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Now displaying: December, 2020
Dec 21, 2020

Part 2 of 2

Year: 1990

Albums: Love, The Cult

Les Mystere de Voix Bulgares (4AD compilation)

Our nocturnal seekers of solace turn their thoughts to two very different albums, one a reverb-drenched rock-inflected anthemic classic, one an otherworldly choral journey thru the strangest recesses of the human soul. Along the way they find a (more or less) definitive answer to the question of the ages: what is goth?

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Dec 20, 2020
This episode contains shenanigans. We had a delightful chat with Clint Jerome of Blood Bells about his band, his DJ livestreams, goth in Texas, and buying music. https://bloodbells.bandcamp.com/
Songs featured:
Hollow Eyes by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Secret by Blood Bells
Westerners by Boy Harsher
Dec 19, 2020

The last chapter of Arcane Machine year one is upon us! Being December and all, our hosts have attempted to bring a little holiday doom-and-gloom to an already strange winter season. We’ve got the next entry in our Ministry timeline, as well as a few industrial bangers from bands like 16Volt, Neuroticfish, and and Martin Atkins. Have a safe and blessed holiday, whatever you celebrate! Big thanks to David Everett for this chapter’s listener submission. 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!


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The Tracklist:

 

1 – “Burning Inside” by Ministry from the album The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
(Bandcamp)

2 – “Winter Wonderland” by Guild from the album An Industrial Christmas (2015)
(Amazon Link)

3 – “Last Christmas (Red Snow)” by Reali-tGlitch from the album Music for Angry Assholes Like Me (2014)
(Bandcamp)

4 – “The Spirit of Christmas (2nd Movement)” by Martin Atkins and the Chicago Industrial League from the album An Industrial Christmas Carol (2007)
(Amazon Link)

5 – “Ich Bin Ein Auslander” by Pop Will Eat Itself from the album Dos Dedos Mis Amigos (1994)
(Website)

6 – “Moutheater” by 16Volt from the album Supercoolnothing (1998)
(Bandcamp)

7 – “Wake me up!” by Neuroticfish from the album Les Chansons Neurotiques (2002)
(Bandcamp)

8 – “Angry People” by Rabbit Junk from the album Xenospheres (2020)
(Bandcamp)

9 – “Traveling Light” by Bootblacks from the Album Thin Skies (2020) suggested by Dave Everett
(Bandcamp)

Dec 18, 2020

Greetings Darklings! In this week's interview, Ken and Collin got the awesome opportunity to talk with Der Prosector, the electro-punk/industrial four-piece that recently dropped their single "Car Bomb" and remixes. Together via Zoom, the group talks about punk rock pasts, nerdy stuff like DC comics and sports, as well as what to expect from the group in the future.

To hear more from Der Prosector, check out: https://www.derprosector.com/discog https://derprosector.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66p... https://www.facebook.com/derprosector

Dec 17, 2020

In this episode, we discuss a biological phenomenon that has been mistaken for a supernatural experience for hundreds of years. People of the past believed demons, witches, or spirits were sitting on their chests while they slept, crushing them, but today this experience is known as sleep paralysis, and it's far more common than previously thought.

TW: Sexual Assault

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Dec 17, 2020

Part 1 of 2

Year: 1990

Albums: Love, The Cult

Les Mystere de Voix Bulgares (4AD Compilation)

As a decade comes to a close, Nick's band plays their biggest London gig, but on the other side of the mountaintop a painful descent awaits. Simon heads back to his hometown for a year out, finds himself a soul-crushing job in the infamous hive of drudgery atop the hill, but finds a way of piecing together life's fragments in his first recorded songs.

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Dec 2, 2020

You're lying if you think goths don't love drama, and as everyone has been preoccupied with staying alive this year, there certainly has there been a lack of drama. So what does the goth cabal do when the scene gets a bit dull? We make the drama! Prepare your bathole The Gothquisition is back to rip the poseurs again!

Our Gothquisitioners are as follows: (in order of photo)
Zakkarrii, (too goth for the gothquisition)
Andi, Royal Scribe
Count, Grand Inquisitioner
Dani, Royal Minstrel
Jez, Supreme Persecutor of Heretics
Michelle, Queen
Joe, Court Jester and Bridge Troll

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Introductions

Roast of It’s Black Friday

How to pull off a Goth Look

Song Break: I’m More Goth Than You - Johnnie Ha Ha

Roast of Chadwick

We Respond to YouTube Comments

Song Break: Release the Bats - The Birthday Party

Roast of Adora Batbrat

GothQUIZition
This Year’s Prize: Gothest

Song Break: Gothic Party Time - Action Pact

More from the Gothquisition coming December 16th on Patreon!

Dec 1, 2020

While the debate of what qualifies as goth will be forever debated on the internet, there are various genres that qualify as goth adjacent and could certainly fit into a dark music lover's collection. One of us may have been a little tipsy and a little rambly, too, so apologies in advance!

Music mentioned:

Camouflage - One Fine Day

https://www.discogs.com/Camouflage-One-Fine-Day/release/422482

Bitch Falcon - Turn To Gold

https://bitchfalcon.bandcamp.com/track/turn-to-gold

Them Are Us Too - Eudamonia

https://themareustoo.bandcamp.com/track/eudamonia

Tribal AD - La Nicotina (Na-Hag Remix)

https://bthw.bandcamp.com/track/la-nicotina-na-hag-remix

Solace - Blood Oil Gold

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Strange-Flesh/release/1107157

Ho9909 - Street Power

https://www.discogs.com/HO99O9-Street-Power/release/11556707

Atari Teenage Riot - Activate

https://www.discogs.com/Atari-Teenage-Riot-Activate/master/265363

NOTE: Sarah Records is based out of Bristol, not Brighton. I misspoke!

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