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Subs on Top: Ellis’ Favourite Punk & Hardcore Releases of the Year So Far

June 29, 2026 Ellis Heasley

“Mid”-year? Not if you’ve been listening to the right stuff it isn’t—or alternatively if you’ve been paying attention to the general state of everything you’ll probably agree that the world is a fair way below […]

2026

Album Review: Terror – “Still Suffer” (Hardcore)

April 24, 2026 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Terror – Still Suffer> Hardcore> California, US> Releasing April 24> Flatspot Records It is not lost on me that I have come out of an unintentionally long review hiatus to talk about […]

2026

Demolicious Derby 2026, Vol. I: Ten of the Best Hardcore Demos of the Year So Far

April 2, 2026 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Here we go gang. Quarter of the way through 2026 and thus I present the year’s first volume of Demolicious Derby. If you didn’t track with us last year the title of […]

2025

Ellis’ End of Year Lists 2025 (Demos, EPs, & Albums)

December 22, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis I love being a part of the Noob Heavy team. Espi, Jangel, Kep, Kirk, Westin – great people covering great music, standing up for important shit, making me laugh a lot and […]

2025

Demolicious Derby IV: THE BIG CATCH-UP 2025

December 18, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Here we are, last Demolicious Derby of the year. Rather than just covering the last three months as per previous installments (I, II, and III), I figured I’d expand this to […]

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Demolicious Derby III: 10 Rad Hardcore Demos from July-September 2025

October 8, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Yo sorry this one’s already a bit late because my son had an ear infection but I showed him the Disgrace Tied Down set which seemed to help a bit. Without further […]

2025

Demolicious Derby II: 10 Sick AF Hardcore Demos from April-June 2025

July 3, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Hopefully you already know what to expect if you read the last one of these (or just the title of this one lol): ten killer hardcore demos from the second quarter of […]

2025

Album Review: Mugshot – “All the Devils Are Here” (Metallic Hardcore)

June 16, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Mugshot – All the Devils Are Here> Metallic hardcore> California, US> Releasing June 20> Pure Noise Records There’s a track about halfway through Mugshot’s new album All the Devils Are Here that […]

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Album Review: Thus Spoke Zarathustra – “I’m Done With Self Care, It’s Time for Others’ Harm” (Deathcore)

May 19, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Thus Spoke Zarathustra – I’m Done With Self Care, It’s Time for Others’ Harm> Deathcore> Maryland, US> Releasing May 23> Prosthetic Records Deathcore is so back right now isn’t it? Like proper deathcore that is, […]

2025

Demolicious Derby: 10 Killer Hardcore Demos from January-March 2025

April 2, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Shout out Demo 2025 – gotta be one of the best demos of 2025… No but for real, demos are awesome and there’s been a bunch of great ones this year already […]

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