MPH: VOLUME 121 OF THE MOSH PIT HELL: MORBID PESSIMISTIC HEATHENS – THE GENESIS OF GOTHMETAL EPISODE: 10.24.2025

#MorbidPessimisticHeathens is volume 121 of MPH: Music Philanthropy and History in the Mosh Pit Hell of Metal Punk and Hardcore on Cygnus Radio. the dark and brooding aesthetic of autumn comes to mourn Friday 24 October beginning 22:00 USEDT (10pm nyc), from the Isle of Misfit toys, with the doormouse, dmf

Tune in to #MorbidPessimisticHeathens to unearth some of the origins of the darkness that has become goth metal through Saint Vitus, Pentagram, Candlemass, Venom, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Anathema, Tiamat, Katatonia, the Gathering, Amorphis, Type O Negative, Ozzy Osbourne and more.

Explore how Goth Metal called upon elements of doom and black metal, sludgy death metal and atmospheric prog that’s as much about the morbid feels as it is about the formal sonic structure, and then learn about how you can help those who might be struggling with their own feels by supporting the educational work of Erika’s Lighthouse (erikaslighthouse.org)

MPH is making poseurs hip on your fav socials, so use @MPHnoise to follow along and bring you best moves for the Friday Night Mosh on Cygnus Radio @cygnusradio Be sure to come back after this show to pick up the detailed playlist and archive file to listen again! Check out the old epis www.cygnusradio.com/category/mph/ or now at https://archive.org/