BONUS PODCAST: "The Road to Dragon Con" Special, 2015

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Dragon Con, Dragon Con, Dragon Con!!!  

Welcome to my annual "Road to Dragon Con" special bonus podcast for 2015! First, I should note that this is not a traditional episode of the "Out ov the Coffin." The next regular episode should launch on September 18th, following a second bonus episode, the annual Compilation for the Dead. Busy month!

Second, a disclaimer: I am a volunteer for Dragon Con, on the Horror Track, but this podcast is in no way paid, official, or endorsed. I do this for fun, from one fan to many others, to give people something related and immersive to listen to on the way to the convention each year.

"So, what the hell is Dragon Con?" Dragon Con is an enormous Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comic Book, Horror, Pop-Culture, Film, Television, Music, Art, and everything-else-that's-cool convention, held annually in Atlanta, Georgia over Labor Day Weekend (September 4th-7th this year). It's four full days of panels, parties, costuming, and concerts, and it never lets up for a minute.

This episode features sounds and songs entirely related-to and inspired-by this year's guests, fan panels, and bands that will be performing live -- including the latest music from performers Abney Park, Aurelio Voltaire, The Cruxshadows, Ego Likeness, Inertia, Rasputina, and This Way to the Egress, along with theme songs, dialogue, novelties, and related music from the shows, stars, and movies that will be covered this year, including Hannibal, Sleepy Hollow, Arrow, Battlestar Galactica, and many, many more.

On the playlist below, you will find not only the list of everything played on this podcast, you will also find my notes on where to catch each related guest or performer at the convention (in small print below each name) -- because I'm here to help. Of course, you'll want to check the Official Program Guide to pinpoint the exact locations and double check the times for these panels. Or, move into the 21st century and install the Dragon Con 2015 Smart Phone App HERE. It really does make life easier.

Now, some of you will know me as the Assistant Director of The Horror Track, so you will no doubt find a lot of information on what we're doing this year, with a slant towards the dark side, but I've made sure to highlight topics of personal interest from all across the convention's many offerings on this episode. That said, this is just a slice of what could never be contained in a simple podcast.

If this episode serves its purpose, it will turn you on to some attractions at Dragon Con that you might not have considered. Failing that, it should at least get you pumped up for what you already want to see. So, grab this episode and listen to it on the ride down, or stream it while you're packing up your costumes, and I'll see you at the Con!


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Also: If you're wondering what panels I will be moderating this year, here's the list:

• Friday 1:00pm: "Hannibal: Aptitretare" [Augusta Ballroom, Westin]
  The first of three Q&A panels about one of this decade's greatest television shows, "Hannibal." What's the future of the series? What was it like to bring such elegant horror to network television? Hear it from actors Scott Thompson (Jimmy Price) and Aaron Abrams (Brian Zeller). 
• Saturday 2:30pm: "The Year in Goth" [Peachtree 1-2, Westin]
  The panel formerly known as "State of the Goth Scene," basically. Meet the bands that are performing this year and talk about the music, the scene, and life under the black umbrella. With members of The Cruxshadows, Ego Likeness, Inertia, and maybe a surprise guest or two. 
• Saturday 4:00pm: "Sleepy Hollow"  [Augusta Ballroom, Westin]
  We've joked about it for years, and now it's happening: Ichabod vs. Ichabod! Join me as I host a Q&A panel with Tom Mison (Ichabod Crane), Nicole Beharie (Abbie Mills), and the show's makeup artist Corey Castellano.
• Sunday 2:30pm: "Sleepy Hollow" [Atrium Ballroom, Marriott]
  One more chance to ask the stars of "Sleepy Hollow" all of your colonial horror questions. And another chance for me to crack bad Ichabod jokes with show-stars Tom Mison (Ichabod Crane) and Nicole Beharie (Abbie Mills).

Otherwise, you can find me hanging out a lot at The Horror Track. See our full list of panels for this year right here. 

NOTE: The Horror Track is located in the Westin, with most panels taking place at our Headquarters in the Peachtree Room (aka Peachtree 1-2) on the 8th floor (two floors up from the entrance level; same room as last year); however, some of our panels will be held in larger rooms throughout the convention, such as the Westin's Peachtree and Augusta Ballrooms, or the larger halls in the Hyatt or Marriott. Always refresh the app for the latest updates, or grab a copy of The Daily Dragon each morning. 

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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod
"Road to Dragon Con" Special

  Show date: Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

SAMPLE: "Hannibal" Will GrahamCBS Special Intro Sound
SAMPLE: "Hannibal" Price & Zeller
[Hannibal:Scott Thompson & Aaron Abrams: Fri 01:00 pm, Sun 11:30 am (both in Peachtree Ballroom (Westin); Sat 11:30 am (Regency VI-VII, Hyatt)]
Brian Reitzell - Opening Theme ["Hannibal" 2013]
[Hannibal Fannibals (fan panel): Fri 8:30pm Peachtree 1-2 (Westin)]
Elliot Goldenthal - Libera Me  ["Interview with the Vampire" (soundtrack) 1994]
SAMPLE: "Hannibal" Dr. Lecter and Will
Siouxsie Sioux & Brian Reitzell - Love Crime  ["Hannibal" Season 3 soundtrack, 2015]
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Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet - Having an Average Weekend ("Theme from Kids in the Hall")  [Love Without Words, 1985]
[Scott Thompson: Sat 8:30pm (Podcasting Track, Hilton Grand Ballroom West)]
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Brian Tyler - Sleepy Hollow Theme ["Sleepy Hollow" (soundtrack) 2013]
[Tom Mison (Ichabod) & Nicole Beharie (Abbie Mills): Sat 4pm (Augusta, Westin), Sun 2:30 pm (Marriott Atrium)]
SAMPLE: "Sleepy Hollow" Season 2 Intro
[Monsters of Sleepy Hollow w/ Corey Castellano (make-up artist): Fri 2:30pm Peachtree 1-2 Westin]
Rasputina - Curse Tablet  [Unknown, 2015]
[Sun 01:30 am (LIVE)]
James S. Levine - Opening Theme ["American Horror Story" (soundtrack) 2011]
[AHS: Freak Show: Fri 10am, Sat 2:30pm, Sun 7pm (all in Peachtree Ballroom, Westin)]
Buddy Baker, X Atencio, Thurl Ravenscroft - Grim Grinning Ghosts
[Disney's Haunted Mansion panel: Sun 5:30pm (Peachtree 1-2 Westin)]
Christopher Lee & The Tolkien Ensemble - Verse of the Rings (I)  [The Lord Of The Rings: Complete Songs & Poems, 2006]
[Christopher Lee Tribute panel: Fri 11:30, Peachtree 1-2 (Westin)]
TRAILER: "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave"
Richard O'Brien & Cast - The Time Warp (Christopher Lee-Mix by Ichabod)  ["The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (Soundtrack) 1975]
[Rocky Horror Live w/ Lipps Down on Dixie, Sun 1:30am Centennial II-III (Hyatt)]
[Barry Bostwick: Fri 1pm Intl North Hyatt]
Abney Park - Tribal Nomad  [Nomad, 2014]
[Sun 11:59pm, Marriott Atrium LIVE]
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Abel Korzeniowoski - Main Title ["Penny Dreadful" (soundtrack) 2014]

[The Demimonde and Dark Victoriana of Penny Dreadful: Sat 8:30 Augusta 1-2 (Westin)]

[Dreadpunk: The Gothic Horror Revival, Sun 8:30 Peachtree 1-2 (Westin)]

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Ego Likeness - Darkness  [When the Wolves Return, 2015]
[Sat 1:30am LIVE: Hyatt Cent. II-III, Sat 2:30pm (Year in Goth) Peachtree 1-2 Westin, Sat 7pm (Body Horror) Peachtree 1-2 Westin]]
TRAILER: 2001: A Space Odyssey
[Keir Dullea (Dr. Dave Bowman) & Gary Lockwood (Dr. Frank Poole) "2001" panels: Fri 1pm, Sat 5:30pm, Sun 11:30am (all in Hilton Grabd Ballroom East)]
Bear McCreary - Credits Theme ["Battlestar Galactica" (soundtrack)]
[BSG (2003) cast panels: Fri 2:30pm (Marriott Atrium Ballroom); Sat11:30am, Sun 4pm, Mon 10am (all in Hyatt Cent. II-III)]
SAMPLE: "Battlestar Galactica" (2003)
Richard Gibbs - Main Title (Uk Version) ["Battlestar Galactica" (soundtrack) ]
Blake Neely - The Flash Theme ["Flash" (soundtrack) 2014]
[Flash cast panels: Fri 1pm, Sat 5:30 pm (Atrium, Marriott), Sun 10am (Cent. II-III Hyatt)]
Inertia - Dark Valentine  [Existential, 2015]
[Sat 2:30 pm (Year in Goth: Peachtree 1-2, Westin), Sun 11:59pm (LIVE - Hyatt Centennial II-III)]
SAMPLE: Arrow Season 3 re-cap
[Arrow cast panels: Sat 2:30pm, Sun 11;30am (both in Marriott Atrium Ballroom)]
Blake Neely - Setting Up The Lair ["Arrow: Season 1" (soundtrack) 2013]
[Stephem Amell Live: Fri 5:30 Marriott Atrium Ballroom]
The Cruxshadows - In Gardens  [digital single, 2015]
[Fri 5:30pm (Hyatt Reg. V), Sat 2:30pm (Year in Goth: Peachtree 1-2 Westin), Sat 7pm (Hyatt Intl. N.), Mon 1:30am (LIVE: Cent. II-III Hyatt)]
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Floating Point - "Game of Thrones" 8-bit Theme  [web-release, 2012]
[Game of Thrones: Fri 11:30am, Sat 1pm, Sun 10am (all in Marriott Atrium Ballroom)]
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Nichelle Nichols - Theme from "Star Trek" [Uhura Sings, 1986]
[Walk of Fame, Parade, Guest of Honor (Banquet Sat 7pm)]
Alexander Courage/John Williams - Star Trek Wars (Ich's Mash-Up)
John Philip Sousa - The Liberty Bell (exc.) ["Monty Python's Flying Circus" 1969]
[Monty Python's Terry Jones: Signing Sat 1pm, Sun 2:30pm, Mon 1pm (Sheraton Piedmont); Panels: Sun 11:30am, Mon 10am (Sheraton Grand B'room)]
SAMPLE: Star Wars: Chewbacca & Han
[Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca): Fri 2:30pm (Imperial, Hyatt), Sat 1pm (Regency VI-VII Hyatt)]
Stu Phillips - Main Title : Theme From "Battlestar Galactica" (1978)
[Classic BSG w/ Terry Carter (Tigh) and Richard Hatch (Apollo): Sat 2:30, Mon 11:30am (Hyatt Cent. I)]
Aurelio Voltaire - Raised By Bats  [Raised By Bats, 2014]
[Fri 4pm Augusta Ballroom Westin, Fri 11:59pm LIVE: Marriott Atrium Ballroom]
SAMPLE: Big Bird & Oscar the Grouch 
[Carroll Spinney (Big Bird, Oscar T. Grouch): Walk of Fame, Parade. Panels: Fri 10am (Cent, II-III Hyatt), Sat 2:30pm (Marriott Imperial), Sun 11:30am (Hyatt Cent. II-III)]
This Way to the Egress - Tarantella  [Great Balancing Act, 2015]
[LIVE: Sat 1:30am Marriott Atrium, Sat 8:30pm, Sun 6pm (Hyatt Concourse). Panels: Fri 5:30pm (Augusta 3 Westin), Sat 2:30pm (Augusta 1-2 Westin)]
SAMPLE: Venture Bros.
[Doc Hammer: Fri 1pm Marriott A601-602, Sat 8pm Marriott Atrium]
[James Urbaniak: Fri 2:30pm Hilton Grand Ballroom East, Fri 5:30pm Marriott Imperial, Sat 8pm Marriott Atrium] 
J.G. Thirlwell - No Vacancy (Venture Bros. Theme)
[Venture Bros. panel w/ Doc Hammer, Jackson Publick, James Urbaniak: Sun 4pm Marriott Atrium]
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Shuki Levy, Haim Saban, and Erika Lane - Skeletor's Spaceship/Journey Back In Time  [He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (soundtrack) 1983/2015]
[G.I.Joe vs He-Man fan panel: Sun 2:30pm Marriott M303-304]
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TRAILER: "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984)
SAMPLE: Never Sleep Again
[Possible last-minute Wes Craven Tribute panel TBA, Peachtree 1-2 (Westin)]
Joe Harnell - The Lonely Man Theme ["The Incredible Hulk" 1978]
[Avengers Ball: Fri 10pm P'Tree Ballroom (Westin)]
SAMPLE: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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This is, unfortunately, the third episode in as many months to begin with a tribute to the recently deceased. Though I wish the deaths would stop, I will continue to memorialize and pay tribute through this show, so this episode begins with a track from Bella Morte's classic 2nd album, Where Shadows Lie. Chris "Frizzle" Hensley, who played guitar on that album, was killed on July 30th in a motorcycle accident, so I send this one out to his memory.

Beyond that, this show has the far more pleasant task of marking the 30th anniversaries of a couple of my favorite things: First, August 1985 saw the theatrical release of my favorite movie of all time, "The Return of the Living Dead." In honor of that, you will hear a few selections from that soundtrack on this episode. Meanwhile, also in the glorious year that was 1985, later that same month, my favorite band of all time, The Cure, released their homecoming album, The Head on the Door, a selection from which opens the first full set of this show.

On the new music front, the first set brings us a track from Italian neo-folk act, Spiritual Front. To be fair, I'd credit them with a more expansive sound than just neo-folk, but anyway, their new release, Twin Horses, is a split with Lydia Lunch & Cypress Grove. Continuing in the "spiritual" realm, you will also hear new post-punk from Portland's Spirit Host, with a song from their The First Flowers Demo.

After spending some time with the living dead, revisiting several catchy modern goth-punk releases of recent vintage, and digging into the overlooked music vaults, we arrive at more fresh post-punk from fellow PDX band Lunch, taken from their new album, Let Us Have Madness Openly. As if to beg the question "Just what are they putting in the water in Portland these days?," the second set finishes with a selection from a third PDX band, Soft Kill, taken from their already infectious new six-song collection entitled Heresy.

This month's darkwave set kicks off with something from the most recent Skeleton Hands album, Gone, in honor of their first Nashville show next month. Actually, they will be the first musical guests at Fascination Street, Nashville's monthly post-punk, deathrock, darkwave, and trad-goth dance night, on September 12th. The set then turns its attention to Paris, France for new music from Minuit Machine, who have just caught my ear this week with their Live & Destroy album from late 2014.

After a couple of revisitations of modern darkwave classics, we dip a bit deeper into the new Them Are Us Too album, Remain, before landing with a new song from the UK's Eat Static. Their new album Dead Planet features a couple of collaborations, but leave it to me to go straight for the one that features Robert Smith of The Cure on guest vocals. Of course I did. You knew I would. 

The show then makes a fairly sharp turn into the dark metal territory -- but not for good, so stick around even if you're not a metal fan. It all starts with more new music from Barshasketh, digging deeper into their new Ophidian Henosis album, which is followed closely by another taste of Skepticism's new Ordeal album, which, as I mentioned on the last episode, was recorded live before an audience. The set then shifts to the strange terrain of Norway's Dødheimsgard, whose new album A Umbra Omega continues the band's tradition of avant-garde metal that rejects traditional boundaries and form. 

Amidst all of this heaviness, you may be surprised to find something from the new Chelsea Wolfe album, but you will. No stranger to heavier territory, some of the selections on her new -- and already widely-praised -- album, Abyss, delve into the feel of doom metal, albeit with a more ethereal vocal style and some softer dynamics. Speaking of which, the show concludes with some of the softest dynamics your ears can ease into, the dulcet tones of a more ambient, spacey Edward Ka-Spel, with a track from his latest release, The Space Station Chapel.

All of that, PLUS: More new dark ambient from France's L'Enfant De La Forêt; Selections from the '80s Horror, '90s goth, and often-not-even-thought-of-as-darkwave vaults; 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)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

  Show recorded on: August 14th, 2015

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

Bella Morte - Doubt  [Where Shadows Lie, 1999]
Small Precious Lights - Toward an Unknown Familiar  [digital single, 2014]
The Cure - Kyoto Song  [The Head on the Door, 1985]
Coil - Ostia (The Death of Pasolini)  [Horse Rotorvator, 1986]
Spiritual Front - Dear Lucifer  [Twin Horses, 2015]
The Horatii - Annaline  [Riposte, 1995]
The Caves - Darkness  [Drifting In Visions, 1994]
Spirit Host - West  [The First Flowers Demo, 2015]
The Jet Black Berries - Love Under Will  ["The Return of the Living Dead" (soundtrack) 1985]
SSQ - Trash's Theme  ["The Return of the Living Dead" (soundtrack) 1985]
45 Grave - Party Time (Zombie Version) ["The Return of the Living Dead" (soundtrack) 1985]
Holograms - Meditations  [Forever, 2013]
Varsovie - Hotel Roma  [L'Heure Et La Trajectoire, 2014]
The Snake Corps - Science Kills  [Flesh on Flesh, 1985]
A Flock of Seagulls - The Traveller  [Listen, 1983]
Hemgraven - Sång vid en grav  [Sanddyner av glas, 2014]
Lunch - Witch's Apartment  [Let Us Have Madness Openly, 2015]
Soft Kill - Violent Mind  [Heresy, 2015]
Javier Navarrete - Love Dark  ["Byzantium" (soundtrack) 2013]
Skeleton Hands - Dotted Lines (album version)  [Gone, 2013]
Minuit Machine - Sabotage  [Live & Destroy, 2014]
The Twilight Garden - Fixation  [Hope, 2012]
Light Asylum - Shallow Tears  [Light Asylum, 2012]
Them Are Us Too - Marilyn  [Remain, 2015]
Eat Static (feat. Robert Smith) - In All Worlds  [Dead Planet, 2015]
L'Enfant De La Forêt - La Nuit Emporte Sa Voix  [Abraxas, 2015]
Barshasketh - III  [Ophidian Henosis, 2015]
Skepticism - Departure  [Ordeal, 2015]
Dødheimsgard - Architect of Darkness  [A Umbra Omega, 2015]
Chelsea Wolfe - Iron Moon  [Abyss, 2015]
Rick Wakeman - Sheer Terror/End Title Theme ["The Burning" (soundtrack) 1981]
Edward Ka-spel - The Space Station Chapel Part 2  [The Space Station Chapel, 2015]

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This episode begins on a sad, but respectful, note. Earlier this week, Nick Cave's 15-year-old son Arthur was killed in a fall from a cliff. "The Weeping Song" seemed perhaps a little too fitting, but it was the only way I could send my sympathies, so I chose to do so.

Once past that bit of bad news, the first full set begins with our first taste of the forthcoming Lycia album, A Line That Connects (courtesy of a stream from Decibel Magazine's website). The song gets better with each listen, and definitely harkens back to the classic sound that put the band on the map. You will soon be able to pre-order the album on the Handmade Birds site.

After a personal classic from the criminally underrated Black Ice, the set travels the globe to bring you fresh music, starting with a new German band called Transylvania. Not much is known about the band, but their sound offers a nice, ethereal, goth/deathrock vibe. The UK's Red Sun Revival follows with a track from their new faithfully-goth-rock album, Identities, followed by the first band to grace the show from Belarus, the curiously-named Another Lips, with an alternatingly catchy-then-suffocating post-punk piece from their new EP Грязь.

The first set closes with a moment of celebration for this week's 30th anniversary of the release of the classic Phantasmagoria album from The Damned. The album marked the band's most outwardly gothic sound, and is often remembered for its iconic album cover, which coincidentally features model Susie Bick, who would later marry Nick Cave. Small world.

The second set begins with a pair of songs played in tribute to Simon Manning, founding member of the bands Children on Stun and Grooving In Green, who passed away last week. I never knew the man, but he wrote some infectious goth rock that hit me in my formative years, and I salute him for that. The set continues with a pair of classics from the vault, before heading into some recent goth/punk fusion from Iceland's Börn, who give us a taste of their 2014 self-titled album. The set wraps up with new music from Seattle's Arcane, whose demo offers a unique take on anarcho/peace-punk.

The darkwave section of this episode is rife with new releases and bands, beginning with a taste of the new Lebanon Hanover album, Besides the Abyss, which leads into a track from fellow Germans Keluar, taken from their new EP, Panguna.  Meanwhile, back in the States, we finally get caught up in last year's Floods EP from Brooklyn's Aeon Rings (formerly heard on this show as Night Vision), before getting a taste of the much-talked-about new Los Angeles band, Drab Majesty. The first video from their Careless album can be seen here, paired with an interview about the project's visual component.

The darkwave crashes with the powerful and emotionally challenging title track from the new Ego Likeness album, When the Wolves Return. A pensive, slowly-building song may seem an odd choice for a lead single, but it shows what sets this band apart from their peers; a weakness that gave them strength. Watch the equally stark video for the song here.

The Dark metal portion of the show begins gradually, teasing in with two acts that flirt, to varying degrees, with the heavier side of the dark music spectrum. First up is a song from the new Nostalgist album, Of Loves and Days Ago. The Seattle band's sound is not easily pegged, evoking post-punk notes of bands like Lowlife, mixing in '90s alternative rock like The Smashing Pumpkins or Hum, getting noisy with some shoegaze, and rounding it out with post-metallic influences like Agalloch. Overall, it's an interesting mix. Check it out here. 

Next up is a Philadelphia band called Cape of Bats, whose Ash Black Autumn EP mixes punk, deathrock, and black metal influences, with interesting results. We then take a dip in the late-'90s golden era of dark metal, from which you'll hear a couple of classics, along with some new music from Barshasketh -- who are not actually from the '90s, but my ears and memory were willingly fooled by the sound of their new album, Ophidian Henosis. Drudkh closes the set with a deeper cut from their latest album, A Furrow Cut Short.

Finland's elder statesmen of funeral doom, Skepticism, then step in to close the show with a track from their brand new album, Ordeal. Interestingly, the band chose to record this album completely live, before an audience, in one shot -- and the results pay off, with a sound that seems as large as they were when I had the distinct pleasure of seeing them with my own eyes.

All of that, PLUS: A deeper cut from Retro Promenade's "Carpenter" tribute, this time from the band Hide & Sequence; New Dark Ambient music from Italy's Enmarta and France's L'Enfant De La Forêt; Selections from the '70s Horror, post-punk, darkwave, and goth vaults; 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)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

  Show recorded on: July 17th, 2015

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

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Weeping Song (remix)  [The Good Son, 1990]
Enmarta - Aesthetics  [Sea of Black, 2015]
Lycia - Monday Is Here  [A Line That Connects, 2015]
Black Ice - In the Dark  [Myopia, 2007]
Transylvania - No Return  [demo, 2015]
Red Sun Revival - Four Walls  [Identities, 2015]
Another Lips - Самозащита  [EP Грязь, 2015]
The Damned - Street of Dreams  [Phantasmagoria, 1985]
Disasterpeace - Playpen  ["It Follows" (soundtrack) 2014]
Children on Stun - Sidelined  [Tourniquets Of Loves Desire, 1994]
Grooving In Green - Stranglehold  [Strangelhold, 2012]
Twisted Nerve - Séance  [Séance, 1984]
Marquee Moon - Prince of Darkness  [Beyond the Pale, 1985]
Börn - Friður í helvíti  [Börn, 2014]
Arcane - Sleepless Paralysis  [demo 2014]
Hide & Sequence - Ghosts  ["Carpenter" (comp.) 2015]
Lebanon Hanover - Chimerical  [Besides the Abyss, 2015]
Keluar - Panguna  [Panguna, 2015]
Aeon Rings - No More Pain  [Floods, 2014]
Drab Majesty - The Heiress  [Careless, 2015]
Diary of Dreams - War on a Meadow  [Cholymelan, 1994]
Ego Likeness - When the Wolves Return  [When the Wolves Return, 2015]
L'Enfant De La Forêt - Black Figures  [Abraxas, 2015]
Nostalgist - The Derelict [Of Loves and Days Ago, 2015]
Cape of Bats - Death Born King  [Ash Black Autumn, 2014]
Rotting Christ - Out of Spirits  [A Dead Poem, 1997]
Barshasketh - II  [Ophidian Henosis, 2015]
Morgion - Canticle  [Solinari, 1999]
Drudkh - Cursed Sons II  [A Furrow Cut Short, 2015]
Pierre Raph - Francoise Chante  ("The Iron Rose")  ["The Films of Jean Rollin" (comp.) 1994]
Skepticism - Closing Music  [Ordeal, 2015]

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This episode begins with a small tribute to the enormous life and career of Sir Christopher Lee, legendary actor and horror icon, who died on June 7th at the age of 93. A suitable farewell to one of the last of the godfathers could be a whole show of its own, so I kept this one simple, choosing samples of Lee's infamous voice from a couple of my favorite pieces, some classic Hammer Horror theme music from the late James Bernard's iconic Dracula score, and a re-purposed tribute song from The Damned that felt like a proper send-off.

In the first full set, you will hear new music from Hamsas Xiii, a new band featuring Richard Witherspoon, founding guitarist of legendary US goth band, The Wake. The new project, which also features vocalist Robyn Bright (Cockatoo), lands in the middleground between goth/darkwave and shoegaze/ethereal on their debut full-length, Encompass.

Speaking of ethereal, shoegaze, and dark romantic sounds, I had the pleasure of catching Them Are Us Too at a small bar here in Nashville last week. You'll hear a track from their new album Remain, followed by a deeper cut from the equally Cure-inspired Shadow Age, taken from their new Silaluk EP. An actual song from The Cure's b-side library follows, leading into the break with some of Brian Reitzell's beautiful new soundtrack work from the final moments of Hannibal, season 2.

The next set features entirely new music in the modern deathrock/post-punk vein, much of it courtesy of the Mass Media Records label. It all begins with a track from the latest Masquerade 12", Blood is the New Black, which leads into something brand new from Portland's Lunch, taken from their new LP, Let Us Have Madness Openly. We then jump over to Spain, where we'll hear from Kathon's new album, Death Among Flowers, before jumping over to London for a really catchy number from The Mescaline Babies' new album, Primer. Finally, the set dips into another track from Metro Cult's new Transparent EP, before topping-off with brand new Mexican deathrock from the new self-titled Zotz 7-inch.

The darkwave/electronic set begins with a further cut from She Past Away's just-released second album, Narin Yalnizlik, followed by a deeper look into All Your Sisters' Modern Failures album, which should appeal to those looking for more music in the vein of bands like Cold Cave. We then check out something from the new Nightmare Fortress release, The Wanting, which continues their tradition of making me imagine somebody slipping in and out of consciousness while moving across a dimly lit dance floor. That's a good thing.

The dark metal segment begins with something from the much-hyped new Paradise Lost album, The Plague Within. Hailed as a return to their early/glory years and/or the classic Peaceville sound, you may find evidence of this claim on the new single, "Beneath Broken Earth." Behind that, you'll get a taste of Thier, the new album from Austria's Amestigon, a long-standing black metal band featuring past and present members of Abigor, Summoning, Dargaard, and Dominion III. 

A classic from Neurosis rounds out the set, as I couldn't resist throwing in one more nod to Christopher Lee, in the form of one of my favorite lines from The Wicker Man. Finally, the show closes with a lengthy number from the new Bell Witch album, Four Phantoms, to send you on your way.

All of that, PLUS: Retro Promenade is back with a new synthwave tribute to the Tron films, from which you'll get a taste of a new project called Occam's Laser; We'll take several emotional trips to the early nineties vaults, in addition to a few grabs from the '70s horror vaults, the '80s darkwave scene, and the expanded darkwave range of the modern age.

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Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]

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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

  Show recorded on: June 19th, 2015

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

[Sample] Christopher Lee - Fireside Tales (Intro)
James Bernard - Main Title ["(The Horror of) Dracula" (soundtrack) 1958]
[Sample] Jess Franco's "Count Dracula" (1970)
The Damned - The Beauty of the Beast  [Grave Disorder, 2001]
Christopher Lee - The Raven (exc.)  [Christopher Lee Reads Edgar Allan Poe: Tales of Mystery and Horror, 1985] (sample inserted over The Damned's song)
[Sample] Jess Franco's "Count Dracula" (1970)
James Bernard - The Ceremony Begins/Taste the Blood ["Taste the Blood of Dracula (soundtrack) 1970]
Current 93 - A Silence Song  [Thunder Perfect Mind, 1992]
Hamsas Xiii - Exploding Heart  [Encompass, 2015]
The God Machine - All My Colours  [Home (single) 1993]
Them Are Us Too - Creepy Love  [Remain, 2015]
Shadow Age - Innocence  [Silaluk, 2015]
The Cure - A Foolish Arrangement  [A Letter to Elise (single), 1992]
Brian Reitzell - Bloodfest (from Mizumono)  ["Hannibal" Season 2 - Volume 2 (soundtrack) 2014]
Masquerade - Cry Like Birds  [Blood is the New Black, 2014]
Lunch - Not An Ocean  [Let Us Have Madness Openly, 2015]
Kathon - E Risk  [Death Among Flowers, 2015]
The Mescaline Babies - Dancing with a Broken Leg  [Primer, 2015]
Metro Cult - Distortions  [Transparent EP, 2015]
Zotz - Altrapado  [Zotz (7"), 2015]
Occam's Laser - Flynn Pt. II  ["Grid Knights" (comp.) 2015]
She Past Away - Asimilasyon  [Narin Yalnizlik, 2015]
All Your Sisters - Come Feel  [Modern Failures, 2014]
Nightmare Fortress - No Exit  [The Wanting, 2015]
Unextraordinary Gentlemen - Open Arms, Empty Air (2011 version) [Open Arms, Empty Air (single) 2011]
Fad Gadget - King of the Flies  [King of the Flies (single) 1982]
Zola Jesus - I Can't Stand  [Stridulum, 2010]
Coil - How to Destroy Angels  [How to Destroy Angels, 1984]
Paradise Lost - Beneath Broken Earth  [The Plague Within, 2015]
Amestigon - 358  [Thier, 2015]
Neurosis - A Chronology for Survival  [Souls at Zero, 1992] 
Philippe D'Aram - Bal Slow (Living Dead Girl)  [The Films of Jean Rollin (soundtrack comp.) 1994]
Bell Witch - Suffocation, A Burial: I – Awoken (Breathing Teeth)  [Four Phantoms, 2015]

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This episode begins with music from The Last Dance, a deeper cut from their new Ruins album, which leads softly into score music from the soundtrack to "Ex Machina," a film that has been sadly overshadowed at the box office, but one that will no doubt surface on many end of the year lists. The score music was a collaboration between composer Ben Salisbury and Portishead's Geoff Barrow.

The first full set begins with music from Virginia's Shadow Age, whose new EP Silaluk lives up to all of the modern post-punk/goth promise heard in their demo material. The band hits the road today on a week of dates through the eastern, southern, and mid-United States. See those dates here.

After spending some time in the late '80s and digging into the last decade's vault, The next set begins with brand new music from Denmark's Metro Cult. Their new 7-inch, Transparent, continues to build the band's reputation for infectious, energized post-punk, to which they have added a visual side with the just-released video for the title track. See it here.

Turkey is not a country from which we often see new dark music, but this episode has given us a solid pair of bands to appreciate. First up is Istanbul's Ugly Shadows, whose sound falls more in modern deathrock/gothpunk territory. Grab their self-titled EP here. After that, you'll get a taste of She Past Away's just-released second album, Narin Yalnizlik, which sees the band continuing to churn out memorable modern post-punk/darkwave. And, no, as big of a punster as I am, I did not intend to make one by following these two Turkish acts with a deeper cut from Ritual Howls' latest album, Turkish Leather -- but it happened anyway, so enjoy it.

After a second taste of the latest Calabrese album, Lust for Sacrilege, we dive fully into darkwave territory with the opening track from the forthcoming Ego Likeness album, When the Wolves Return. If you can catch one of the remaining dates on the band's current tour with Aurelio Voltaire, you can pick up the CD directly, Otherwise, pre-order it here.

The wave continues with another taste of The Soft Moon's new Deeper album, followed by a former obscurity from Ministry's vaults, recently unearthed on their new Trax! Box. After a bit of latter-day Depeche Mode, the set takes a turn for the cinematic with a selection from the M83/Joseph Trapanese score to the dystopian semi-space opera "Oblivion," before closing with brand new music from The Synthetic Dream Foundation, taken from their new EP, The Witch King, 1st Movement.

The dark metal portion of the show begins with a song from A Furrow Cut Short, the new album from Ukrainian folk/black metal band Drudkh, which leads into a classic from Amorphis' Tales from the Thousand Lakes album, which the band will be performing in its entirety this weekend at the Maryland Death Fest, where Ireland's Primordial will also no doubt put on an excellent show. Alas, I'll have to settle for playing something from their latest album in this set.

The dark metal rounds out with a selection from the doom vaults, in the form of The Gault's "Bright White Blind" -- but not before we are decimated by a track from the new Bell Witch album, Four Phantoms. It never ceases to amaze me how much sound and fury can be carried by just two men agonizing over only bass and drums, but they've done it again. Get it here.

All of that, PLUS: Brand new music from Tom Holkenborg's soundtrack to "Mad Max: Fury Road;" Another selection from Disasterpeace's score to "It Follows;" And a closing tribute to Joy Division's Ian Curtis who took his own life 35 years ago this week. May he rest in peace.

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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

  Show recorded on: May 22nd, 2015

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

The Last Dance - Everything That You Wanted  [Ruins, 2015]
Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow - Out/The Turing Test ["Ex Machina" (soundtrack) 2015]
Shadow Age - Silaluk  [Silaluk, 2015]
Pink Turns Blue - After All  [If Two Worlds Kiss, 1987]
Fools Dance - The Collector  [They'll Never Know, 1987]
Fields of the Nephilim - Slow Kill  [Dawnrazor, 1987]
And Also the Trees - Wallpaper Dying  ["13" (comp.) 1990] 
Cinema Strange - One Time, One Summer  [Quatorze Exemples Authentiques Du Triomphe De La Musique, 2006]
Disasterpeace - Title/Linger  ["It Follows" (soundtrack) 2015]
Metro Cult - Transparent  [Transparent, 2015]
Ugly Shadows - Kids of Tomorrow  [Ugly Shadows EP, 2015]
Shadowhouse - Haunted  [Hand in Hand, 2014]
She Past Away - Soluk  [Narin Yalnizlik, 2015]
Ritual Howls - No Witnesses  [Turkish Leather, 2014]
Calabrese - Lust for Sacrilege  [Lust for Sacrilege, 2015]
Brian Reitzell - Futamono  ["Hannibal" (Season 2 soundtrack) 2014]
Ego Likeness - Leave A Light On, Thomas  [When the Wolves Return, 2015]
The Soft Moon - Desertion  [Deeper, 2015]
Ministry - The Game Is Over (Demo 1983)  [Trax! Box, 2015]
Depeche Mode - Suffer Well  [Playing the Angel, 2005]
M83 & Joseph Trapanese - Temples of Our Gods ["Oblivion" (soundtrack) 2013]
The Synthetic Dream Foundation - In Letters of Black Night  [The Witch King, 1st Movement, 2015]
Tom Holkenborg - Moving On/The Return to Nowhere  ["Mad Max: Fury Road" (soundtrack) 2015]
Drudkh - Embers  [A Furrow Cut Short, 2015]
Amorphis - Drowned Maid [Tales from the Thousand Lakes, 1994]
Primordial - Come the Flood  [Where Greater Men Have Fallen, 2014]
Bell Witch - Judgement, In Fire: I - Garden (Of Blooming Ash)  [Four Phantoms, 2015]
The Gault - Bright White Blind  [Even As All Before Us, 2005]
Philip Glass - Helen's Theme ["Candyman" (soundtrack) 1992]
Joy Division - Eternal  [Closer, 1980]

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