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 […]
Mathcore
2023
Album Review: Pupil Slicer – “Blossom” (Mathcore)
Written by Westin Pupil Slicer – Blossom> Mathcore> UK> Releasing June 2> Prosthetic Records What does it mean to mature? It’s something I’ve thought about a lot the last few years, as time catches up […]
2023
A⁺pril Roundup
Written by Westin, Kep, Kirk, and Ellis Here we are again, folks, another month of 2023 is in the books. We wrote about a ton of killer April music already, but there are some things […]
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 […]
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
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
Jangel’s 15 Fave Records of 2022
What up y’all, Jangel here with my AOTY list! If you don’t know me I write (not as much as I should) for Noob Heavy and run our Instagram account. I wrote this list and […]
2022
𖤐B’s𖤐 22 Favorites of 2022
I’m B, and I am a philosophy professor who is interested in horror and metal aesthetics (my Twitter is here). Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about immersive experiences, and what it takes to evoke […]
2022
ProgPro’s 2022 AOTY List
Hey, I’m Mike, friend of the Noob Heavy crew and also known as ProgPro on social media. Since there have been so many releases this year, I made a Spotify playlist so you can check […]
2022
Westin’s Top Albums of 2022
Hey, I’m Westin and this is my Albums of the Year list. If you don’t know me I am extremely annoying on Twitter. And when I’m not busy doing that, I’m listening to music and […]