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Welcome to the combination June/July 2025 episode of "Out ov the Coffin." In spite of my typical distaste for remix albums, this one begins with a brand new reworking of The Cure's "I Can Never Say Goodbye," the Cinematic Mix courtesy of Paul Oakenfold -- who'd probably be as surprised to be found on this playlist as I was to wind up featuring his work at the top of the show. But, we all make exceptions for the greatest band in the land, The Cure, and their Mixes of a Lost World collection does feature a few interpretations worth hearing. 

 

The first full set begins with a deeper cut, and another type of reworked song, taken from Isolated Youth's new album Misrere Mei, on which they rerecorded their breakthrough single "Oath," with very satisfying results. We then move to a late debut from North Carolina's Feyleux, whose name was on my radar for a while, but I just finally spent some time appreciating their reverent blend of classic goth and darkwave sounds on their 2024 release, Midnight Hearts. Fom there, we enjoy a new single from the one and only Chameleons, on tour this week in the US with The Psychedelic Furs, who have returned to classic form on the very topical track "Saviours Are A Dangerous Thing." Following that acoustic guitar thread, we then go a track deeper into the latest ROME LP, Civitas Solis, before checking out the opening track from Australian post-punk act Body Maintenance's new album Far From Here. Finally, the set concludes with a new entry from Ostatnia Klatka, who reach back to the classic post-punk sounds of fellow Polish acts like Siekiera.

 

We begin set two in Italy, with a track from Edna Frau's new album "Slow, Be Gentle I Am Virgin," which manages to straddle the line between deathrock and modern post-punk well. We then dip down to Argentina for some new post-punk from Tensión, before making this episode's first visit to Ukraine for the latest single from post-punk act Small Depo. Georgia's Entertainment returns next with the third in their series of re-imagined older tracks, with new vocals and fresh mixes aimed at club play, which leads us to a debut from New Mexico's BLDDDLTTR, with a club friendly single "Hea(r)t Death." The set closes with a triple shot of 40th anniversary selections that are all VERY 'Summer of 1985.' First, we mark the anniversary of the self-titled debut from Darkwave icons Clan of Xymox, followed closely by what may be the surprising inclusion of A-ha, with a lesser-played song from their breakthrough album "Hunting High and Low." Not particularly darkwave, but in between the Xymox track and the talk-break selection from the soundtrack of 1985's "Day of the Dead," in felt right -- and it is one of the greatest of all the '80s new wave albums. Add these three to the music from "Lifeforce" that you heard in the last break, and it's a 4-part 1985 salute.

 

Set three finds us going in several unique directions, bookended by two different aspects of the same band. We start with the new surprise collaboration from Aurelio Voltaire and Calabrese! "Zombie Elvis Cannot Die" sees the two bands merging their interests on a tongue-in-cheek throwback sixties-ballad-turned-horror-punk anthem, which will eventually be included on Voltaire's forthcoming SummerWeen album. AND, if you're in the Nashville area, you can catch Aurelio Voltaire live on Saturday, July 5th at the East Room. 

 

The set continues with the new single from Detroit's own deathgazers Vazum, before I finally catch up with a song from Amulet's Katharsis. I had played a few singles from the DC-area band previously, but somehow missed their full release late last year, with its effective mix of darkwave, goth, and industrial sounds. After featuring Whispering Sons on the Best ov 2024 list, I figured that a deeper cut from their excellent The Great Calm was more than deserved, so we get that here, followed by a new entry from cabaret-darkwave act Hot Hail!, taken from their new 2025 full length All the Blood You Wanted. Finally, the set wraps up with the promised new material from horror rock's favorite sons, Calabrese, who have upped the ante with the closing track on their latest EP, No Return from Darkness. Chef's kisses all around for the inclusion of Latin chants and tolling bells on that one. 

We slide gradually into set four, beginning with a more tribal/ethereal new single from Sweden's Linnea Hjertén, before wading into the dark metal waters with new music from Polish/Italian black metal act Amalekim. Long-time Finnish black metal favorites Sargeist creep in next with the title track from their new Flame Within Flame album, followed by a deeper cut from Serbian black metal act CMPT's latest album, Na utrini. We then visit the vaults for a pair of '90s death/doom throwbacks -- first from Finland's As Serenity Fades, whose early work has been newly reissued on a split with August Moon, and then a classic track from one-time German goth-metal champs, Lacrimas Profundere.

 

The show draws to a somber, atmospheric close with a new song from Ukrainian dark-ambient project некрохолод (Necroholod), who take us out with the nearly-12-minute piece "More terrifying than the fear of death is the absence of fear before it." 

 

All of that PLUS: New Swedish neo-classical/folk work from Thomas von Wachenfeldt; New Ukrainian dark ambient from Shadowsun; New soundtrack work from Young Fathers for the film "28 Years Later"; 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
  June-July 2025 Episode
  Show recorded July 4th, 2025

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

The Cure - I Can Never Say Goodbye (Paul Oakenfold Cinematic Mix)  [Mixes of a Lost World, 2025]
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Thomas von Wachenfeldt - Suite no 2 in C Minor (Wiktor Öst)  III. En Spelmans Jordafärd (Sorrow March)  [Estradörerna: Hall- och Östlåtar, 2025]
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Isolated Youth - Oath  [Miserere Mei, 2025]
Feyleux - The Empress  [Midnight Hearts, 2024]
Chameleons - Saviours Are A Dangerous Thing (radio edit)  [single, 2025]
ROME - In Brightest Black  [Civitas Solis, 2025]
Body Maintenance - The Surface  [Far From Here, 2025]
Ostatnia Klatka - Sen ofiary  [single, 2025]
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Michael Kamen - After Autopsy / Hypnosis  ["Lifeforce" (soundtrack) 1985]
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Edna Frau - The Laundry of Sins  [Slow, Be Gentle I Am Virgin, 2025]
Tensión - Nuevas formas de belleza  [Nuevo Movimiento, 2025]
Small Depo - Вікна  [single, 2025]
Entertainment - Patroness (New Voice, Club Mix)  [single, 2025]
BLDDDLTTR - Hea(r)t Death  [DD6, 2025]
Clan of Xymox - Cry in the Wind  [Clan of Xymox, 1985]
A-ha - Here I Stand and Face the Rain  [Hunting High and Low, 1985]
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Modern Man - The Dead Walk  ["Day of the Dead" (soundtrack) 1985] 
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Aurelio Voltaire feat. Calabrese - Zombie Elvis Cannot Die [single, 2025]
Vazum - Arise  [single, 2025]
Amulet - The Hope That Kills You  [Katharsis, 2024]
Whispering Sons - Dragging  [The Great Calm, 2024]
Hot Hail! - Into the Dark  [All the Blood You Wanted, 2025]
Calabrese - I Was a Teenage Deathstalker  [No Return from Darkness, 2025]
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Young Fathers - Alpha Intro / Alpha Tunnel I / Slow Low I / Slow Low II  ["28 Years Later" (soundtrack) 2025]
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Linnea Hjertén - I aska  [single, 2025]
Amalekim - Chant VI: Tisha Daltot  [Shir Hashirim, 2025]
Sargeist - Flame Within Flame  [Flame Within Flame, 2025]
CMPT - Kao srp u noći  [Na utrini, 2024]
As Serenity Fades - Yearning  [Earthborn, 1993]
Lacrimas Profundere - The Embrace and the Eclipse  [Memorandum, 1999]
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Shadowsun - In a sleepless night  [Sumtok, 2025] 
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некрохолод (Necroholod) - More terrifying than the fear of death is the absence of fear before it. [single, 2025] 

 

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