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The Best Things We Heard in July

August 5, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Another month has come and gone in our endless trudge through ruin and misery. Onward we march, accompanied only by our own thoughts…AND some kickass metal and metal-adjacent tunes. July saw some truly special releases, […]

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July 6, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Welcome to July 2025, folks. Shit’s, uh, shit’s tough out there. We get it. But the music is good, and we writing staff got our heads together and decided on a special feature to mark […]

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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 […]

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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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The Best Things We Heard in May

June 4, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

It was another quiet month here at the site, as our little collective of writers was busy with a bunch of everyday life-related stuff. We’re gonna bring more reviews your way here soon, have no […]

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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, […]

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The Best Things We Heard in April

May 1, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Another month of 2025 is in the rearview mirror, and it featured some ass-kickers. No big preamble today: let’s dig into Noob Heavy’s favorite listens of the month! As always, albums we reviewed in full […]

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The Best Things We Heard in March

April 7, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Well that was a hell of a month. I (Kep) had a whirlwind March for reasons unrelated to music, and thus the whole thing sort of disappeared into a time warp and I’m still wrapping […]

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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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