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...
(each artist's name below is a link):



"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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PODCAST: September 22nd, 2011

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It's hard to believe, but for the first time ever, I was able to try something that I've wanted to do since I first started this radio show. I recorded this episode outside. And what better time of the year than on the very first day of Autumn? As a result, you may notice that the talk breaks sound just a bit different, but the overall effect of the wind, the night and the chill in the air was great.

The main part of the show begins with a themed group of songs to welcome the onset of Autumn, as it is the most wonderful time of the year (regardless of how that one song goes). My next goal will be to record a show while outside in a snowstorm...

This Sunday night in Nashville, Bella Morte, The Ludovico Technique, and Cryogen Second will be playing at The Rutledge. In honor of this, all three bands are featured in a special set, which includes a brand new track from Bella Morte's latest album, Before the Flood. For those who aren't in Nashville (and that's plenty of you), the rest of their tour dates can be seen here. Go see them and tell them I sent you.

In that same set you'll hear brand new music from Ladytron. They will be the subject of a Bonus CD Release party at the Bella Morte show. We'll have posters and copies of their brand new CD Gravity the Seducer to give away that night. And if you need one more reason to attend, I'll be the live DJ before, between, and after the bands. Maybe I will see you there?

Also new to the show this week: Music from German/Norwegian hybrid, Thornfields, a collaboration between Ghostfog and Liquid Grey, whose newly released album is entitled The Desert. We also delve a bit deeper into the latest releases from Diary of Dreams and God Module.

On the heavier end of the spectrum, you'll hear music from Thrall's latest CD, Vermin to the Earth, and a 16-minute opus from the new Rwake (pronounced "wake") album, Rest, which will soon be released on Relapse Records.

All of the above, plus: Classic goth, industrial, and deathrock, one of my favorite opening songs of all time, and a spotlight on next week's Nashville appearance of Opeth and Katatonia, at the Cannery on September 28th. Check out these dates to see if they'll be hitting your town.

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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, September 22nd, 2011

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

The God Machine - The Desert Song
Fredrik Klingwall - The Sleeper/The Valley of Unrest
Autumn - Red
Autumn Cannibals - Peel
Frank the Baptist - Eternal Autumn
Pseudo Echo - Autumnal Park
Black Tape for a Blue Girl - Tarnished
The Awakening - The Dark Romantics (single mix)
Calling Dead Red Roses - Creeping Death
Acid Bats - Catarsis
All Gone Dead - Newspeak (Room 101)
Ulterior - Sister Speed
Dale Cooper Quartet & the Dictaphones - Ma Couloir
Bella Morte - Bones Below
The Ludovico Technique - This Life
Cryogen Second - If I Had My Way  [N]
Ladytron - Altitude Blues
Antonio Pérez Olea - (untitled piece w/ FX) [from "The Blood Spattered Bride" (soundtrack)]
God Module - Plastic
Diary of Dreams - Lebenslang
Coil - Panic
Thornfields - Welcome to Reality
Aeon Sable - Agnosia
Manuel de Sica - Ressurecturis  [from "Dellamorte Dellamore" (soundtrack)]
Katatonia - The Longest Year
Opeth - April Ethereal
Thrall - Ecstasy Not of the Flesh
Rwake - The Culling
Alan Howarth - Be Back By 9:30  [from "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers" (soundtrack)]
Pallbearer - Devoid of Redemption

KEY:

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


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PODCAST: September 15th, 2011

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Fall is in the air, which means many of us are just waking up from a summertime hibernation of sorts. This may explain why I came to the table with far more music picked out this week than I usually do, but it's not like that's a bad thing. It just means you'll get an extra set on this episode.

New to the show this week? The brand new Diary of Dreams album, "Ego:X," has now been released, and (as always) it does not disappoint. As usual, the new album is offered in several different varieties, including vinyl, for the collectors among us. Find those options here or here.

Also out this week: "Séance," the new full-length album from everyone's favorite Horror Industrial/Black Electro/Murder Wave band, God Module. For this episode, I chose a song that features recently added second vocalist, Clint Carney (System Syn, Imperative Reaction, Fake), who will be joining the band on their upcoming Triptych Tour, where he will be performing with all 3 acts! You can pick your version of "Séance" right here.

Joining God Module on the Trytpich Tour will be System Syn and Imperative Reaction, who also unleashed their latest album this week. The self-titled collection sees the band experimenting with their sound a bit, which is something I very much appreciate in the current industrial scene. A fresh approach or two is not only welcome, but needed. As you may have guessed, there are several ways to get their latest album as well, some of them limited. Find them all here.

Finally, in the dark metal section, Washington's Wolves in the Throne Room have just released "Celestial Lineage," through Southern Lord Records. The band will be on tour this month, even hitting Nashville this coming Wednesday, the 21st, at Little Hamilton. Details on that all-ages show can be found here.

Also on the show this week: A nod to this Saturday's SWANS show in Nashville, a bit of a dreamy opening set, a sweeping deathrock/gothpunk set, a trip through the weirdness of Transylvania on the way out, and (of corpse) 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, September 15th, 2011

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

SWANS - Killing for Company
Amber Asylum - Black Lodge Reprise (exc.)
Bat for Lashes - The Big Sleep (w/ Scott Walker)
Faith and the Muse - Old Souls
London After Midnight - Pure
The Cure - Adonias
Dreadful Shadows - Twist in My Sobriety
Legion - Crystal
Still Patient? - March to Salamand
Christian Death - Lost Minds
Christ vs. Warhol - The End is Nigh
Samhain - Birthright
Screaming Dead - Paint it Black
1919 - Caged
Malaria! - You You
Giuliano Sorgini - Aggression/Southgate Hospital [from "The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue"  soundtrack]
Entertainment - Distance [from "SOMA: A Disaro Mixed Tape"]
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Let the Words of My Murder Be the Last Words You Hear
The Knife - Marble House (David Sitek Mix)
Diary of Dreams - Undividable
Ennio Morricone - The Shape [from "The Thing" (soundtrack)]
Imperative Reaction - Time Doesn't Care
God Module - Remember
Deied - A Shell Full of Scars
Michael Giacchino - Nero Sighted (exc.) [from "Star Trek" (2009, soundtrack)]
Psyclon Nine - Crwn Thy Frnicatr
E.V.P. - The Left Hand of Glory
Wolves in the Throne Room - Astral Blood
Dawn - The Knell and the Void
My Dying Bride - From Darkest Skies
Phragments - The Fall
Negură Bunget - III ('n Crugu Bradului, 2002)

KEY:

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


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PODCAST: September 8th, 2011

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It's hard to believe it's been two weeks since the last episode, but that's the type of time-warping one should expect from almost a week spent at Dragon*Con. Not only did I survive the Con, but I have returned with an armload of new music and some cool stories to share. So, here's what this show has to offer:

On the topic of D*C-related acts, you'll hear a variation on the new single from The Cruxshadows on this show, which is entitled "Valkyrie." It was, as the tradition now holds, released at Dragon*Con this year, complete with two other new tracks and a couple of different versions. From what I understand, it will be available for purchase (to the rest of the world) soon...

You'll also hear new music from Sapphire Solace, the new project featuring Rick Joyce of The Last Dance and vocalist Velvet Shadow, who did a last minute live performance at Dragon*Con this year on the concourse stage, playing selections from their new album "Shadow Stories."

Also appearing on panels at the Con this year, although not performing live, were the members of Brighter Fires, the band formed by (founding Bella Morte members) Andy Deane and Gopal Metro. Their song, "Glorious," was included on the "Out ov the Coffin" sampler CD that was handed out at the Con this year, and you'll also hear its broadcast premiere on this episode. As mentioned in the show, you can pre-order their new album for only $2.99 right here, prior to its Halloween release date.

Speaking of Bella Morte, you'll hear a great new track from The Gothsicles, whose new album "Industrialites & Magic" actually features a song that's all about wearing a Star Trek uniform while watching (Bella Morte's infamous guitarist) Tony Lechmanski sleep. AS ONE DOES, you know? Don't even try to tell me you haven't tried it.

Also new to the show this week: Fresh darkwave/industrial from Germany's Deied, whose new album is called "Tales from the Sodenliah," an advance cut from the new Ladytron album, "Gravity the Seducer," and some nice minimal ambience from the UK's Ainm, whose album "Zero Spring" has just been released.

Rounding out the show in the heavier department, you'll hear new material from France's Glorior Belli, who recently signed with Metal Blade Records. Finally, I am able to confirm the great news I mentioned last night: California death/doom act, Morgion, has, in fact, reformed (with the "Solinari" line-up) in order to play the next Maryland Deathfest. Read all about it here.

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

Show date: Thursday, September 8th, 2011

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

Azam Ali - In Other Worlds
Clan of Xymox - Theme I
The Chameleons - Home is Where the Heart Is
The Tear Garden - Love Notes & Carnations
And Also the Trees - Gone... Like the Swallows
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Feel A Piece
Madre del Vizio - Il Mio Viaggio
Brighter Fires - Glorious
Ainm - Garden Inclosed
The Cruxshadows - Valkyrie (Rise of the Wælcyrge - The Dreamside Remix))
Ladytron - Moon Palace
Deied - Transfiguration
Sapphire Solace - Too Late
The Gothsicles - Wearing a Star Trek Uniform, Watching Tony Lechmanski Sleep
Gary Numan - Asylum
Weep - When I'm Wrong
Pretentious, Moi? - Living Dead and Undecided
Dessau - Trevathan  [N]
ThouShaltNot - Come a Time
Cyanotic - Brutal Deluxe
Henry Jackman - Magneto [from "X-Men: First Class" (soundtrack)]
Elliot Goldenthal - Rough Magic [from "The Tempest" (soundtrack)]
Morgion - The Serpentine Scrolls / Descent to Arawn
Thrall - Heliophobia
Burzum - Enhver Til Sitt
Glorior Belli - The Foolhardy Venturer
Lustmord - Trinity (exc.)
Nachtmystium - Code Negative
Goblin - Main Theme [from "Suspiria" (soundtrack)]

KEY:

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


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