MUSIC for CELESTIAL SEEPAGE
I have a new book now available called CELESTIAL SEEPAGE. It’s a short novel of cosmic horror put out by Glenn Rolfe at Alien Agenda Publishing, edited by Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi, with cover art by Don Nobel, and kind support from Maurice Broaddus. I can’t thank everyone enough for making this book possible.
I have a tendency to write about nihilistic abominations, dimensional portals, and people tapping into eldritch powers. Gross, epic fun. I also usually throw some kind of social commentary into my work, this time exploring themes of the post-2018 U.S. Presidential election and the death of the American small town.
Part of my writing process is listening to a set discography while I’m working. This time I chose BRING ME THE HORIZON for the first half, the band GOJIRA for the second. This was mostly due to certain characters, Lana getting Riley into metal and post-core.
I’ve written to the EDM sounds of The Glitch Mob and the alt-pop style of Lana Del Rey, the strange compositions of Sigur Ros and the goth rock of The Birthday Massacre. Whatever works best for the story. Recently, thanks to Spotify, I’ve been able to build playlists around my books and share them. While you could simply listen to the two bands that I did while writing the book, here’s a playlist filled with similar bands that fit in the same vibe.
On it, you’ll find the follow 25 tracks…
#01. BRING ME THE HORIZON – Throne
#02. THRICE – Paper Tigers
#03. THE BUNNY THE BEAR – Ces’t Pas Si Lion
#04. AFI – The Leaving Song, Pt. II
#05. COHEED AND CAMBRIA – Here We Are Juggernaut
#06. ATREYU – Lip Gloss & Black
#07. CHEVELLE – This Circus
#08. ALEXISONFIRE – This Could Be Anywhere In The World
#09. SYSTEM OF A DOWN – B.Y.O.B.
#10. AT THE DRIVE IN – One Armed Scissor
#11. FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES – Cherry Kiss
#12. DEFTONES – You’ve Seen The Butcher
#13. FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND – Red Is The New Black
#14. GLASSJAW – Tip Your Bartender
#15. WE CAME AS ROMANS – We Are The Reason
#16. A PERFECT CIRCLE – Passive
#17. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – The End Of Heartache
#18. STARSET – Ricochet
#19. NINE INCH NAILS – We’re In This Together
#20. ANTHRAX – Only
#21. BEARTOOTH – Beaten In Lips
#22. HELMUT – Unsung
#23. GOJIRA – The Shooting Star
#24. BLACK VEIL BRIDES – New Years Day
#25. FINCH – What It Is To Burn
CELESTIAL SEEPAGE is a stand-alone cosmic horror novel about dimensional prisons, refugee gods, remixed realities, lunatic tyrants, ravenous hordes, and galactic genocide coming out from Alien Agenda Publishing on October 18th.
Harper didn’t want to leave the library to take the temporary position at the Historical Society. There was something unsettling about the place, something sinister. She had no idea her presence there was about to trigger the escape of monstrous entities from a higher dimension, ones imprisoned there by their own kind decades ago. Facing primordial horrors, Harper and her friends realize there have been alien gods in their midst all along, some closer than they ever could’ve believed. Together, they must stop a cataclysm that even gods can’t walk away from. Brian Fatah Steele has written numerous published stories and titles in the cosmic horror, urban fantasy, and science fiction realms, receiving high praise for his unique blend of terror and strange. Celestial Seepage is no different in its attempt to unnerve you.
I invite you to check out my new book CELESTIAL SEEPAGE and the playlist to get an idea of what kind of music made this book flow.
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Brian Fatah Steele has been writing various types of dark fiction for over ten years, from horror to urban fantasy and science fiction. Growing up hooked on comic books and monster movies, his work gravitates towards anything imaginative and dynamic. Steele originally went to school for fine arts but finds himself far more fulfilled now by storytelling.
His work has appeared in such anthologies as 4POCALYPSE, BLOOD TYPE, CTHULHU LIES DREAMING, DEATH’S REALM, THE IDOLATERS OF CTHULHU, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated DARK VISIONS, VOL.1. His own titles include BLEED AWAY THE SKY (Bloodshot Books) and THERE IS DARKNESS IN EVERY ROOM (Sinister Grin Press), along with the self-published YOUR ARMS AROUND ENTROPY, BRUTAL STARLIGHT, FURTHER THAN FATE, and IN BLEED COUNTRY.
Steele lives in Ohio with a few cats and survives on a diet of coffee and cigarettes. He spends his time still dabbling in visual art, vowing to fix up his house, acting as a part-time chaos entity, spending too many hours watching television, and probably working on his next writing project.