Due to personal commitments, the lengthy album review from last month, and inclement weather, I wasn't able to get the YouTube Channel Profile pegged for November 2024 up until December 1st. My apologies for that, and hopefully December is not as hectic! For sake of intended scheduling, this post is backdated to yesterday (November 30th), but it didn't go live until that month had just passed. This monthly* feature post looks at 1-3 randomly selected YouTube channels whose content is at least half devoted to local metal, hard rock, or punk artists/concerts, and we've got a single band channel to look at today, so here's what you should know on it!
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Owner: Molten Imp frontman and former AlgomA/BeeFMoutH singer/guitarist Boyd Rendell, a.k.a. Darby Wigwaus and Lord Unterbiss Von Wigwaus
Channel Timeline: Launched on July 19th, 2006; Videos posted from May 2007 through November 2023
Channel Summary: Originally a personal use channel, Boyd converted it into the official channel for his industrial metal solo project Molten Imp in 2022, and posted seven videos featuring their studio recordings there in the ensuing year, as well as a full concert video from his 2010s doom/sludge metal band AlgomA, and more recently, two electronic instrumental videos that aren't directly tied to the Molten Imp name.
Why You Should Watch: This channel will primarily be of interest for Molten Imp fans, let alone industrial music fans, as Boyd puts out some interesting stuff that deserves an audience, especially with how relatively unique industrial metal & noise rock is in the Soo! The AlgomA concert video will obviously interest fans of that late lamented local band, but there are more plentiful public sources of their videos out there. Note that Boyd hasn't posted videos here in over a year, correlating with the project's slowdown in activity on social media, but you can hear Molten Imp on Bandcamp and Soundcloud, and they also have a Patreon page.
AlgomA live @ Odd Fellows Hall, April 19th 2014: While only uploaded to the channel two years ago, this video of AlgomA's full 42 minute set at Dank Fest at the former Oddfellows Hall in April 2014 predates his work with Molten Imp. Also featuring singer/bassist Kevin Campbell and No Funeral/Bad Back alum Jamie Vincent on drums, this was AlgomA's debut at the Dennis Street venue, where they played their originals "Extinct Volcanoes", "Bedsores", "Electric Fence", "Phthisis", "Go On, Git!", and "Tertiary Syphillis". Despite a slight left tilt and overly red stage lighting, this captures a brutal and punishing set of doom metal one of the higher profile local original metal bands of the 2010s, and the fans were definitely into it! Read my full review of Dank Fest (which had ten other bands) at this link.
Kick Rocks (live in basement): Most of Molten Imp's own videos are just YouTube streaming copies of their original songs from their early digital singles, which can be streamed/bought together in the compilation album "Bloom Closing" on Bandcamp. For sake of variety, let's feature the sole Molten Imp upload not tied to those releases, namely a 6+ minute audio recording of Boyd "working out the kinks in the home studio". As a raw instrumental sampler of what Molten Imp are capable of in terms of industrial and noise soundscapes and programming, it's very effective, and it'd be interesting to see him take this to the concert stage if possible!
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I hope you guys liked this last month's YouTube Channel Profile! This series will end 2024 on or around Boxing Day when we look at one more randomly selected channel, namely St. Ignace, Michigan metalcore band Heavy Lies The Crown's YouTube Music channel, featuring their studio output so far! Stay tuned for that over the holidays, and for more news and notes this month! Thanks everyone!
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