Eden is joined by David Burke (https://twitter.com/metal_analysis), who's researching his PhD at Bath Spa University on the unifying thematics of heavy metal culture!

The two discuss what makes something "so fucking metal, dude", the regressive and progressive politics of metal and excess, its ties to sword & sorcery and fantasy literature in general, Nietzsche, Georges Bataille and The Accursed Share, productive violence, and much more!

Music played:

Splendor by Nebulae Come Sweet https://nebulaecomesweet.bandcamp.com/track/splendor