CARNIVAL OF CHAOS/FESTIVAL OF THE FLESH PLAYLIST
The last time I posted here I made mention of the fact that I had a playlist all sorted for Carnival of Chaos and Festival of the Flesh. Therefore, in the interests of shining a bit of light on those particular books, here is aforementioned playlist. Well, after a bit of standard rambling.
For whatever reason, these books (which are of course the same story spread over two volumes) have slipped a little under the radar in comparison to several of my other books. I suspect it might have a bit to do with the fact they first emerged as part of the Project 26 thing where 26 books came out with each one representing a letter of the alphabet. These included novels, anthologies, collections, novellas etc. and while this project was an ambitious one, it also turned out to be a little confusing for people. Consequently, Carnival and Festival, which were never originally intended for that project, but as standalone novel(s) on their own, I offered up because the alliteration in the titles went well with the whole alphabet notion. Nonetheless, various circumstances have several of the books from P26 being unpublished or released or what-have-you, so Carnival and Festival are now separate from that, so why not push them a little, because, why the hell not?
Little known fact. I started writing the stories that would become these books back around the same time I started writing Plebs. Neither they nor Plebs were originally written with titles, and they were all intended to be just short stories, novellas at most. As it turned out, Plebs became a six hundred page monster, and Carnival/Festival even longer, so much so that it needed to be split into two separate entities-the Carnival, of course, and the Festival. Just on the off chance folks hadn’t yet cottoned on (the whole numbering thing of Project 26 muddied the waters a little and had a few people scratching their heads over which to read first) to the fact that these books need to be read in order for the story to make any sense, Carnival comes first, followed by Festival which is the culmination of the massive, sprawling story.
Anyway, as most would know by now, Plebs gained the upper hand in getting written first, and ultimately published a long time before Carnival/Festival were either finished or published. Nonetheless, those stories were eventually completed, quite some time after the initial concept occurred. Years down the track in fact, which was also the case with Plebs, with a re-reading of what I had written already re-igniting the desire to complete the tale. These are characters that I love as much as those in the Plebs series, and ones that have been around just as long. And if you thought Plebs was brutal, bloody, violent and so forth, but haven’t yet encountered Carnival/Festival, rest assured both of these books tend to make Plebs look a little tame. Definitely not works for the faint-hearted at all, so if you dig the thought of getting yourself well and truly blood-drenched and bathed in depravity, dive in.
But, enough of that, here are those playlists, one for Carnival of Chaos and one for Festival of the Flesh.
As is to be expected, there are a lot of metal tracks here, some brutal, uncompromising extreme metal to suit various components of the stories and some of the pretty heinous subject matter, but not exclusively. Compared to some of the other playlists I’ve whacked up here, these ones are pretty eclectic, spanning from the usual platter of heavy metal in numerous sub-genres to rap, rock, sixties tunes, even some dance going on here. And yeah, you’ll probably notice one or two tracks by Insane Clown Posse in here, and be all, what the fuck? Well, those fuckers have made a fortune writing tracks and albums about Carnivals and whatnot, and I genuinely don’t mind some of their songs, so in keeping with the themes of the books, they slot in here juxtaposed nicely against some of the other fare on offer.
Anyway, enough gibberish. Get in and check it all out, and if you haven’t yet Carnival of Chaos and Festival of the Flesh, go and rectify that situation right now. And if you have, perhaps re-reading them with the enhanced experience of these playlists cranking in accompaniment, then that would be a good idea too.

CARNIVAL OF CHAOS
Black Seeds of Vengeance-Nile
The Discipline of Revenge-Cannibal Corpse
Carnival of Lies-Obsession
Loyalty-American Head Charge
Knife Party-Deftones
Twist of Cain-Danzig
Tonight in Flames-Cradle of Filth
Stuck in the Middle With You-Stealer’s Wheel
Planet Caravan-Black Sabbath
Money-Pink Floyd
Dead Bodies Everywhere-Korn
Dog’s Out-DMX
Sledgehammer-Peter Gabriel
Bulls on Parade-Rage Against the Machine
Go With the Flow-Queens of the Stone Age
The Lonely Bull-Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
The Hunt-Sepultura
Dreamhouse-Deafheaven
In Your Nightmares- KidCrusher
The Wild Hunt-Watain
Carnival-Project Pitchfork
Southern Comfort-X-Method
Tequila-The Champs
Jump in the Fire-Metallica
Sweet Leaf-Black Sabbath
Halls of Illusions-Insane Clown Posse
Blood Red-Slayer
Loco-Coal Chamber
Up All Night-Slaughter
Take Me Away-Insane Clown Posse
Hunting Humans-The Misfits
Blessed by Gore-Avulsed
Cannibal Crave-Broken Hope
Just One Fix-Ministry
Fuel For Hatred-Satyricon
Blades of Steel-Imperious Rex
Mirror, Mirror-Candlemass
Rain-The Cult
Let’s Fuck-Dope
Carnival of Rust-Shining
Freakshow-Skillet
Hounds At Ya Back-Destroyer 666

Part one of an ultra-violent, splatterpunk, visceral expedition into a world of revenge, pain, perversion and bloody death. Come along and snare a ticket to this carnival, but proceed with caution. Survival is not guaranteed.
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FESTIVAL OF THE FLESH
Total War-War
The Fight Song-Marilyn Manson
Hammer Smashed Face-Cannibal Corpse
Strength Beyond Strength-Pantera
Return to Serenity-Testament
Scratch My Back-Roxx Gang
Sex Action-L.A. Guns
Closer-Nine Inch Nails
Kings of the Carnival Creation-Dimmu Borgir
Murderer’s Row-Power Trip
Creepshow-Skid Row
Festival of the Flesh-Blessedbethyname
Carnival is Forever-Decapitated
Random Acts of Senseless Violence-Anthrax
This Shit Will Fuck You Up-Combichrist
Death Machine-Myrkskog
Rid You of Your Flesh-LIK
Eaten-Bloodbath
Feast of Flesh-Exmortus
Everyone Leaves-Mortiis
The Flesh and the Power it Holds-Death
Mercy, Severity-Mudvayne
Fear of the Dark-Iron Maiden
Violent Demise-Body Count
Hung on a Hook-Alice in Chains
Code of the Slashers-Cannibal Corpse
Covered in Blood-Insan0
Maze of Torment-Morbid Angel
Divine Art of Torture-Necrophagia
How You Gonna Reason with a Pyscho?-Insane Poetry
Sixpounder-Children of Bodom
Lords of Depravity-Sodom
The Perverted Beast-Darkane
Dead and Dripping-Cryptopsy
Justifiable Homicide-Dying Fetus
Heroines-Diablo Swing Orchestra
Carnival of Souls-Savage Messiah
Only One-Slipknot
Everyone I love is Dead-Type O Negative
Crashing Down-Trail of Tears

Hidden within a seemingly innocuous horror-themed carnival exists something far more disturbing. Where those with dollars and depraved desires find everything they seek catered for.
Peel away the bright, colourful facade of the carnival and you’ll find the hideous heart that is the Festival of Flesh.
http://smarturl.it/festivaloftheflesh