PODCAST: June 28th, 2012

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This episode opens with fresh music from Sweden's Brotherhood, whose new album, …Turn the Gold to Chrome…, has just been issued on Germany's afmusic. You can check out more of their post-punk/goth rock sound on their Bandcamp site.

Dead Can Dance have just started taking pre-orders for their much-anticipated first studio album in 16 years, Anastasis. As a gift to their many curious fans, they have released a digital single, which is featured on this episode (and available here). The album will be issued in multiple formats, to coincide with their Fall 2012 tour, which will hit Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on September 4th.

Incidentally, for those in the Nashville area, word on the street is that +SALVATION+ Gothic/Industrial Night will be giving away a pair of tickets to the Dead Can Dance show at their July 14th event. For those keeping tabs on Dragon*Con in Atlanta (Labor Day Weekend), I'll talk about some of the bands that have said they will be playing there this year, including South Carlina's Valentine Wolfe, whose macabre Steampunk ambience is featured on this episode. 

Speaking of events, the brand new Calabrese album has finally landed, and it is GOOD. Dayglo Necros is another fine example of the 3 brothers serving up the catchiest and coolest horror rock in the world right now. You can score your own copy of it right here. Act quickly, and you may even be able to sink your fangs into some of the pre-order extras.

Ego Likeness has just issued the 4th volume in their Compass EP series, the long-awaited East. This one clocks in at more of an album's length, but I doubt anyone will complain about that part. The opening track, "-geist," is quite striking, so it is featured it on the way in to this episode's darkwave/ebm/industrial set. The EP is limited to only 300 CDs, but you can still order one of the last remaining copies here, if you hurry.

Also new to the show: A taste of new electro/darkwave from Until the Air Runs Out, the new album from Seattle's Nightmare Fortress; a further cut from Darker Days Tomorrow's new album, False Prophets; more new electro-cabaret from AlterRed's Dollstown album; a remastered and revamped cut from the 2nd installment of Suicide Commando's The Suicide Sessions collection; and more fresh Swedish post-punk from Svarta Hundar, who is featured on The Peter Out Wave compilation. Their track "Mörkt Vatten" has also yielded a video, which can be seen here.

All of that, PLUS: A post-birthday horror-rock nod to Glenn Danzig, a look back at the golden age of the oft-contested subgenre of Gothic Metal, more debuts, more horror soundtracks, more current & classic dark music, and the announcement of my next live DJ/Cult Film combo-appearance at Cult Fiction Underground in Nashville.


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

(each band name is also a website link)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, June 28th, 2012

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

Brotherhood - End of Time  [ …Turn the Gold to Chrome…, 2012]
Philippe D'Aram - Apparition Du Chateau ["Fascination" (soundtrack)1979]
Dead Can Dance - Amnesia (radio edit)  [Anastasis, 2012]
Sol Invictus - The Killing Tide  [The Killing Tide, 1991]
Tearwave - First Time  [Different Shade of Beauty, 2008]
The Prophetess - Darkness Leaves  [Dichotomy, 1996]
Principe Valiente - The Night  [Principe Valiente, 2011]
Terminal Gods - God Child  [Electric Eyes, 2012]
Paul McCollough - Cemetery (exc.) ["Night of the Living Dead" (soundtrack) 1990]
Calabrese - Heart Possession  [Dayglo Necros, 2012]
The Other - Transyvania  [New Blood, 2010]
Samhain - Black Dream  [Initium, 1984]
Svarta Hundar - Mörkt Vatten  ["The Peter Out Wave" (comp.) 2012]
Led Er Est - Scissors  [Dust On Common, 2010]
Diary of Dreams - Chemicals  [One of 18 Angels, 2000]
Valentine Wolfe - Imaginary Landscape  [Five Nocturnes (bonus disc), 2009]
Ego Likeness - -geist  [East, 2012]
AlterRed - And We Disappear  [Dollstown, 2012]
Nightmare Fortress - Visionquest  [Until the Air Runs Out, 2012]
Suicide Commando - The Exit  [The Suicide Sessions 2, 2012]
Hocico - Silent Wrath (I Break)  [Disidencia Inquebrantable , 2003]
Darker Days Tomorrow - Winter  [False Prophets, 2012]
E.V.P. - The Left Hand of Glory  [Postmortem Canticles Of Necromancy, 2008]
Dreadful Shadows - Everlasting Words  [Buried Again, 1996]
Tiamat - Alteration X10  [A Deeper Kind of Slumber, 1997]
Tristania - Beyond the Veil  [Beyond the Veil, 1999]
Daeonia - Angel for a Better Day  [Craven, 1999]
Katatonia - Nerve  [Discouraged Ones, 1998]
Javier Álvarez - (closing theme) ["Cronos" (soundtrack) 1993]
Miserere Luminis - Senectus  [Miserere Luminis, 2009]

KEY:

[N] = Nashville artist
(exc.) = excerpt
^RQ^ = requested

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[EVENT PLAYLIST] Cult Fiction Underground: June 23rd, 2012

This past Saturday night, I started a new kind of event here in Nashville, combining my love for cult horror films, stylish settings, and dark music. The idea was to bring goth, post-punk, deathrock, darkwave, and horror music to a more relaxed setting, away from the dance floors of night clubs, where song-selection could be based on what fit the atmosphere, rather than what might fill a dance floor.

The result was not unlike a live version of the first hour of "Out ov the Coffin," which is one reason that I'm posting this playlist here. Of course, this live version was thrice as long, and you could have a beer and hang out with like-minded people while you listened. The tone for the night is set by a movie screening, held in the theatre next door to the Underground Lounge. In this case, it was Richard Blackburn's 1973 atmospheric horror classic, "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural," which won a lot of new fans that night.

To clear any confusion, the following playlist is not related to an episode that can be streamed or downloaded -- although a new podcast is coming later this week. The playlist below shows precisely what I played for the first installment of this event, so everyone can get a good idea of what this night is about.

For those who wish to go to a night like this: "It is happening again!" On Saturday, July 28th, I will return to Cult Fiction Underground. The movie that night will be Jean Rollin's bizarre French zombie film, "The Grapes of Death" (1978). Mark your calendar & Bring a friend. The film will start at 10pm, and the music will begin immediately after the screening.

Otherwise, here's what I played this past Saturday night. Each artist's name below is also a link:


PLAYLIST: Cult Fiction Underground w/ DJ Ichabod
@ Logue's Black Raven Emporium: June 23rd, 2012

Film of the week: "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural" (1973)

Angels of Liberty - Monster In Me  [Monster In Me EP, 2011]
Murnau's Playhouse - Sister Violence  [Sanity Show, 2009]
X-Mal Deutschland - Mondlicht  [Tocsin, 1984]
The Cure - M  [Seventeen Seconds, 1980]
The Cocteau Twins - Persephone  ^RQ^  [Treasure, 1984]
Samhain - To Walk the Night {Happy Birthday to Glenn Danzig}  [November-Coming Fire, 1986]
Charles Bernstein - Run, Nancy! ["A Nightmare on Elm Street" (soundtrack) 1984]
Entertainment - Flesh!  [Gender, 2008]
Bauhaus - Dark Entries  ^RQ^  ["1979-1983 Volume One" (comp) 1986]
Terminal Gods - Electric Eyes  [Electric Eyes, 2012]
John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - Chariots of Pumpkins ["Halloween III: Season of the Witch" (soundtrack) 1982]
The Grinning Plowman - Killing Floor  [N]  [Days of Deformity, 1988]
Nosferatu - Horror Holiday  [Wonderland, 2011]
Blacklist - Still Changes  [Midnight of the Century, 2009]
Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave - The Tall Man on Main Street  ["Phantasm" (soundtrack) 1979]
Christian Death - The Angels (Cruciform)  ^RQ^  [The Path of Sorrows, 1993]
Zola Jesus - Avalanche  [Conatus, 2011]
Lubos Fiser - The Letter 2  ["Valerie and Her Week of Wonders" (soundtrack) 1970]
Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat - The Shadows Are You  [Weltuntergangsstimmung, 2012]
Diary of Dreams - Reign in Chaos  ^RQ^  [Nigredo, 2004]
Goblin - Profondo Rosso (alternate take)  ["Goblin Volume II 1975-1980" (comp) 1998]
Malign - The Diseased and the Blind  [Shatter And Impale, 1996]
Pretentious, Moi? - Astrid  [Pretentious, Moi?, 2010]
Brighter Fires - From the Sky  [Brighter Fires, 2012]
Joy Division - A Means to and End  [Closer, 1980]
The Wake - First  [Nine Ways, 1996]
John Cacavas - Main Title ["The Satanic Rites of Dracula" (soundtrack) 1973]
ROME - Sons of Aeeth  [Die Æsthetik Der Herrschaftsfreiheit: Aufruhr, 2011]
Bloody Dead and Sexy - Cheeks  [Narcotic Room, 2005]
Faith and the Muse - When We Go Dark  [: Ankoku Butoh : , 2009]
Goblin - Tenebrae  ["Tenebrae" (soundtrack) 1983] ^RQ^
The Legendary Pink Dots - Under Glass  [Any Day Now, 1987]
Skinny Puppy - Grave Wisdom  ^RQ^  [Too Dark Park, 1990]
Alien Sex Fiend - Hurricane Fighter Plane  [Drive My Rocket, 1994]
Calabrese - Heart Possession  [Dayglo Necros, 2012]
Kill Sister Kill - Fever Dream  ["Kaliffornian Deathrock" (comp) 2006]
Frank the Baptist - On My Tongue  [Different Degrees of Empty, 2003]
Weep - The Passion of Lovers  [The Passion of Lovers (single), 2011]
Robert Cobert - Carolyn & Barnabas  ["House of Dark Shadows" (soundtrack) 1970]
Siouxsie & the Banshees - We Hunger  [Hyaena, 1984]
New Days Delay - Tiny Monsters & Furry Little Creatures  [Splitterelastisch, 2007]
Mute Angst Envy - Taste of Insanity  [Archetype/Trust, 1991]
Cinema Strange - Sadist Sagittarius (2004) [A Cinema Strange 10th Anniversary Novelty Product , 2004]
James Bernard - End Credits (Lust for a Vampire) ["The Hammer Vampire Film Music Collection" (comp) 2002]
Seraphim Shock - Anna  [Black Heart Revival , 2010]
The Sisters of Mercy - On the Wire  [First and Last and Always (remaster), 2006]
Ulterior - Big City, Black Rain  [Wild In Wildlife, 2011]
Night Vision - Betrayal  [Night Vision, 2012]
Giuliano Sorgini - George  ["The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue" (soundtrack) 1974]
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - Dead Souls  [Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell (Or: The Vampyre Sucking At His Own Vein), 2003]
Tim Curry - Don't Dream It, Be It  ["The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (soundtrack) 1975]


Playlist Format: Artist - song title [album title, year]
^RQ^ = requested
[N] = Nashville area artist
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PODCAST: June 14th, 2012

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This episode is the first to be available as both a download and a stream. I have just created a Mixcloud account to make that possible, so if you'd like to simply stream this one, follow the link above, or scroll down to the bottom of this post and hit play. The stream has been time-stamped to help you tell what you're hearing at any given time.

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New to the show this time is a crop of more traditional goth and post-punk sounds. From the the UK, we have Angels of Liberty, who have several releases available on their Bandcamp site. I chose to start at the beginning, showcasing the title track from their Monster In Me EP (2011). It's an amazingly catchy and satisfying piece of energetic goth rock.

Also hailing from the UK, The Gaa Gaas make their debut on the show this time, flaunting their psyche-punk sound that evokes an early deathrock/batcave attitude. The song, "Hypnoti(z)ed" is taken from a new compilation from Peter Out Records, called The Peter Out Wave, which is intended to bring together acts from various scenes and countries that are (perhaps unintentionally) part of the new wave of post-punk. Grab it here.

Also featured on that compilation is France's Joy/Disaster, who have just released a new alt-post-punk album called Sickness. Their song "Suicide" is featured on both releases, as well as this episode. In the neo-classical realm, Portland, Oregon's Disemballerina have returned with another impressive new piece called "Sundowning," which is available on their Bandcamp site as well.

In the industrial realm, you'll hear a selection from the new Decoded Feedback album, disKonnekt; a remix from the latest Aesthetic Perfection single, A Nice Place to Destroy; an atypical cut from the new Grendel album, Timewave: Zero; and requested (and classic) music from the new Skinny Puppy live album, Bootlegged, Broke and Insolvent Seas. All of these releases are available now through Metropolis Records.

I also remember a couple of very different anniversaries on this episode: June 14th marks the 33rd anniversary of the release of Joy Division's classic debut "Unknown Pleasures," which originally fell into the hands of the already-in-the-know way back in 1979. And, on June 14th, 1956, the world saw the birth of Kim Petersen, who would later come to be known to the world as King Diamond.

Beyond that, this show is loaded with: Minimal neo-folk submissions, recently revisited film scores, current and classic goth-rock anthems, '90s-style doom, and '70s style atmosphere, in both musical and cinematic forms.

** AND... speaking of '70s style atmosphere, I will be DJing at Logue's Black Raven Emporium in East Nashville on Saturday June 23rd, alongside a screening of the classic 1973 film, Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural. It will be a lot like the first hour of "Out ov the Coffin," only in a live setting, with a bar. The Facebook event page is here, for more information.


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

(each band name is also a website link)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, June14th, 2012

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

Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat - Ruins  [Weltuntergangsstimmung, 2012]
Craig Armstrong - Hymn  ["Plunkett & MacLeane" (soundtrack), 1999]
Current 93 - A Silence Song  [Thunder Perfect Mind, 1992]
ROME - Les Deracines  [Nos Chants Perdus, 2010]
The Crüxshadows - Ariadne (Legendary Mix)  [Immortal, 2008]
Clan of Xymox - Crucified  [Creatures, 1999]
Peter Murphy - I Spit Roses  [Ninth, 2011]
Joy Division - Shadowplay  [Unknown Pleasures, 1979]
Disemballerina - Sundowning (exc.)  [Sundowning, 2012]
Angels of Liberty - Monster In Me  [Monster In Me, 2011]
Solemn Novena - Silver  [Kiss the Girls, 2010]
Fields of the Nephilim - Laura  ["The Black Bible" (comp.) 1998]
New Model Army - The Hunt  [The Ghost of Cain, 1986]
Joy/Disaster - Suicide  [Sickness, 2012]
The Gaa Gaa's - Hypnoti(z)ed (Alt. version)  ["The Peter Out Wave vol. 1" (comp.) 2012]
Dan Neufeld - (untitled) ["Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural" (soundtrack), 1973]
The Ghost of Lemora - Dread the Day (The Cities Rise)  [The Silhouette Scene E. P., 2002]
Michl Britsch - Bower's Trip  ["Pandorum" (soundtrack) 2009]
Decoded Feedback - Heart of Stone  [disKonnekt, 2012]
Aesthetic Perfection - All Beauty Destroyed (Sensuous Enemy Remix)  [A Nice Place to Destroy, 2012]
Grendel - Fall  [Timewave: Zero, 2012]
Imperative Reaction - Surface  [Imperative Reaction, 2011]
Skinny Puppy - Morpheus Laughing (Warsaw)  [Bootlegged, Broke and Insolvent Seas, 2012]  ^RQ^
Sumornost - I Give You Unto Earth and Time  ["Saur Maas" (comp.) 2011]
Anathema - Far Away  [Eternity, 1997]
Lacrimas Profundere - Solicitude, Silence  [Burning: A Wish, 2001]
Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today  [Witchcult Today, 2007]
King Diamond - Funeral/Arrival  [Abigail, 1987]
Thomas Newman - Drinking Blood/Falling Home  ["The Lost Boys" (soundtrack) 1987]
Black Sabbath - Over and Over  [Mob Rules, 1981]

KEY:

[N] = Nashville artist
(exc.) = excerpt
^RQ^ = requested

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PODCAST: May 31st, 2012

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*** The original version of this episode was taken down after a claim from B*rzum's representatives was filed. While that gets sorted out, I've uploaded an edited version of the show with that song removed. All references to that song have been edited out as well, to avoid confusion.


Welcome to another episode that is simply loaded with new music.

The UK's AlterRed makes their debut on this episode with a selection from their Dollstown album. Their sound is a blend of electro and cabaret, which has drawn comparisons to such acts as IAMX; hence, I paired the two acts in the first set.

Out of Scotland comes The Twilight Sad, whose video for the song "Another Bed" caught my eyes this week. The song, which is included on this show, is taken from their latest album, No One Can Ever Know.

On the heels of the last show's debut of the UK's Terminal Gods, the band has decided to make a free, online release of their previous EP of traditional goth rock, Genesis, from which you'll hear a song on this episode. Get that EP for yourself, right here.

Also not to be missed: Another extremely catchy song from Brooklyn's Night Vision, whose brand of new darkwave continues to stick in my head. You can still grab their EP for free, right here, while it lasts.

Darker Days Tomorrow makes its debut on this episode as well, premiering a song from their 3rd, and latest, album False Prophets. The band currently has a Kickstarter campaign underway to fund the production of a music video, so if you'd like to join the cause, go here.

On the instrumental side of the fence, Italy's Chemical Waves provides a new track from their Sweet Candy Bullets EP (free right here), as does the Czech Republic's Tongue, with a track from their At the Beginning... album (free right here). You'll also hear new dark ambient selections from Sweden's Necrophorus and Poland's Atum, whose latest EP can be downloaded here.

During the industrial portion of the show, you'll hear a track from T.A.L.O.S., the latest from the Greek band PreEmptive Strike 0.1, along with a pair of excerpts from Alan Silvestri's score for the new Avengers film, which are wrapped around the new single from Dutch aggro-tech/ebm band Grendel, taken from their latest album Timewave: Zero. Incidentally, the video for that title track can be viewed here.

Towards the end, in the dark metal portion of the show, you'll hear a further cut from Anhedonist's new Netherwards album. Closing the show is a 30-minute epic taken from the latest Aldebaran CD, Embracing The Lightless Depths, available now from Profound Lore Records.

All of that, plus classic, current, and cult deathrock, goth, wave, metal, and more!

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

(each band name is also a website link)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, May 17th, 2012

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

Gitane Demone - Tales of Innocence  ["Goth: Music of the Shadows v1" (comp.)1999]
Chemical Waves - Wraith  [Sweet Candy Bullets, 2012]
Zola Jesus - Stridulum  [Stridulum, 2010]
The Twilight Sad - Another Bed  [No One Can Ever Know, 2012]
Two Witches - Requiem  [Bites, 1995]
AlterRed - Dollstown  [Dollstown, 2012]
IAMX - Music People  [Volatile Times, 2011]
Night Vision - Betrayal  [Night Vision, 2012]
Necrophorus - Sentiment II  ["Heathen Harvest Walpurgisnacht Sampler 2012" (comp.)]
Terminal Gods - Shine  [Genesis, 2011]
Complicity - 23 Years  [Playing God, 1997]
Siiiii - Rictus  [Ancient, 2006]
Alien Sex Fiend - She's a Killer  [Acid Bath, 1984]
Switchblade Symphony - Bad Trash  [Serpentine Gallery, 1995]
Descendants of Cain - Alive  [The Book of Changes, 2004]
Tongue - Speechless  [At the Beginning..., 2012]
Inure - All Alone  [The Offering, 2012]
The Frozen Autumn - Before the Storm   [Chirality, 2012]
Darker Days Tomorrow - Idol  [False Prophets, 2012]
PreEmptive Strike 0.1 - Bedingungslose Kapitulation  [T.A.L.O.S., 2012]
Alan Silvestri - A Little Help (exc.) ["The Avengers" (soundtrack), 2012]
Grendel - Timewave: Zero  [Timewave: Zero, 2012]
Alan Silvestri - Doors Open from Both Sides (exc.) ["The Avengers" (soundtrack), 2012]
Nightbringer - Serpent of the Midnight Sun  [Apocalypse Sun, 2010]
Anhedonist - Estrangement  [Netherwards, 2012]
Mirror of Deception - Ship of Fools  [Foregone, 2005]
Atum - Der Wille I  ["Saur Maas: Auditory Dark Matter" (comp.) 2011]
Aldebaran - Sentinel of a Sunless Abyss  [Embracing The Lightless Depths, 2012]

KEY:

[N] = Nashville artist
(exc.) = excerpt
^RQ^ = requested

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PODCAST: May 17th, 2012

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This episode is absolutely loaded with new (dark) entries that have been stacking up over the last month. There were so many new things to play, in fact, that some of them will have to wait until the next episode, on May 31st.

My favorite Horror Rock band, Calabrese, is set to release a brand new album this summer, and they've given us one taste so far, in the form of the track "Dead Don't Rise." As expected, it's extremely catchy, and I can't wait to hear the rest of the new material. The new CD, Dayglo Necros, will be out on July 1st, but you can pre-order it now (and get some free extras) right here.

Brooklyn nu-wave/darkwave band Night Vision also makes their debut on this episode, with a track from their equally catchy new self-titled EP. Their sound is soaked in classic '80s new wave, '90s goth, and just a dash of more modern electronic influence. You can grab their EP for free, right here, for a limited time only.

For those hungry for some new, traditional UK Goth Rock, look no further than Terminal Gods, whose upbeat approach is its own infection. Their new single is entitled "Electric Eyes," and you can listen to more from them right here.

Returning to the show this time is the Belgian band Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat, with another great song from their masterful foray into darkwave/goth, Weltuntergangsstimmung. Also coming back on board for this episode is Gary Numan, who recently gave away a remix from his latest album, Dead Son Rising. You can hear it on this episode, then grab it for free here.

Speaking of free downloads, there are several more featured on this episode, including Dead Can Dance's fifth installment in their free, live EP series, Live Happenings. Grab the new one here. In the dark ambient/neo-folk/dark metal vein, Heathen Harvest is offering their Walpurgisnacht 2012 compilation for free right here (from which you'll hear New Risen Throne and Svartsinn on this episode), and Crucial Blast is offering their Heresies 2012 compilation (from which you'll hear Luasa Raelon and Funerary Call on this show) as a free download right here. Go get some new sounds!

The industrial segment of the show features a new Velvet Acid Christ track. While not taken from the forthcoming album ("Maldire," coming in September), this new song is a cover of The Legendary Pink Dots' "Even Now," which certainly pleases my ears. It's available on the new Dependence 2012 compilation (more info here), and there's a video for it here. Also, for the terror-ebm-lovers, Metropolis has just released The Suicide Sessions 1, which re-issues and expands Suicide Commando's first full-length album, 1994's Critical Stage.

In the dark metal portion of this episode, you'll get a taste of the new Moonspell album, Alpha Noir (also out in a double-disc version, Alpha Noir/Omega White), a song from the new Les Discrets album, Ariettes Oubliées…, and a debut from the Ukrainian band Raventale, who evoke a late '90s atmospheric, dark/black metal sound.

In case all of the above isn't enough, this show also features enough current and classic dark music, news, and trivia to finish at just over two and a half hours.


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

(each band name is also a website link)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, May 17th, 2012

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

Brighter Fires - Wasteland  [Brighter Fires, 2011]
Luasa Raelon - Messenger  ["Heresies 2012"]
Dead Can Dance - Salem's Lot  [Live Happenings, Part V, 2012]
Entertainment - Distance [SOMA: A Disaro Mixed Tape, 2011]
Ulterior - Catherine  [Wild In Wildlife, 2011]
Bloody Dead and Sexy - Liquid Grey  [Liquid Grey, 2011]
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - This Today  [Talk About the Weather, 1985]
Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat - The Shadows Are You  [Weltuntergangsstimmung, 2012]
New Risen Throne - Lands Filled with Silence and Grief  ["Heathen Harvest: Walpurgisnacht 2012"]
Calabrese - Dead Don't Rise  [Dayglo Necros, 2012]
Terminal Gods - Electric Eyes  [Electric Eyes, 2012]
Cold Dance - Petrified  [Medusa, 1985]
Blacklist - Poison For Tomorrow  [Midnight of the Century, 2009]
UK Decay - Dorian (edit)  [For Madmen Only, 1981]
The New Creatures - Clownhead  ["The Black Bible",1998]
The Legendary Pink Dots - When I'm With You  [A Perfect Mystery, 2000]
Svartsinn - And Time Will Erase  ["Heathen Harvest: Walpurgisnacht 2012"]
Velvet Acid Christ - Even Now  ["Dependence 2012"]
Night Vision - Welcome Home  [Night Vision, 2012]
Gary Numan - Dead Sun Rising  [(online release), 2012]
Cryogen Second [N] - Anthem for the Great Self Destruct  [Anthem for the Great Self Destruct, 2011]
God Module - Remember  [Seance, 2011]
Suicide Commando - Sheer Horror (1994) [The Suicide Sessions 1, 2012]
Funerary Call - Transference from the Void  ["Heresies 2012"]
Les Discrets - Ariettes Oubliées I: Je Devine À Travers Un Murmure...  [Ariettes Oubliées…, 2012]
The Atlas Moth - Horse Thieves  [An Ache for the Distance, 2011]
Moonspell - Em Nome Do Medo  [Alpha Noir/Omega White, 2012]
Cradle of Filth - Malice Through the Looking Glass  [Dusk and Her Embrace, 1996]
Raventale - Twilight, The Vernal Dusk  [Bringer of Heartsore, 2011]
Elliot Goldenthal - Procession/Coronation [Titus (soundtrack), 2000]
Burial Hex - A Kiss to Birth the Rotted Sun  [Cult Collection, 2010]


KEY:

[N] = Nashville artist
(exc.) = excerpt
^RQ^ = requested

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PODCAST: May 4th, 2012 [30th Anniversary Tribute to the Cure's "Pornography"]

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On May 4th, 1982, The Cure released what many consider to be their ultimate masterpiece, Pornography. From end to end, it was a suffocatingly dark piece to consume, loaded with intentionally difficult sounds, and lyrics that acted as brushstrokes in a confused and reluctant mural of existentialist horror.

Even for a band that was already playing what would later be labeled as goth and darkwave, their new direction arrived as a headfirst dive into unlit waters -- or, more to the point, the taking-at-once of every step between what they had been, and the extremes they could only endure for long enough to record what their own meltdown would sound like. It was the album that nearly destroyed them, but, in time, it was also the album that made them absolutely legendary.

For me, Pornography is the greatest album ever made. It's not something one can listen to every day. In fact, it doesn't play well with daylight at all. It's potent and relentless in its atmosphere -- but, when the mood is right, there is nothing like the transformation it brings. I dare say it helped to create a generation of goths. It certainly changed me.

In honor of Pornography's 30th anniversary, this entire episode serves as a tribute to the album's creation, its influence, and its undeniable longevity. As I'm sure that everyone is able to hear the original album on their own (if not, listen to it here), I have avoided playing more than one of the original album tracks, and instead filled this episode with live versions, demos, rarities, trivia, hand-picked covers by varied acts, and excerpts of Pornography-centered interviews with Robert Smith himself.

As a bonus, I've included some great Pornography-era videos and images in this post. Just scroll down past the playlist to check them out.

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PLAYLIST
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: Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

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

Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - One Hundred Years [Pornography (Original vinyl pressing), 1982]
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 1988)
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The Cure - Demise (Rhino Studio Instrumental Demo 12/81)  [Pornography (Deluxe)]
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Nosferatu - 100 Years  [100 Tears: A Tribute to the Cure, 1997]
Turn Pale - A Short Term Effect  [Shameless Kiss of Vanity III, 2008]
A.F.I. - The Hanging Garden  [A Fire Inside EP, 1998]
ZOOid - Siamese Twins  [ZOOid, 2012]
Velvet Acid Christ - The Figurehead  [Wound (single), 2006]
Strange Boutique - A Strange Day  [The Kindest Words, 1994]
Amnistia - Cold  [Blackguard, 2008]
Wreckage - Pornography [100 Tears: A Tribute to the Cure, 1997]
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The Cure - Airlock (exc. 1)  [Pornography (Deluxe Reissue) 2005]
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The Cure - One Hundred Years (live) [Trilogy, 2002]
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - A Short Term Effect (live, June 11 1982, Brussels)
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 1988)
The Cure - The Hanging Garden (live)  [Concert, 1984)
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - Siamese Twins (John Peel Session Dec. 21 1981 - Airdate Jan. 4 1982)
The Cure - The Figurehead (live)  [Paris, 1992]
The Cure - A Strange Day (live, 2000, The Roxy, Atlanta, GA)
The Cure - Cold (live 1982 - Olympia, Paris, France)
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - Pornography (live May 7 1982, Nijmagen)
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The Cure - Temptation (Rhino Studio Instrumental Demo 12/81) [Pornography (Deluxe)]
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The Cure - The Figurehead (live Nov. 26 1981, Odeon Edinburgh Scotland)
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - The Hanging Garden [Rhino Studio Demo, 12/81]
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - All Mine (live, Hammersmith Odeon, May 1982)
Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)
The Cure - Temptation Two (aka LGTB) [Robert Smith studio demo 7/82]
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The Cure - Airlock (exc. 2)  [Pornography (Deluxe Reissue) 2005]
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Robert Smith - (interview exc., 2005)



KEY:

(exc.) = excerpt

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The Cure: "Siamese Twins" w/ the Royal Ballet (1983)

PODCAST: April 19th, 2012

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The Cult-Media world lost two stars this week, so this episode begins with a small tribute to each of them. A montage of "Dark Shadows" sounds serves as a tribute to Jonathan Frid, who passed away on Friday the 13th of April. Frid immortalized the character of Barnabas Collins, and turned several generations on to Gothic pop-culture through his years in that infamous role. I chose to focus on a personal favorite of mine, 1970's full-length film "House of Dark Shadows," from which I chose the elements of the montage you'll hear at the top of the show.

Although his death came a day after Frid's, the news of William Finley's death preceded Frid's by a couple of days. Finley most famously played the dual role of Winslow Leach and the titular phantom in Brian De Palma's 1974 film, "Phantom of the Paradise," a cult classic that tied together '70s atmospheric horror, satire, and rock opera. I included a bit of his dialogue from the film, over a piece of Paul Williams' score, as a lead in to Faith and the Muse's brilliant cover of the film's classic musical centerpiece, "Old Souls."

May both men rest in peace.

New to the show this week is an album that I feel has already found its way to my Best of 2012 list, Weltuntergangsstimmung by the Belgian band Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat. Realizing that many people will have difficulty getting past their chosen band name, I encourage you to just set that aside and listen to what a solid example of modern darkwave they have just released. This being their first foray into that style -- having already turned in impressive sets of neo-folk and meditative psychedelia -- the skill on display becomes that much more noteworthy.

In the heavier realm, you will hear new music from Dusk | Subside, the new release from Australia's Inverloch, which contains members of cult death/doom favorites Disembowelment. Closing the show is a selection from the much-anticipated new release from Seattle's Anhedonist, whose new album of death/doom fusion, Netherwards is already claiming spots on "Best of" lists yet to come.

Also on this episode: More new Greek post-punk from We Came From Waters; a further cut from Puerto Rico's The Dead Souls, a "Twin Peaks" musical rarity from the abundant archives at davidlynch.com, a sadly overlooked current-era b-side from The Cure, and live-show spotlights on the upcoming Gilead Media Music Fest in Wisconsin, as well as on Rwake, who will be performing in Nashville tonight at The End.


All that and more, for over 2 hours of current and classic dark music.
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PLAYLIST
Format: Band Name - Song Title [Album Title, Year]

(each band name is also a website link)

"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Thursday, April 19th, 2012

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

Robert Cobert - Main Title, The Search for David, Barnabas' Rampage, The Wedding Finale ["House of Dark Shadows" (soundtrack) 1970] {R.I.P. Jonathan Frid}
Robert Cobert - Barnabas Meets the Family  ["House of Dark Shadows" (soundtrack) 1970]
Paul Williams - The Phantom Takes Shape ["Phantom of the Paradise" (soundtrack) 1974]
Faith and the Muse - Old Souls  [Evidence of Heaven, 1999] {R.I.P. William Finley}
Mors Syphilitica - My Virgin Widows  [Feather and Fate, 2001]
ROME - The Spanish Drummer  [Die Esthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit - Band 1: Aufbruch]
Malign - Strapped Down  [Shatter and Impale, 1996]
Asylum Party - Pure Joy In My Heart  [Mère, 1990]
Dernière Volonté - Hymn  [Commémoration, 2004]
The Dead Souls - Hollow Days  [Ambition, 2011]
The Cure - This Morning  [The End of the World (single), 2004]
The Wake - Emily Closer [Emily Closer (single), 2010]
Fliehende Stürme - Schatten  [Warten Auf Raketen, 2011]
Nosferatu - Horror Holiday  [Wonderland, 2011]
Angelo Badalamenti - Owl Cave  ["Twin Peaks" (Season Two) 1991]
Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat - Define Pi  [Weltuntergangsstimmung, 2012]
We Came From Waters - The Maze  [Unfamous Quotes, 2012]
Velvet Acid Christ - Black Rainbows  [The Art of Breaking Apart, 2009]
Ninth Circle - Blackest Penitance  [Ninth Circle, 1996]
The Legendary Pink Dots - Maniac  [The Golden Age, 1988]
John Carpenter - The Journal / Visiting Father Malone  ["The Fog" (soundtrack), 1980]
The Atlas Moth - Holes in the Desert  [An Ache for the Distance, 2011]
Rwake - The Culling  [Rest, 2011]
Inverloch - Shadows of the Flame  [Dusk Subside, 2012]
Lycus - Aghast [demo 2011]
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - The Bells Have Stopped Ringing  [The Goat, 2005]
Anhedonist - Inherent Opprobrium  [Netherwards, 2012]


KEY:

[N] = Nashville artist
(exc.) = excerpt
^RQ^ = requested

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