2023
Maygnificent Roundup
Written by Westin, Ellis, Kirk, and Kep Well folks, here we are nearly halfway through 2023 and the killer releases just keep coming. It’s easy to lose some gems amongst the constant flood of quality […]
Experimental
2023
Album Review: Blindfolded and Led to the Woods – “Rejecting Obliteration” (Avant-garde Death Metal)
Written by Kep Blindfolded and Led to the Woods – Rejecting Obliteration> Avant-garde death metal> New Zealand> Releasing May 19> Prosthetic Records When you think about unique career trajectories, certain bands stand out. There’s Ulver, starting out as […]
2023
Album Review: Nightmarer – “Deformity Adrift” (Dissonant Death Metal)
Written by Kep Nightmarer – Deformity Adrift> Dissonant death metal> US/Germany> Releasing May 5> Total Dissonance Worship In the scope of the modern death metal scene, dissonant and avant-garde bands have carved out a real niche of […]
2023
Album Review: Harjo – “The Magi” (Experimental Drone)
Written by Helena Harjo – The Magi> Experimental drone> California, US> Releasing April 7> Independent/self-release When I was sent the music of Harjo, it was sent with the message that it was up my “’weird […]
2023
Mad March Roundup
Written by Kirk, Westin, Kep, Espi Kvlt, and Ellis We’ve had some great music so far in 2023, but March really took the cake. Bangers abounded, and so we’ve rounded up some of our favorites […]
Antifascist black metal
Exhumed, Reviewed, Renewed: Jute Gyte’s Mitrealität
Written by Helena “Be Warned: Here Be Hipster Black Metal” In an almost daily thread of “What are you listening to today”, I posted a link to a band called Jute Gyte (in this instance, […]
2023
FABruary Roundup
Written by Westin, Kep, Ellis, and Kirk Welcome back to another Noob Heavy roundup, where we give you the rundown on releases we loved that you might have missed. February continued the strong start to […]
2023
JAMuary Roundup
Written by Kep, Westin, Barlovv, Ellis, and Espi Kvlt January is in the books, and if the quality of the new music we heard is any indication then 2023 is gonna be a great time. […]
2023
Album Review: Ὁπλίτης – “Ψευδομένη” (Progressive Black Metal/Mathcore/Death Metal)
Written by Westin > Ὁπλίτης – Ψευδομένη> Progressive black metal/mathcore/death metal> China> Released January 1> Independent/self-release This is the brand new project from the musician behind Vitriolic Sage and, like that band, Ὁπλίτης is a […]
2022
Mark Doubt’s Favorites of 2022
I’m new around here so a quick introduction: I’m Mark Doubt. I have lived most of my life in California, currently I’m in San Francisco where I’m an amateur videographer who shoots, edits, and hosts […]