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Katatonia Interview

Interview with Jonas from Katatonia including fan Q&A podcast Audio to promote City Burials. [...]
The Black Dahlia Murder Interview

I spoke with Trevor about the new album Verminous and did a fan Q&A with him for the podcast. [...]
Between The Buried and Me Interview

Spoke to Tommy Rogers from Between the Buried and Me to promote their east coast Australian tour late february 2020. [...]
Metal Redux

Every week or so Steven from Aeons Abyss covers a metal album forgotten by time or just cool. Consider it metal history class and the only legacy material on the site. [...]
Australian Heavypedia

A collection of Australian metal interviews thats building up content to eventually be moved to it's own site. Current bands in the scene and different perspectives of the Australian metal world. [...]

Microdose: Cryptic Shift, Drainbow, Firelink & Bog Wizard

August 6, 2020 0

Four new albums, four short reviews. Did you like all four of these? Then let me know in the comments! […]

Microdose: Ghost Toast, Berzerker Legion, Grift & Old Man Gloom

August 6, 2020 0

Four new albums, four short reviews […]

Interview: Witnesses (Doom Metal, New York)

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Witnesses is a doom metal solo project that recently dropped their new record Doom II, which you might remember me reviewing a little while back. The record really struck me, so I’m very pleased to have the opportunity to ask the man behind the music some questions! Make sure to check out Doom II if you’ve yet to! […]

Album Review: The Acacia Strain – Slow Decay 8.6 (Deathcore)

August 2, 2020 0

The Acacia Strain are a deathcore band that have staked their career on making some of the most bleak, negative, and skull smashing music of all time. They also happen to have been one of the bands that got me into heavy music. They’re one of my favorite bands, and their 2014 effort Coma Witch is easily one of my favorite albums of all time. These guys have been around since 2001, and to see them still going so strong to this day does warm my heart. Needless to say, this was one of my most anticipated albums of the year. […]

Album Review: Karmacipher – Introspectrum 7 (Death Doom)

July 30, 2020 0

Written by Carcassbomb Karmacipher Introspectrum Atmospheric Death Metal Hong Kong, China April 30, 2020 7/10 Atmospheric death metal is more accurate than death doom but you’ll hear the similarities to bands like Mortiferum or Void […]

Album Review: AHTME – Mephitic 8.3 (Brutal Death)

July 26, 2020 0

Technical brutal death metal is easily one of the most interesting subgenres in my opinion, the combination of unspoken out of this world complexities and barbaric brutality is somehow a match made in heaven, and I believe Ahtme perfects this sound on their new record Mephitic out on Unique Leader Records. […]

Album Review: Ferus Din – The Great Dying 9 (Black Metal)

June 25, 2020 0

Ferus Din embody the destructive force of nature among other things in their debut album The Great Dying. This album hits like a fist in the face from the very first second and leaves one with a feeling of prolonged eagerness, typically as the music unfolds. The band’s name comes from a combination of Latin and Germanic translations and refers to “Wild Noise”. Completely unawares of the genre clashes in this release, I was pleasantly surprised and impressed with the band’s musical talent, particularly composition arrangement and the combining of different instruments and sounds. […]

Album Review: Vredensdal – The Tyrant Shade 7.7 (Black Metal)

June 17, 2020 1

Writing for Noob Heavy has brought me tons of exciting opportunities, from interviewing one of my favorite bands too receiving early releases for highly anticipated albums, but the first promo I ever got was from Vredensdal, a one-man raw black metal project from here in America. Vredensdal will always stand out in my mind for that reason, and I felt it was only appropriate to cover their new record titled The Tyrant Shade. […]

Microdose (Black Metal): Frigoris, Belore, Dawn Of Ouroboros & Karg

May 20, 2020 0

This week Iranian metalhead Mass hits us with four albums within his realm of speciality, black metal. If you like atmosphere and post black metal then these are some essential listening in 2020. […]

Album Review: Karmacipher – Introspectrum 7 (Death Doom)

July 30, 2020 0

Album Review: Void Rot – Descending Pillars 8 (Death Doom)

July 17, 2020 0

A pinch on the arse this record is, a solid helping of death doom with an emphasis on the death. I’ve been waiting for this one, waiting. Unfortunately for the rest of you rubes, September is when you’ll be hearing this beast in its entirety. I’d go ahead and call this a safe bet for pre-order, not only does it sound good but you can gauge your expectations by checking out their previous output, a Void Rot/Atavisma split out earlier in 2020 via Everlasting Spew. That split set a tone that I wanted more of, and here it is! […]

Microdose: Clouds, Treurwilg, Gospel Of Death & Loviatar

July 11, 2020 0

Verdict: I have been a die-hard fan of Clouds ever since their grand opening in 2014 with Doliu and their third album, Dor, was my 2018’s third best album. Durere, however, is miles away from their grandeur and they are clearly not at the top of their game. My take on this issue is that they have spread themselves too thin and they are releasing albums too often to the point that they have begun to repeat themselves and lose their magic. I do want Clouds to sound like Clouds, but I don’t want them to give me the same thing they have always given. I mean the atmosphere, which is the key element in any atmospheric album, is mostly unimaginative and uninspiring and clean vocals have actually worsened (take Empty Hearts as one example). Lyrics, too, remain as heart-wrenching and tear-jerking as ever, but this one is actually a plus and I am totally in favor of that; Clouds’ lyricism has always had a way to my heart. Overall, it is absolutely a worthwhile effort, but somewhat imperfect. […]

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