2024
April Aces
Written by Westin, Ellis, Kep, and Kirk The months keep flying by and the quality releases keep stacking up. The world may be a mess (and the editor’s life may be hectic as all hell […]
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2024
Mad, Mad March
Written by Kep, Westin, Ellis, and Kirk March felt like the first truly packed month of 2024 as far as releases go, as we were swamped by a tidal wave of Extremely Good Shit. We […]
2024
February Finds
Written by Westin, Ellis, Kep, and Kirk Well friends, February is over and March has arrived. The neverending trudge of time carries on heedless of our protests and priorities. Each day brings us yet another […]
2023
January Gems
Written by Kep, Kirk, Westin, Rae-Aila, and Ellis Well would you look at that: not only is 2024 well underway, but a whole damn month is done already. And with one month down, that means […]
2024
Album Review: Neck Deep – “Neck Deep” (Pop-Punk)
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)
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
No(thingbutbangers)vember
Written by Kep, Westin, Ellis, and Kirk Look, I’m not gonna lie to you. We slacked off a little in November. Life was busy, especially for your friendly editor. But you know who didn’t slack […]
2023
OcWHOAber Roundup
Written by Westin, Kep, Ellis, and Kirk I know, the title is bad. I must be stopped, etc. Anyways, spooky season has ended, but luckily we can keep listening to October’s most kickass records forever. […]
2023
Septembest Roundup
Written by Westin, Ellis, Kep, Rae-Aila, and Kirk We here at Noob Heavquarters were a bit quiet during September—life responsibilities and all that, you know the drill—but not for want of plenty of great music, […]
2023
Album Review: Terra Builder – “Solar Temple” (Deathgrind)
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 […]