PODCAST: March 2018 Episode

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This episode begins with brand new music from ROME's Hall of Thatch LP, which sees the project shift from the historical to the more personal, taking on a darker, more gothic tone along the way. This episode's chosen track, "Hunter," recalls Children of God-era Swans crossed with some of Bauhaus' finest moments in the shadows -- which I, for one, am really glad to hear. 

The first full set begins by peering deeper into the new Black Sand EP from Fearing, who are fast becoming one of the best bands to watch in the US post-punk/goth scene. After that, we pay a quick visit to 2009 for a couple of overlooked classics from Velvet Acid Christ and The Eden House, before going a track deeper into the the new Silver Thorns EP from Australia's Lakes. Finally, Portland's Over make their debut on the show with a standalone single called "Amateur Predator," the sales of which will benefit Red Lodge Transition Services. Details on that here. 

As we dive head first into the pile of fresh deathrock sounds that is set two, we're treated to the pleasant surprise of new album from Italy's Horror Vacui, entitled New Wave of Fear. Being one of the best and brightest of the current deathrock scene, it's only fitting to pair them with another of the best and brightest, Oakland's Altar de Fey, and the b-side of their new Hope Dies Last/The Secret. New York's Elysian are up next, with a taste of their new self-titled 7-inch, followed by a deeper cut into Pelko, the latest from Finland's Kuudes Silmä. More music from down under rounds out the set, as I catch up with Publique's 2017 release, Outlying Self.  

Reaching the darkwave zone, we begin set three with brand new music from Washington state's Dancing Plague (who recently shortened their name from the more specific The Dancing Plague of 1518). Their new album, Pure Desperation, easily the cashes the promising check written by their first EPs. Next, we jump further down the tracklist of Atomic Eyes, the latest from Andy Deane's The Rain Within, before hitting another premiere, this time from New York's Silent EM, taken from their new Foreign States cassette. We then round back to late 2017 again, to pick up some overlooked new darkwave/post-punk from Philadelphia's Remote/Control, before closing the set with one from the vault: the now-old-enough-to-drink "Dark" from Gary Numan's 1997 comeback album, Exile. 

The dark metal portion of the show begins with some great new music from California's Gloam, crawling, then running, from late-last-year's Death is the Beginning. Pennsylvania's Veiled come crashing in next, with the opening track of their new Black Celestial Orbs, whose black metallic speed leads us to the almost-overlooked subtlety of Nortt's latest album, a slow-moving cloud of thick, black funeral doom, entitled Endeligt. We then travel one song further into the unlit catchiness that is Down Below, from Sweden's Tribulation, before getting a second breakfast from the new, and obviously Tolkien-soaked, Summoning album, With Doom We Come.

The show then winds up with a compilation-obscurity from the ever-impressive, if often dismissed, Death In Rome, who dared to cover the nearly-sacrosanct title track from the Cure's Disintegration -- and got away with it! 

All of that PLUS: Anniversary soundtrack nods this month to "Dark City" (20th), "Beetlejuice" (30th) and "The Unholy" (30th as well); Selections from the goth, neo-folk, darkwave, and horror soundtrack vaults; and more!

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

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

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
  Show recorded on: March 27th, 2018

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

ROME - Hunter  [Hall of Thatch, 2018]

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Trevor Jones - Shell Beach/You Can't Remember... Can You?  ["Dark City" (soundtrack) 1998]
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Fearing - Rose & Web  [Black Sand, 2017]
Velvet Acid Christ - The Art of Breaking Apart  [The Art of Breaking Apart, 2009]
The Eden House - To Believe In Something  [Smoke and Mirrors, 2009]
Lakes - Frost  [Silver Thorns, 2017]
Over - Amateur Predator  [digital single, 2018]
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Danny Elfman - The Book! / Sold / Lydia Discovers?  ["Beetlejuice" (soundtrack) 1988]
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Horror Vacui - On the Other Side  [New Wave of Fear, 2018]
Altar de Fey - The Secret  [Hope Dies Last/The Secret (single), 2018]
Elysian - In The Red Light Tower  [Elysian, 2018]
Kuudes Silmä - Sinä Ja Minä  [Pelko, 2017] 
Publique - Axe of Love  [Outlying Self, 2017]
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Ken Higgins & James Calabrese - Attack of the Lizard People/Kreon's Bride  ["Spookies" (soundtrack) 1986]
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Dancing Plague - Pure Desperation  [Pure Desperation, 2018]
The Rain Within - Fear, Lies, And Love  [Atomic Eyes, 2018]
Silent EM - Pure Heart  [Foreign States, 2018]
Remote/Control - Exposure  [Exposure, 2017]
Gary Numan - Dark  [Exile, 1997]
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Daniel Licht - Blood Theme ["Dexter" (soundtrack) 2006]
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Gloam - Death is the Beginning  [Death is the Beginning, 2017]
Veiled - Luminous  [Black Celestial Orbs, 2018]
Nortt - Fra hæld til intet  [Endeligt, 2017]
Tribulation - The Lament  [Down Below, 2018]
Summoning - Carcharoth  [With Doom We Come, 2018]
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Roger Bellon - Another Dead Dog / Split Red  ["Unholy" (soundtrack) 1988]
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Death In Rome - Disintegration  ["Valuable and Unreleased: A fine selection from SPQR" (comp.) 2017]

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