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This episode of "Out ov the Coffin" begins with a deeper cut, the title cut, from the new Nox Novacula album, Ascension. What can I say that I haven't already said about this band? Other than the fact that the LP has been living on my turntable a lot since its release. Hopefully, I can bring them to Nashville on day...
The first full set of the show begins with new music from one of France's best imports lately, Varsovie, who give us the title track to their new darker-leaning, and often urgent take on post-punk, L'ombre Et La Nuit. From there, you're introduced to a new Chicago act, Rose Teeth, who so far have only a pair of singles (and a video) released, but they already have a lot of people's attention. Another new single from Floridian darkwavers Astari Nite follows closely behind (you're spoiling us with all this new music, guys!), leading us into our first taste of the new Cold Cave album, Fate In Seven Lessons, which presents a slightly more relaxed sound. We then slip delicately back to 1994 to revisit a simpler time, when neoclassical goth was something we may have taken for granted. The evidence? One of my favorite examples of what that style could yield, courtesy of Italian act Ataraxia. Rounding out the set is a debut from Costa Rican act Ariel Maniki and the Black Halos, taken from their new Strangers single/EP.
Set two draws us back in time, marking the anniversaries of many landmark albums in goth music. We begin on a sad note, marking the untimely passing of London After Midnight's longtime keyboard player Tamlyn, whose death was announced on the day this podcast was recorded. In memory of Tamlyn, and to mark the album's 25th anniversary this summer, the set is preceded by, and begins with, selections from their 1996 classic, Psycho Magnet. Rest In Peace, Tamlyn:
The anniversary set continues with a pair of songs from Faith and the Muse's Annywyn, Beneath the Waves, an album that made a huge impression on my younger goth mind upon its release, also in 1996. Mixing grand-scale presentation with an ethereal longing, neoclassical and non-traditional instrumentation, as well as orthodox goth and deathrock sounds, the album expanded my view of what goth could be, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. Next, we mark the 30th anniversary of one of my top two SWANS albums, White Light from the Mouth of Infinity. Packed with many of the band's most brooding and lyrically self-deprecating songs, it also made a deep impression on me when I finally reached back to it later in the '90s. A pair of 40th anniversary selections round out the set, celebrating Killing Joke's less-talked-about, but still cult, What's THIS for...!, as well as Siouxsie & the Banshees forever-classic Juju album, both from 1981.
Set three starts with new music from one of the most revered of the ethereal darkwave acts, Lycia, taken from their new 10" EP, Casa Luna. Not to leave all the vault selections to the last century, the next two tracks celebrate the early 2000s, first with one of my favorite somber tracks from the expansive period that Velvet Acid Christ entered on 2006's Lust for Blood, followed by the 2001 (believe it or not) "O'Brother Sleep" single from Diary of Dreams, which saw the band rising to its peak in the electro-goth realm. After that, we dig deeper into The Awakening's new, and quite solid, album, This Alchemy. My fellow New Jersey mutant Caroline Blind (of Sunshine Blind fame) comes next, with a selection from her new Tribe (The Remixes) EP. Then, to close the set? Sadly defunct German goth-metal band Dreadful Shadows once dared to cover (and "rock out") The Sisters of Mercy's classic piano ballad, "1959." If you like the results, originally done in 1995, you can check out the new compilation of heavier covers that it is now collected on, "Black Waves of Adrenochrome: The Sisters of Mercy Tribute," (2021).
Set four follows the harder vibe that set three ended on, easing us into the dark metal realms with a song from the latest Calabrese album, Flee the Light. Why? Because they always feature largely on my summer playlists, so it's simply the season for them. Following those blood brothers, we hear new music from The Cult Sounds, with their cranked-up deathrock-leaning-towards-metal sound displayed nicely on their new Death of a Star album. As we continue to creep through the dark to the black metal chamber, we then witness the surprise return of Sweden's Ancient Wisdom! I did NOT expect that one, but I'm glad to have the project resurrected on 2021's A Celebration In Honor of Death. An intentionally-mysterious Balkan black metal act known as CMPT arrive next, with a taste of their new album Mrtvaja, before we close the set with the lead single from Wolves in the Throne Room's forthcoming 'Cascadian' black metal opus, Primordial Arcana. The band is now entirely self-produced and thriving in that decision, as evidenced by the accompanying video.
Finally, we close the show with new music from Amestigon (featuring members of cult Austrian acts Dargaard and Summoning), taken from a new 4-way conceptual black metal split entitled "SamaeLilith A Conjunction_of the Fireborn."
All of that PLUS: New dark ambient work from Sphäre Sechs' new Beta Pictoris release; Selections from the soundtrack vaults; Color commentary, gushing about music the music that shapes us, 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)
(sets and talk breaks separated by dashes)
"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
Show recorded: July 7th, 2021
Nox Novacula - Ascension [Ascension, 2021]
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Sphäre Sechs - Collapsing Cloud [Beta Pictoris, 2021]
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Varsovie - L'ombre Et La Nuit [L'ombre Et La Nuit, 2021]
Rose Teeth - Cold Breath [single, 2021]
Astari Nite - Pocket Full of Posies (radio edit) [single, 2021]
Cold Cave - Prayer from Nowhere [Fate In Seven Lessons, 2021]
Ataraxia - Canzona [Simphonia Sine Nomine, 1994]
Ariel Maniki and the Black Halos - Strangers [Strangers, 2021]
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London After Midnight / Tamlyn - Theme from the Film Love and Affliction (Remix) [Psycho Magnet, 1996]
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London After Midnight - Shatter (All My Dead Friends) [Psycho Magnet, 1996]
Faith and the Muse - Cantus / Annwyn, Beneath the Waves [Annwyn, Beneath the Waves, 1996]
SWANS - Love Will Save You [White Light from the Mouth of Infinity, 1991]
Killing Joke - Unspeakable [What's THIS for...!, 1981]
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Sin In My Heart [Juju, 1981]
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Jerry Goldsmith - The Latest Victim [“The Mephisto Waltz” (soundtrack) 1971]
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Lycia - Except [Casa Luna, 2021]
Velvet Acid Christ - Crushed [Lust for Blood, 2006]
Diary of Dreams - O'Brother Sleep [O'Brother Sleep (single), 2001]
The Awakening - All Tomorrow's Saints [This Alchemy, 2021]
Caroline Blind - Tribe (Original 2020) [Tribe (The Remixes), 2021]
Dreadful Shadows - 1959 ["Black Waves of Adrenochrome: The Sisters of Mercy Tribute" (comp.) 2021]
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The Valerie Project - Elsa [The Valerie Project, 2007]
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Calabrese - And In the End I am Nothing [Flee the Light, 2019]
The Cult Sounds - Endlose Nacht/13 Candles [Death of a Star, 2021]
Ancient Wisdom - And God Saw [A Celebration In Honor of Death, 2021]
CMPT - Mrtvaja part 1 [Mrtvaja, 2021]
Wolves in the Throne Room - Mountain Magick [Primordial Arcana, 2021]
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Luboš Fišer - The Wedding / The Visit / The Work of Death / Letter 2 / Friends ["Valerie and Her Week of Wonders" (soundtrack) 1970]
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Amestigon - The Slant Serpent ["SamaeLilith A Conjunction_of the Fireborn" (comp.) 2021]
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Sphäre Sechs - Collapsing Cloud [Beta Pictoris, 2021]
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Varsovie - L'ombre Et La Nuit [L'ombre Et La Nuit, 2021]
Rose Teeth - Cold Breath [single, 2021]
Astari Nite - Pocket Full of Posies (radio edit) [single, 2021]
Cold Cave - Prayer from Nowhere [Fate In Seven Lessons, 2021]
Ataraxia - Canzona [Simphonia Sine Nomine, 1994]
Ariel Maniki and the Black Halos - Strangers [Strangers, 2021]
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London After Midnight / Tamlyn - Theme from the Film Love and Affliction (Remix) [Psycho Magnet, 1996]
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London After Midnight - Shatter (All My Dead Friends) [Psycho Magnet, 1996]
Faith and the Muse - Cantus / Annwyn, Beneath the Waves [Annwyn, Beneath the Waves, 1996]
SWANS - Love Will Save You [White Light from the Mouth of Infinity, 1991]
Killing Joke - Unspeakable [What's THIS for...!, 1981]
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Sin In My Heart [Juju, 1981]
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Jerry Goldsmith - The Latest Victim [“The Mephisto Waltz” (soundtrack) 1971]
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Lycia - Except [Casa Luna, 2021]
Velvet Acid Christ - Crushed [Lust for Blood, 2006]
Diary of Dreams - O'Brother Sleep [O'Brother Sleep (single), 2001]
The Awakening - All Tomorrow's Saints [This Alchemy, 2021]
Caroline Blind - Tribe (Original 2020) [Tribe (The Remixes), 2021]
Dreadful Shadows - 1959 ["Black Waves of Adrenochrome: The Sisters of Mercy Tribute" (comp.) 2021]
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The Valerie Project - Elsa [The Valerie Project, 2007]
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Calabrese - And In the End I am Nothing [Flee the Light, 2019]
The Cult Sounds - Endlose Nacht/13 Candles [Death of a Star, 2021]
Ancient Wisdom - And God Saw [A Celebration In Honor of Death, 2021]
CMPT - Mrtvaja part 1 [Mrtvaja, 2021]
Wolves in the Throne Room - Mountain Magick [Primordial Arcana, 2021]
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Luboš Fišer - The Wedding / The Visit / The Work of Death / Letter 2 / Friends ["Valerie and Her Week of Wonders" (soundtrack) 1970]
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Amestigon - The Slant Serpent ["SamaeLilith A Conjunction_of the Fireborn" (comp.) 2021]
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