Awesome Music / Old Gods of Appalachia

I walk these hills, leave these dark valleys, where I can’t stay in the land unknown. In these hills that I walk so often, I can feel the winds now on your ghost...

Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror anthology podcast... with some of the catchiest intro and outro music you're likely to find in the podcast field today. Works vary, from a variety of artists such as Those Poor Bastards and the ever present Landon Blood. Whether it be songs lamenting the forever doomed state this world is in or songs singing the praises of the monstrous antagonists, this alternate, doomed Appalachia will make you wonder why there aren't more horror oriented country songs out there...

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• "The Land Unknown" by Landon Blood. The mournful bluegrass-esque guitar combined with the wary voice of the singer quickly establishes the dark places this podcast will delve into, and is more than enough to hook you into the podcast on its own.
  • "The Hollow Heart Verses", an add on to the original song made for Season 2. The new lyrics help establish the more personal tone of the new season, and the title helps with Foreshadowing the true nature of the Dead Queen as revealed in the finale.
  • "The Pound of Flesh Verses", a new version of "The Land Unknown" made for Season 3, sporting much more blatantly hopeless lyrics than seasons 1 or 2. The new theme perfectly encapsulates the fact that this is a season long Villain Episode.
• "I Cannot Escape the Darkness" by Those Poor Bastards, the typical outro theme for most of the show. Between the deep, soulful voice of the singer and the chiming of what almost sounds like a funeral bell, this chilling and catchy song is more than enough to pick you up after many an intense cliffhanger, especially when the choir kicks in. Literally, whenever the below lyrics kick in, you're guaranteed to have just heard something that completely turns the story on its head:
  There is a curse upon my every waking breath,
  And I cannot escape the Darkness...
• "Pretty Polly" by Landon Blood and John Lee Bullard, a song about the Barrow of the same name in the style of an old country love ballad that, if anything, points to Polly's Faux Affably Evil nature more than anything.
• "Build Mama a Coffin" by Blood on the Harp, the outro theme for the eponymous Patreon exclusive miniseries. It's oddly upbeat and fast paced, perfectly setting the tone for the Big, Screwed-Up Family hijinks we're about to get into with the Boggs family.
• "In the Pines (traditional)" by Keena Graham, a hauntingly beautiful melody that plays during the critical end points of each story arc in season two. The singer's beautiful voice contrasts with the rest of the music of the series, giving it a ghostly quality.
• "Am I Born To Die? (Traditional)" by Landon Blood, a song sung by a character in episode 20. The vocals are haunting and overwhelming to the point where no background music is necessary for it to take your breath away.
• "Black Mouthed Dog" by Landon Blood serves as both intro and outro for the Patreon exclusive prequel miniseries of the same thin. A grungy song with guitar playing in the background, serving as a Villain Song for the titular beasts speaking to the hopelessness of the young Boggs' and Teasleys' situation.
• The Holiest Days of Bone and Shadow holiday series gives us two haunting new outros:
  • "God's Dark Heaven" by Those Poor Bastards is another bitter lament used to close out the first two chapters of the trilogy, right after the Grey Ladies have both pulled off flawless victories. Similar somewhat to I Cannot Escape the Darkness but vocally distinct nonetheless.
  • "The Bride" by Landon Blood. Chilling Dissonant Serenity right after the revival of one of the most terrifying monsters of the show, playing off the wedding themes of the episode.