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The first full set begins by delving deeper into the thematically-complex new album from Luxembourg's ROME, Le Ceneri Di Heliodoro. While the sound looks back a bit to the band's neo-folk and martial roots, the lyrics and themes dive into the murky waters of current European identity politics, both reflecting and causing confusion along the way. In a recent interview, though, songwriter Jerome Reuter talked about his fear of oncoming war, and his desire, as a pacifist, for peace, in spite of all the tensions and division.
From there, we reach back into the highest-of-quality '90s goth vaults for a personal favorite from California's sadly short-lived Praise of Folly, before launching into another new track from 1919's latest catchy deathrock work, Futurecide. We then visit Greece for a brand new dark entry from Data Fragments, whose new self-titled album reminded me of the lost sound of '80s German goth band Remain In Silence. Reaching back for a second dose of 1995's silver age, we pull out a goth rock obscurity from Germany's Pictures of Agony, taken from their On A Burning Ground cassette.
Set one draws to a triumphant close with another instant-classic from the brand new Sonsombre album, The Veils of Ending (order it here). This song holds special value to those of us in Nashville, as the band recorded their new video for said song during their appearance at Fascination Street, here in Nashville, back on June 8th. If you were there, or perhaps if you wish you had been, you can see them smoke The East Room's stage in that video right here:
Set two begins with music from the eagerly-anticipated new album from Turkey's She Past Away. The album is called Disko Anksiyete, and its release will be followed by an extensive tour that actually includes US dates (see them here). A debut from fellow darkwavers Nuovo Testamento comes next, featuring the vocals of Chelsey Crowley (Crimson Scarlet) on their new EP, Exposure. Former Nashvillian (currently making "elfwave" in Georgia) Λ°C drops in right behind, with a new digital single that asks the eternal question, "Are you Coming to the Function?" We then visit Poland for more new darkwave from Undertheskin's latest, N E G A T I V E, before introducing Dutch post-punk/darkwave outfit GOLD, with a track from their new Artoffact Records release, Why Aren't You Laughing?. Finally, we close the set with the first single from the forthcoming Drab Majesty album, Modern Mirror, which has thus far shown the band continuing to conjure sublime, ethereal darkwave for the new age.
Set three starts a track deeper into Death and Flamingos, the latest from the infamous Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows, which shows them expanding their trademark melancholia with the addition of rock-centric guitars and drumming. Athens, Georgia's Tears for the Dying follow with a taste of their new Charon album, flying the flag for traditional deathrock/goth-punk sounds, which lead us back to the vaults for a 1989 spirited rarity from Ravencathaus. Adding some industrial flair to their post-punk sound, All Your Sisters then jumps in with another track from Trust Ruins, which is followed by another taste of Drab Majesty's more rocking side-project, VR Sex, from their new Human Traffic Jam album. Finally, set three closes with an infectious cover of Real Life's immortal '80s anthem, "Send Me An Angel," as pepped up a bit by Nuke York's own Blu Anxxiety.
Set four begins the dark metal portion of the show, but retains a certain deathrock flavor by starting with the chorus-washed guitar sounds of a deeper cut from the new Devil Master LP, Satan Spits on the Children of Light. They'll be on tour with Obituary this year. We then hear some new, yet traditional, Greek black metal from Funeral Storm, featuring Varathron members on their new album, Arcane Mysteries. After revisiting the latest from Sargeist, we delve deeper into the new EP from Canada's Délétère, Theovorator: Babelis Testamentum. Closing the set is some newly reissued Italian doom from Abysmal Grief, which leads us to the a nice, spacey show-closing track from the brand new Pinkish Black album, Concept Unification.
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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)
(sets and talk breaks separated by dashes)
"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
Show recorded on: June 28th, 2019
Opening Theme:
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack), 1994]
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me [from "Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack), 1994]
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades [Unknown Pleasures, 1979]
Ian Curtis & Stephen Morris - Interviewed by Richard Skinner (exc.) [The Complete BBC Recordings, 1979]
Joy Division - Shadowplay [Unknown Pleasures, 1979]
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Ramin Djawadi - Bicameral Mind ["Westworld" Season 1 (soundtrack) 2016]
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ROME - A New Unfolding [Le Ceneri Di Heliodoro, 2019]
Praise of Folly - The Envisioned [Disillusioned, 1995]
1919 - Anxiety [Futurecide, 2019]
Data Fragments - No Sign of Life [Data Fragments, 2019]
Pictures of Agony - Vale of Ice [On A Burning Ground, 1995]
Sonsombre - Fear [The Veils of Ending, 2019]
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Twin Tribes - Lapiz Lazuli/The Path to Antares [Shadows, 2018]
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She Past Away - Renksiz [Disko Anksiyete, 2019]
Nuovo Testamento - Cascade [Exposure, 2019]
Λ°C - Are You Coming to the Function? [digital single, 2019]
Undertheskin - Poison [N E G A T I V E, 2019]
GOLD - He Is Not [Why Aren't You Laughing?, 2019]
Drab Majesty - Ellipsis [Modern Mirror, 2019]
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Danny Elfman - Bat Cave ["Batman" (score) 1989]
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Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - Kinder Des Teufels [Death and Flamingos, 2019]
Tears for the Dying - Monachopsis [Charon, 2019]
Ravencathaus - Burning [Brothers of the Sun, 1989]
All Your Sisters - Your Way [Trust Ruins, 2019]
VR Sex - Maiden China [Human Traffic Jam, 2019]
Blu Anxxiety - Send Me An Angel [God's Exposure, 2019]
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Johann Johannsson - Temple/Burning Church ["Mandy" (soundtrack) 2018]
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Devil Master - Her Thirsty Whip [Satan Spits on the Children of Light, 2019]
Funeral Storm - The Martyr of the Lake [Arcane Mysteries, 2019]
Sargeist - Unbound [Unbound, 2018]
Délétère - Babel Insanifusor [Theovorator: Babelis Testamentum, 2019]
Abysmal Grief - Mors Eleison [Mors Eleison, 2006 (ressiued 2019)]
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Jerry Goldsmith - The Skeleton (Rescored Alternate Cue) ["Alien" (score) 1979]
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Pinkish Black - Concept Unification [Concept Unification, 2019]
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