I went a bit heavy on the metal in the Suggested Listening post. Here are four non-metal songs that were strongly inspirational in the writing process:

“Brains” by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282. https://youtu.be/340RAYz7_SI“The Charmer” by His Name is Alive. https://youtu.be/o0X9iDMnSFc“Tetsuo” by Geinoh Yamashirogumi. https://youtu.be/De3cWcjZ0Q0“Making of Cyborg” by Kenji Kawai. https://youtu.be/q0z08OpmEPcNote- this is a traditional marriage song that invokes the presence of a god to bless the couple, but it’s played while a cyborg is being built at the beginning of Ghost in the Shell. So the organic is marrying the inorganic, and a soul is being called down to bless the union.