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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Morbid death, morbid life: Langdon dissects Morbid Angel while uncovering the nuances of interior darkness as it, only sometimes, can cede way to light.

Langdon unweaves the tangles of taste and terror riled up by the depiction of mutilated human remains on Pissgrave's latest album.

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.

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.

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.