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3 weeks ago | 
consequence.net | Langdon Hickman |Colin Dempsey
Mining Metal is a monthly column from Heavy Consequence contributing writers Langdon Hickman and Colin Dempsey. The focus is on noteworthy new music emerging from the non-mainstream metal scene, highlighting releases from small and independent labels — or even releases from unsigned acts.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Langdon Hickman |Colin Dempsey
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysMining Metal is a monthly column from Heavy Consequence contributing writers Langdon Hickman and Colin Dempsey. The focus is on noteworthy new music emerging from the non-mainstream metal scene, highlighting releases from small and independent labels — or even releases from unsigned acts.
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1 month ago | 
consequence.net | Langdon Hickman |Colin Dempsey
Mining Metal is a monthly column from Heavy Consequence contributing writers Langdon Hickman and Colin Dempsey. The focus is on noteworthy new music emerging from the non-mainstream metal scene, highlighting releases from small and independent labels — or even releases from unsigned acts.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Langdon Hickman |Colin Dempsey
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysMining Metal is a monthly column from Heavy Consequence contributing writers Langdon Hickman and Colin Dempsey. The focus is on noteworthy new music emerging from the non-mainstream metal scene, highlighting releases from small and independent labels — or even releases from unsigned acts.
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2 months ago | 
consequence.net | Langdon Hickman |Colin Dempsey
Mining Metal is a monthly column from Heavy Consequence contributing writers Langdon Hickman and Colin Dempsey. The focus is on noteworthy new music emerging from the non-mainstream metal scene, highlighting releases from small and independent labels — or even releases from unsigned acts. Before we talk about music, there are some things that must be said.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
invisibleoranges.com | Colin Dempsey
In Hindsight is 10/10, we revisit albums that have not received the acclaim they deserve. The US black metal band Ustalost have two albums under their belt but have not provided any information about themselves aside from two paragraphs on the Bandcamp page for Before the Glinting Spell Unvests. The project’s leader hasn’t given an interview concerning the project. Aside from a few reviews, Ustalost have a small digital footprint, and none of it is of their own creation.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
invisibleoranges.com | Colin Dempsey
It’s just as baffling that Manual Manic Procedures is this good as it is that 200 Stab Wounds, who must not have seen their apartments since 2021 since they were seemingly always performing, had time to record it. And it’s not just that this is simply a commendable death metal record. Its predecessor, Slave to the Scalpel, was good but not great, if only because it felt primed for a live audience but not fleshed out.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
invisibleoranges.com | Colin Dempsey
The COVID-induced lockdowns battered our psyches as the isolation and uncertainty of the situation felt endless. During that period, the doom metal group Ter Ziele formed in Friesland, Switzerland and began creating music with the overpowering malaise associated with the lockdowns. Although years removed from that context, their forthcoming debut album Embodiment of Death still carries that weight.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
invisibleoranges.com | Colin Dempsey
In lieu of a typical monthly release roundup, partially because list season is already upon us and tying our hands tightly behind our backs, and because Nothing But Black Metal November is concluding, Invisible Oranges is focusing on black metal that came out this past month. Here are four albums you should have on your radar and spin before the holiday season commences. ...
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
invisibleoranges.com | Colin Dempsey
Throw on a Melted Bodies album and each track will prick the ears of totally different people for totally different reasons. The new wave-infused “Think Safe” is for folks who wore David Byrne-like big suits for Halloween, “Wrath of the Flies” is for grindcore enthusiasts, and then there’s “Relax, You Are Lazy”, which asserts the oft-repeated comparison to System of a Down. This resemblance is apt and complimentary but not fully illustrative of Melted Bodies.
