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Langdon Hickman’s top picks for the year range from the emotionally harrowing to just plain kickass.

In this episode, Andrew, Joe, and Langdon discuss their favorite heavy metal albums of 2020, using them to reflect on how trying and tumultuous the year has been.

In this resurrected column, IO Editor-in-Chief Andrew Rothmund’s gaze will illuminate one album and one album only in light of the world at large — this month, the question is how even to begin?

Seven of us teamed up to select our favorite releases from last month’s insane whirlwind of new albums — here, we include Ulcerate, Black Curse, and five more into our juicy halls of honor.

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.

All the new metal releasing between April 19th and April 25th, 2020 — spin (or skip) new music from Ulcerate, Elder, Cirith Ungol, Barishi, and more.

This beast of an album arrives five days early.

Listen to the killer, eight-and-a-half minute lead single now.

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.

Langdon returns this month with another analytical installment of his column where he explores the interwoven meanings of Ulcerate’s mind-boggling death metal in relation to growing up and being heard.