PODCAST: May 2020 Episode

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Welcome to the May 2020 episode of "Out ov the Coffin." I mean it when I say that I hope this episode finds you well, considering all that has been going on and the struggles such things can bring. On that note, this show begins with a pair of songs in memory of Ian Curtis, as this month marks -- as hard as it is to fathom -- the 40th anniversary of his suicide on May 18th, 1980. His sudden and premature departure would leave the world wondering what would or could have been for generations to come. For as short as it actually was, Ian's musical career with Joy Division has since proven iconic for anyone with even the most casual interest in goth or post-punk.

Kicking off the first proper set is a pair of great new deathrock tracks, to get things moving in the right direction: First we have a song from the brand new Horror Vacui LP, Living for Nothing, and I am ever so glad to have them back at a time like this. A debut from Oakland's False Figure (feat. members of Cruz de Navajas) comes next, from their 2019 EP A Promised End, which I'm glad to have finally checked out, even if I am a bit late to that funeral party. Next up is a personal favorite from Ireland's sadly-defunct Solemn Novena, whose goth rock instant-classic Kiss the Girls album celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. Following a quick trip to the late '90s vaults with Fliehende Stürme, the set rounds out with two more new entries: Fresh Colombian deathrock from Tumbas, followed by the welcome return of The Faces of Sarah (and the impressive vocal pipes that come with them). The band's new Memorium album can be found here, along with a host of other new and old offerings you may have missed. 

Set two begins with something I'm quite proud to present here: A selection from Twin Tribes' new Live at Fascination Street album -- recorded at, you guessed it, Fascination Street Nashville (aka, the goth dance night that I run). Pick up the release (cassette, digital, or the matching shirt), and you'll hear the Texas darkwave duo's set from our December 2019 event, back when live shows were still possible. Remember that? Anyway... 

Set two continues with a new track from Brooklyn's A Cloud of Ravens, who released "Sacrosanct" as a free single for World Goth Day last week. UK post-punk act Ist Ist is up next, with the lead single from their new Architecture album, followed by a the classic "Eve White / Eve Black" from Siouxsie & the Banshees, in honor of Siouxsie 63rd birthday this week -- plus the 40th anniversary of its release as a b-side to "Christine" in May of 1980. Need another anniversary? Well, Bloody Dead and Sexy's An Eye On You turns 10 this week, so you'll get a banger from that album. Need some more birthdays? The next three tracks are in honor of the annual triple-birthday celebration for horror icons Peter Cushing (May 26th), Vincent Price and Christopher Lee (both May 27th). For Peter, we have Killing Miranda name-dropping him in their 1999 single Teenage Vampire, followed by more new music from The Kentucky Vampires, who've crafted a full ode to the irreplaceable "Saint Vincent." Finally, during the talk break, music from the Hammer Horror classic, "Taste the Blood of Dracula," which also happens to have been released 50 years ago this month! In spite of Lee's distaste for the film, it's a personal favorite from his year's in the Dracula cape.

Set three begins with a new song from Clan of Xymox, who not only have a single out for "Lovers," but the forthcoming full length, A Spider on the Wall is now up for pre-order as well. More lush new darkwave from Florida's Astari Nite is next, taken from their brand new album, Here Lies. We then take a moment to calm the waters with an older track from Iceland's favorite daughters, Kælan Mikla, before checking out new music from San Francisco's Topographies -- a relatively new post-punk band featuring The Cure-founder Lol Tolhurst's son Gray. Next up is another new bay-area band, Houses of Heaven, which sees members of Vaniish and Red Voice Choir entering more industrial territory, and finally, set three closes with another new single from the recently reactivated and relocated Seraphim Shock, who promise a full EP release in the coming months.

Set four kicks off with brand new music from one of the famed "Peaceville-three," Paradise Lost, whose new album Obsidian finds the band encapsulating their previous sounds into one streamlined entity. Easing into the heavier territory, I stop in to catch up with Finland's Hexvessel for a dark acoustic passage from their 2019 album All Tree, before diving head first into black metal with a slightly older selection from Denmark's Múspellzheimr. Brazil's The Kryptik are up next with a double shot from their 2019 LP When the Shadows Rise, which leads nicely into brand new music from Naglfar. The band's unmistakable Swedish black metal sound remains remarkably consistent at this point, making 2020's Cerecloth an easy one for long time fans to lock into.

Finally, after a quick (ok, more like "rambling") talk break, the show wraps up with the controversial new Behemoth single, a cover of The Cure's 1980 classic, "A Forest," rendered in the band's aggressively occult fashion, with the addition of the famously frayed guest vocals of Shining's Niklas Kvarforth. As I say in the break, I suggest taking in this cover via the accompanying video, because it played a significant role in my appreciation of their version, which many already despise. I will say here that although The Cure is my favorite band of all time, I do not consider them an impossible band to cover, nor do I consider their material sacrosanct, as some clearly do. That, and I thoroughly connect with both metal and goth, obviously. That said, judge as ye will... 

All of that PLUS: New dark ambient from Russia's Socium Apathy; Fresh dungeon synth from Sweden's Örnatorpet; Selections from the goth and dark ambient 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: May 29th, 2020

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

Joy Division - The Only Mistake  [Still, 1981]
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades (live at High Hall, 2nd May 1980) [Still, 1981]
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Trance to the Sun - Clocks  [Ghost Forest, 1994]
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Horror Vacui - Lost  [Living for Nothing, 2020]
False Figure - Morningstar  [A Promised End, 2019]
Solemn Novena - Faerytale  [Kiss the Girls, 2010]
Fliehende Stürme - Trümmergemüt  [Hinter Masken, 1999]
Tumbas - Lo Que Nos Une Nos Separa  [Dolor, 2020]
The Faces of Sarah - Memorium  [Memorium, 2020]
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Shinjuku Thief - Shadow Path  [The Witch Hunter, 1995]
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Twin Tribes - Fantasmas (live)  [Live at Fascination Street, 2020]
A Cloud of Ravens - Sacrosanct  [World Goth Day single, 2020]
Ist Ist - You're Mine  [Architecture, 2020]
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Eve White / Eve Black  [Christine (single), 1980]
Bloody Dead and Sexy - Candy Box  [An Eye On You, 2010]
Killing Miranda - Teenage Vampire  [Teenage Vampire (single), 1999]
The Kentucky Vampires - Saint Vincent  [Crimson Curse, 2020]
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James Bernard - The Ceremony Begins  ["Taste the Blood of Dracula" (soundtrack) 1970]
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Clan of Xymox - Lovers  [Lovers (single), 2020]
Astari Nite - Disease of the Divine  [Here Lies, 2020]
Kælan Mikla - Glimmer og aska  [Kælan Mikla, 2016]
Topographies - Not My Loneliness, But Ours  [Not My Loneliness, But Ours, 2020]
Houses of Heaven - Sleep  [Silent Places, 2020]
Seraphim Shock - Future Flesh  [single, 2020]
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Socium Apathy - Dive to Depth  [Under Water, 2019]
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Paradise Lost - Hope Dies Alone  [Obsidian, 2020]
Hexvessel - Otherworld Envoy  [All Tree, 2019]
Múspellzheimr - VII/VIII  [Hyldest til Trolddommens Flamme, 2014]
The Kryptik - The Awakening of Evil / Damned [When the Shadows Rise, 2019]
Naglfar - Vortex of Negativity  [Cerecloth, 2020]
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Örnatorpet - Myrkriður  [Vid Himinsenda, 2019]
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Behemoth - A Forest (Feat. Niklas Kvarforth)  [A Forest, 2020]

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