LAANG
Riluo TALHEIM
Taiwanese black metallers channel near-death trauma into art
Laang report back from the realms of purgatory
TAIWANESE SYMPHONIC
BLACK
metal duo Laang 冷 (‘Cold’) harness horrific experiences on a third album that manages to be both highly conceptual and deeply personal.
Riluo
(‘Sunset’) explores the extreme PTSD of vocalist/ guitarist Haitao Yang, who was once shot in the head during a carjacking.
Pronounced dead, he experienced harrowing visions of a hellish afterlife while comatose and has used Laang 冷 ever since as a vehicle for catharsis and exploration of this life-changing event.