Podcasts about fields of the nephilim

Une soirée à parler de Christian Death, de Fields Of The Nephilim, de Lautréamont, de Giger, de cuir noir et de résilles avec lʹartiste plasticienne Sandrine Pelletier, Antoine Indaco de lʹassociation SANCTUARY et le libraire passionné de musique Yann Courtiau. Une heure autour de la culture gothique et un avant-goût de la table ronde du samedi 5 avril au Base Bar de Lausanne avec Mona Soyoc de Kas Product.

Wir begrüßen heute einen Gast im Studio, den wir schon seit – nicht nur gefühlten – Ewigkeiten kennen: Stefan Schäfer, ein Teil des legendären Wittener EBM-Duos PRAGER HANDGRIFF. Mit Stefan besprechen wir die für uns subjektiv besten Live-Alben und versuchen dem Geheimnis auf den Grund zu gehen, was ein gutes Live-Album denn überhaupt ausmacht. Und kann man das überhaupt so sicher sagen?Unsere Beispiele zeigen, dass es ungemein unterschiedliche Aspekte gibt, warum man ein Live-Album gerne hört und was Künstler*innen überhaupt dazu bewegt, ein Konzert mitzuschneiden? WAS IST EURE MEINUNG?Wie ist das mit Euch? Habt Ihr besondere Live-Alben, die Euch faszinieren oder zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt im Leben alles bedeutet haben? Lasst uns im Forum auf unserer Website (https://www.derherrgott.de/tunefish-podcast-episode-3/) gerne einen Kommentar da oder schreibt uns auf den Sozialen Medien. Wir freuen uns auf eine weitergehende Diskussion.Alle Links findet Ihr hier unten......Wir haben große Lust auf Euer Feedback. Also feedbackt uns bitte ;-)Schreibt uns eine Mail auf unserer Website: https://www.derherrgott.de/tunefish-podcast-dein-musiknerd-podcast/Diskutiert mit uns auf Instagram: tunefish.podcasthttps://www.instagram.com/tunefish.podcastoder Bluesky: @tunefish-podcast.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/tunefish-podcast.bsky.socialoder Facebook: Tunefish-Podcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561789564350Unsere begleitende Spotify Playlist:hier packen wir den Großteil der von uns erwähnten Künstler, Songs oder Alben hinein, die wir in den einzelnen Episoden besprechen – der Link:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/42XSxvuk6WwNj24blV1eY9?si=7b2db7ba31dd4d48Homepage Prager Handgriff: https://www.pragerhandgriff.comEDIT:"Dancing with tears in my eyes" ist ein Song von Ultravox aus dem Jahr 1984, nicht von Midge Ure, wie Stefan behauptet hatte. .....Die Kapitelmarkenübersicht:00:00:00 – 00:02:03 Ein Hinweis in eigener Sache 00:02:04 – 00:03:39 Porter Snippet “Tout Est Pardonné”00:03:40 – 00:05:19 Cold Open00:05:20 – 00:05:30 Jingle00:05:31 – 00:09:29 Intro und Vorstellung Stefan Schäfer (Prager Handgriff)00:09:30 – 00:19:20 Feedback zur Episode 1, Coldplay, Editors, Paradise Lost 00:19:21 – 00:22:41 Gemeinsame Vergangenheit 00:22:42 – 00:26:58 Was kann Livealben ausmachen? 00:26:59 – 00:33:44 Thin Lizzy „Live And Dangerous“00:33:45 – 00:39:33 Ultravox “Monuments” 00:39:34 – 00:46:13 Depeche Mode “101” 00:46:14 – 00:47:38 Neil Young “Live Rust” 00:47:39 – 00:53:54 16 Horsepower “Live March 2001” 00:53:55 – 00:58:28 U2 “Under A Blood Red Sky” 00:58:29 – 01:04:20 BAP “Bess demnähx”und anderes 01:04:21 – 01:06:43 Iron Maiden „Live After Death“ 01:06:44 – 01:10:32 The Milk Carton Kids “Live From Lincoln Theatre” 01:10:33 – 01:14:26 Jackson Browne “Running On Empty” 01:14:27 – 01:20:13 Turbostaat “Nachtbrot” 01:20:14 – 01:25:14 Fields Of The Nephilim “Earth Inferno” 01:25:15 – 01:27:08 Live-Club “Das Piano” in Dortmund 01:27:09 – 01:34:59 Die Lieblings-Live-Alben der Community01:35:00 – 01:39:30 Versuch eines Fazits01:39:31 – 01:41:24 Und tschüss

Zum ersten Mal geht's eine ganze Folge lang um ein Instrument - nämlich das Saxofon! Es ist im Postpunk öfter zu hören, als man vielleicht denkt. Mit seinem oft klagenden, sentimentalen und melancholischen Ton passt es perfekt zum kalten und düsteren Wave- und Postpunk der 80er. Viele Bands haben das Saxofon zumindestens mal ausproniert, einige sogar regelmäßig dabei. Und entsprechend gibt es ein paar geile Songs. Etwa „Paul ist tot“ von den Fehlfarben, "Movement Of Fear" von Tones On Tail oder "Things We Never Did" von Sad Lovers And Giants.   Weitere Bands mit Saxofon in dieser Folge sind unter anderem Grauzone, The Psychedelic Furs, Fields Of The Nephilim, Romeo Void, The Damned und The Cure. Alles und noch viel mehr zu hören in unserer Spotify-Playlist. Link weiter unten. Stimmt für uns beim Deutschen Podcast Preis 2024: https://www.deutscher-podcastpreis.de/podcasts/prost-punk-der-post-punk-podcast-2/ Die Spotify-Playlist zur Folge: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jCgbB31ov7jPFsSOnbdYS?si=647a1ca2d0344d5f Bier: Herrenhäuser Pils gespendet von Sascha Homfeldt Abonniert diesen Podcast und folgt uns auf ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠und / oder ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Kontakt: prost-punk@web.de

We've been manipulating your brainwaves for 200 episodes, and now it's time we revealed the true intent of this podcast ruse… Do not attempt to resist, we've already infiltrated your inner-most grey matter. Go ahead and subject to our guidance and commandments. Some of you interact with us online on a normal basis, so you are already officers in our little army. For the rest of you, simply listen to our auditory purple Kool-Aid and JOIN OUR CULT!What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. He also now admits that this entire experiment has been a sinister scheme to enlist you into the ‘Scuria Cult. Our hope is that we turn you into a zombie follower… enjoy the show!Songs this week include:Death Cult – “Christians” from Ghost Dance (1983)Rival Cults – “Hot Blood And Rock N' Roll” from Indoctrination (2023) Hippie Death Cult – “Nice To Know You” from Nice To Know You (2022)Chain Cult – “We Are Not Alone” from We're Not Alone EP (2021)Softcult – “Drain” from See You In The Dark (2022)Margarita Witch Cult – “Be My Witch” from Margarita Witch Cult (2023)Cobra Cult – “The Devil's End” from Second Gear (2021)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uIf you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/Check out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/

This month's chapter is dedicated to avoiding suntans at all cost, making sure your makeup is sweatproof, and cursing the heavens for not making latex breathable. We've got music from Blaqk Audio, Pailhead, Fields Of The Nephilim, Aesthetic Perfection, and more. Send your listener submissions/ suggestions to arcanemachinepodcast@gmail.com! The Arcane Machine is a monthly show with supplemental content on Facebook, Twitter, and Discord throughout each month. If you like what you hear, please visit the artists' pages linked below and buy some music! Social Media: The Belfry: A Home for Dark Culture: The Belfry is the home of excellent podcast Cemetery Confessions, plus interviews, art, and other podcasts rooted deeply in dark/ alternative lifestyles. Join our Facebook group for discussion and bonus content: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheArcaneMachine/ Follow The Arcane Machine on Twitter: @arcane_machine Follow The Arcane Machine on Instagram: @the_arcane_machine The Tracklist:   1 – “No Bunny” by Pailhead from the album Trait (1988) (Bandcamp) 2 – “Hex” by Specimen from the Single Sharp Teeth (1985) (Discogs) 3 – “Dream Hack” by Randolph & Mortimer feat. Neu-Romancer from the album The Incomplete Truth (2023) (Bandcamp) 4 – “For Her Light” by Fields Of The Nephilim from the album Elizium (1990) (Bandcamp) 5 – “Next Generation” by Monospore from the album Into Darkness (2023) (Bandcamp) 6 – “Faith Healer” by Blaqk Audio from the album Bright Black Heaven (2012) (Discogs) 7 – “Summer Goth” by Aesthetic Perfection from the Single Summer Goth (2023) (Bandcamp) 8 – “Money and Sex and Death” by Psyclon Nine from the album Less to Heaven (2022) (Bandcamp)

Vingt-et-unième épisode de la saison six de ce sublime podcast, avec au programme:Rth au warm-up, l'affiche du Cult, les finalistes du Voice Of Hell, un petit retour sur le Metal Corner et le Hellstage, Et bien sûr les premières chroniques de cette saison avec : Amon Amarth, Tenacious D, Vended, Cockney Rejects, Paradise Lost, Finntroll, Fields Of The Nephilim, Cobra The Impaler, Pestifer et Venefixion Toujours présenté par Jack, Tony… Et Bob.En Joie

I interviewed the legendary English music Journalist, author, environmental activist and founding member for the perennial post-punk band The Membranes John Robb.When John is not touring with his band (they recently toured in Europe with The Stranglers, The Chameleons and Fields Of The Nephilim), he's presenting, moderating or writing for his popular UK music site Louder Than War. John has previously written the best-selling books “Punk Rock : An Oral History” and “The North Will Rise Again : Manchester Music City 1976-1996”. His latest opus is the 650-page “The Art Of Darkness : The History of Goth”, an in-depth account that he feels presents the first major and comprehensive overview of Goth music and culture and its lasting legacy. The book is built mainly around the 80s post-punk Goth period featuring interviews with Andrew Eldritch, Killing Joke, Bauhaus, The Cult, The Banshees, The Damned, Einstürzende Neubauten, Johnny Marr, Trent Reznor, Adam Ant, Laibach, The Cure, Nick Cave and many others. …it looks at the music, style and the political and social conditions that spawned the culture and the great music, fashions and attitudes - clubs that defined it, and is also a first-hand account of being there at some of the legendary gigs and clubs that made the scene happen.  Pre-order the book now via Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3VMBsvh   "It's like the encyclopedia of the dark suspended somewhere in time". DJ Nocturna Playlist and podcast: https://djnocturna.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DJNocturnaListen : http://modsnapradio.comQUEEN OF WANDS with DJ Nocturna every Saturday onModSnap Radio KMOD: San Antonio 3pm (HST), 5pm (PST), 6pm (MST), 7pm (CST), 8pm (EST)Thank you for your listening in advance and for your support !  #johnrobb  #DJNocturna #goth #postpunk #TheArtOfDarkness

This week's edition of Into The Vault features Fields Of The Nephilim!Playlist: Forbidden Dimension - Graveyard LineVarious Artists, featuring Howl In the Typewriter - I Am the HorseHeathen Apostles - Roots Run DeepVarious Artists, featuring Josef Mieto - Love Was MadFields Of The Nephilim - Intro (The Harmonica Man)/Slow KillFields Of The Nephilim - Love Under WillFields Of The Nephilim - And There Will Your Heart Be AlsoPUP - MatildaThe Curls - ChickensBoris - The FallenHellsau - Master Of PuppetsFetus Blasters - No One Gave Me Permission To Be AliveHo99o9, featuring Jasiah - LimitsManifestiV - I Can't See You (blindfold)Hermitess, featuring Selci - Stillist City - Selci RemixOminous echO - VenomIn The Well - QuotidianThe Golden Age Of Wrestling - RottweilerKavinsky - TriggerFish Memory - Let GoCharbonneau / Amato - ÉvaporationsDrummachinemike - I Was Never HereDutch Falconi - Day To NightThe Cröwn Corporation - Cipher IThe Rosie Varela Project - WoundOMBIIGIZI - Cherry CokeThe Reds, Pinks & Purples - Upside Down In An Empty RoomSummer Bruises - Eat Our Dust

It's been unusually dark, cold, and grey here in Atlanta, GA for the past few days, so the boys thought it best to bring on a guest who is an authority on all things grim and ghastly. They donned all-black garb, guy-liner, and a healthy dose of black no. 1 on their mop tops and welcomed Mr. Brent Zius and his coffin full of goodies to the firehouse. Brent schools us on the dark and ethereal world of Goth Rock…What is it we do here at InObscuria? In most shows Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week is different as our guest, Brent Zius, provides the playlist for your 2 rock n' roll grave robbers to react to. Our hope is that we turn you on to something that was lost on your ears, or something you've simply forgotten about, or that (in our opinion) should have been the next big thing.Don't forget to check out Brent's latest project album: Angelspit Vs. Ice Planet 9000 – Sequence 1: Glass Jar on Bandcamp here!Songs this week include:Ash Code – “Fear” from Fear EP (2021)The Bolshoi – “Away” from Friends (1986) Kill Shelter – “As Trees Do Fall” from Damage (2018)Pink Turns Blue – “I Coldly Stare Out” from If Two Worlds Kiss (1987)Long Night – “East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon” from Barren Land (2018)Play Dead – “Isabel” from The Promised Land (1984)Delphine Coma – “We Never Sleep” from Leaving The Scene (2018)Angelspit Vs. Ice Planet 9000 – “The Great Empty” from Sequence 1: Glass Jar (2022) Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uCheck out Robert's amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin's band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

Gizz Butt is an incredible guitarist who started out in punk band The Destructors in 1982, he went on to become guitarist in The Prodigy, The Fields Of The Nephilim and for Steve Ignorant (Crass). Gizz played an essential role in fusing punk and metal in the crossover movement of the 90s and early 2000s. His own band Janus Stark had a hit with ‘Every little thing counts' and they are back this year with a new album and have been confirmed to play Rebellion fest.JOIN OUR FAN CLUB! WAYOUTRADIO.COM/PRODUCT/FANCLUB Only £5 per month to support the show and get a free t-shirt!

This is the first week of our annual Halloween month of creepy shows! The boys provide a true appreciation of the grim and ghastly as they don all black garb, guy-liner, and a healthy dose of black no. 1 on their mop tops. That's right, everything turns grey as they, once again, explore the dark and ethereal world of Goth Rock…What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. Robert is forced to test his endurance and provide feedback, as he has no idea what he will be subjected to every week. Our hope is that we turn you on to something that was lost on your ears, or something you've simply forgotten about, or that (in our opinion) should have been the next big thing.Songs this week include:The 69 Eyes – “Gothic Girl” from Blessed Be (2000)Rosegarden Funeral Party – “Fear Of Feeling Nothing” from At The Stake - EP (2020) The Damned – “Tailspin” from Not Of This Earth (1996)Red Lorry Yellow Lorry – “Strange Dream” from Talk About The Weather (1985)H.I.M. – “Beyond Redemption” from Love Metal (2003)The Prophetess – “All I Want” from Dichotomy (1996)Gene Loves Jezebel – “Evening Star” from Kiss Of Life (1990)The Swear – “Echo Park” from The Swear (2005)If you'd like to check out Kevin's band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=u

Ralph and I have been talking about doing an episode dedicated to Fields of the Nephilim. I believe the discussions started back when I was hosting Metal Matters, but the 60 minute format would prove to be too restrictive for a band that has such significance to us.  It's not so much a note-by-note accounting of the band's career, but more in line with two fans discussing their experiences with the band's music and the impact they have made on our own creative endeavors. Intro:     "Unholy Passion Theme" - composed and recorded by Mike Hill Outro:    "Love Under Will" - Fields of the Nephilim

This episode is obviously rooted firmly in our Should Have Been category. The Mission were an off-shoot of Sisters Of Mercy that took goth rock and combined it with classic rock and punk. Eleven full-length albums, (27) singles, (9) live albms, and (10) compilations & EPs and they are still going strong! Songs this week include:“Sway” from Neverland (1995)“Evermore And Again” from Blue (1996)“Evangeline” from Aura (2001)“Hdshrinkerea” from God Is A Bullet (2007)“Sometimes The Brightest Light Comes From The Darkest Place” from The Brightest Light (2013)“Tyranny Of Secrets” from Another Fall From Grace (2016)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uCheck out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

This episode is obviously rooted firmly in our Should Have Been category. The Mission are an off-shoot of Sisters Of Mercy that took goth rock and combined it with classic rock and punk. Ten full-length albums, (27) singles, (9) live albums, and (10) compilations & EPs and they are still going strong! We couldn’t get through their entire discography in this episode, so expect volume 2 soon! Songs this week include:“Wasteland” from Gods Own Medicine (1986)“Over The Hills And Far Away” from The First Chapter (1987)“Hymn (For America)” from Children (1988)“Into The Blue” from Carved In Sand (1990)“The Grip Of Disease” from Grains Of Sand (1990)“Even You May Shine” from Masque (1992)“Afterglow” from Sum & Substance (1994)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uCheck out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. Robert is forced to test his endurance and provide feedback, as he has no idea what he will be subjected to every week. Our hope is that we turn you on to something that was lost on your ears, or something you've simply forgotten about, or that (in our opinion) should have been the next big thing.Songs this week include:Fields Of The Nephilim – “For Her Light” from Elizium (1990)The Julia Dream – “Beats So Dear” from Single (2006)Southern Death Cult – “Patriot” from The Southern Death Cult (1983)Bella Morte – “Final Words” from Songs For The Dead (2004)Christian Death – “Romeo’s Distress” from Only Theatre Of Pain (1982)Patricia Morrison – “Reflection” from Reflect On This (1994)The Chameleons – “Swamp Thing” from Strange Times (1986)The Swear – “I Sold My Soul On Gallatin Road” from The Clinic And The Sane (2020)If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=u

Today's Bombshell (Bombshell Radio)Generating Steam HeatBombshell Radio4pm EST 9pm BST 1pm PDT bombshellradio.com#GeneratingSteamHeat #Postpunk #punk #newmusic #60sClassics #Ska #60sGarage #StitcherRadio #Itunes #BombshellRadio*Themed special for the goth band Fields Of The Nephilim…erfect Disaster - Is It Real? (This Is It. Neuter Records Cassette 1983)Chelsea - I’m on Fire (IRS Records 7’’ 1979)Zerra 1 - Mountains and Water (Mercury records 7’’ 1984)Fields of the Nephilim - Slowkill (From the Situation Two Records album ‘Dawnrazor’ 1987)Fields of the Nephilim - Psychnonaut Lib II (Situation Two Records 7’’ 1989)Iggy Pop - The Passenger (From the RCA Records album ‘Lust For Life’ 1977)Peter Yates and Evi Vine - Stargazer 7.57 (From the self released album ‘Setlist’ 2017)Fields of the Nephilim - For Her Light (Two) (From the Beggars Banquet Records album ‘Elizium’ 1990)Rubicon - Crazed (From the Beggars Banquet Records album ‘Starts, Ends’ 1992)Fields of the Nephilim - Blue Water - Electrostatic (Situation Two Records 7’’ 1987)

2019 hat begonnen, ein neues Jahr, noch ganz frisch - was wird es wohl an neuen Releases bringen? Bevor wir uns in wilder Vorfreude auf ganz viel neues Material ergehen, blicken wir noch zurück, weit zurück - back in time in die glorreichen 80er Jahre, die so manchen Grundstein für großartige Musikerkarrieren legten, die so manche Inspiration für sensationelle Sounds und Styles boten, die einfach Spaß machten. Mit The Mission oder Fields Of The Nephilim brettern wie durch den Gothic Rock der 80er Jahre, nur um mit Boy Harsher oder Sexy Suicide beim Post-Post-Punk der 2010+ Jahre zu landen. Irgendwie sind sie ja nie aus der Mode gekommen, diese 80er Jahre.

Welcome to Live From Progzilla Towers Edition 213. In this edition we heard music by Yes, Cirkel, The Pink Mice, Steven Wilson, Kettlespider, Fields Of The Nephilim, Lord Gammonshire, How Far To Hitchin, Hangover Paradise, Kenso, Peter Hammill, Particle, Robert Calvert, My Tricksy Spirit, Jambinai, Drifting Sun, Alpha Male Tea Party & Mike Oldfield.

This week we're discussing yet another classic gothic rock band, Fields of the Nephilim. The band has definitely had an interesting career and have had their ups and downs with members leaving, interesting side-projects and record label interference. Dr.Sanders and Robbie Gore take a look at their first four official albums Dawnrazor, The Nephilim, Elizium, and Mourning Sun while also mentioning some of the behind the scenes obstacles faced by the band.In this week's news segment we briefly discuss the death of legend David Bowie and our experience at a 45 Grave show. Click here to listen

  Another week, another episode of The Corpse Cast! This week we're talking about a goth rock band from way back in the good old days with Fields of the Nephilim and their best-of album from 1993 called Revelations. Then, we move on to talk about a brand new found [...]

  Another week, another episode of The Corpse Cast! This week we're talking about a goth rock band from way back in the good old days with Fields of the Nephilim and their best-of album from 1993 called Revelations. Then, we move on to talk about a brand new found footage film called The Taking […]

1:Attrition- to the devil! 2:Fields Of The Nephilim-trees come down (live) 3:Faith and the Muse-battle hymn 4:The Mescaline Babies-skeleton kids 5:ADS- waiting for the war 6:Chants of Maldoror- wounded canvas 7:Fallen Apart - dependence 8:Lebanon Hanover-gallowdance 9:Naughty Zombies-absolution 10:March Violets-radiant boys 11:Paralisis Permanente-vamos a jugar 12:Specimen-hex (12") 13:Rosetta Stone-subterfuge

Edited to add 1/19/10: The follow up to Lightbreaker, called Heartland is coming out soon and true to form, Mark has posted a soundtrack. Check it out!Listen to the interview here!Tell me a little about yourself and your writing.I'm more of a long form writer than a short fiction guy. Farrago's Wainscot serialized my hypertext novel, The Oneiromantic Mosaic of Harry Potemkin, in 2007 (and the expanded edition of it can be found here), and the print arm, Farrago Press, will be putting out the sequel/resolution, Psychobabel, in 2009. In September, my first print novel will be out from Night Shade Books. Entitled Lightbreaker, it is the first part of Codex of Souls, a multi-book romp through Western esoteric thought and occult history in an urban fantasy setting. Both are ambitious projects for the early part of a writer's career, but they seem to be the way my brain wants to tell stories, and I'm going along with it. I'm just a delivery vehicle for the Muse, really. Yes, that's my excuse. Though, honestly, I am at that point in my career when I still have a full-time job, and so I have the luxury of producing material that excites me foremost without necessarily being beholden to market forces. This is the way new writers find their way in, I think, by creating material that is filled with the passionate excess of their naiveté. Or, at least, that's the other excuse I keep using. Tell me about the story that you've created a soundtrack/playlist for.Lightbreaker is divergent from the nominal definition of "urban fantasy." There are no werewolves or vampires, and the magick is based more in actual occult history and practices than Dungeons & Dragons rules. I've never been comfortable with the reliance upon vampires and werewolves as fantasy tropes because their historical definitions don't hold up well in a modern setting. They are predators, really, and we are cattle, and I could never quite world-build them well enough that humanity wouldn't have gotten their shit together and wiped them out. It's a blind spot for me, and I didn't try to make it work. Besides, I'm fascinated with mythology, magico-religious belief structures, and whatever it was that Aleister Crowley was really trying to accomplish with all of his writings. He was either a complete nut or he knew something special, and I think his efforts--like a lot of metaphysical and religious thought--are worth examining. If I can do that while providing an entertaining story with lots of sex and death, then everybody wins. The book itself, in a few words, is the story of a guy, Markham, who has returned to Seattle, searching for a girl, Katarina, who, a decade ago, touched his soul and left it . . . damaged. What he stumbles upon when he gets to town is the girl's new friends, who are playing with very dark magick. These guys are a secretive cabal who are attempting to punch a hole through heaven, and make mischief with what they find. Markham must (to quote the marketing copy) "delve deep into his past, calling on every aspect of his occult training for there to be any hope of a future. But delve he must, for Markham is a veneficus, a spirit thief, the Lightbreaker . . ."Just so everyone has some reference points. I am, after all, about to geek out on a bunch of songs no one has heard in reference to a book no one has read, and I'm going to try to do so without offering spoilers. Yeah, good luck with that, I know. What is your playlist? (Why did you choose these songs?01. "Our Solemn Hour" - Within Temptation02. "Collide" - Detritus03. "Missing Link (Screaming Bird mix)" - Curve04. "Voiceover" - Darrin Verhagen 05. "Acidburn Aesthetic" - Stone Glass Steel06. "." - Darrin Verhagen 07. "Black Star" - Peccatum08. "Lethe" - Detritus09. "Agnus Dei" - Shinjuku Thief10. "Quest" - 302 Acid11. "Greater Than The Sun" - Covenant12. "Shadow Path" - Shinjuku Thief13. "The Great Destroyer" - Nine Inch Nails14. "With Small Shards of Glass" - E.P.A.15. "Uthul Khulture" - Sephiroth16. "Colorless" - Venetian Snares17. "Heaven's Blade" - Coil18. "Procession of Souls" - Shinjuku Thief19. "Shroud (Exordium") - Fields of the Nephilim20. "Straight To The Light" - Fields of the NephilimPlaylist Discussion1. "Our Solemn Hour" Within Temptation (The Heart of Everything)I used to write trailers for my books--big splashy write-ups done in screenplay style where I threw together enough of the high points of the book that I could remember what it was all about six months later, and to give myself a thematic overview of what I was trying to accomplish. For a long time, Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" and Peter Gabriel's "The Rhythm of the Heat" were my go-to songs for trailers, but "Our Solemn Hour" is much more fitting for Lightbreaker. Especially the first big explosion of sound that kicks everything off. Yes, this is the way the world sounds. 2. "Collide" Detritus (Fractured)The book starts with a bang, and it's chapter four before we even slow down enough to really introduce our characters, which is either going make readers love me for not boring them from the start or piss them off mightily. Detritus' "Collide" is a drum 'n' bass symphonic overture, and meshes nicely with a chase that starts in the woods, runs through a small town, and climaxes on the lower deck of a vehicle ferry.3. "Missing Link (Screaming Bird Mix)" Curve (Blackerthreetrackertwo EP)Toni Halliday's voice has always been something of an obsession for me--both in its husky weariness and its seductive allure. It's the voice of a siren who has grown tired of summoning men to their doom, but she knows no other way to find love. The "Screaming Bird Mix" was done by Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails fame), and he adds a layer of noisy guitars to an already caustic bombast. Markham's search for Katarina is a search for his missing link, and the combination of the relentless claustrophobia of the instrumentation and Toni's voice sums up the psychological history of his quest. 4. "Voiceover" Darrin Verhagen (D/Classified)6. "-" - Darrin Verhagen (Zero-Stung)9. "Agnes Dei" Shinjuku Thief (Medea)12. "Shadow Path" - Shinjuku Thief (The Witch Hunter)18. "Procession of Souls - Shinjuku Thief (The Witch Haven)Darrin Verhagen has a number of pseudonyms, and so his presence on the soundtrack is heavier than it appears at first glance. His choral and orchestral work is superb, and his ability to blend ethnic instrumentation and pure noise anarchy are just the sort of sonic impact I'd love to have in a film. The tracks picked out for the soundtrack are more subdued, but no less powerful. Well, other than the E.P.A. track, but there's no way to soften that blow, really. 5. "Acidburn Aesthetic" Stone Glass Steel (Dismembering Artists) Markham suffers from a bit of schizophrenia via a noise of voices that keep him company, and the "recontextualized" sound of Stone Glass Steel is fitting accompaniment. Phil Easter (SGS) builds his music by sampling and cutting from other works, building something new with elements that trigger other memories and associations in your mind. The mix of industrial noises, dark ambient drones, churning metal guitar, and atmospheric disturbances is schizophrenic enough, and the hints of nearly recognizable riffs from other artists is an added layer of identity confusion 7. "Black Star" Peccatum (Lost in Reverie)This one will be more obvious in retrospect after reading Lightbreaker, but if you read Irhiel (the female voice) as Katarina and Ihsahn (the male voice) as Markham's shadow and the whole song as being told from Markham's view, then it all makes sense. Really. "I am the black star, hostess of your dead heart sun." Some relationships are just doomed, you know, just flat out doomed. 8. "Lethe" Detritus (Fractured) 10. "Quest" 302 Acid (005)These two are mood music, downtempo tracks that try to capture some of the ghostly ambience of the book. The sort of thing you hear as backdrop during one of those rapid-time sequences in CSI where the team makes with the science and solves the crime. You don't want to cut this stuff because it's important to let the audience know that Things Are Being Done, but you certainly don't want it to drag by. A good bassline makes grunt work seem sexier than it really is. 11. "Greater Than The Sun" Covenant (Skyshaper)It's the rolling rhythmic line that really gets me. There are several introspective moments through the book, and the persistent rotation of the world around Markham is mirrored by the looping motion of "Greater Than The Sun." The more I listen to this song, the more I realize it encapsulates Markham's journey through Lightbreaker, right down to the way the bass drops away as Eskil Simonsson sings the chorus, each recitation more fragile and naked than the last. And the title. Yeah, the title is perfect. So, in a nutshell, this is the book. 13. "The Great Destroyer" Nine Inch Nails (Year Zero)Every villain needs a theme song, and this one is probably overly dramatic and heavy-handed, but the sonic breakdown into Autechre beat-fuckery about two minutes into the song is a great aural representation of what happens when you let a guy try to reshape the world in his image. 14. "With Small Shards of Glass" E.P.A. (Black Ice)There is a scene in the book where the phrase "a chattering echo of a thousand knives being sharpened" is used. E.P.A.'s Black Ice is the power electronics CD of Darrin Verhagen's three-part Black | Mass. Yeah, it's an hour of howling, wailing feedback and noise. With subtle variations, of course. And the one "With Small Shards of Glass" seemed about right. 15. "Uthul Khulture" Sephiroth (Draconian Poetry)And, when the world is burning down around you, what do you need? Apocalyptic drums and dark ambient monster noises. The fact that the band is called "Sephiroth" is just a bonus. 16. "Colorless" Venetian Snares (My Downfall) This record is a departure from the drill ‘n' bass that Venetian Snares has been putting out over the last few years, and I think it's a fantastic new facet to his sound. "Colorless" is suffused with melancholy, but it's not quite despair. Not yet. It's mood music for the bleak part of the early morning when your protagonist has to face what he has done, and what he is about to do. "Our hands betray what we have done." 17. "Heaven's Blade" Coil (The Ape of Naples)You can't write a book about magick (with a ‘k') and not have Coil on the soundtrack. That's like showing up to a secret furry convention without a costume. Everyone knows you don't belong. The trick wasn't a Coil song, but WHICH Coil song. The ephemeral fragility of "Heaven's Blade" is well suited for the penultimate scenes of the book. 19. "Shroud (Exordium)" & 20. Straight To The Light" - Fields Of The Nephilim (Mourning Sun) Mourning Sun was on the master playlist for writing the book, and it was always welcome when it showed up on the rotation. "Shroud (Exordium)" and "Straight To The Light," especially (and, really, the first is a long intro to the second). The way the sound builds across the breadth of "Shroud (Exordium)" to that final angelic chorus is just incredible, and I wish--every day--that I had the money to buy an obscenely huge sound system just so I could experience that progression in the bone-shaking way it was meant to be heard. The transition to "Straight To The Light," that opening guitar riff, is the end of the book, that instantaneous cut to black, and if it was up to me, the screen would stay black until the song was over before the credits ran. What does music mean to you? To your writing?It's critical. Both as a means of fueling the muse, and a means of adding texture. We are ultimately responsible for how the words make the scene work, and being able to find music that suits the intent and the impression of a scene enables me to better articulate what I'm trying to do and to find an emotional kicker to the text. Some film directors are more aware of the music than others, and they understand that it's another layer of meaning--much like the lighting and the framing of individual shots--and to poorly execute this layer is to dress the film shabbily. Ridley Scott, with Bladerunner; Michael Mann, with Miami Vice and Heat (really, the whole Miami Vice phenomena came out of marrying sound to visuals); David Lynch, with nearly everything he's done, but especially Twin Peaks; early Eric Serra, with some of Luc Besson's early films (The Big Blue, La Femme Nikita); Peter Gabriel's work for Birdy and The Last Temptation of Christ: these guys have all done great work marrying soundtracks to the visual presentations. When I used to story-storm late at night, I would put on some film filled with eye-candy, turn down the sound, and put the headphones on. Total sensory overload, and every time I'd stop writing in my notebook and look up, my brain would have to parse the music and the visuals. It would always keep me off-balance, always seeing and hearing something not-quite-right but always exciting. Occasionally, I'd find marginalia in my notes that would record songs for scenes, pairings that worked well and left me with the germ of an idea. Music, like film, is communicating via a different sensory avenue than the word, and frankly, we don't steal from it enough. We're happy to heist stylistic tics from other writers, but I don't think we pay enough attention to rhythm (or lack thereof) or visual cues in other media. 5. What kind of music do you like to write to?Writing music is very different from soundtrack music. My primary writing space is the commuter train, and the music serves two functions: propelling me forward and drowning out the constant chatter of the other three people at the small table I'm sitting at. The playlist is noisy, metallic, and operatic: filled with things that are labeled Teutonic Industrial (Rammstein, mostly), Big Broken Beat (Clark, Detritus, Enduser), Rhythmic Noise (Tarmvred, Iszoloscope, Empusae, and Ah Cama-Sotz), Symphonic Metal (Within Temptation, Nightwish, After Forever, Sirena), Tribal Illbient (Monolith, Sephiroth, and This Morn' Omina), Black Metal (Fields of the Nephilim, mostly), and Industrial Angst (Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Otep, Die Warzau). The current playlist has about 700 songs, and I just let it spin on random. If this story was made into a movie, who would you want to do the soundtrack?Either Darrin Verhagen or David Dando-Moore. Verhagen writes these evocative film scores and dance company soundtracks that are a combination of ambient soundscapes, tribal raves, cataclysmic waves of emotional angst rendered as chaotic noise, and cinematic downtempo stuff. A lot of the first draft of the Lightbreaker soundtrack was huge chunks of his records, under his own name and his various aliases (Shinjuku Thief, Shinjuku Filth, E.P.A.). His work always evokes a lot of imagery and wild scenarios. Dando-Moore records as Detritus, and his latest record, Fractured, is an smashing collection of Big Beat downtempo instrumentals that make Massive Attack look like a bunch of octogenarians noodling around with primitive tape loops. I wish Hollywood would discover him for the next Bond film, as his tracks would add an extra level of aural eroticism and bang 'n' snap to every scene. I just watched Michael Mann's Miami Vice again the other night and was quite taken with how Mann used his soundtrack in place of actual scene sound. Having the right guy providing "mood music" can create an emotional impact of a scene that doesn't require words.Anything else you'd like to say about music and writing/creating?One of the ideas that I've never been able to figure out how to accomplish effectively is a series of novellas and EPs. Writer and musician produce an object that is a story with a soundtrack. You listen to one while you read the other. Brian Evenson did a spoken word disc for Ant-Zen a couple of years ago called Altmann's Tongue. He read from his stories and Xingu Hill and Tamarin made creepy dark ambient noises underneath. It's a very cool disc. But I'd like to separate the two a little more, and have the music be a pure soundtrack to the reading experience, and not marry it quite so closely to the text. Package it all up in an overly thick DVD case (CD on one side, short book on the other, much like the current PC game cases). I think both writer and musician, provided the pairing is good, could find fuel in the creative efforts of the other. That's what it's really about anyway: fuel for the creative engine. Nicolas Chevreux at Ad Noiseam has just made available a PDF magazine to accompany Raoul Sinier's latest record, Brain Kitchen. Formatting aside, it's exactly the marriage of art, word, and sound that I was thinking about. Visit the Brain Kitchen.To learn more about Mark, visit his website.Next week, I interview author Mandy Roth.