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I'm Listening to Death Metal #13: Immolation's "Majesty and Decay"
In this edition, Langdon follows threads of loss and self-destruction through tumultuous and dark realms of his life where echoes of Immolation lead the way either to salvation… or eternal mind-death.
I'm Listening to Death Metal #12: Demilich's "Nespithe" and the Nature of Elitism
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.
I'm Listening to Death Metal #11: Cannibal Corpse and the Impossible Burden of Legacy
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.
I'm Listening to Death Metal #10: Cynic and Bloodbath
Two distant poles on death metal’s open range, connected by human flesh, mind and body; in this installment, Langdon tears open his assembled self to discover an impossible synergy.
I'm Listening to Death Metal #9: Gorguts' "Colored Sands" and "Pleiades' Dust"
Langdon sprawls himself across Gorguts’ esoteric discography, dissecting the meaning of ambition and charting the progressive influences of a band who wields death’s sonic hammer like no other.
I'm Listening to Death Metal #8: Morbid Angel's "Formulas Fatal to the Flesh" and "Kingdoms Disdained"
Morbid death, morbid life: Langdon dissects Morbid Angel while uncovering the nuances of interior darkness as it, only sometimes, can cede way to light.
I’m Listening to Death Metal #7: Pissgrave's "Posthumous Humiliation"
Langdon unweaves the tangles of taste and terror riled up by the depiction of mutilated human remains on Pissgrave’s latest album.
I’m Listening to Death Metal #6: Morbus Chron's "Sweven"
Death metal’s dreamscape became lucidly lush with Morbus Chron’s second (and final) full-length “Sweven” — in this edition of his column, Langdon Hickman dives into his dreams and analyzes this landmark release.
I’m Listening to Death Metal #5: Tribulation's "The Children of the Night"
This month, Langdon explores the intersection of spirituality — religion, faith, heaven, and hell — with Tribulation’s third full-length album, citing his personal experience along the way.
I'm Listening to Death Metal #4: Gojira's "L'Enfant Sauvage"
In this edition of his column, Langdon journeys us through his vivid experiences with Gojira during tough, trying times. Metal is pain, but metal is also life.