Member Thomas Jefferson Cowgill - various instruments
Albums
Tonight's Special Death - Disaro 2010 Love - Dais Records 2011 Burning Daylight - Ván 2012 Fear - Ván 2014
Singles & EPs
Solanaceae & King Dude - Split - Heiðrunar Myrkrunar 2010 My Beloved Ghost - Bathetic Records 2010 The Black Triangle (7", Ltd) - Clan Destine Records CDR-45-002 2010 You Can Break My Heart - Dais Records 2012 Born In Blood - Not Just Religious Music 2013 Holy Trinity - Ván 2013 Urfaust / King Dude - Spiritus Nihilus / Pagan Eyes Over German Skies - Ván 2013 Chelsea Wolfe & King Dude - Sing Songs Together... - Sargent House 2013 King Dude & Chelsea Wolfe - Sing More Songs Together... - Not Just Religious Music 2014
DJ Mixes
Skelter (File, MP3, Mixed, 192) - Vice Italia none 2011
Label: Clan Destine Records – CDR-45-002 Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Limited Edition Country: UK Released: 21 Jun 2010 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic
Tracklist
A The Black Triangle 2:10 B Never Let You Go 1:57
Credits Mastered By – Carl ClanDestine
Notes Limited to 300 copies.
Statement on the back cover: "There is an old god beneath the surface, it has been here forever and cannot die. It does not need our love or praise, it does not need us at all. We need it."
Label: Disaro – CDR 033 Format: CDr, Album, Limited Edition Country: US Released: 09 Aug 2010 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic
Tracklist
1 My Everlasting Life 3:06 2 Witch's Hammer 2:06 3 River Of Gold 3:10 4 Born In Blood 2:18 5 Slaves - Vocals [Additional] – Kendra Malia 2:24 6 Design 1:38 7 Love All Around You 2:09 8 No One Is Here 2:05
Credits Lyrics By – King Dude (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8), Robert Frost (tracks: 6) Mixed By, Music By – King Dude Recorded By – Justin Wilmore (tracks: 7), King Dude (tracks: 1 to 6, 8)
Notes Edition of 100 hand-numbered copies. Comes in thin plastic envelope with black and white xerox 2 separate pages booklet. Recorded in 2010.
Label: Dais Records – DAIS 026 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered Country: US Released: 23 Nov 2011 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk, Neofolk
Tracklist
A1 Intro 1:42 A2 Don't Want Me Still 1:54 A3 In The Eyes Of The Lord 3:01 A4 Spiders In Her Hair 2:28 A5 Please Stay (In The Shadow Of My Grave) - Backing Vocals – Emily Denton 4:06 B1 Eternal Night - Backing Vocals – Emily Denton 2:44 B2 Lucifer's The Light Of The World 2:34 B3 Big Blue Eyes 2:21 B4 Hello Mary 3:23 B5 Endless Rose 3:11
Credits Artwork [Cover Stamp Art] – Mabuse Industries Written-By, Performer, Recorded By – Ben Chisolm (tracks: A1), T.J. Cowgill (tracks: A2 to B5)
Notes Limited to an edition of 500 hand-numbered copies. Die-cut, full color sleeve.
Other Versions Love (Cass, Album, Ltd) Dais Records DAIS 025 US 2011 Love (CD, Album) Ván Ván80 Germany 2012 Love (LP, Album, Ltd, RE) Ván Ván80 Germany 2012
Label: Bathetic Records – BATHETIC 42 Format: Vinyl, 12", EP, Limited Edition, 33 ⅓ RPM Country: US Released: 2011 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk, Neofolk
Tracklist
A1 My Beloved Ghost 3:44 A2 Oh Faith 1:48 A3 Sator Formula 2:23 A4 Our Everlasting Life 2:07 B1 Why Must I Go On - Vocals [Additional] – Emily Denton 2:44 B2 Harry Rag 2:13 B3 Black Triangle 1:54 B4 Never Let You Go 1:55 B5 Into The Morrow 1:27
Credits Mastered By [For Vinyl] – Pete Swanson
Notes Edition of 500, 400 on black vinyl and 100 on white vinyl.
"Black Triangle" and "Never Let You Go" were originally released as a 7 inch single on Clan Destine Records. "Into The Morrow" has never been released before. "Harry Rag" originally by The Kinks.
Other Versions My Beloved Ghost (Cass, Ltd, C20) Bathetic Records BATH013 US 2010 My Beloved Ghost (12", EP, Ltd, Whi) Bathetic Records BATHETIC42 US 2011 My Beloved Ghost (CD, EP) Ván Ván79 Germany 2012 My Beloved Ghost (LP, MiniAlbum, Ltd, RE) Ván Ván079 Germany 2012
Label: Dais Records – DAIS 034 Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition Country: US Released: 23 Jun 2012 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Country, Folk
Tracklist
A You Can Break My Heart 3:25 B Devil's Tail 1:45
Companies etc Mastered At – Bonati Mastering
Notes Hand numbered edition of 300 copies. Comes with a 14" x 21" black and white fold-out poster of King Dude logo and a burning building surrounded by trees.
Label: Dais Records – DAIS039 Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 16 Oct 2012 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk, Neofolk
Tracklist
1 Intro 1:24 2 Holy Land 3:26 3 Barbara Anne 3:58 4 I'm Cold 2:31 5 Vision In Black 4:12 6 Jesus In The Courtyard 3:26 7 I Know You're Mine 0:59 8 My Mother Was The Moon - Lead Vocals – Emily Denton 3:28 9 Lorraine 2:00 10 You Can Break My Heart - Backing Vocals – Emily Denton 3:22 11 Lord, I'm Coming Home 4:50
Companies etc Recorded At – Actual Pain Mixed At – Actual Pain Mastered At – Actual Pain
Credits Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – T.J. Cowgill Written-By, Arranged By, Instruments [All Instruments Played By] – T.J.
Notes Recorded, mixed and mastered in late 2011 through early 2012 at Actual Pain M. M-F, Co.
Packaged in a Digipak.
Other Versions Burning Daylight (LP, Album, Ltd, Red) Ván Ván85 Germany 2012 Burning Daylight (LP, Album, Ltd) Dais Records DAIS 039 US 2012 Burning Daylight (CD, Album, Ltd) Ván Ván085 Germany 2012 Burning Daylight (LP, Album, Ltd, RP) Ván Ván085 Germany 2013
Label: Ván – Ván87 Format: Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Black leather Country: Germany Released: 2013 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk, Neofolk
Tracklist
A1 Please Stay (In The Shadow Of My Grave) A2 Witch's Hammer
B1 Don't Want Me Still B2 Eternal Night
Companies etc Recorded At – Space Command Mixed At – Actual Pain Mastered At – Actual Pain
Credits Arranged By – T.J. Cowgill Backing Vocals – Joey D'Auria, Nicholas Friesen Drums – Joey D'Auria Guitar – Nicholas Friesen, T.J. Cowgill Lead Vocals – T.J. Cowgill Mastered By – Günter Pauler, T.J.Cowgill Mixed By – T.J. Cowgill Photography By [Back Photo] – John Watson Photography By [Cover Photo Of King Dude] – Emily Denton Photography By [Cover Photo Of The Band] – Luna Vassarotti Recorded By – Justin Pittney
Notes Available in three limited versions: 1. standard 2. with extra black leather-structured sleeve (this version) 3. with extra white cotton-structured sleeve
All three versions are pressed in black virgin wax and have the same content.
All versions are newly arranged, recorded as the three-piece touring band, and recorded by Justin Pittney at Space Command in Philadelphia, PA, USA on a Tascam 388 quarter inch tape machine in December 2012. This 7" was available for purchase at live shows during the early 2013 European tour.
Tracks A1, B1 & B2: The original arrangement was featured on the album "Love". Track A2: The original arrangement was featured on the album "Tonight's Special Death".