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Album Review: Firelink – The Inveterate Fire 10 (Black metal)

May 26, 2019 Noob Heavy admin

This one has straight exploded on me, I put off checking this out when I saw it posted everywhere because I thought it was going to be a standard fare of power metal. Well, after hearing it on a random shuffle list and looking at the artist, I was surprised to hear some classic sounding melodic black metal. Stuff I haven’t heard the sound of since I was a long haired teenager listening to Agathodomain and Empyrean. […]

Album Review: Mork – Det Svarte Juv 7.8 (Black Metal)

April 27, 2019 Noob Heavy admin

Just a quick review as I don’t have a whole lot to say today and I’m about to go to the ocean. So naturally I spent the sunny morning checking one of the latest black metal releases I’ve missed, Det Svarte Juv. Mork is a one man black metal band featuring Thomas Erikson. Really impressive work for one person, it sounds better than most shit I hear from your average 5 piece. For real. […]

Album Review: Bosse-de-Nage – Further Still 9.2/10 (Black/Hardcore)

October 6, 2018 Noob Heavy admin

Further Still, an experimental take on the genre that Boss-de-Nage have crafted over a lot of stylistically similar releases. Basically, it’s a combination of black metal, post metal and hardcore but in a way that’s balanced between the three. The fusion is astounding, I love it. […]

Album Review: Sear Bliss – Letters From The Edge 8.5 (Black Metal)

October 3, 2018 Noob Heavy admin

A lone wind instrument patrols the beach at night using its deeply toned sounds to unearth tasty licks from within the sand. That’s basically how I would describe this black metal album that uses a lot of trombone. The story narrated by a grim dark vocalist who dishes out plenty of standard but enjoyable black metal growls. It’s dark, it’s hard but it also has a heap of atmosphere. In 2018 a lot of bands are coming out wielding exotic instruments to thicken their soundscapes – and its working. […]