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Album Review: Celestial Scourge – “Observers of the Inevitable” (Technical/Brutal Death Metal)

February 13, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Celestial Scourge – Observers of the Inevitable> Technical/brutal death metal> Norway> Releasing February 28> Time to Kill Records I’ll admit it: I slept on this album. I saw “death metal” and a colorful cover […]

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Written by Kep, Kirk, and Ellis It’s a new year, and with the new year we’ve got a new monthly article for you, dear reader. Each month some of our writers will each choose an […]

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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 […]

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Album Review: Phrenelith – “Ashen Womb” (Death Metal)

January 29, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Phrenelith – Ashen Womb> Death metal> Denmark> Releasing February 7> Dark Descent Records/Me Saco Un Ojo Records If you want to find an honest to goodness stronghold of quality death metal, look to Denmark. […]

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Track Premiere: Ashenheart – “Empire of the Necromancers”

January 16, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

We at Noob Heavy are big fans of Ashenheart, the international deathened black metal project. In fact, we had the pleasure of hosting the exclusive streaming premiere of last year’s Faded Gold, the band’s acclaimed […]

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Album Review: Disrupted – “Stinking Death” (Death Metal)

January 15, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Disrupted – Stinking Death> Death metal> Sweden> Releasing January 23> Trust No One Recordings The old adage says that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and there are many corners of the metal scene […]

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EP Review: Slaughtersun – “Black Marrow” (Death Metal)

January 13, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kirk Slaughtersun – Black Marrow> Death metal> New Jersey, US> Released January 10> Independent/self-release New years are all about exploring new things, right? And while 2025 has started off a bit more like a […]

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Westin’s Top Albums of 2024

January 3, 2025 Westin

Written by Westin 2024 has been a year. Dealt with an overwhelmingly strong identity crisis, a serious burnout from that crisis resulting in a scant handful of full reviews from me, and got a new […]

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Kep’s Best of 2024

December 30, 2024 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Welcome in, folks! This year, I decided to mix things up in the interest of shouting out the maximum amount of albums that deserve it: rather than a standard ordered list, I’m […]

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Kirk’s Top Releases of 2024

December 23, 2024 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kirk What’s shakin’ loyal Noob Heavy reader! Guess what? We’ve crossed the halfway point of December, which means it’s officially LIST SEASON. And believe me when I tell you these are gonna be some killer lists; […]

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