Invisible Oranges - The Metal Blog

All the new metal releasing between April 18th, 2021 and April 24th, 2021 -- spin (or skip) new music from Paysage d'Hiver, Bongzilla, Spectral Lore, and more.

This murky and mysterious black metal project released "Demo MMXX" last year, combining riffy black metal with an impenetrable miasma. Read an interview with the band.

This Friday, Ted and Jon look into different ends of the traditional doom metal spectrum with Place of Skulls and While Heaven Wept, respectively.

The New York-based avant-garde metal trio aims to tell the story of their home city, taking aesthetic inspiration from its near-mythical past. This edition of Piercing the Veil explores the band's musical and conceptual ties to the Big Apple.

A dive into the cavernous world of dungeon synth in the first installment of a new column.

This Armenian pagan black metal band draws upon their region's history to inspire their driving and occult take on the genre. Check out their debut full-length now with our early premiere.

Named after their hometown, the Swedish sludge/hardcore band aims to tell the story of Horndal's downturn, an event that's been mirrored by similar towns worldwide. Read an interview with drummer Pontus Levahn.

Today's discussion of Metal Studies discusses the history of metal studies that have looked at gender.

A post-metal album which preoccupies itself with extremes. Listen to "Fyra" in full.

Stream the entirety of Intonate's sophomore full-length album now, which laces death metal's lethality with progressive, emotional inclinations.