PODCAST: The Best ov 2020 (January 2021 Episode)

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We start this year, as is the tradition, by looking back on the best parts of the last year. We all know 2020 was one of the most difficult years many of us have had, or will yet have, so I'll dispense with any attempts to sum up those aspects. Instead, I offer you a collection of my favorite music that emerged in spite of it all, as pared down from an abundance of quality goth, post-punk, deathrock, darkwave, coldwave, industrial, film scores, dark metal, and all the regions between.  

 

Of corpse, many cuts had to be made in order to bring you what is essentially a "Top 40 Countdown," sans the countdown aspect. Instead of ranking my choices, I've mixed them together in a way that avoids sticking to the same type of sound for too long, while loosely maintaining a flow. Consider this a sonic time-capsule, or a themed mix-tape of the songs, artists, and albums that stood out, made the strongest impressions, were often stuck in my player, or were attached to the defining moments of the year that was 2020. During the talk breaks, you will hear music from some of the standout films and television shows of the year as well. And while the accompanying graphic certainly includes the cover art from a lot of my personal highlights, it acts as more of a representative collage than a chart. I just won't give you an inch, will I?

 

As with every year, there are a few entries on the list that weren't covered on the show before. Either they slipped in under the wire, or emerged late in the year -- which is why I do these "best ov" shows in January, to give things room to breathe. That said, this will not merely be a clip-show or rehash, you're also getting some brand new music! So, without further ado, welcome to the "Out ov the Coffin: Best ov 2020" Edition (aka The January 2021 Episode). I hope you enjoy this collection. If you like what you hear, please share the link online, or pass it along to any like-minded friends!

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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: January 23rd, 2021

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

Sonsombre - Highgate  [One Thousand Graves, 2020]
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Benjamin Wallfisch - Cobolt  [“The Invisible Man” (soundtrack) 2020]
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Altar de Fey - And May Love Conquer All  [And May Love Conquer All, 2020]
ROME - Ächtung, Baby! (feat Alan Averill)  [The Lone Furrow, 2020]
Fearing - Good Talks  [Shadow, 2020]
The Wake - Hammer Hall  [Perfumes & Fripperies, 2020]
Topographies - Image  [Ideal Form, 2020]
Anders Manga - Rosaries and Requiems  [Andromeda, 2020]
Grasshopper - Hymn  [Scuttle, 2020]
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - Burial Ground  [Island of the Dead, 2020]
Long Night - Tick Tock  [single, 2020]
Entertainment - Maggot Church  [Maggot Church, 2020]
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Rob - Doom / Last Morning  [“Gretel & Hansel” (soundtrack) 2020]
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Astari Nite - Capulet Loves Montague  [Here Lies, 2020]
House of Harm - Against the Night  [Vicious Pastimes, 2020]
Delphine Coma - Dissolve  [Tortuosa, 2020]
Scary Black - The Root of Self Hate (live)  [Live at Fascination Street, 2020]
Twin Tribes - Shadows (feat. Vincent from Wingtips)  [Live at Fascination Street, 2020]
Soft Kill - Roses All Around  [Dead Kids, R.I.P. City, 2020]
Panic Priest - Pretty Evil Seed  [Second Seduction, 2020]
Bestial Mouths - Lain to Rust  [ResurrectedInBlack, 2020]
Shadow Figure - Purgatory  [Accept & Kneel, 2020]
Algiers - Nothing Bloomed  [There Is No Year, 2020]
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Ludwig Göransson - Red Room Blue Room  [“Tenet” (soundtrack) 2020]
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Vincas - Until It Rains Red  [Phantasma, 2020]
Bambara - Sweat  [Stray, 2020]
Pilgrims of Yearning - The Visitor  [Forsaken Lands, 2020]
The Kentucky Vampires - Silence  [Crimson Curse, 2020]
Seraphim Shock - Vaartuig  [The Fairmount Chronicles: Chapter One, 2020]
Cult Strange - Sages of Din  [Rites of Passage, 2020]
Shadow Assembly - Beneath the Rows (feat. Brandon Pybus)  [Arcane Fusion, 2020]
Night Nail - March to Autumn  [March to Autumn, 2020]
Horror Vacui - Unreachable  [Living for Nothing, 2020]
The Faces of Sarah - Memourium  [Memourium, 2020]
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Jim Williams - Serve or Govern  [“Possessor” (soundtrack) 2020]
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Cemetery Echo - Transylvanian Moon  [Come Share My Shroud, 2020]
Pallbearer - Rite of Passage  [Forgotten Days, 2020]
Ondskapt - Possession  [Grimoire Ordo Devus, 2020]
Bâ'a - Un Bûcher pour piédestal  [Deus Qui Non Mentitur, 2020]
Cardinal Wyrm - Mrityunjaya  [Devotionals, 2020]
Vaeok - Malaesthete  [Vaeok, 2020]
Valravn - Throne of Blood  [Prey, 2020]
Cultus Profano - Upon a Tomb of Sacrilege  [Accursed Possession, 2020]
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The Newton Brothers - Echoes of Viola  [“The Haunting of Bly Manor” (soundtrack) 2020]
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Celestial Season - The Secret Teachings of All Ages  [The Secret Teachings, 2020]

 

 

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