Wild In Wildlife, 2011]
Bella Morte - The Morning Sun  [Before the Flood, 2011]
Bloody Dead and Sexy - Liquid Grey [Liquid Grey, 2011]
The Exploding Boy - I Am Truth  [The Black Album, 2011]
Brighter Fires - From the Sky  [Brighter Fires, 2011]
Peter Murphy - I Spit Roses  [Ninth, 2011]
Principe Valiente - Night  [Principe Valiente, 2011]
IAMX - Music People  [Volatile Times, 2011]
Henry Jackman - Magneto/Frankenstein's Monster  ["X-Men: First Class" (soundtrack) 2011]
Diary of Dreams - Grey the Blue  [Ego:X, 2011]
System Syn - Confession  [All Seasons Pass, 2011]
Austra - Beat and the Pulse  [Feel It Break, 2011]
Haujobb - Dead Market  [New World March, 2011]
Gary Numan - The Fall  [Dead Son Rising, 2011]
Cryogen Second [N] - If I Had My Way  [Anthem for the Great Self Destruct, 2011]
Light Asylum - Dark Allies [In Tension EP, 2010]
Necro Facility - Ignite  [Wintermute, 2011]
Deied - A Shell Full of Scars  [Tales of Sodenliah, 2011]
The Crüxshadows - Valkyrie (Dreamside Mix) [Valkyrie, 2011]
Chris Bacon - Regret and Reconciliation ["Source Code" (soundtrack) 2011]
Sólstafir - Svartir Sandar  [Svartir Sandar, 2011]
Falkenbach - Time Between Dog and Wolf  [Tiurida, 2011]
Wolves in the Throne Room - Astral Blood  [Celestial Lineage, 2011]
40 Watt Sun - Carry Me Home  [The Inside Room, 2011]
Mournful Congregation - The Waterless Streams  [The Book of Kings, 2011]
Lycus - Among the Ruins  [demo 2011]
Bear McCreary - "The Walking Dead: Season 2" score medley [2011]
Loss [N] - Silent and Completely Overcome [-despond-, 2011]


KEY:
[N] = Nashville artist
(exc.) = excerpt
^RQ^ = requested

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PODCAST: December 22nd, 2011 - The Xmas Bonus!

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Normally, there would not have been an episode this week, but as I recalled last year's "Out ov the Coffin 39 and 1/2 foot Xmas Special," and how much fun that was, it seemed a shame to let it fall into obscurity; however, I didn't want to upload a pure re-run. So, I took that show, chopped it up, kept the best parts, added some new ones, and reworked the whole thing as a new special for this year: "The Out ov the Coffin Xmas Bonus 2011!"

Now, for those that have never heard an "Out ov the Coffin" Xmas Special, I should warn you that this is not at all a typical episode. In fact, it's a complete oddball, framing the Christmas season in a mixture of holiday horror, warped nostalgia, and absolute silliness. It's still done from a goth perspective, of corpse, but this would be the episode in which my sense of humor does most of the driving, and the references become a bit... abstract. What can I say? Christmas is for children, so I'm going to act like one, haha. Having said that: You have been warned...

Featured on this bonus podcast, you will hear a brand new Christmas song from The Cruxshadows, who provide two of the only serious moments in the whole show. Their brand new, 2011 Christmas single, "Anmi's Christmas (Red, Green, Silver & Gold)," is available as a free, or pay-what-you-feel, download right here, along with last year's faithful version of "O Holy Night," both of which are featured on this episode.

And, appearing online just in the St. Nick of time to be included on this podcast, is the new Venture Bros. holiday single. This time, Doc and Jackson present us with their rendition of the classic "Baby, It's Cold Outside," filtered through the characters of The Mighty Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch. The result is called "Baby It's Cold In Here," and I think it's my favorite holiday song since 2008's "Wonderful Christmastime." The download is available right here. You can also grab the rest of their free Christmas singles (going all the way back to 2004) right here.

Also featured on this show: Loads of warped Christmas classics, from such disparate sources as Oscar the Grouch, King Diamond, Batman, Voltaire, The Grinch, The Ramones, The Cryptkeeper, Count von Count, and many, many more. It's a strange one, folks -- and unlike previous holiday specials, it's UNCENSORED, too! So, put a little something extra in your eggnog, and check out what SantaBod brought you this year...


Not into this episode's theme? No problem. STAY TUNED: The December 29th episode will feature "The Best ov 2011," a cross-section of songs from the best releases to have been featured on the show this year!


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PLAYLIST
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]
(each band name is also a website link)



"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Henchman 21 & 24 Intro (exc. from "Wonderful Christmastime") [digital single, 2008]
CBS Special Intro sound FX
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me ["Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack), 1994]
Alec Guinness (as Jacob Marley) - See the Phantoms ["Scrooge" (soundtrack, 1970)]
The Cryptkeeper (John Kassir) - Twas the Fright Before Christmas [Tales From the Crypt: Have Yourself A Scary Little Christmas, 1994]
Gordy Goodwin - We Wish You a Scary Christmas [The Haunted Mansion unofficial 34th Anniversary Collection, 2005]
David G. Ravenswood - Grim, Grinning Ghosts (Phantom Manor Christmas Mix) [The Haunted Mansion unofficial 34th Anniversary Collection, 2005]
Porn Orchard (as Tom Waits & Peter Murphy) - This Holiday Season (w/ Intro) [Son of the Flagpole Christmas Album, 1992]
Jerry Goldsmith - A Christmas Story ["Gremlins" (soundtrack), 1984]
Oscar T. Grouch - I Hate Christmas [A Sesame Street Christmas, 1975]
Thurl Ravenscroft - You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch ["How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (soundtrack)]
Count von Count - All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth [A Sesame Street Christmas, 1975]
Hellblinki - Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas ('Riverbottom Nightmare Band' exc.) [Xmas with Hellblinki, 2006]
Danny Elfman - Oogie Boogie's Song ["The Nightmare Before Christmas" (soundtrack), 1993]
Mark Hammil (as The Joker) - Jingle Bells ["Batman: The Animated Series" episode Christmas with the Joker, 1992]
She Wants Revenge - Kidnap the Sandy Claws ["The Nightmare Before Christmas" (deluxe soundtrack), 2006]
Shirley Walker, Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion - The Nutcracker Suite / Pie in Batman's Face / Dangling Hostages Saved/ Deck the Halls ["Batman: The Animated Series" episode Christmas with the Joker, 1992]
Venture Industries & Friends & Enemies - Venture Aid 2006/Feed the World (The Venture Bros.) [digital single, 2006]
The Monarch & Dr. Girlfriend - Little Drummer Boy (The Venture Bros.) [digital single, 2004]
Juan Schwartz & The South Park Christmas Choir - Dead, Dead, Dead [Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics, 1999]
Alien Sex Fiend - Stuff the Turkey [single, 1987]
Fear - Fuck Christmas [ single, 1982]
The Yobs - Come All Ye Faithful [XMas II, 1991]
Pansy Division - Homo Christmas [Fem In A Black Leather Jacket, 1992]
Voltaire - Comin' Out for Christmas (live) [Live!, 2006]
Bad News - Cashing In On Christmas [Bad News, 1987]
Danny Elfman - End Title ["The Nightmare Before Christmas" (soundtrack), 1993]
The Cruxshadows - Anmi's Christmas (Red, Green, Silver, & Gold) [digital single, 2011]
The Cruxshadows - O Holy Night  [digital single, 2010]
The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)  [Brain Drain, 1989]
Boris Karloff - "Every Who Down in Whoville..." (sample from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", 1966)
King Diamond - No Presents for Christmas  [single, 1985]
The Cool Ghoul (Dick Von Hoene) - The Bite Before Christmas [The Cool Ghoul's Phantasmagorical Funky Fonograf Record, 1971]
The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch - Baby It's Cold In Here [digital single, 2011]
The Unquiet Void - Silent Night [Middle Pillar Presents: A Misfit Xmas, Volume One, 2001]
Batman & Friends & Enemies - Christmas Carol Caper [Exciting Christmas Stories, 1977]



KEY:
[N] = Nashville artist
(exc.) = excerpt
^RQ^ = requested

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PODCAST: December 15th, 2011

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This episode starts with some newly released live music from my favorite band of all time, The Cure, who have just issued Bestival Live 2011, a 2CD collection of the band's set at September's Bestival Fest, featuring a great, career-spanning set-list. All proceeds from the sale of the album will go to benefit the Isle of Wight Youth Trust. Learn more about that here.

Speaking of live recordings of legendary bands, Dead Can Dance has made two separate collections of live recordings available for free to people who sign up for their mailing list. The collections are called Live Happenings, Parts I and II, and are designed to whet peoples' appetites for their forthcoming album. Get the downloads here.

On the last show, I threw the spotlight on ROME's new box set, Die Aesthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit, by featuring tracks from the first two discs on that episode. This time, to round out the preview-effect, you'll hear a selection from Disc 3 of the set ("Aufgabe"). And if you're ready to order the whole thing after that, you can find the limited edition here, while they last. Otherwise, watch for the single-disc versions.

Also featured on this show: A re-issue of the British band Siiiii's collection of early '80s material, entitled Ancient; a deeper cut from the new System Syn album, All Seasons Pass; brand new "experimetal" from Iceland's Sólstafir, whose Svartir Sandar has appeared on many year-end charts already; more new music from Finland's Azaghal, from their forthcoming release, Nemesis; and a taste of Christopher Drake's score to the latest Batman animated film, "Batman: Year One," which is great, by the way.

This episode closes with two more new entries, the first from Norway's Ulver, who continue to explore the boundaries of various genres on The Wars of the Roses, and new music from a fresh Nashville post-rock/experimental act called Black Caverns.

Also on this episode: New music from Lycus, who recently released a limited edition of their demo on Nashville's own Graceless Recordings; More fresh sounds from Deied, Nosferatu,  and Gary Numan; plenty of great soundtrack music from the realms of dark sci-fi; some goth rock obscurities and current sounds you may have missed, and much, much more!

STAY TUNED for the "Out ov the Coffin: Xmas Bonus" landing on or near December 22nd, and don't miss the December 29th episode: "The Best ov 2011!" Coming soon...


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PLAYLIST
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]
(each band name is also a website link)



"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, December 15th, 2011

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

The Cure - Plainsong (live) [Bestival Live 2011]  ^RQ^
Clint Mansell - Two Weeks and Counting/I'm Sam Bell ["Moon" (soundtrack, 2009)]
Dead Can Dance - Crescent (live) [Live Happenings - Part II, 2011]
Siiiii - Conception  [Ancient, 2006]
Current 93 - St. Peter's Keys All Bloody  [Dogs Blood Rising, 1984]
ROME - Automation  [Die Aesthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit - Band 3: Aufgabe, 2011]
Wovenhand - Winter Shaker  [Mosaic, 2006]
Christopher Drake - (untitled) ["Batman: Year One" (soundtrack, 2011)]
Nosferatu - Bombers  [Wonderland, 2011]
The Mission UK - The Crystal Ocean (extended)  [The First Chapter, 1987]
Moon - Dave  [Andromeda - The Spectral Compilation, 1993]
Sad Lovers and Giants - Big Tracks Little Tracks  [Feeding the Flame, 1983]
Charles de Goal - Procession  [Restructuration, 2008]
Gary Numan - Into Battle  [Dead Son Rising, 2011]
Panzer AG - It Is All In Your Head  [This Is My Battlefield, 2004]
Cryogen Second [N] - Anthem for the Great Self Destruct  [Anthem for the Great Self Destruct, 2011]
System Syn - Funeral  [All Seasons Pass, 2011]
Deied - In the Transition  [Tales of Sodenliah, 2011]
Mark Korven - Wrong Door/The Rope  ["Cube" (soundtrack, 1997)]
Sólstafir - Sjúki Skugginn  [Svartir Sandar, 2011]
Evoken - Intro/In Solitary Ruin  [Antithesis of Light, 2005]
Christopher Young - 'Skin Her Alive' ["Hellbound: Hellraiser II" (soundtrack, 1989)]
Azaghal - Ex Nihilo  [Nemesis, 2012]
Lycus - Aghast  [Demo 2011]
Mark Isham - Expiation/Mist  ["The Mist" (soundtrack, 2007)]
Ulver - England  [The Wars of the Roses, 2011]
Black Caverns [N] - Prevail Beyond the Storm  [Black Caverns EP, 2011]


KEY:
[N] = Nashville artist
(exc.) = excerpt
^RQ^ = requested

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PODCAST: December 1st, 2011

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In musical terms, the greatest thing to happen this week has certainly been the arrival of ROME's new box set, Die Aesthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit. With 36 tracks, spread over 3 full length albums, it's a lot of greatness to absorb at once, but it maintains the quality standards set by all of Jerome Reuter's many previous releases. All of ROME's different faces are represented on the new collection, and a couple of new paths are explored as well. Not one, but two, of the new tracks are featured on this episode.

For the big fans: If you are looking to buy the new ROME box set, there is a very limited fan-edition, which comes with all 3 of the new albums, 3 hardbound books, and what I will say is their best t-shirt yet, along with a couple of other bonus pieces, that you might attempt to order right here, while they last.

Also new on this episode is music from Press Gang Metropol. If you've ever wondered what became of the legendary French goth-rock band, Corpus Delicti, then wonder no more. After their original drummer retired, they elected to go on in a somewhat different direction, under a new name.

As mentioned previously, I'm really looking forward to hearing a full-length release from California's Hyena Motorcade. As if to briefly sate that appetite, the band released a new single this week, adding to their repertoire of post-punk/art-rock, with an atmosphere reminiscent of bands like The Psychedelic Furs and legends like Bowie and The Doors. Check out their new song, "Heartbreaks," on this episode.

This episode also digs deeper into the latest releases from Skinny Puppy, Brighter Fires, and Nosferatu, while offering an advance look at an album that won't see release until early next year, from Finland's Azaghal. Their forthcoming release, Nemesis, gets the spotlight at the end of this show, in the dark metal portion.

Also featured this time: Post-punk obscurities from across the ages, some bizarre '70s neo-classical folk from France, a host of current & classic darkwave/post-punk/industrial, and a featured set of music highlighting a festival that seems to be utterly doomed, in every sense of the word: Next Weekend's Rites of Darkness III Festival* in San Antonio, Texas.

*At press time, it appears that the venue for ROD III has been shut down (temporarily?), on top of on-going financial issues that have resulted in the cancellation of more than a dozen of the featured bands (including our own Loss). Nevertheless, a group of bands that were slated to play remains the focus of the final set of this episode, because they're great bands anyway.

Note: I've updated the way I post my playlists (below). They now include the name of the album each song is from, as well as its release year.



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PLAYLIST
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]
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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, December 1st, 2011

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

ROME - Sons of Aeeth  [Die Aesthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit - Band 2: Aufruhr, 2011]
Ainm - The Promise  [Zero Spring, 2011]
ROME - In Cruel Fire  [Die Aesthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit - Band 1: Aufbruch, 2011]
Malicorne - Quand je Menai Mes Chevaux Boire  [Almanach, 1976]
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys  [Three Imaginary Boys, 1979]
The Search - Mermaid  [Bloodbathe, 2005]
Press Gang Metropol - Answers (free online single, 2011)
Hyena Motorcade - Heartbreaks  (demo, 2011)
Backyard Ghost - Hauptwerk  [The Snowman, 2008]
Pretentious, Moi? - Faith and Reason Part Company  [Pretentious, Moi?, 2010]
Seraphim Shock - Shadow Realm  [Red Silk Vow, 1997]
Nosferatu - Silver  [Wonderland, 2011]
The Bolshoi - Giants  [Giants EP, 1985]
Blacklist - Still Changes  [Midnight of the Century, 2009]
Litfiba - Eroi Nel Vento  [Desaparecido, 1985]
Hopeful Machines - Bringmedownintotheoldcoldground  [I Am Still In This Forest, 2006]
Brighter Fires - Sever  [Brighter Fires, 2011]
Diary of Dreams - krank:HAFT  [Nigredo, 2004]
Velvet Acid Christ - Crushed  [Lust for Blood, 2006]
Front Line Assembly - Angriff (Mindless Faith Mix)  [Angriff (single), 2010]
Hocico - Drowning  [Memorias Atras, 2008]
Skinny Puppy - Vyrisus  [hanDover, 2011]
Chris Bacon - One Death is Enough [from "Source Code" (soundtrack),2011]
Mournful Congregation - A Slow March to the Burial  [The June Frost, 2009]
Anhedonist - Ouranophobia  [The Drear, 2010]
Nathan Barr - The Funeral  [from "True Blood: Season One" (score), 2009]
Pallbearer - The Legend  [demo, 2010]
Worship - The Altar and the Choir of the Moonkult  [Dooom, 2007]
Catherine Christer Hennix - The Electric Harpsichord (exc.)  [The Electric Harpsichord, 1976]
Azaghal - Vihasta ja Veritöistä  [Nemesis, 2012]


KEY:
[N] = Nashville artist
(exc.) = excerpt
^RQ^ = requested

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PODCAST: November 17th, 2011

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First, I would like to thank those of you that expressed your wishes that "Out ov the Coffin" could be produced more often rather than less. That really is good to hear, but since there is only one of me, I have to divide my time a bit more in order to keep up with all the projects I've taken on. One nice side effect of "Out ov the Coffin" going to an every-other-week format is that each episode will now be loaded with a more impressive collection of new material, and more time will allow for the cream of the crop to rise naturally. "Oh, to be the cream..."

This show brings us new, original music from one of my favorite creative forces, David Lynch, who is known best as a director, although he was no stranger to creating music before now. His taste and touch can be heard in the music from Twin Peaks and Inland Empire, among other great works. Last week saw the official release of his first full-length album, Crazy Clown Time, showcasing his trademark mix of offbeat nostalgia and dark atmosphere.

New to the show this time from Denmark is the band The Foreign Resort, whose take on modern post-punk speaks of its regional roots, as well as its musical tradition. Their self-titled release just saw the light of day last week. You can check the rest of it out here.

In the industrial realm, two of the most innovative and still-fresh acts in the genre have just released new albums. The Godfathers of industrial themselves, Skinny Puppy, are back with HanDover, and the ever-interesting Haujobb has just released New World March, which has already garnered a great deal of praise among fellow artists. You'll hear selections from both in this episode, along with a new collaboration between Nashville's own Cryogen Second and Trell Solipsist.

Gary Numan has also returned to show the music world that he hasn't lost a thing after all these years. If all you know of the man is his ode to "Cars," I encourage you to pick up his new album Dead Son Rising for some fresh perspective. Of course, you can check out one of the new tracks in this podcast.

Despite it being a little late, I chose to play an Anniversary Tribute to my favorite song of all time: The Cure's "Charlotte Sometimes," which was released as a single 30 years ago last month (if you can believe that). As part of the set, I explore all 3 of the songs that the Cure wrote about Penelope Farmer's book, "Charlotte Sometimes," which also inspired the Cure's video for the song. If you haven't read the book, I recommend it for all Cure fans. It's a good, quick read.

Also on this episode: More unexpected roots of today's dark music exposed, a dash of sonic romance, "yes, you *can* dance to goth rock," and much more...

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 ...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):



"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, November 17th, 2011

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

Sad Lovers and Giants - Your Skin and Mine
Popol Vuh - Höre, Der du Wagst [from "Nosferatu" (1979 soundtrack)]
David Lynch - Movin' On
ROME - Kriegsgötter
Scott Walker - My Death
Peter Murphy - Secret Silk Society
Hyena Motorcade - Into the Static
The Chameleons - Silence, Sea and Sky
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
The Cure - Splintered in Her Head
The Cure - The Empty World
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes (live) [from "Paris" October 1992]
Tenhi - Soutu
Ulterior - Dream Dream
The Foreign Resort - Colleen
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Painted Bird (Workhouse demo)
Echo & the Bunnymen - With a Hip
The Legendary Pink Dots - True Love 
Fad Gadget - For Whom the Bells Toll
John Barry - Zero Gravity  [from "The Black Hole" (soundtrack)]
Skinny Puppy - Cullorblind
Haujobb - Lost
Malign - Charging the Weapon
Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel - Theme from Pigdom Come/The Throne of Agony
Cryogen Second - Saturn (with Trell Solipsist)  [N]
Gary Numan - Big Noise Transmission
Bear McCreary - Outside the Hospital  [from "The Walking Dead" (soundtrack)]
Skitliv - Skandinavisk Misantropi
Kampfar - Ildstemmer
My Dying Bride - The Fever Sea
Sistrenatus - I (Division One)
Mourners Lament - Sadness Caress
Ulver - We Are the Dead

KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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Update: Episode Frequency Adjustment...

In order to make time for a new project, while maintaining the quality of this one, new episodes of "Out ov the Coffin" will now be produced every other week. So, look forward to a new episode this time next week.

Thanks,
Ichabod ^v^

PODCAST: November 3rd, 2011

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I certainly hope everyone enjoyed last week's massive Halloween Special (you can still get that here, if you missed it), and I trust we all celebrated accordingly. Now, we head deeper into the fall, with the chill more firmly rooted to the air. It's a great season, so take hold while its brief moment lasts.

This week's episode sees a return to form, with no sharp themes to guide us. Since last week brought us mostly classic and traditional sounds, there are several new entries to be heard this week. Until 2011, England's Nosferatu had been silent since the late '90s, but earlier this year, they returned with a great new studio album entitled Wonderland. You'll hear a rich slice of that one, along with a new entry from their neighborhood, Grooving in Green, whose album Post Traumatic Stress has recently been reissued.

You'll also hear more from a pair of Pacific Northwestern acts who probably have never been referred to in the same paragraph before (but that's what I *do*). In the industrial portion of the show, you'll hear more from the latest God Module album, Séance. Then, as we grow heavier with the show, Wolves in the Throne Room will offer you another branch from their latest release, Celestial Lineage.

Listen as well for: A few petals of romantic sentiment, an arm's length list of songs for the chill in the air, nods to the roots of goth, live rarities, and more.

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 ...And here's what was played...
(each artist's name below is a link):



"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

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

Love Like Blood - Dawnland
Caustic Reverie - In Vacuo (exc.)
Asylum Party - Before the Smile
Black Tape for a Blue Girl (w/ Lucas Lanthier) - Curious, Yet Ashamed
Blacklist - Odessa
The Last Dance - Lost
Grooving in Green - Rise
Nosferatu - Entwined
Clan of Xymox - Wailing Wall
In Loving Memory - My Hysteria
David Bowie - Scream Like a Baby
Cinema Strange - Golden Hand (2004)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Mirage
Killing Joke - Pssyche (live)
The Sisters of Mercy - Possession (live)
Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave - Phantasm Atmopshere/Cemetery Spectres [from "Phantasm" (soundtrack)]
The Legendary Pink Dots - Blacklist
Gary Numan - Are 'Friends' Electric? (Leather Strip Mix)
Belief - Pastlight
Decoded Feedback - Infect Me
God Module - Doppelganger
Artica - Engel
George Fenton - The Wolfgirl [from "The Company of Wolves" (soundtrack)]
Ulver - Capitel I: I Troldskog Faren Vild
Agalloch - Not Unlike the Waves
Amber Asylum - North
Wolves in the Throne Room - Subterranean Inititation
Satyricon - Skydeggans
Pavonine - Bon sang ne saurait mentir
Loss - (To Pass Away) Death March Towards My Ruin [from "Fo(u)r Burials"] [N]

KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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PODCAST: October 27th, 2011: The HALLOWEEN Special ^v^

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Here it is, one and all:  The Return of the Horror of the Curse of the Revenge of...
The Annual "Out ov the Coffin" Halloween Special! It's back from the dead and bigger than ever before! This one clocks in at just over 3 hours of Macabre Music, Sp00ky Songs, Haunting Hymns, Troublesome Trailers, Dastardly Dialogue, Satanic Panic, Gruesome Twosomes, Bleeding Necrostalgia and Horrifying Howliday Horrors of all varieties! It's the soundtrack to your Halloween festivities. Warn your friends!

This episode is filled with nothing but Halloween/Samhain-themed sets of Gothic Rock, Deathrock, Horror-Punk, Dark Ambient, Industrial, Metal and heaps of Horror Soundtracks, Radio spots, Trailers, Samples, and Film Scores. Horror Icons, vampires, zombies, ghouls and goblins, witches, wizards, warlocks, headless horsemen, ghosts and demons, blood-soaked killers, flamboyant aliens, morbid monsters, the foolish, the damned, the devil, and (yes) pumpkins, great and small, are ALL the stars of this episode -- So, get your costumes on, and throw this one in your player!

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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, October 27th, 2011

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2011
Here lies my attempt to list the source of every sound in the show.
Keep in mind that many of these samples and sounds overlap:

[Sample] "The Scooby-Doo Show" (Episode "Vampire Bats and Scaredy Cats")
[Sample] CBS Special Intro Sound (FX)
[Sample] Christopher Lee (Fireside Tales)
A Murder of Angels - Submerged Beginning (exc.)
[Sample] Vincent Price (Horror Hall of Fame 1974)
[Sample] Alfred Hitchcock (Music to Be Murdered By)
[Sample] "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
[Sample] The Scooby-Doo Show (Episode: "The Headless Horseman of Halloween")
[Sample] Boris Karloff (Tales of the Frightened)
[Sample] "Interview with the Vampire"
[Sample] "Twin Peaks" (Episode 14)
[Sample] "The Fearless Vampire Killers"
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack)]
[Trailer] "Phantasm II"
Misfits - Halloween
Buddy Baker - Foyer Organ [from "The Haunted Mansion: 34th Anniversary"]
[Sample]"The Scooby-Doo Show" (Episode: "The Headless Horseman of Halloween")
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Charles Bernstein - Main Title [from "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (soundtrack)]
Danny Elfman - Into the Woods/The Witch [from "Sleepy Hollow" (soundtrack)]
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Danny Elfman vs Marilyn Manson - This is Halloween (Ichabod's Monstrous Mash-up)
Goblin - Suspiria [from "Suspiria" (soundtrack)]
Vincent Price - The Sabbat (exc.)
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - The Goat
Bloodflag - Daughters of Darkness (exc.)
[Trailer] "Daughters of Darkness"
François De Roubaix - End Credits theme [Daughters of Darkness]
[Sample] "The Hunger"
Gershon Kingsley & Peter Waldron - The Moon is a Circle of Ghosts / The Jack-o-Lantern Laughs (Ghostly Sounds)
Cinema Strange - Moundshroud
Vincent Price - Witches on a Heath
Nosferatu - Witching Hour
John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Silver Shamrock Montage [from "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" (soundtrack)]
[Trailer] "Halloween III: Season of the Witch"
Solemn Novena - Trick or Treat
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Backyard Ghost - Samhain
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Burning Image - Haunted [Kaliffornian Deathrock]
[Trailer] "Frankenstein" (1931)
Haunted House Music Co. - Monster Stalking
[Sample] Boris Karloff (Tales of the Frightened)
Bloody Dead and Sexy - Sick Six Minutes
[Sample] Alfred Hitchcock (Music to be Murdered By)
Eat Your Make-Up - I Was the Murderer
[Trailer] "Inferno"
45 Grave - Partytime (Zombie version) [from "The Return of the Living Dead" (soundtrack)]
[Sample] "The Return of the Living Dead"
Bella Morte - The Dead
[Sample] "The Return of the Living Dead"
Acid Bats - R.I.P.
[Trailer] "Zombie" (Radio spot)
[Sample] Alfred Hitchcock (Music to be Murdered By)
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Aghast - Totentanz
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AFI - Fall Children
[Sample] Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore)
Misfits - Die, Die My Darling
Calabrese - They Call Us Death
[Trailer] "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave"
Calabrese - Inside This Coffin
Wade Denning - A Visit to Transylvania (exc.)
Wojciech Kilar - Welcome to My Home [Bram Stoker's Dracula]
The Other - Transylvania
[Trailer] "Dracula" (1931)
Misfits - Vampira
Samhain - Halloween II
Danzig - Possession
Matt Clifford - Fresh Inventory [from "The Return of the Living Dead" (score)]
[Sample] "The Return of the Living Dead"
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Francis Haines - The Trioxin Theme [ROTLD]
Claudio Simonetti - Halloween Theme
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Ministry - Every Day is Halloween
[Trailer] Night of the Demons (exc.)
God Module - Orange and Black
Barry De Vorzon - Suspense [Night of the Creeps]
George Hormel - Beat 'em or Burn 'em [Night of the Living Dead]
Dawn of Ashes - Inhuman Salvation
Librado Pastor - Pieces [Opening Titles]
Cherney Berg - Frankenstein's Monster Talks (exc.)
White Zombie - Feed the Gods
[Sample] "Night Gallery" (Television Intro.)
[Sample] "Night Gallery" (Episode: "Return of the Sorcerer")
Goblin - Black Forest (exc.) [Suspiria]
Seraphim Shock - Halloween Girl
[Sample] Christopher Lee does the Time Warp
Richard O'Brien - The Time Warp [from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"]
Tim Curry - Wild and Untamed Thing [from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"]
[Sample] "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
[Commercial] Count Chocula & Frankenberry
[Sample] "The Scooby-Doo Show" (Intro/FX)
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Kenichi Matsubara - Monster Dance ["Simon's Quest" (game soundtrack)]
Haim Saban/Shuki Levy - The Evil ["He-Man and the Masters of the Universe"]
Milton DeLugg - Munsters Theme
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Alice Cooper - I Love the Dead
[Trailer] "Tombs of the Blind Dead"
Acanthus - Le Frisson Des Vampires [from "Le Frisson Des Vampires" (soundtrack)]
Electric Wizard - Black Magic Rituals & Perversions: Frisson des Vampires
[Sample] "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things"
Sargeist - From the Black Coffin Lair
[Trailer] "To the Devil A Daughter"
Mark Pierson - Elvira's Theme
[Sample] "The Witches" (Hammer)
Akercocke - A Skin for Dancing In
[Sample] "The Witches" (Hammer)
[Sample] "Taste the Blood of Dracula"
Dark Funeral - Shadows Over Transylvania
[Trailer] "The Horror of Dracula"
Cradle of Filth - Funeral in Carpathia
[Sample] Interview with the Vampire
King Diamond - Welcome Home
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Hellblinki - Halloween Overture
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Buddy Baker, X Atencio, Thurl Ravenscroft - Grim Grinning Ghosts (Fictional Phantom Manor Graveyard) [from "The Haunted Mansion: 34th Anniversary"]
[Sample] Alfred Hitchcock (Music to be Murdered By)

KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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PODCAST: October 20th, 2011

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This week's show begins with a nod to one of the godfathers of horror cinema, Mr. Bela Lugosi, whose October 20th birthday could not be overlooked on a show such as this. It's hard to believe, but Bela was born back in 1882, so he would have been 129 this year, were he not (un)dead. Having recently re-watched "The Hunger" (1983), I found a renewed interest in the extremely well-used Bauhaus classic "Bela Lugosi's Dead," so for multiple reasons, this was the week to roll that song out at the top of the show.

For new music this week, you will hear further dark entries from Zola Jesus, who will be hitting Atlanta this coming Tuesday (Oct. 25th), as her Conatus tour arcs through the South. You'll also hear new material from a cavalcade of Metropolis Records artists, including Diary of Dreams, System Syn, and Imperative Reaction.

Further into the industrial spectrum, this week's show features a first-taste of HandOver, the forthcoming album from industrial pioneers, Skinny Puppy. Local Nashville artists Cryogen Second spill forth with another fine track from their Anthem for the Great Self Destruct album, as well.

Also on this week's show: New black metal sounds from Portland's Chasma, some not-to-be-forgotten local deathrock/goth, a blanket of ethereal pieces during the first set, and much more.

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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, October 20th, 2011

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

Philip Glass & Kronos Quartet - The Crypt [from "Dracula" (1931, re-scored in 1999)]
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (live)
Michel Rubini & Denny Jaeger - Schubert: Trio in E-flat, Op. 100 [from "The Hunger" (soundtrack)]
Current 93 - A Dream of Shadow and Smoke
The Grinning Plowman -  Splashing the Red  [N]
Zola Jesus - Lick the Palm of the Burning Handshake
Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke - The Comforter
Cocteau Twins - When Mama Was Moth
O. Children - Heels
The Church - Ripple
Tenhornedbeast - Oppression Sacrament
Black Ice - In the Dark
Entertainment - Confusion of Senses
Bloody Dead and Sexy - Liquid Grey [from "Darkness Before Dawn, vol. 3"]
Theatre of Hate - Nero (edit)
Super Heroines - Night Stalker  [from "Kaliffornian Deathrock"]
Son of Sam - Michael
Behind the Scenes - Human
A Murder of Angels - Vessel of the Incubi  [from "Butoh"]
Diary of Dreams - Grey the Blue
Stromkern - Forgiven
Dismantled - Breed to Death
Imperative Reaction - The Signal
System Syn - Absence
Cryogen Second - The Answer  [N]
Skinny Puppy - Wavy
François-Eudes Chanfrault - Memories (final) [from "A L'Intérieur" ("Inside") (soundtrack)]
Nazxul - Vow of Vengeance
I Shalt Become - Doubt
Chasma - Shadowbend
Treha Sektori - Tentureh
Neurosis - Purify

KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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PODCAST: October 6th, 2011 - World Zombie Day Edition

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This Saturday, October 8th, is World Zombie Day. How could I resist that, you ask? I couldn't. Hence, this week's show, which started out just having one zombie-themed set, has now exploded into an entire zombie-themed episode. Of corpse, not all of the selections are *about* zombies, per se, but many of them certainly are, and each title fits into a larger picture of living death, walking corpses, necrophilia, communion with the deceased, and other brain-eating topics.

So, what does World Zombie Day really mean? It's a day set aside for people all over the world to celebrate their zombie fandom by dressing up like corpses and participating in large zombie walks. In Nashville, The 2011 Nashville Zombie Walk will take place this Saturday afternoon, October 8th, starting at Riverfront Park in lovely downtown Nashville. If you wish to "Walk Among Us," we start gathering at 3pm, then walk at 4pm. And please, if you're joining us, remember to bring some canned food for donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle TN.

Can't make it to a zombie walk, but wish to donate anyway? You can participate in this year's Virtual Food Drive. Just click what you'd like to donate, adjust the quantity, and checkout just like you would in any online store.

Aside from 2 hours of songs chosen to suit the theme of undeath and the dead, this episode also features some new material. The current line-up of The Misfits have just released a new album entitled The Devil's Rain. You'll hear a cut from that, so you can decide whether you'd like to catch them on their current tour.

Also new to the show this week: Falloch, out of Scotland, who close this episode with a track from their new album Where Distant Spirits Remain. They have been billed as "post black metal," but I would compare them more to a band like Alcest, who clearly do exhibit some black metal influences, but land more in the realm of what I'd call indie-metal -- scary thought? You tell me.

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 ...And here's what was played...
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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, October 6th, 2011

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

Cinema Strange - Dead Eyes Open
Manuel de Sica - Dellamorte Dellamore / Buffalora's Cemetery / Francesco's Thoughts [from "Dellamorte Dellamore" (soundtrack)]
Blacklist - Language of the Living Dead
Seraphim Shock - Kiss the Dead
Malaise - Dead I Walk
Hellblinki - Zombies
Voltaire - Brains!
Joseph LoDuca - Dawn/Incatation [from "The Evil Dead" (soundtrack)]
The Misfits - Land of the Dead
The Misfits - Night of the Living Dead
Calabrese - Zombie I
Calabrese - Saturday Night of the Living Dead
Barry Goldberg - Zombie a Go Go [from "The Return of the Living Dead 3" (soundtrack)]
Voodoo Church - Live with the Dead
The Creeping Cruds - Get Up and Kill [N]
Bella Morte - Living Dead
45 Grave - Partytime (Zombie version) [from "The Return of the Living Dead" (soundtrack)]
Alien Sex Fiend - Now I'm Feeling Zombified
Hocico - Kiss of the Apocalypse
God Module - Brains
DYM - Abbracadaver
Grendel - Zombie Nation [v.2K5]
Psyclon Nine - Divine Infekt
Disemballerina - The Walking Dead (exc.)
Swallow the Sun - Weight of the Dead
Bear McCreary - "The Walking Dead" (Main title)
Samael - I Love the Dead
movie sample: "Attack of the Dead" [from "Childen Shouldn't Play with Dead Things" (soundtrack)]
Electric Wizard - The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Emperor - Night of the Graveless Souls
Giuliano Sorgini - The Living Dead [from "The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue" (soundtrack)]
Falloch - To Walk Amongst the Dead

KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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PODCAST: September 29th, 2011

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This week's show is on the short and sweet side -- but, it's just a little shorter, and it's my definition of sweet, so don't despair. There's a good reason for that, though. It's been a great week, and that has translated into some of this week's more lively selections. I had to cut things a bit shorter to prepare for traveling to the Horror Weekend convention in Gatlinburg this weekend (featuring guests like ohGr from Skinny Puppy and Doug Jones from "Pan's Labyrinth"). If you're going, perhaps I'll see you there.

For new material this week, you'll hear from the aforementioned Skinny Puppy frontman, ohGr, from his latest solo release, Undeveloped, which may just be his best solo album yet (get it here). He'll also be hosting a special Midnight screening of "Repo! The Genetic Opera" this weekend at the convention in Gatlinburg, TN.

You'll also get a taste of one of the great b-sides to the new Cruxshadows single, Valkyrie, which is now available outside of the convention circuit by clicking here or here. The band is currently hard at work on their forthcoming new album, As the Dark Against My Halo.

Montréal's Dekoder make their debut on the show this week, with a promising taste of their 2011 demo (available as a FREE download here). If you can imagine finding out that Pat Benatar secretly had a deathrock band on the side during the '80s, you'd be on your way to loving this band.

Rounding out the new material is another track from the brand new Wolves in the Throne Room album, Celestial Lineage. This one showcases a bit more of their ethereal side, yet still arrives in chaos by the end, as they are known to do.

The rest of the show? Splashes of great cinematic post-punk/horror-punk & deathrock, celebration over upcoming American concerts from The Cure, the long-awaited release info for the Brighter Fires full-length, some of the catchiest new industrial in recent memory, and more.

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 ...And here's what was played...
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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, September 29th, 2011

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

ROME - Das Feuerordal
Danny Elfman - Lydia Discovers? / "Sold" [from "Beetlejuice" (soundtrack)]
Bauhaus - Mask
Cinema Strange - Needlefeet
Dekoder - Hate Song
Brighter Fires - From the Sky
Ben Holbrook - Dreams and Dream Work  [from "The Call of Chthulhu" (soundtrack)]
Calabrese - Violet Hellfire
Alien Sex Fiend - The Girl at the End of My Gun
Bella Morte - Logic
The Cure - Doubt
Mother/Father - Physical Heaven  [N]
Pretentious, Moi? - Chase Is On
Javier Navarrete - Ofelia [from "Pan's Labyrinth" (soundtrack)]
ohGr - Animist
The Cruxshadows - Anthem
Dismantled - Exit
Necro Facility - Ignite
Paul Sorvino - Things You See in a Graveyard [from "Repo! The Genetic Opera" (soundtrack)]
Treha Sektori - Reasiah. Rehenerah. Resoreh (part 1 of 2)
Wolves in the Throne Room - Thuja Magus Imperium
Celestial Season - Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight
Moonspell - Shadow Sun
Treha Sektori - Reasiah. Rehenerah. Resoreh (part 2 of 2)
Summoning - Long Lost to Where No Pathway Goes

KEY:

^RQ^ = requested
(exc.) = excerpt
[N] = Nashville artist
[from ____ ] = title of soundtrack or compilation


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