Black Metal Archives

May Release Spotlight

June 8, 2026 Noob Heavy admin

Welcome in to another edition of our monthly release spotlight! Check out our full review of the new offering from Necropia, and read on below for the May albums we think deserve some extra love. […]

Track Premiere: Ashenheart – “Stars Wept to the Sea”

January 22, 2026 Noob Heavy admin

Today we have the prodigious honor of premiering a work by one of our favorite projects: deathened black metal outfit Ashenheart. “Stars Wept to the Sea” is a standalone track, with proceeds to be donated […]

Kep’s Best Albums of 2025

December 31, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Happy New Year, folks. It’s still before midnight here in Pacific Standard Time (aka the only time zone that matters) so legally speaking I’ve managed to fire this off while it’s still 2025. I listened […]

Kep’s Best EPs of 2025

December 24, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Welcome in for the first of my two AOTY articles. Today we’re talking EPs, and 2025 was full of great ones. I rounded up 13 that I thought were particularly deserving of […]

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 […]

Halloween Bloodbath: 6(66) All Hallows Releases You Need to Hear

October 29, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Metal and Halloween go together like blood and guts. In fact, there’s usually a flood of metal releases on 10/31 even when it falls on a non-standard release day, just because so […]

Album Review: An Abstract Illusion – “The Sleeping City” (Progressive Death)

October 15, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep An Abstract Illusion – The Sleeping City> Progressive death metal> Sweden> Releasing October 17> Willowtip Records We here at Noob Heavy were enormous fans of Woe, the 2022 sophomore release by Swedish progressive death powerhouse An […]