Music:
agalloch, amon amarth, ässuck, at the gates, the band, belegost, black sabbath, carcass, johnny cash, celtic frost, patsy cline, cock sparrer, current 93, crucifix, the cure, danzig, darkthrone, death, death in june, drudkh, electric wizard, emperor, fighting dogs, from ashes rise, gorgoroth, heresi, high on fire, his hero is gone, son house, mississippi john hurt, i spy, iron maiden, skip james, tommy johnson, jawbreaker, katatonia, left for dead, leviathan, lurker of chalice, make a change... kill yourself, mercyful fate, metallica, the mob, my bloody valentine, nachtmystium, neurosis, of the wand and the moon, ottawa, propagandhi, sargeist, sepultura, sound of failure, springsteen, suicidal tendencies, team dresch, thin lizzy, tool, ulver, velvet cacoon, virginia black lung, von, watain, bukka white, hank williams sr., neil young
Books:
Richard Adams (Watership Down);
Robert Aickman;
Iain Banks (The Wasp Factory);
Gary A. Braunbeck;
Charles Bukowski;
Céline (Journey to the End of the Night);
Herman Hesse;
Michel Houellebecq;
M.R. James;
Jack Ketchum (The Girl Next Door);
Stephen King (The Dark Tower series and The Stand);
Joe R. Lansdale;
Fritz Leiber (Our Lady of Darkness);
Thomas Ligotti;
Howard Phillips Lovecraft;
Richard Matheson (I Am Legend);
Ron McLarty (The Memory of Running);
Mike Mignola;
Henry Miller (Tropic of Cancer);
Alan Moore (Watchmen);
Jean Paul Sarte;
Peter Straub (Ghost Story);
John Steinbeck;
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.;
Manly Wade Wellman;
[These are some of my current and all-time favorite comic books:
Animal Man (Grant Morrison)
Blankets (Craig Thompson)
Black Summer (Warren Ellis)
BPRD (Mike Mignola/John Arcudi/Guy Davis)
Captain America (Ed Brubaker)
The Goon (Eric Powell)
Hellboy (Mike Mignola)
The Immortal Iron Fist (Matt Fraction/Ed Brubaker)
Invincible (Robert Kirkman)
Justice League International(Keith Giffen)
The Marquis (Guy Davis)
Swamp Thing (Alan Moore)
Planetary (Warren Ellis/John Cassaday)
Preacher (Garth Ennis/Steve Dillon)
Suicide Squad (John Ostrander's 80's run)
The Walking Dead (Robert Kirkman)
...there are plenty more.]
Heroes:
eddy gregal. stephen king. johnny cash. richard dawkins. fritz leiber. john carpenter. steve rogers. captain harlock, hellboy, roland of gilead, rorschach and robert neville, because sometimes you have to know when to decide and when to know it's been decided for you.