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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

PODCAST: Compilation for the Dead 2025 (September 2025 Episode)

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Welcome to the 2025 edition of the Out ov the Coffin "Compilation for the Dead" -- a tribute to the golden age of themed compilation CDs, back in the pre-internet '90s, when the only way you were going to learn about new dark music was in a store, a club, or a friend's collection. If you were lucky, you would find a compilation that promised a certain overall style, so you could check out a whole slate of fresh bands at once and take notes on the full albums you needed to hunt down from then on.

Old school, yes, but such CD samplers were so helpful to me, and many others like me, when we were first getting into this kind of music, so consider this a modern update with that same goal in mind -- and if this compilation works that way for you, I consider it a success, and that's why I do one of these episodes each September.

Speaking of old school, here's a mock-up CD cover!
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PLAYLIST BEGINS HERE
Format: Band Name [country of origin] - Song Title
from Album Title (year of release)

(each band name is also a website link)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Intro/outro recorded September 30th, 2025
Mixed + compiled August/September 2025.

Intro track, which then plays backwards beneath the introductory and closing remarks:

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

The "Out ov the Coffin" Compilation for the Dead, 2025:

Hrishikesh Hirway [USA]: "Escape from the Woods" (exc.)
from "Companion" (soundtrack, 2025)
Altar de Fey [USA]: "Tower of Deceit"
from "Under a Waxing Moon" (2025)
Isolated Youth [Sweden]: "Ghost Town"
from Miserere Mei (2025)
Canteleu [France]: "Le Tunnel"
from "Canteleu EP" (2024)
Amulet [USA]: "For Your Love"
from "Katharsis" (2024)
Fantasma Negra [USA]: "Bliss"
from "L.U.S.T." (2025)
Creux Lies [USA]: "Apocalypto"
single (2025)
Black Rain [UK]: "Inside"
from "Black Rain" (2025)
Body Maintenance [Australia]: "Symphony of Bliss"
from "Far From Here" (2025)
Smurno [Ukraine]: "Леза" (Blades)
single (2024)
Ostatnia Klatka [Poland]: "Sen Ofiary"
single (2025)
Silver Tears [Germany]: "Again"
from "Silver Tears" (2025)
Diavol Strâin [Chile]: "Traición"
from Vipera Mortis (2024)
Panic Priest [USA]: "My Lonely Ghost"
from "Once Wild" (2025)
Feyleux [USA]: "Phantoma"
from "Midnight Hearts" (2024)
Vilde Tuv [Norway]: "Blomsterdansen"
from "The Ugly Stepsister" (soundtrack, 2025)
ЛІЗА ПАДЛІЗА (Liza Padliza) [Ukraine]
"3збираю по клаптиках тіні (I gather the shadows in pieces)"
from "Вхід у свідомість / Entry into Consciousness" (2025)
Abu Nein [Sweden]: "Hand of Glory"
from "III: Dark Faith" (2024)
Saint Vengeur [Poland]: "Immaculata"
from "Sex and Repression in Higher Society" (2025)
Selvnatt [Ukraine]: "Wounded"
from "Empty Life" (2025)
Sowulo [Netherlands]: "Swefnian"
from "Niht" (2025)
Drudkh [Ukraine]: "The Eve"
from "Shadow Play" (2025)

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Monday, September 9, 2024

PODCAST: Compilation for the Dead 2024 (September 2024 Episode)

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Welcome to the 2024 edition of the Out ov the Coffin "Compilation for the Dead" -- an annual tradition for nearly two decades, which currently stands in for the September episode each year, while I recover from Dragon Con and prepare for the Halloween season. But just what is a "Compilation for the Dead", you might ask?

"Wait! I can explain..."

It's a tribute to the golden age of compilation CDs, back in the pre-internet '90s, when the only way you were going to get new music was from a store (or a good friend). If you didn't already know what you wanted, you'd walk the aisles of the local record shop (or printed catalogue), searching for something to risk your money on. If you were lucky, you would find a compilation that promised a certain overall style, so you could sample a whole slate of fresh bands at once, as you took notes on the full albums you needed to hunt down next time.

These were the CDs that were so helpful to me, and many others like me, when we were first getting into this kind of music. Old school, yes, but if this compilation has that effect on you, I consider it a success.

Speaking of old school, here's a mock-up CD cover!
(click to expand)

Unlike most episodes, this one is designed to play through without talk breaks (once you get past the intro), so you can throw it on and focus on this season's crop of new and current dark bands that I think people should know about. It's also a good introduction to what the show is about for any newcomers -- or a nice, seasonal harvest of a playlist for longtime listeners.

I started the "Compilation for the Dead" series back in 2007, after attending Dragon Con for a couple of years, because I would always have conversations at the panels about the state of goth music, the health of the scene, and if there were any good bands still putting "this kind of music" out. My answer to the last question was always an emphatic "YES," but in order to put my money where my mouth was, I decided to create some proof.

"Here, I made you a mixtape..."

So, each year I chose an album's worth of strictly new and/or current music to represent my show, my DJing style, and, most importantly, the current state of goth & the wider dark music scene as I saw it -- and I started literally handing the CDs out to people. My days of hand-making physical compilations are behind me, so you get it streaming or as a podcast here -- but the notes are already made for you here, and the music can be shared infinitely this way, so it's a worthwhile trade-off, I hope.

As always, this year's mix features some never-before-featured music, including the infectious new single from Soror Dolorosa's forthcoming album Mond, a new face on a modern goth classic from Atlanta's Entertainment, a darkwave debut from Chicago's Lunar Paths, a new single from Nashville's own General Trust, new Ukrainian post-punk from Small Depo (feat. ДК Енергетик), the 'Coffin debut of Oakland's Yama Uba, new dark ambient from некрохолод and black metal from SVRM, plus fresh soundtrack work from Pilou's score to Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person. And that's not even counting the deeper cuts from recent releases. This one's riddled with bangers!

Each artist's name in the playlist below links to a site for buying their music or learning more (usually a Bandcamp link), and next to each band name is their country of origin, for the curious.

If this is your first episode of Out ov the Coffin, the regular episodes happen once a month, taking the form of a traditional, hosted radio show, with an emphasis on new music -- but also including classics from the vault, episodic themes, and further cuts into current albums in the realms of: Goth, post-punk, deathrock, darkwave, coldwave, film scores, dark metal, and beyond. The next one in line will actually be another special edition, October's traditional Halloween Special, which is both a personal and listener favorite each year. Look for that one as the veil draws thinner...

Until then, if you're new here, I encourage you to check out some of the previous episodes (here or here), and to follow the show on Facebook and Instagram.

Thanks,
Ichabod

* Neither this podcast nor this compilation are endorsed or produced by Dragon Con.

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PLAYLIST BEGINS HERE
Format: Band Name [country of origin] - Song Title
from Album Title (year of release)

(each band name is also a website link)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Intro/outro recorded August 28th, 2024
Mixed + compiled August 2024.

Intro track, which then plays backwards beneath the introductory and closing remarks:

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

The "Out ov the Coffin" Compilation for the Dead, 2024:

Pilou [Canada]: "Transfiguration"
from “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person” (soundtrack, 2024)
Past Self [USA]: "Between the Marquees"
from Die Cry Hate EP (2023)
Entertainment [USA]: "Flesh (New Voice, Club Mix)"
single (2024)
Date At Midnight [Italy]: Another Grace
from Another Grace (2024)
Agnosia [Finland]: "Kyyneleet"
from Kun maailma palaa (2024)
The Victoriana [USA]: "These Sickly Flowers"
from Violets Of Your Neck b/w These Sickly Flowers (2023)
Soror Dolorosa [France]: "Obsidian Museum"
from Mond (2024)
Nox Novacula [USA]: "Stay"
from Feed the Fire (2024)
Yama Uba [USA]: "Disappear"
from Silhouettes (2024)
Heimberg [France]: "Crows"
from Blind Eye EP (2024)
Small Depo (feat. ДК Енергетик) (DK Energetyk) [Ukraine]: "Черга" (Cherga)
single (2024)
Astari Nite [USA]: "What a Rainbow Feels Like"
from Resolution of Happiness (2024)
General Trust [USA]: "A Season of Wrath"
from Hearses b/w A Season of Wrath (2024)
Kælan Mikla & Bardi Johannsson [Iceland]: "The Phantom Carriage"
from The Phantom Carriage (2024)
Lunar Paths [USA]: "Lifesong"
single (2024)
DucTape [Türkiye]: "Red Scar"
from Echo Drama (2024)
Peter Raeburn [UK]: "Funeral Leftovers"
from “Handling the Undead” (soundtrack, 2024)
Final Gasp [USA]: Mourning Moon
from "Mourning Moon" (2023)
некрохолод (Necroholod) [Ukraine]: "Windswept Cross"
from Fragments of Edward Munch's 'The Sick Girl' (2024)
Délétère [Canada]: "Chasse Obscène"
from Songes dune Nuit Souillée (2023)
SVRM [Ukraine]: "Мовчання і смерть" (Silence and Death)
from Мовчання і смерть (2024)

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Friday, September 15, 2023

PODCAST: Compilation for the Dead 2023 (September 2023 Episode)

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Welcome to the 2023 edition of the Out ov the Coffin "Compilation for the Dead" -- an annual tradition for the last 15+ years, which currently stands in for the September episode each year, while I recover from Dragon Con and prepare for the Halloween season. But just what is a "Compilation for the Dead", you might ask?

"Wait... I can explain..."

It's a tribute to the golden age of Goth compilation CDs -- the kind that were so helpful to me, and many others like me, when we were first getting into this kind of music, back in the pre-internet '90s. You'd put one of those on, and a whole swarm of fresh bands would pour out, like so much fog, and you'd reach for a pen to start taking notes on the full albums you needed to hunt down. Old school, yes, but if this compilation has that effect on you, I consider it a success.

Speaking of old-school, here's the art as a CD layout, for fun.

Unlike most episodes, this one is designed to play through without talk breaks (once you get past the intro), so you can throw it on and focus on this season's crop of new and current dark bands that I think people should know about. It's also a good introduction to what the show is about for any newcomers -- or a nice, seasonal playlist for longtime listeners.

I started the "Compilation for the Dead" series back in 2007, after attending Dragon Con for a couple of years, because I would always have conversations at the panels about the state of goth music, the health of the scene, and if there were any good bands still putting "this kind of music" out. My answer to the last question was always an emphatic "YES," but in order to put my money where my mouth was, I decided to create some proof.

"Hi... I made you a mixtape...."

So, each year I choose an album's worth of strictly new and/or current music to represent this podcast, my DJing style, and, most importantly, the current state of goth & the wider dark music scene as I see it.

As always, this year's mix features some never-before-featured releases and debuts, including some infectiously operatic darkwave from Knoxville, Tennessee's Attic Eyes, the dark, ethereal post-punk of California's Silence in the Snow, the long-standing darkwave/deathrock hybrid of Tragic Black, and the fierce, Native American black metal of Ifernach, alongside stand-outs and deeper cuts from recently featured new releases, held together by passages from new dark ambient artists and soundtrack work from "Red Rose" and "The Last Voyage of the Demeter." Each artist's name in the playlist below links to a site for buying their music or learning more (usually a Bandcamp link), and next to each band name is their country of origin, for the curious.

If this is your first episode of Out ov the Coffin, the regular episodes happen once a month, taking the form of a traditional, hosted radio show, with an emphasis on new music -- but also including classics from the vault, episodic themes, and further cuts into current albums in the realms of: Goth, post-punk, deathrock, darkwave, coldwave, film scores, dark metal, and beyond. The next one in line will actually be another special edition, October's traditional Halloween Special, which is both a personal and listener favorite each year. Look for that one as the veil draws thinner...

Until then, if you're new here, I encourage you to check out some of the previous episodes (here or here), and to follow the show on Facebook and Instagram.

Thanks,
Ichabod

* Neither this podcast nor this compilation are endorsed or produced by Dragon Con.

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PLAYLIST BEGINS HERE
Format: Band Name [country of origin] - Song Title
from Album Title (year of release)

(each band name is also a website link)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Intro/Outro recorded September 14th, 2023; Mix compiled August-September 2023.

Intro track, which then plays backwards beneath the introductory and closing remarks:

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

The "Out ov the Coffin" Compilation for the Dead, 2022:

Tim Morrish & Jessica Jones [UK]: “Is It Over?”
from “Red Rose” (soundtrack, 2022)
Attic Eyes [USA]: "The Moon”
from “Meridian” (2023)
Silence in the Snow [USA]: “You Fade”
from “Ghost Eyes” (2023)
In a Darkened Room [USA]: “Final Vows"
from “Sorrows” (2023)
Palm Ghosts [USA]: “Raw Nerve”
from “Dead Stars” (2022)
Ringfinger [Canada]: “Chamber of Roses"
single (2022)
Stratim [Ukraine]: “Dreams Backwards” (exc.)
from “Unbearable Delirium” (2023)
Cemetery Siren [USA]: “Nothing Left (Homeless Demo)”
single (2022)
Urban Heat [USA]: “Trust”
from “Wellness” (2022)
Vacíos Cuerpos [Mexico]: “Laberinto”
from “Laberinto” (2022)
Tragic Black [USA]: “Find Your Own Way"
from “Unsightly Visitations” (2023)
Vosh [USA]: “Devout”
from “Vessel” (2023)
Cataphiles [Germany]: “Rubbish Kids”
from "Cataphiles (2022)
Cruel Velvet [USA]: “I Never Feel Alive”
single (2022)
And Remain There Forever [Ukraine]: “Повний трупів (Full of corpses)” (exc.)
from "Страх як закон (Fear like a Law )” (2023)
Glaring [Germany]: “Consciousness”
from “Paralyzed” (2022)
St. Digue [Denmark]: “Shadow”
from “Toxic Kiss” (2023)
Labyrinthus Stellarum [Ukraine]: “Void Dwellers”
from “Tales of the Void” (2023)
Bear McCreary [USA]: “In the Lantern's Light” (exc.)
from “The Last Voyage of the Demeter ” (soundtrack, 2023)
Ifernach [Canada]: “Le Vent et la Mer”
single (2023)

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Friday, September 9, 2022

PODCAST: Compilation for the Dead 2022 (September 2022 Episode)

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Welcome to the 2022 edition of the Out ov the Coffin "Compilation for the Dead" -- an annual tradition for the last 15+ years, which currently stands in for the September episode each year, while I recover from Dragon Con and prepare for the Halloween season. But just what is a "Compilation for the Dead", you might ask?

"Wait... I can explain..."

Unlike most episodes, this one is designed to play through without talk breaks (once you get past the intro), so you can throw it on and focus on this season's crop of new and current dark bands that I think people should know about. It's also a good introduction to what the show is about for any newcomers -- or a nice, seasonal playlist for longtime listeners.

I started the "Compilation for the Dead" series back in 2007, after attending Dragon Con for a couple of years, because I would always have conversations at the panels about the state of goth music, the health of the scene, and if there were any good bands still putting "this kind of music" out. My answer to the last question was always an emphatic "YES," but in order to put my money where my mouth was, I decided to create some proof.

"Hi... I made you a mixtape...."

So, each year I choose an album's worth of strictly new and/or current music to represent this podcast, my DJing style, and, most importantly, the current state of goth & the wider dark music scene as I see it. People who attend the goth panels at Dragon Con get a sneak preview of this episode, then I upload it here for everyone else to enjoy. This year's mix features 'Coffin debuts from Vandal Moon and Johnny Dynamite & the Bloodsuckers, as well as many deeper cuts into recently featured new releases. Each band name in the playlist below links to a site for buying their music or learning more (usually a Bandcamp link), and next to each band name is their country of origin.

NOTE: For this year's compilation, you may notice that there are 5 bands from Ukraine. This is a testament to all the great Ukrainian acts that have been covered on the show this year, and a reminder that the war that Russia has inflicted upon Ukraine is not over. This theme carries into the cover art for this year's compilation, which is based on a photograph from a Ukrainian cemetery, originally taken by Aeou (Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported). For ways you can continue to help Ukraine, visit: https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/

If this is your first episode of Out ov the Coffin, the regular episodes happen once a month, taking the form of a traditional, hosted radio show, with an emphasis on new music -- but also including classics from the vault, episodic themes, and further cuts into current albums in the realms of: Goth, post-punk, deathrock, darkwave, coldwave, industrial, film scores, dark metal, and more. The next one in line will actually be another special edition, October's traditional Halloween Special, which is both a personal and listener favorite each year. Look for that one as the veil draws thinner...

Until then, if you're new here, I encourage you to check out some of the previous episodes (here or here), and to follow the show on Facebook and Instagram.

Thanks,
Ichabod

* Neither this podcast nor this compilation are endorsed or produced by Dragon Con.

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PLAYLIST BEGINS HERE
Format: Band Name [country of origin] - Song Title
from Album Title (year of release)

(each band name is also a website link)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Intro recorded September 8th, 2022; Mix compiled August 2022.

Intro track, which then plays backwards beneath the introductory and closing remarks:

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

The "Out ov the Coffin" Compilation for the Dead, 2022:

Steven Price [UK]: “The Beginning”
from “Last Night in Soho” (soundtrack, 2021)
The Waning Moon [USA]: “Fall”
from “The Waning Moon” EP (2022)
Vain Warr [USA]: “Fuck in the Fire”
from “Maleficia Carnalia” (2021)
Kill Shelter [UK]: “Cover Me” (ft. William Faith of The Bellwether Syndicate)
from “Asylum” (2022)
Tears for the Dying [USA]: “Wouldn’t it be Funny”
from “Eyes Wide Open in the Dark” (2022)
Gentle Ropes [Ukraine]: “Oči” (translation: “Eyes”)
from “Control” (2022)
Johnny Dynamite & the Bloodsuckers [USA]: “Bats in the Woods”
from “Sleeveless” (2021)
Vazum [USA]: “Thief”
single (2022)
The Newton Brothers [USA]: “Act of Contrition” (exc.)
from “Midnight Mass” (soundtrack, 2021)
A Projection [Sweden]: “Darwin’s Eden”
single (2021)
Silver Walks [USA]: “In Consequence” (ft. Marc Heal of Cubanate)
from “Various Positions” (2022)
Denner [France]: “Ultima Thulé”
from “Semi Monde” (2021)
The Pleroma [Ukraine]: “Ничего” (“Ničevó” translation: “Nothing”)
single (2022)
Vandal Moon [USA]: “Sweet Disaster”
from “Queen of the Night” (2022)
Nyx Division [USA]: “Orchid Rain”
from “Dark Star” (2022)
New Skeletal Faces [USA]: “Banshee Sex Tomb”
from “Sextinction” (2021)
Abysmal Grief [Italy]: “Idolatry of the Bones”
from “Funeral Cult of Personality” (2021)
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SVRM [Ukraine]: “Поклик могил” (“Poklyk Mohyl” translation: “Call of the Graves”)
from “Червів майбутня здобич” (2022)
Shadowsun [Ukraine]: “Falling Ashes”
from “Last Incarnation of Moloch” (2022)

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