PODCAST: January 31st, 2014

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Nashville has been lucky enough to host some great live shows in the last week. Most recently, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing Chelsea Wolfe, performing as a headliner on the eve of a string of dates opening for Queens of the Stone Age -- I may not be a fan of QOTSA, but they have chosen some great openers recently. I encourage anyone in the path of Ms. Wolfe's tour plans to catch her live show, and in honor of that recommendation, I've included one of her older tracks on this episode.

This past weekend, I was also able to catch the much-talked-about Youth Code, when they came through town with AFI. Now, that crowd wasn't really sure what to make of a traditional EBM/industrial act, but I applaud AFI, too, for taking hungry young bands of different styles on the road and keeping things fresh. You'll hear a track from the new self-titled Youth Code record on this episode as well.

Speaking of classic industrial sounds, I take a stroll down that lane of memory on this episode, revisiting some of the '90s sounds that bolstered my interest in the genre. Not to be outdone by a retro-trip, though, you'll get a taste of the new Rabia Sorda album, Hotel Suicide, which experiments with new ways of moving people on the dance floor, while retaining the punch that Erk Aicrag is known for delivering behind the microphone with his main band, Hocico.

Meanwhile, in the realm of goth rock & darkwave, I'll unearth some of the late '90s gems that frequented this show's earliest playlists. Going a step further back than that, you'll also get a taste of the two new Sacred Bones Records releases that came out last week: Sanctuary: The complete Discography of cult anarcho-punk/deathrock act Vex, and the newly-compiled "Killed By Deathrock" LP, which highlights a collection of otherwise-forgotten deathrock and post-punk bands from the '80s, such as New Jersey's own Screaming for Emily, whom I chose to feature this time.

In this episode's last moments, as things turn from strange to stranger, Chicago's I Shalt Become will lead you away with a selection from their latest abstract black metal experiment, Louisiana Voodoo.

All of that, PLUS: Deeper cuts from the new Beastmilk and LowCityRain albums; The 'Coffin debut of Uruguay's first goth band, RRRRRRR; A lifting of the veil to revisit the oft-overlooked Fear of God; Some obscure 1970s necrophilia-cult soundtrack music; and much, much 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 date: Friday, January 31st, 2014

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

LowCityRain - I Don't Know Myself  [LowCityRain, 2013]
Angelo Badalamenti - Harold's Theme ["Twin Peaks: Season Two Music and More" (soundtrack) 1991]
The Twilight Garden - Reconcile  [Hope, 2012]
David Sylvian - Forbidden Colours  [Secrets of the Beehive, 1987]
Silke Bischoff - Flash in My Veins  ["Call on the Dark - vol. 1" (comp.) 1997]
Love Like Blood - Dawnland  [Snakekiller, 1998]
ROME - Amsterdam, The Clearing  [Hell Money, 2012]
Swans - Better Than You  [White Light from the Mouth of Infinity, 1991]
Dernière Volonté - Hymn  [Commémoration, 2004]
Vex - Sanctuary  [Sanctuary (The Complete Discography), 1984/2014]
Nosferatu - Bombers  [Wonderland, 2011]
Screaming for Emily - The Love  ["Killed By Deathrock" (comp.) 2014]
RRRRRRR - Maniqui  [Maniqui/Una Herejia (single) 2005]
Chelsea Wolfe - Demons  [Ἀποκάλυψις, 2011]
Beastmilk - Fear Your Mind  [Climax, 2013]
Manuel de Sica - Stolen Murders  ["Dellamorte Dellamore" (soundtrack) 1994]
Malaise - Walking Through the Wonderland  [Fifty-Two Ways, 1996]
I, Parasite - Slow Pain of Water  [Turin, 1999]
Mentallo & the Fixer - Ruthless  [Return to Grimpen Ward, 2001]
Out Out - Admire the Question  [Pepperbox Muzzle, 1991]
Youth Code - First & Last  [Youth Code, 2013]
Rabia Sorda - Deaf  [Hotel Suicide, 2013]
Phragments & Shock Frontier - Ignis Cerebri  ["The Black Plague" (comp.) 2013]
Darc Entries - Precious.Limetree  […In Hate, Havoc or in Haze, 1999]
Fear of God - Drift  [Within the Veil, 1991]
Atriarch - Altruist  [Ritual of Passing, 2012]
The Deadfly Ensemble - The Early Years of Dr. Lindsay  [An Instructional Guide for Aspiring Arsonists, 2012]
Keith Emerson - Mater Tenebrarum  ["Inferno" (soundtrack) 1980]
Phil Moody - untitled ["Love Me Deadly" (soundtrack) 1972]
I Shalt Become - Total Perspective Vortex  [Louisiana Voodoo, 2013]

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PODCAST: January 17th, 2014

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The first regular episode of 2014 arrives with another armload of new releases to expose, and current albums in which to dig a bit deeper. In honor of her upcoming Nashville concert (1/28 @ The Exit/In), the show begins with a wet, shadowy piece taken from the latest Chelsea Wolfe album, Pain is Beauty.

Making their debut on the show, but not on the scene, is San Francisco's recently resurrected original deathrock project, Altar de Fey. "Crimson Sin" is one of two new singles the band issued in 2013, and I look forward to more. Meanwhile, in Portland, Shadowhouse is stirring the post-punk pot with their new 7-inch, Haunted, from which we'll hear the b-side.

One of the more underrated acts, State-side at least, in dark rock/folk/post-punk has to be New Model Army -- a band with integrity and talent to spare, that somehow continues to fly under the radar of so many. You'll get a taste of their new album, Between Dog and Wolf, and if you like that, I encourage you to work backwards through their catalogue.

Several cool digital singles came out in the past two weeks, including the return of Ohio's The Wake, who were one of the finest and most overlooked US gothic rock bands of the '90s. Their new single, "Rusted," is available here or here as both an original version and a remix. Also issuing a new digital single is Mexican deathrock band Acid Bats, whose Srita. Destrucción can be picked up for free right here.

Not to be outdone, darkwave/goth veterans Clan of Xymox have released the first single from their forthcoming album, Matters of the Mind, Body and Soul. You'll hear their curiously titled "Love's On Diet" on this episode, immediately following another dose of the fully-addictive new Night Sins album, To London or the Lake. Even before that, fellow Philadelphians Theurgist will have dazzled you with your second taste of their new DeathBed EP, which you can get here.

In the dark metal portion of the show, we'll sink one cut deeper into Aokigahara Jukai, the latest from Australia's Thrall, after partaking in a wave of the new Hopeful Machines album. HM, as you may know, is the more experimental electronic arm of Steven Archer from Ego Likeness. You can grab the last remaining copies of the limited edition of The Spring of the Drowned Girl right here.

All of that, PLUS: More '80s horror-soaked synth-work from the new Allesandro Parisi album, La Porta Ermetica; Birthday nods to both John Carpenter and David Bowie; Touring news; Classics from the vault; and more.


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

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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Friday, January 17th, 2014

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

Chelsea Wolfe - Sick  [Pain Is Beauty, 2013]
John Carpenter - The Fog  ["The Fog" (soundtrack) 1980]
Altar de Fey - Crimson Sin  [digital single, 2013]
Cocteau Twins - When Mama Was Moth  [Head Over Heels, 1983]
David Bowie - Saviour Machine  [The Man Who Sold the World, 1970]
Modern English - Just a Thought  [Mesh & Lace, 1981]
New Model Army - I Need More Time  [Between Dog and Wolf, 2013]
Giorgio Moroder - Ruined Landscape/Swamps of Sadness  ["The NeverEnding Story" (soundtrack) 1984]
Shadowhouse - Lonely Psalm  [Haunted, 2013]
The Wake - Rusted  [digital single, 2014]
Acid Bats - Srita. Destrucción  [Srita. Destrucción, 2013]
Deathcharge - untitled (#5)  [Love Was Born To An Early Death, 2012]
Theurgist - Love Lies Bleeding (demo)  [DeathBed, 2013]
Alessandro Parisi - Hesperius Draco  [La Porta Ermetica, 2013]
Night Sins - Dear Marquis  [To London or the Lake, 2013]
Clan of Xymox - Love's On Diet  [Matters of the Mind, Body and Soul, 2014]
The Japanese Popstars feat. Robert Smith - Take Forever  [Take Forever, 2011]
Switchblade Symphony - Wallflower  [Serpentine Gallery, 1995]
Corpus Delicti - The Awakening  [Sylphes, 1994]
Hopeful Machines - The Spring of the Drowned Girl  [The Spring of the Drowned Girl, 2013]
Deafheaven - Vertigo  [Sunbather, 2013]
Laudanum - Invoke  [The Coronation, 2009]
Pallbearer - The Legend  [demo, 2010]
Thrall - Longing for Death  [Aokigahara Jukai, 2013]
Acanthus - Sleeping Beauty (Angoisse Temporelle)  ["Kiss of the Damned" (soundtrack) 2013]
My Dying Bride - The Sexuality of Bereavement  [Trinity, 1995]

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PODCAST: The Best ov 2013

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Here it is: Out ov the Coffin's aural time-capsule, carefully packed with the best of the past year in dark music. 2013 was a surprisingly good year, too. There honestly wasn't much that I was willing to trim from my rough list. As a result, you are about to hear an amazing stream of songs, solid from top to bottom, which will clock in one full hour longer than normal -- and it just happens to round out to a very tidy Top 40 list, although they're played by feel rather than rank.

So, pick your poison (DL or streaming), find a good space, and take in the best that 2013 had to offer in the unlit fields of goth, post-punk, deathrock, darkwave, synth, film music, dark metal, ambient, and more.

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

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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Friday, January 3rd, 2014

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

Beastmilk - Death Reflects Us  [Climax, 2013]
Steven Hufsteter - KOTD Love Theme / The Long Drive Home  ["Kiss of the Damned" (soundtrack) 2013]
Chelsea Wolfe - Ancestors, The Ancients  [Pain Is Beauty, 2013]
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Push the Sky Away  [Push the Sky Away, 2013]
Lycia - Quiet Moments  [Quiet Moments, 2013]
Lux Interna - Tongues  [There Is Light In the Body, There Is Blood In the Sun, 2013]
Bloody Dead and Sexy w/ Gitane Demone - Plastic Night Sky  [Bad Ambient, 2013]
ROME - Hate Us and See If We Mind  [Hate Us and See If We Mind, 2013]
Goblin - Suspiria (2013)  [Tour EP 2013, 2013]
Night Sins - To London or the Lake  [To London or the Lake, 2013]
Savages - She Will  [Silence Yourself, 2013]
Silent Scream - Rotten Days  [Pubic Execution, 2012]
Vaura - Incomplete Burning  [The Missing, 2013]
The Bellwether Syndicate - The Night Watch  [The Night Watch EP, 2013]
Bellicose Minds - The Spine  [The Spine, 2013]
Javier Navarrete - Secrets / No One  [from "Byzantium" (soundtrack) 2013]
Masquerade - Needle Through a Bug  [demo, 2013]
Theurgist - Verdugo  [DeathBed, 2013]
salvation AMP - Pandorum  [Hidden Faces, 2013]
Anasazi - Serpent's Circle  [Nuke York, 2013]
Wax Idols - When It Happens  [Discipline & Desire, 2013]
Spectres - Remote Viewing  [Nothing to Nowhere, 2012]
Becoming the Devourer - DecemberHoveringOut  [DecemberHoveringOut, 2013] [N]
Soror Dolorosa - Silver Square  [No More Heroes, 2013]
Grooving In Green - Stranglehold  [Stranglehold, 2013]
LowCityRain - Nightshift  [LowCityRain, 2013]
White Lies - Getting Even  [Big TV, 2013]
IAMX - Sorrow  [The Unified Field, 2013]
NOIR - The Bells  [Darkly Near, 2013]
Alessandro Parisi - Si Sedes Non iS  [La Porta Ermetica, 2013]
Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn  [Old Mornings Dawn, 2013]
Sombres Forêts - L'éther  [La Mort du Soleil, 2013]
Gris - Seizième prière  [À l'âme enflammée, l'äme constellée…, 2013]
Rituaal - Datura at the Astral Sabbat  [Rituaal 7", 2013]
Alraune - Exordium  [demo, 2013]
Cult of Fire - शव साधना  [मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान, 2013]
Wolvserpent - A Breath in the Shade of Time (exc.)  [Perigaea Antahkarana, 2013]
Ash Borer - Oblivion's Spring (exc.)  [Bloodlands, 2013]
Hell - Decedere (exc.)  [III, 2013]
Lycus - Coma Burn  [Tempest, 2013]

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PODCAST: December 20th, 2013

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The 'Best of 2013' episode is coming up in just two weeks, which means that this episode is crammed with last-minute additions to the new music realm. Certainly not to be left off the year-end list is the latest from Philadelphia's current goth/deathrock/post-punk heroes, Night Sins, whose 2nd full-length, To London or the Lake, has just seen release.

Meanwhile in Finland, a whole lot of traditional goth/deathrock is springing up as well. Masquerade topped Cvlt Nation's list of the year's best deathrock on the strength of their 2013 demo, from which you'll get a taste on this episode. Also lauded on that list was Spain's Belgrado, who recently issued their 2nd album, Siglo XXI.

For those looking for an Xmas Special this year, there simply wasn't enough new material to out-do last year's gift, so I've re-uploaded the 2012 Xmas Bonus Show. Get it HERE or HERE. Not to be a complete "Bah-Humbugger," though, I have included The Cruxshadows' new Christmas single on this episode, which is available for free (or pay-what-you-want) right HERE.

In the darkwave/electronic realm, you'll hear new material from Waves, the latest from Virginia's one-man project The Purge, alongside further new music from Nashville's own one-man dynamo, Becoming the Devourer. And, all the way from Belarus, you'll get your first taste of Cold In May's latest synthrock release, Dark Season.

In the realm of current dark metal, we'll dip further in to the latest from the much-talked-about new Cult of Fire album मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान (good luck with that one!), before visiting some oft-overlooked modern doom classics, and trying out something from the brand new Thrall album, Aokigahara Jukai. 

All of that, PLUS: Excellent new soundtrack music from Steven Hufsteter and Co.'s "Kiss of the Damned" and Javier Navarrete's "Byzantium" score; New dark ambient sounds from Lycia, Caul & Hall of Mirrors, and Allesandro Parisi's Italian Horror-soaked soundscapes; Some sounds from down on Fascination Street; Some classics from the vault; and more.


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

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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Friday, December 20th, 2013

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

The Cure - A Chain of Flowers  [Catch, 1987]
Javier Navarrete - It Would Be Fatal/An Empty Island  ["Byzantium" (soundtrack) 2013]
Nite Nite - Touch the Moon  [How to Touch the Moon, 2010] [N]
Asylum Party - Better Days Ahead  [Borderline, 1989]
Human Disease - Disclosed In Flesh  [Our Flesh Deception, 2004]
Leitmotiv - Settlement  [Caress & Curse, 1983]
Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig (7" version)  [Peppermint Pig, 1983]
The Snake Corps - Calling You  [Smother Earth, 1990]
Steven Hufsteter - When a Vampire Ascends the Stairs/Vapeur  ["Kiss of the Damned" (soundtrack) 2013]
Night Sins - Bound 'Round the World  [To London or the Lake, 2013]
Entertainment - A Seduction Walks  [Gender, 2008]
Masquerade - Cuts  [demo, 2013]
Specimen - The Beauty of Poisin  [The Beauty of Poisin, 1983]  
Belgrado - Wake Up  [Siglo XXI, 2013]
Alien Sex Fiend - Stuff the Turkey  [Stuff The Turkey/They All Call Me Crazee, 1987]
Alessandro Parisi - The Fall of Draconia/The Rise of Draconia  [Draconia, 2013]
Cruxshadows - December Lights (Merry Christmas, Dear) [online single, 2013]
The Purge - Harmony  [Waves, 2013]
Ego Likeness - Above the Soil (Isabel's Version)  [Water to the Dead (re-issue) 2004/2013]
Cold In May - Starbright  [Dark Season, 2013]
Becoming the Devourer - Street Spirit [online single, 2013] [N] 
Lycia - The Pier  [Quiet Moments, 2013]
Paradise Lost - Last Regret  [Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us, 2009]
Morgion - Relic of a Darkened Past  [Among Majestic Ruin, 1997]
Javier Navarrete - You Came For Me (exc.)  ["Byzantium" (soundtrack) 2013]
Thrall - The Pact  [Aokigahara Jukai, 2013]
Cult of Fire - अस्तित्व की चिता पर (#2)  [मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान, 2013]
Caul & Hall of Mirrors - The Sky Alone is Left  ["The Black Plague" (compilation) 2013]
Mourners Lament - Suffocating Hopes  [Unbroken Solemnity, 2008]

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PODCAST: December 6th, 2013

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It seemed fitting to give the onset of this episode an ethereal feel, settling into the atmosphere at strange rates, as the weather patterns slowly turned their focus to the cold, wet stillness of the oncoming winter. So, after an opening track from Coil, the show begins with an unusual new piece from Kinit Her, taken from their new Hyperion release, courtesy of Pesanta Urfolk.

While atmospheric selections will continue for a bit after that, and pick up towards the end of the show as well, never fear a lack of driving dark rock. Making their debut on this episode is the UK band Carnival Star, whose digital single "Black Rain Down" should sit comfortably with fans of gothic rock's most iconic forefathers. Not to be outdone, Finland's Beastmilk will give you another relentless taste of their widely hailed new album, Climax.

In the modern post-punk realm, you'll hear further new music from Wax Idols' latest album, Discipline & Desire, followed closely by some classic deathrock, leading into some modern, politicaly-driven deathrock from the infamous "Nuke York" band Anasazi, who have released several cassettes and even a flexi single into the underground this year.

In the electronic realm, Nashville's own brand new project Becoming the Devourer makes their debut on this episode with a track from the just-released EP, DecemberHoveringOut (get it here). BTD just did a couple of shows with Ego Likeness, showcasing a sound (and visuals) reminiscent of a post-rock attitude if it were applied to modern electro. Worth a listen, to be sure.

In the realm of fresh EBM, you'll hear a debut from Ukraine's Ginger Snap5, who offer an infectious sort of high-energy electro-industrial on their new Snapped By You album, followed by the closing track from the brand new System Syn album, No Sky To Fall, which has just been released on Metropolis Records.

At the dark metal end of the spectrum, you will hear one of the two new tracks from Ash Borer's new Bloodlands EP, followed by a deeper cut from the latest Monarque album, Lys Noir. Then, closing the show, Amarok's lengthy doom-laden contribution to the just-issued Amarok/Hell Split.

All of that, PLUS: Further explorations of the latest albums from Vaura and Silent Scream; Vault-robbed classics from Thergothon, Skinny Puppy, Swans, and even Japan; an accidental dip into early '80s creeping soundtrack horrors; and more.


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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Friday, December 6th, 2013

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

Coil - Where Are You?  [Music to Play in the Dark, Vol. 2, 2000]
The Valerie Project - Grandmother/A Letter  [The Valerie Project, 2007]
Kinit Her - Lullaby  [Hyperion, 2013]
Swans - Trust Me  [Children of God, 1987]
Japan - The Other Side of Life  [Quiet Life, 1980]
Silent Scream - Haunted  [Public Execution, 2012]
Carnival Star - Black Rain Down  [Black Rain Down, 2013]
John Carpenter - Alternate Soundtrack Medley ["The Fog" (soundtrack) 1980]
Beastmilk - The Wind Blows Through Their Skulls  [Climax, 2013]
Wax Idols - When It Happens  [Discipline & Desire, 2013]
Vex - World In Action  [Sanctuary, 1984]
Anasazi - Sudden Illness  [Nuke York, 2013]
Vaura - Incomplete Burning  [The Missing, 2013]
Krzysztof Penderecki - The Awakening of Jacob  ["The Shining" (soundtrack) 1981]
Becoming the Devourer - Burn [DecemberHoveringOut, 2013] [N]
Diary of Dreams - Mankind  [One of 18 Angels, 2000]
Skinny Puppy - Rash Reflection  [Too Dark Park, 1990]
Ginger Snap5 - Slow Snow  [Snapped By You, 2013]
System Syn - A Prayer of Ending  [No Sky to Fall, 2013]
A Story of Rats - II (Forms)  [Thought Forms, 2011]
Ash Borer - Oblivion's Spring  [Bloodlands, 2013]
Thergothon - Crying Blood + Crimson Snow  [Stream from the Heavens, 1994]
Monarque - L'Appel de la Nuit  [Lys Noir, 2013]
Abandoned Asylum - Outside the Veil of Life  ["The Black Plague" (comp.) 2013]
Amarok - V: Red Oak Wisdom  [Amarok/Hell (Split) 2013]

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This episode begins with a taste of the new Zola Jesus album, Versions, which is a collaboration with J.G. Thirlwell (Foetus, music for "The Venture Bros."), who arranged ten of vocalist/writer Nika Roza Danilova's songs for string quartet, with interesting results. A DVD of their performance at the Guggenheim in New York City was also pressed, and is available in limited quantities as a giveaway/bonus from select retailers with the purchases of the album.

Finally making its way on the show this time is the new Lycia album, Quiet Moments. Billed as a return-to-form for the long-dormant nearly-ambient goth/darkwave project, longtime fans have not been disappointed with the results, which grow from slow, moody pieces, to more animated electronic fare as the album builds.

Making their debut on this episode is Germany's LowCityRain, whose modern mixture of post-punk, new wave, and shoegaze has garnered a good deal of praise over the last few months, in advance of their self-titled new album's release. Speaking of high praise, we'll go a track deeper into the new Beastmilk album, Climax, which continues to appear on many a writer's forthcoming "Best of 2013" lists. You'll see it on my list as well.

Taking a turn for the electronic/industrial, you'll hear another new song from NOIR's new album, Darkly Near; however, if that's not hard enough for you, stay tuned for the 'Coffin-debut of Pharmakon, whose new EP Abandon is a sordid, uncomfortable wasteland of screams and noise that might pleasantly set your teeth on edge. Then, as we lean towards the metal portion of the show, you'll get your first taste of Order of the Shadow, Act 1, the latest industrial/metal infection from Psyclon Nine.

A rather non-traditional metal set begins with new music from the band Vaura. Something of a super-group, the band features members of Gorguts, Secret Chiefs 3, Kayo Dot, and Blacklist, the last of which being no strangers to this podcast. Their new Profound Lore album, The Missing, might best be described as "Agalloch gone post-punk." If that's not heavy enough for you, some new death-doom from Manifesting's Descension Through the Seven Forbidden Seals album should fill that void. You'll aslo hear another new cut from Cult of Fire, venturing further into their new album, मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान.

All of that, PLUS: Further fresh music from Lux Interna, Soror Dolorosa, Gris, and Sewer Goddess; A spotlight on the current Ego Likeness US tour; some choice selections from the vault; and more.


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"Out ov the Coffin" w/ Ichabod

Show date: Friday, November 22nd, 2013

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

Zola Jesus w/ J.G. Thirlwell - Night  [Versions, 2013]
Angelo Badalamenti - Night Life in Twin Peaks  ["Twin Peaks" (soundtrack) 1990]
Lycia - The Visitor  [Quiet Moments, 2013]
The Legendary Pink Dots - A Star Is Born  [The Gethsemane Option, 2013]
Lux Interna - Threefold  [There Is Light In the Body, There Is Blood In the Sun, 2013]
LowCityRain - Phantom  [LowCityRain, 2013]
The Mission - The Crystal Ocean (extended)  [The First Chapter, 1987]
Batzz in the Belfry - Come and Die  ["CYBER 10 Dark Nights 3" (comp.) 2013]
Nagual Art - Sternenlied  [Sternenlieder, 2011]
Beastmilk - You Are Now Under Our Control  [Climax, 2013]
Anasazi - Loving You  [Attic Noise, 2012]
Spectres - Amnesia  [Nothing to Nowhere, 2012]
Killing Joke - America  [Outside the Gate, 1988]
The Danse Society - Hide  [The Danse Society, 1984]
Soror Dolorosa - Silver Square  [No More Heroes, 2013]
Marco Beltrami - Crossing the Causeway/The Attic Room  ["The Woman in Black" (soundtrack) 2012]
NOIR - The Bells  [Darkly Near, 2013]
Necro Facility - Do You Feel the Same  [Wintermute, 2011]
Light Asylum - Hour Fortress  [Light Asylum, 2012]
Ego Likeness - Persona Non Grata  [East, 2012]
Pharmakon - Milkweed/It Hangs Heavy  [Abandon, 2013]
Psyclon Nine - Order of the Shadow (The Heretic Awakens) [Order of the Shadow: Act 1, 2013]
Anima Morte - The Dead Will Walk the Earth  [The Nightmare Becomes Reality, 2011]
This Empty Flow - Distress  [Magenta Skycode, 1996]
Vaura - The Missing  [The Missing, 2013]
Cult of Fire -  काली मां  [मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान, 2013]
Manifesting - Disciples of Murmur  [Descension Through the Seven Forbidden Seals, 2013]
Sewer Goddess - Nature of the Black Liquid  ["Samhainwork II" (comp.)  2013]
Gris - Seizième prière  [À l'âme enflammée, l'äme constellée…, 2013]

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(exc.) = excerpt
^RQ^ = requested

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PODCAST: November 8th, 2013

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With Halloween/Samhain behind us, this episode returns to bringing you mountains of new music to check out (alongside some classics and other current albums, of course). First up is a taste of the new full-length from NOIR, the latest band from Athan Maroulis (Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Spahn Ranch, etc.). The song I selected represents the most ethereal track on an album that leans more towards darkwave/electronic sounds, but it is one of the standouts for me, so I chose it to lead the episode this time.

Already one of my favorite albums of the year, you'll get a taste of the new Beastmilk album, Climax, which is raising eyebrows everywhere by building on the driving post-punk -- with almost psychedelic '60s/'70s goth overtones -- that they impressed us with on their Use Your Deluge EP. Set for release on November 29th on Svart Records, you can pre-order Climax here.

A couple of new singles land on this episode: First, Sweden's Principe Valiente are back with a new single, "She Never Returned," awash in the effects-swollen modern post-punk sound for which they've come to be known. Then, the (originally South African) band The Awakening have released a teaser (and a video) for their forthcoming album, in the form of the song "Fault." We'll also go a track deeper into the b-sides from the new ROME single, Hate Us and See if We Mind.

Also in the deeper cuts department, we'll further explore the latest from Chelsea Wolfe, IAM{X}, and Summoning. For some local flavor, you'll also get your first taste of the new Nashville band BloodDrive (featuring a member of Dessau), who have now released their first EP of post-punk/dark rock sounds. Get it here.

In the dark metal portion of the show, you'll hear new music from the UK's CODE, whose new album Augur Nox is sure to appeal to fans of Ved Buens Ende, Arcturus, and DHG (with whom they share a member). From the Czech Republic, the arcane writings of Cult of Fire make their debut on this episode, from their unpronounceable new album, मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान, courtesy of Iron Bonehead Productions.

All of that, PLUS: New dark ambient/industrial tracks from Treha Sektori and Arditi, both taken from Heathen Harvest's new (and free for a limited time) Samhainwork II compilation; Overdue arrivals from Finland's Silent Scream and Portland Oregon's The Bellicose Minds; A spotlight on the southern leg of the Velvet Acid Christ & The Twilight Garden tour (which will hit Nashville on 11/11); some classics from the vault; and much, much 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: Friday, November 8th, 2013

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

NOIR - The Tragics  [Darkly Near, 2013]
Treha Sektori - Sorh Tah Evena  ["Samhainwork II" (comp.) 2013]
ROME - The Fever Tree (single version)  [Hate Us and See If We Mind, 2013]
Chelsea Wolfe - Ancestors, the Ancients  [Pain is Beauty, 2013]
Lowlife - Eternity Road (7" version)  [Eternity Road, 1987]
Principe Valiente - She Never Returned  [She Never Returned, 2013]
Gene Loves Jezebel - Bruises  [Promise  [1983]
Nosferatu - Black Hole  [Wonderland, 2011]
John Barry - Start the Countdown  ["The Black Hole" (soundtrack) 1979]
In Loving Memory - Emmanuelle  [Collection, 2013]
BloodDrive - So Far Gone  [BloodDrive EP, 2013] [N]
The Awakening - Fault  [Fault (digi-single), 2013]
The Bellicose Minds - Call to Graves  [The Spine, 2013] 
Beastmilk - Death Reflects Us  [Climax, 2013]
Silent Scream - Public Execution  [Public Execution, 2012]
Phelios - External Control   ["The Black Plague" (comp.) 2013]
Chiildren - My Gods  [The Other People, 2012]
IAM{X} - Walk with the Noise  [The Unified Field, 2013]
The Twilight Garden - Hope  [Hope, 2012]
Velvet Acid Christ - Bend the Sky  [Maldire, 2012]
Arditi - Unbroken Tradition  ["Samhainwork II" (comp.) 2013]
Summoning - Of Pale Morns and Darkened Eves  [Old Mornings Dawn, 2013]
Cult of Fire - संहार रक्त काली  [मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान, 2013]
Velnias - Velnio Maldavimas / Granduer's Desolation  [RuneEater, 2012]
CODE - Harmonies in Cloud  [Augur Nox, 2013]
Megaptera - The Curse of the Scarecrow  [The Curse of the Scarecrow, 1998]
Aldebaran - Forever in the Dream of Death  [Embracing the Lightless Depths, 2012]

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(exc.) = excerpt
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