DEATH // SENTENCE

This is both the first Patreon-exclusive episode and the first time that we've had a poet on the show: Rax King is the author of The People's Elbow: Thirty Recitatives on Rape and Wrestling, a raw, beautiful meditation on trauma and healing that's also about Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. Music by Devil Master and Chevalier.

South Londoners ITHACA blew everyone away when they released The Language of Injury in February, so we've been waiting, biding our time, holding back until the perfect moment to get the band's singer Djamila to come on the show to talk about Hollow Earth, weaponised estrogen and Nicki Minaj, Music by Grave Pleasures: https://gravepleasures.bandcamp.com/releases And Seeyouspacecowboy: https://seeyouspacecowboyca.bandcamp.com Support our Patreon why not: https://www.patreon.com/DeathSentence

It's barely March and already we've got a book of the year contender: Marlon James' Black Leopard Red Wolf, an epic fantasy that might be the best, and definitely the most literary thing in the genre since The Vorrh. There's enough material in its 600-plus pages for ten podcasts, so naturally, we talk about, video games, violence, queering fantasy and under-appreciated Judas Priest albums. Music by Fange: https://fange.bandcamp.com/ And Sutekh Hexen: https://sentientruin.bandcamp.com/album/sutekh-hexen

Richard Chiem's King of Joy (Soft Skull Press) is a novel about porn, weed and good dogs that's also a Lynch-ian vaporwave nightmare *and* a raw, intense story of grief and perseverance. You know, based on that description, that I 'had to do it to 'em' (interview Richard on his life, influences and writing process.) Music by Candlemass: https://candlemass.bandcamp.com/album/the-door-to-doom And Violet Cold: https://violetcold.bandcamp.com/album/kosmik

Lords of Chaos was going to be the definitive story of the bloodiest chapter in extreme metal's history, a cinematic event essential to any true metal fan... Until Vice fucked up the release so only one of the three people on this podcast got to see it. Fortunately, that person was Megan Osztrosits from Couch Slut, one of the best bands ever, so we ended up talking about Air Bud, YouTube and catfishing Varg Vikernes. Music by Inter Arma: https://interarma.bandcamp.com And Scorpions.

We get into one of the most anticipated books of the early part of 2019: Esme Weijung Wang's The Collected Schizophrenias. The essay collection explores life with Schizoaffective Disorder, and lets us cover everything from bad C-grade Sci-fi movies to magick. Music by Zig-Zags: https://zigzags.bandcamp.com And Dream Theatre: www.dreamtheater.net

We're back. with a real episode about books, without a single anime in sight. We're talking with Charlie Jane Anders- prolific short story writer, podcaster, founding editor of io9, person who can stand us talking about Pissgrave for way too long and writer of City in the Middle of the Night. We discuss influence, technology, climate, tidally locked planets and Pissgrave. Music by HIRS: https://hirs.bandcamp.com/ And Pissgrave: https://pissgrave.bandcamp.com (CW EXTREMELY GRAPHIC CONTENT- I'M NOT DOING A BIT, PLEASE DON'T OPEN THAT LINK UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE IN FOR.)

I turned my back for a second and Langdon went and recorded an episode entirely about Anime, or as the Japanese call it, 'Manga'. He and a fellow lost soul talk about Fate/Stay Night, by way of Nietzsche, Deleuze, Chaos Magick, Christian mysticism and masturbation. Overly long theme tune by NECRONOMIDOL Music by JYOCHO (PS, JYOCHO did the end theme for an anime based on the work of horror manga artist Junji Ito, who also designed the cover of the latest NECRONOMIDOL album.)

We've got Leslie Lee III of Struggle Session with us to talk about one of his favorite books and ours: Cormac McCarthy's Grind-Western Blood Meridian. We talk about liking problematic work, gnosticism, Vincent D'onofrio, Mandy, Batman vs Superman and Benny Hill. Music by Chelsea Wolfe: https://chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com And City Hunter: https://youthattack.bandcamp.com/album/deep-blood Remember to leave us a Like or Review or we'll cut you down where you stand.

It's the very best Best Of episode of 2018, where we struggle to remember what happened this year, up to and including how many Olympics there were! Join us for a star-studded line-up that includes Mitski! Tomb Mold! Tribulation! Goblin Slayer! Mids! And many more! Maybe we should start writing stuff down! I don't know! Music by The Body: https://thebody.bandcamp.com/album/i-have-fought-against-it-but-i-can-t-any-longer