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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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Album Review: Jivebomb – “Ethereal” (Hardcore)

March 26, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Jivebomb – Ethereal> Hardcore> Maryland, US> Releasing March 28> Flatspot Records Pretty sure Jivebomb haven’t always been this ugly (complimentary). Yep, a quick listen back to the Baltimore hardcore outfit’s fantastic 2021 […]

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Album Review: Ingrown – “Idaho” (Metallic Hardcore)

March 6, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Ingrown – Idaho> Metallic hardcore> Idaho, US> Releasing March 7> Closed Casket Activities Right, this album throws together a load of the meanest bits of hardcore, thrash, death metal and powerviolence and […]

2025

Album Review: Open Kasket – “Trials of Failure” (Death Metal/Hardcore)

February 3, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Open Kasket – Trials of Failure> Death Metal/hardcore> Arkansas, US> Releasing February 7> Barbaric Brutality Records If the past few years have taught us anything beyond the fact that we are all absolutely fucked, it’s […]

2024

Album Review: Neck Deep – “Neck Deep” (Pop-Punk)

January 16, 2024 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Neck Deep – Neck Deep> Pop-punk> Wrexham, UK> Releasing January 19> Hopeless Records It’s not often we do pop-punk on Noob Heavy but if ever there was a band worth making an […]

2024

Album Review: Rough Justice – “Faith in Vain” (Metallic Hardcore)

January 10, 2024 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Rough Justice – Faith in Vain> Metallic hardcore> Sheffield, UK> Releasing January 12> MLVLTD Looks like UK hardcore is in for another great year already. This debut LP from Sheffield bruisers Rough […]

2023

Album Review: Terra Builder – “Solar Temple” (Deathgrind)

September 25, 2023 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Terra Builder – Solar Temple> Deathgrind> Germany> Releasing September 29> Transcending Obscurity Records Transcending Obscurity are pretty much always good for a particularly extreme kind of W and this debut album from […]

2022

Album Review: Sxokondo – “Altered Ego” (Metallic Hardcore)

October 25, 2022 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Heasley Sxokondo – Altered Ego> Metallic Hardcore> La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland> Releases October 28> Division Records The Swiss hardcore scene should probably get more credit than it does. Particularly with bands like Knut, […]

2022

Album Review: Brutus – “Unison Life” (Post-hardcore/Post-metal)

October 18, 2022 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Heasley Brutus – Unison Life> Post-Hardcore/Post-Metal> Leuven, Belgium> Releases October 21> Hassle Records It is hard not to start this review with one cliché or another about how Brutus are one of […]

2022

Album Review: Greber – “Fright Without” (Sludge/Grind)

September 7, 2022 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Heasley Greber – Fright Without>Sludge/Grind>Cambridge, Ontario, Canada>Releases September 9th>No Funeral Records Ever seen a dog do that thing where they catch a rat or mouse and then shake the shit out of […]

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