Host of Heroes Aegis with the Psibertech (3pp), "Necrotic Scourge Augmentation."

Allows you to become psuedo undead, with the option to both create spawn and control spawn. You even get the ability to be immune to Command effects and such. You can augment this further by using Initiator's Soul to grab the Black Seraph and Unquiet Grave disciplines, also gaining access to Channel Energy from your Monomyth.

At level 18, if you decide to use the role of Archmage, you can take the Magecraft customization 4 times to gain Animate Dead as a spell-like ability (i.e. without need for a material component).

At that point, you truly are a Dread Necromancer. You also have access to Akashic Mysteries, too. Though the only veil that I can think of to interact with undead is a Vizier Ring veil, so...YMMV.