Langdon Hickman

The exceptionally psychedelic fifth album from Elder has been an earworm we can’t rid ourselves of — it’s not exactly metal, but then again, who cares, because it absolutely hits the right spot. Here’s our full review.

Here’s our full review of the new Ulcerate album, a remarkable turn in style and depth for an already-lauded band, and now a cornerstone of what makes modern death metal so almighty.

We review the Finnish black-metal-turned-prog-psych band’s latest full-length, an hour-plus monster of a headtrip, and a goddamn fine one at that. Bonus: live photos from Oranssi Pazuzu’s Chicago stop last year.

We dive into Afterbirth’s latest full-length “Four Dimensional Flesh” to discover its proggy, technical underpinnings that enhance its fiendishly brutal structure.

On heavy metal elitism, the pain of trauma, and mind-bending death metal from 1993, Langdon brings us his 12th installment of this sprawling series.

This black metal duo broke the mold altogether, weaving jazz, blues, and more into their latest release “Come and See” — the album’s tense timbre draws inspiration from the difficult realities of life in American public housing.

Robert Andersson of Morbus Chron named his new project after the now-defunct band’s greatest album, and for a damn good reason: Sweven’s “The Eternal Resonance” one-ups anything you can throw at it. Here’s our in-depth review.

The combined forces of two pioneering solo black metal outfits detail the solar system in a two-hour voyage — we delve into the journey and dissect what makes this split such a cosmic success.

We load up our quad-barreled review bazooka and blow apart the four best black metal albums released last month to see what their insides look like.