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Kep’s Best Albums of 2025

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Happy New Year, folks. It’s still before midnight here in Pacific Standard Time (aka the only time zone that matters) so legally speaking I’ve managed to fire this off while it’s still 2025. I listened […]

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December 22, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis I love being a part of the Noob Heavy team. Espi, Jangel, Kep, Kirk, Westin – great people covering great music, standing up for important shit, making me laugh a lot and […]

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December 18, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Here we are, last Demolicious Derby of the year. Rather than just covering the last three months as per previous installments (I, II, and III), I figured I’d expand this to […]

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October 8, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Yo sorry this one’s already a bit late because my son had an ear infection but I showed him the Disgrace Tied Down set which seemed to help a bit. Without further […]

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October 1, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

How’s it going, chat? You hanging in there? We’re doing our best here at the site. All sorts of things are happening in the world: the days are getting colder, the fascism is growing stronger, […]

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September 2, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Welcome to September, folks. Time remains swift and the world remains a nightmare. The writing team has been swamped with real life responsibilities and stresses, so our review game has been a little weak recently. […]

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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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Written by Ellis Hopefully you already know what to expect if you read the last one of these (or just the title of this one lol): ten killer hardcore demos from the second quarter of […]

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June 16, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Mugshot – All the Devils Are Here> Metallic hardcore> California, US> Releasing June 20> Pure Noise Records There’s a track about halfway through Mugshot’s new album All the Devils Are Here that […]

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June 12, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Lipoma – No Cure for the Sick> Goregrind/melodic death metal> California, US> Releasing June 13> Gurgling Gore Look, I wasn’t born yesterday. If I see a release from the filthmongers at Gurgling Gore, and […]

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