Langdon Hickman

We’re listening to progressive rock. Why? Because it kicks goddamn ass. Here are a bunch of prog-rock albums released last year we feel deserve all the praise and attention in the world.

We’ve got the opening song streaming now from Malokarpatan’s upcoming third full length, out later next month — dive into this dizzying, prog-filled epic.

Here’s a super-deep dive into Ihsahn’s latest release, a three song + two cover EP named after the black metal and prog mastermind’s hometown in Norway. What sort of black metal return-to-form does this EP turn out to be?

The latest release from these Norwegian rockers is slick, savory rock-‘n’-roll with a gnarly attitude and plenty of punk, prog, and metal thrown in because why the hell not? Here’s our full review.

Langdon unfolds the complex tapestry of Cannibal Corpse’s music and history, a genre-defining legend of a band not without its own surges and tribulations.

We deep-dive into Odious Mortem’s comeback album — it’s been more than a decade since this death metal outfit’s last release, but the wait was worth it. Very worth it.

How one mind on the spectrum works to achieve self-understanding, the understanding of others, and at-oneness with the vivid truths of life’s heavy journey.

Last year saw the dawn of a new age for death metal; here are five wild death metal albums which we felt were underheard and worthy of some additional recognition.

Our resident death metal connoisseur details his top heavy albums of 2010s (beyond just death metal, of course). Here, Langdon features Enslaved, Ghost, YOB, and more.