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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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Album Review: Final Dose – “Under the Eternal Shadow” (Black Metal/Crust)

April 11, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kirk Final Dose – Under the Eternal Shadow> Black metal/crust> UK> Released April 11> Wolves of Hades It’s the week of release as I’m finalizing this review and thought it appropriate to point […]

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Album Review: Chestcrush – “Ψυχοβγάλτης” (Black/Death Metal)

April 1, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Chestcrush – Ψυχοβγάλτης> Black/death metal> UK> Releasing April 4> Independent/self-release Noob Heavy’s enjoyment of Chestcrush and their monstrous brand of death and death-adjacent violence is well-documented. Ellis and myself have combined to cover every full release […]

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The Best Things We Heard in February

March 4, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

February was a bit of an odd duck from where I sit: two relatively weak release Fridays sandwiched between two particularly great ones. We got a new album from Dream Theater with Portnoy back in […]

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The Best Things We Heard in January

February 4, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

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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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: Am I in Trouble? – “Spectrum” (Avant-garde Black Metal)

January 3, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kirk Am I in Trouble? — Spectrum> Avant-garde post-black metal> New Jersey, US> Released January 3> Independent/self-release Before you ask, the answer is no, Am I in Trouble? is not a pop punk […]

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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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Nifty November

December 2, 2024 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep, Westin, and Kirk After a bit of a break from our usual monthly roundups, we’re back again for the last one of the year. November was packed to the gills with good […]

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