r/Coil • u/j0j0ly • Oct 31 '23
A very merry Spooptober-o'ween's Eve to you all, my killer boys and knife widows! You might have noticed recently that I asked around on here about any type of Coil wiki or other database that exists. You may also have noticed that I made some coy comments about my motivations and intentions with that question. Well today, I am happy to say that that tease has paid off! For on this most horrible of nights, a very special visitor rises from its grave…
I am launching (as far as I know) the first dedicated, fan-made Coil database on the web: The Black Sun Lodge (yes, it is a reference to what you're all probably thinking right now).
Now, if you are afraid of skeletons, I would advise you don't visit the site yet, because it is shockingly bare-bones. (…I'll see myself out) A good number of releases and songs have pages already, but the vast majority have little to no content or are entirely lipsum text. If you want to get a taste of what my idea of a fully-featured release page would be, I have made a fairly complete one for Scatology.
Now, I know there have already been some people who have expressed interest in contributing to a project like this, so let me give you the details on how you can do that: The site basically runs on two services, Obsidian for web-hosting and the editing software, and GitHub for syncing the source files for editing. That means editing the wiki involves two steps: Syncing the current files to your computer with GitHub, and then editing and uploading them with Obsidian.
That means, if you want to contribute to the wiki, you'll need to:
Once you've done all that, you should be able to edit and publish the files with Obsidian. I know it's not the most convenient process, but it's the simplest way I found to both host and edit this project without resorting to buying an entire domain and hosting a full fat MediaWiki. There is only so much you can do as a broke college student…
As I said, this is still very much early days, but I hope I can find a lot of people here willing to help me in making this the best possible resource for this community.
r/Coil • u/j0j0ly • Nov 08 '23
An interesting little thing about Threshold Archives I stumbled upon in my BSL research: If you look at the catalog numbers, you can see there are two gaps in the sequence. Series 1 starts at T-ARCH 004CD, skipping T-ARCH 001-003, and Series 2 skips 17/18 and 21/22:
I can only speculate on this, of course, but that seems to suggest to me that there were some planned releases there that went relatively far in planning (far enough to have their own designated catalog numbers, at least) but were stopped from releasing for nebulous reasons. Based on the placement of these gaps, I would guess the planned releases may have been:
So, what do you think about this theory? Any guesses of your own what releases these would have been, or what might have been on them?
r/Coil • u/bloodXgreen • 17h ago
Dear Coil people.
I’d never heard any Coil that I enjoyed. Admittedly it was only a few songs here & there. Then I heard “ANS” & I really like that. So with that, what Coil release(s) should I try next?
r/Coil • u/WearSensibleShoes • 22h ago
I've always found it the most evocative of Coil's many, many titles, presented as a hard fact whilst being simultaneously questing, mythological, alchemical and even homoerotic—all of Coil's constituent parts.
What does it evoke for you? Here, I'm interested in the title itself rather than the meaning of the music.
r/Coil • u/Optimistic_Entropy • 3d ago
This is number 515 of 555 released, gorgeously put together.
r/Coil • u/Vudutronic • 3d ago
This might be for you
r/Coil • u/cuotes98 • 9d ago
Looks like Mute is releasing Coil reissues/remasters with assistance from Stephen Thrower. https://muterecords.bandcamp.com/album/gold-is-the-metal-with-the-broadest-shoulders
r/Coil • u/Optimistic_Entropy • 12d ago
Sharing here too as Coil is a major influence
r/Coil • u/renaissancefrombelow • 14d ago
Hey guys am wondering if anyone knows what Peter would have used to create the brass / trombone section towards the end of the ape of naples version of triple sun, I am assuming it is not a live recording so am wondering what virtual sampler / instrument may have been used if anyone has any intel? Forgive me if i am wrong and it is in fact a live recording, it sounds bloody good
Many thanks in advance.x
r/Coil • u/dig-bipper • 18d ago
Hi everyone!
I’ve stumbled upon the art made for Ape of Naples Vinyl/CD release by Ian Johnstone.
One of the pictures has antlers on it.
This album completely resonated with me the first time I listened to it and has helped me trough a tough episode in my life this year.
I ordered this CD from bandcamp: https://infinitefog.bandcamp.com/album/the-ape-of-naples
The problem is, I don’t have a way of making an HQ scan of the antler piece when it comes.
I want to print this piece out on a bigger scale and do something custom for myself with it.
Does anyone have a higher quality version of the picture I provided?
I’d be infinitely grateful to anyone that has it!
Cheers!
r/Coil • u/TheRealPurpleDog • 19d ago
It would also be cool to know when they used it since its not very much associated with any album covers, was it in their zines?
r/Coil • u/p1nktr1angle • 23d ago
Can thoroughly recommend the Wear Sensible Shoes walking tour of London, big thank you to u/wearsensibleshoes for organising it. I particularly enjoyed the occult section of the British Museum, which I wasn’t aware existed. It was just so nice to spend the day with a group of people similarly steeped in Coil… it’s like having a shared language that very few are fluent enough to spend a day conversing in.
While on the walk we talked about how rare it is to be able to yap about Coil in such detail in meatspace and wondered where Coil fans might congregate now that there aren’t Coil live shows to coagulate around. It’s something I’d like a lot more of in my life, which is why I nearly always wear a Coil or TG shirt when my band plays, in the hope that someone latches on to it (it works sometimes). So are there any occasions or bands that draw out the Coil fans that people are aware of?
r/Coil • u/thisispacificjanjan6 • 24d ago
r/Coil • u/UbuNoir69 • 28d ago
A new record by Alan Abrahams and Jan Jelinek sounds like our favourite boy band's late stuff, for example this particular track called "Progress" reminds me of "Are You Shivering?". I'm not sure though if this is just similarity of technology and studio trickery used in both tracks or any real influence, as I've yet to encounter any direct statements from either artist about their interest (or lack of) in Coil.
r/Coil • u/Fresh_squish • 29d ago
Does anyone know where Jhon balance's childhood home is? I know he was born in Mansfield and I live very close so I'm wondering if he has a blue plaque or litterally anything dedicated to him
r/Coil • u/OuroborosOfBullshit • Jun 22 '26
How many of you guys would happen to also enjoy Swans? Any overlap here? There was quite a bit in that community.
r/Coil • u/Brave-Bad-9955 • Jun 21 '26
this shows up on their apple music page. curious if anyone knows what going on here
r/Coil • u/wheredowordsbegin • Jun 20 '26
Hello coil community. Love the band and Jhonn tortures me in my sleep and makes my waking hours feel like sleep. Jhonn is a constant. Looking forward to getting to know you.
r/Coil • u/p1nktr1angle • Jun 19 '26
Hello is anybody able to point me to the OTO image that Jhonn is referring to in this quote? Rats have been popping up in things lately and I'd really like to take a look at the image he's referring to.
"JB: No. Don't get confused. I like the track a lot and I wanted it to come out on vinyl as well on its own. I had this art work that came from the OTO, when it was Crowley's, and it's of blue rats. It's of this sort of debutante being harassed by these weird wiggly rats, which is what the idea of track was. But I didn't know this picture existed and then someone showed it to me and I said "Oh my god, we've got to do a single and that's the cover.""
r/Coil • u/Fit-Context-9685 • Jun 18 '26
