John Darnielle writes a monthly column for Decibel, peppers his albums with references to the heavy stuff (see "Marduk T-Shirt Men's Room Incident," "The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton," Satanic Messiah, the ongoing interest in Sweden, Gothenburg especially), eats death metal steaks, tried to get the the kids to listen to Mastodon in '05, and is vocal about ...