2025
Noob Heavy’s 2025 Mid-year Best Albums
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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2025
The Best Things We Heard in May
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 […]
2025
Album Review: Conan – “Violence Dimension” (Doom/Sludge/Stoner)
Written by Kirk Conan – Violence Dimension> Doom/sludge/stoner metal> UK> Releasing April 25> Heavy Psych Sounds (The scene opens in the middle of a large tent in Birmingham, England. Seated at the head of a long […]
2025
Album Review: Buzzard – “Mean Bone” (Doom Metal/Folk)
Written by Kirk Buzzard – Mean Bone> Doom/folk/Americana> Massachusetts, US> Releasing April 11> Independent/self-release It’s a tale as old as time (though perhaps not a song as old as rhyme): heavy metal steeped in fantastical, medieval […]
2025
The Best Things We Heard in January
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 […]
2024
Westin’s Top Albums of 2024
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 […]
2024
Kep’s Best of 2024
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 […]
2024
Kirk’s Top Releases of 2024
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; […]
2024
Nifty November
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 […]
2024
Album Review: Witnesses – “Joy” (Post-doom Metal)
Written by Kirk Witnesses – Joy> Atmospheric post-doom> New York, US> Releasing November 8> Independent/self-release When talking about doom metal, it’s almost impossible to do so without talking about riffs. I don’t care if you’re […]