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Following that hazy cloud of in between days that comprise the post-Halloween season, the November 2021 episode of "Out ov the Coffin" emerges late, but with two full armloads of freshly harvested music. It all begins with the latest single from Seraphim Shock, a bittersweet, mid-tempo piece which also seems to exist between dark and sentimental states -- as could be called a signature of their sound, as well as the season.
After an appropriately-titled, moody instrumental piece from the new Child of Night album, The Walls at Dawn, the first full set begins with newcomers Grundeis (Germany), who offer the first taste of their debut full length, Amygdala. A promising and moving take on goth and deathrock sounds, combined for both musical and emotional impact. From there, we move to a fresh remix from trad-goth legacy act The Wake, taken from their new Mixers & Elixirs EP. We then dip a little deeper into The Awakening's new This Alchemy album, before taking in an alternate studio version of ROME's "Kali Yuga Über Alles," as recorded for their more intimate Hansa Studios Session II LP. The ever-popular spectre of Russian post-punk then makes an appearance, in the form a song from Dneprovsky Bereg, taken from their 2021 EP Случай. Finally, we close the set with a second dose of Esses excellent new Bloodletting for the Lonely. Having been a staple of the ever-fruitful Oakland scene for many years, the members of Esses recently relocated to Portland, Oregon, joining another quite productive US scene.
It's fair to say that set two starts in a catchy '80s mood, kicking off with an upbeat new single from UK darkwave act Corlyx, taken from their forthcoming Blood in the Disco album, before moving into a second taste of Vision Video's equally catchy, but more post-punk leaning, new Inked in Red album. UK goth rock act Sirens of Light then make their debut with a reworked early 2000s track entitled "Maria," which leads us down under for a debut from Australian post-punk outfit, Body Maintenance. We then reach into the vaults for something from Clan of Xymox's recently reissued Peel Sessions collection, in honor of their forthcoming US tour (they'll be in Nashville on March 20th, 2022). And finally, set two rounds out with the new single from darkwave-crooner Panic Priest, teasing an album-to-be with the single "Angelsteal."
Set three, I describe as a bit of a journey into the ether. Not to be confused with an entirely down-tempo set, the songs that have been sewn together here share a common thread of atmospheric quality, regardless of bpm. It begins with a 30th anniversary salute to the title track from Voivod's 1991 album, Angel Rat. Perhaps unexpected, it is a song that transcended the genre boundaries of its time, striking a bizarre, somber mood unmatched by its peers. Keeping with the anniversaries, we then hear from original UK post-punk act, The Sound, in honor of the 40th anniversary of their 1981 LP From the Lions Mouth. The unmistakable sound of Cocteau Twins take us into the following year with the title track from their 1982 debut Garlands, followed by a new collaboration from Dead Can Dance co-founder Lisa Gerrard and the band's live keyboardist Jules Maxwell, who have just released the album Burn. We then go deeper into Casa Luna, the new EP from ethereal darkwave masters Lycia, before closing the set with another collaborative piece, this time from everyone's favorite Icelandic witches, Kælan Mikla, and ethereal French post-metal act Alcest.
Now that I've invoked the M-word, it's safe to say that set four finds us deep in the woods for the dark metal portion of the show. Technically, we begin in the graveyard, with a second taste of Funeral Cult of Personality, by Italian death-doom masters Abysmal Grief. From there, we visit Finland for a debut from Olio Tähtien Takana's new Spectral Katharsis album. Having recently tracked down the video in order to screen it for fresh eyes, we summon Emperor's '90s Norwegian black metal classic "The Loss & Curse of Reverence" from the vaults, before revealing another debut from Canadian atmospheric black metal act Ulvik's new album, Cascades. Spain's Velo Misere close the set with a song from their new album, Monomanía del Inexorable Vacío, before the show ultimately concludes with new music from Selvans, who once again tap into the Italian Horror soundtrack wells to augment their black metal influences on their new EP, Dark Italian Art.
All of that PLUS: New dark ambient works from LẼTUM, Sphäre Sechs, and Afnimaran; Cult film and music anniversaries; selections from the vaults; and more.
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Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]
(each band name is also a website link)
(sets and talk breaks separated by dashes)
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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
Show recorded: November 29th-30th, 2021
Seraphim Shock - Angel Grey [single, 2021]
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Child of Night - Outbreak [The Walls at Dawn, 2021]
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Grundeis - Bleed [Amygdala, 2021]
The Wake - Everything (feat. Wolfie) (MH Remix) [Mixers & Elixirs, 2021]
The Awakening - All Tomorrow's Saints [This Alchemy, 2021]
ROME - Kali Yuga Über Alles [Hansa Studios Session II, 2021]
Dneprovsky Bereg (Днепровский Берег) – Случай (The Case) [Sluchay (Случай), 2021]
Esses - Faceless Past [Bloodletting for the Lonely, 2021]
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Kendall Schmidt - untitled ["Neon Maniacs" (soundtrack) 1986]
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Corlyx - The Echo [Blood in the Disco, 2022]
Vision Video - Kandahar [Inked in Red, 2021]
Sirens of Light - Maria (video mix) [single, 2021]
Body Maintenance - Death's Hall [Body Maintenance, 2021]
Clan of Xymox - Muscoviet Mosquito [Peel Sessions, 1985/2020]
Panic Priest - Angelsteal [single, 2021]
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Sphäre Sechs - Unstable Orbit [Beta Pictoris, 2021]
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Voivod - Angel Rat [Angel Rat, 1991]
The Sound - Winning [From the Lions Mouth, 1981]
Cocteau Twins - Garlands [Garlands, 1982]
Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell - Orion (The Weary Huntsman) [Burn, 2021]
Lycia - Galatea [Casa Luna, 2021]
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Afnimaran - Nostromo [Graveyard Orbit, 2020]
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Abysmal Grief - The Graveyard is Mine [Funeral Cult of Personality, 2021]
Olio Tähtien Takana - Journey Through The Most High [Spectral Katharsis, 2021]
Emperor - The Loss and Curse of Reverence [Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk, 1997]
Ulvik - Nokhur [Cascades, 2021]
Velo Misere - Visión de la Sombra [Monomanía del Inexorable Vacío, 2021]
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LẼTUM - The Beauty of Miserable Souls [The Face of Life and Death, 2021]
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Selvans - Iò Pan! / L'Errante [Dark Italian Art, 2021]
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