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This episode of "Out ov the Coffin" begins with new music from The Awakening. Primary member and composer Ashton Nyte has provided us with an array of styles from the band's past on the new album, This Alchemy, and -- as I so often do -- I find myself drawn to the moodiest of pieces first. So, despite there being many much more immediate, upbeat, and/or catchy songs on the album, I begin the show with the sparse and subtle refinement of one of the last tracks on the album, "Empty Garden."

The first full set begins with brand new music from Seattle's Nox Novacula. I've already said many nice things about this band in the past -- but why stop now? Simply put, they are one of the best and most promising current bands to step on the deathrock stage in recent years, and I am really glad to see them back with a new album. And they are back with something of a concept album this time, the story of which you will glean from the excellent video for this month's featured track, "Last Will and Testament."



Set one continues with a deeper cut from promising Texas darkwave act Sevit's new album On the Edge of a Darker Place, followed by a track deeper into Bleib Modern's latest, Afraid to Leave. We then revisit The Secret French Postcards's new Colours album for another taste, before diving into the vaults to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Cure's 1996 album, Wild Mood Swings. As I say in the break, I was initially not fond of this album, but I was still relatively new to the band's full catalog at the time. Long story short, I first saw them on the resulting tour, and they eventually became my favorite band of all time, so things have naturally changed, and "Want" has become a standard in their live sets, as well as one of my favorites. From there, we round out the first set with surprise new material from the ever-productive Soft Kill, taken from their humorously-titled new collection of demos and odd covers, Not Quite Dracula Music.

Set two, which is definitely the most brooding of this episode, begins with a deeper cut from Future Faces' latest album, Euphoria, before diving into a recent section of the vaults for a darkwave classic from France's Minuit Machine. We then go back for another dose of Canadian post-punk band Palissade's self-titled debut from the tail-end of last year, before hitting a double shot of profoundly moody anniversary pieces. First, we arrive at the 30th anniversary of one of the The Legendary Pink Dots' finest moments, and most serene atmospheres, 1991's The Maria Dimension -- which, in turn, leads us into the 40th anniversary of Echo & the Bunnymen's 1981 classic, Heaven Up Here, by way of the haunting wails of "All My Colours." As I mention in the break, I was first introduced to that song via a cover done by the criminally underrated '90s act, The God Machine (listen here). Finally, set two concludes with new music from Denmark's Tales of Murder and Dust, taken from their appropriately moody 2020 album, Fragile Absolutes. 

Set three kicks off with a pandemic-inspired new single from darkwave pioneers Clan of Xymox. The track, simply titled "Lockdown" is taken fro their new single Brave New World. Keeping with that momentary theme, we then hear the new Curse Mackey single, "Submerge," which also features Clan of Xymox. We then check back in with Canada's Ringfinger for some fresh darkwave from their new Echoes Fade EP, before traveling to Italy for new material from legacy darkwave act Kirlian Camera, taken from their mysteriously-titled new album, Cold Pills (Scarlet Gate of Toxic Daybreak). Going a track deeper into the new Hexennacht album from Momy Fortuna, we find the band daring to cover the legendary Goblin's theme from Dario Argento's technicolor witchcraft classic Suspiria. Finally, we begin a short tribute to Vincent Price to mark both his would-be birthday, as well as the 50th anniversary of his classic film, "The Abominable Dr. Phibes." Fittingly enough, Madre del Vizio steps up with their 2005 song "Dr. Phibes," to strike the right tone.
 

Set four takes us into the dark metal realms, beginning with a second dose of the new Tribulation album, Where the Gloom Becomes Sound. We then throw the spotlight on Nashville's own Unhallowed Eve, for some new dark synth work, released to celebrate Walpurgusnacht, or Chilling Sounds of Midnight's Blackest Bewitchment. Keeping in a similar vein, we visit the underside of the Middle Earth vault with Austria's Summoning, for the title track of their 2013 album, Old Mornings Dawn. Next, we get some brand new experimental folk/black metal from Romania's Sur Austru (featuring former members of Negură Bunget) taken from their new 2021 release, Obârșie. We then revisit 1996 again, this time to be reminded that Katatonia was at the peak of their harsh metal period at the time, with a classic from the album Brave Murder Day.

And, finally, we close the show with a dark ambient journey to send you home, courtesy of Beckahesten's new album, Tydor.

 

All of that PLUS: New dark ambient work from both Dream Into Dust and the legendary John Carpenter; Selections from the euro-'80s and the domestic 2010s; Odd tales, news, updates, 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, 2021

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

 

The Awakening - Empty Garden  [This Alchemy, 2021]
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John Carpenter - Carpathian Darkness  [Lost Themes III: Alive After Death, 2021]
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Nox Novacula - Last Will and Testament  [Ascension, 2021]
Sevit - Love or Madness  [On the Edge of a Darker Place, 2020]
Bleib Modern - Walls  [Afraid to Leave, 2021]
The Secret French Postcards - Out of You  [Colours, 2020]
The Cure - Want  [Wild Mood Swings, 1996]
Soft Kill - Looking at You (demo)  [Not Quite Dracula Music, 2021]
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Disasterpeace - Detroit / Title / Linger  ["It Follows" (soundtrack) 2015]
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Future Faces - Radiant  [Euphoria, 2020]
Minuit Machine - Ghost  [Live & Destroy, 2014]
Palissade - Peur de toi  [Palissade, 2020]
The Legendary Pink Dots - Third Secret  [The Maria Dimension, 1991]
Echo & the Bunnymen - All My Colours  [Heaven Up Here, 1981]
Tales of Murder and Dust - Consoling Words  [Fragile Absolutes, 2020]
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Dick Maas - Underwater Attack (exc.) / Memories of the Killer / The Sewer  ["Amsterdamned" (soundtrack) 1988]
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Clan of Xymox - Lockdown  [Brave New World (single), 2021]
Curse Mackey - Submerge (Radio Edit feat. Clan of Xymox)  [Submerge (single), 2021]
Ringfinger - Verblassen  [Echoes Fade, 2021]
Kirlian Camera - The 8th President  [Cold Pills (Scarlet Gate of Toxic Daybreak), 2021]
Momy Fortuna - Suspiria  [Hexennacht, 2021]
Madre del Vizio - Dr. Phibes  [Antonomasia, 2005]
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Basil Kirchin - War March of the Priests  ["The Abominable Dr. Phibes" (soundtrack) 1971]
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Tribulation - In Remembrance  [Where the Gloom Becomes Sound, 2021]
Unhallowed Eve - Black Arts and Moonfog  [Walpurgusnacht, or Chilling Sounds of Midnight's Blackest Bewitchment, 2021]
Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn [Old Mornings Dawn, 2013]
Sur Austru - Cant Adânc  [Obârșie, 2021]
Katatonia - Murder  [Brave Murder Day, 1996]
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Dream Into Dust - Cycle's End  [Dies Natalis Invicti Solis (comp.) 2020]
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Beckahesten - Dunkel  [Tydor, 2021]

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