2024
Mad, Mad March
Written by Kep, Westin, Ellis, and Kirk March felt like the first truly packed month of 2024 as far as releases go, as we were swamped by a tidal wave of Extremely Good Shit. We […]
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2024
EP Review: Cave Moth – “In Memory Eternal” (Grind/Black Metal/Screamo)
Written by Kep Cave Moth – In Memory Eternal> Grindcore/black/screamo> East coast, US> Releasing March 29> Independent/self-release After the first time I listened to In Memory Eternal, I took two or three days before listening to it again. […]
2023
Septembest Roundup
Written by Westin, Ellis, Kep, Rae-Aila, and Kirk We here at Noob Heavquarters were a bit quiet during September—life responsibilities and all that, you know the drill—but not for want of plenty of great music, […]
2023
Album Review: Champenoise – “Lost” (Emotive Post-hardcore)
Written by Kirk Champenoise – Lost> Emotive post-hardcore/indie rock/shoegaze> New Jersey, US> September 22> Syrup Moose Records In case you haven’t already heard, this is “The Year of the Moose.” No, I’m not talking about […]
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 […]
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 […]
2022
Album Review: Brutus – “Unison Life” (Post-hardcore/Post-metal)
Written by Ellis Heasley Brutus – Unison Life> Post-Hardcore/Post-Metal> Leuven, Belgium> Releases October 21> Hassle Records It is hard not to start this review with one cliché or another about how Brutus are one of […]
2022
Album Review: Holy Fawn – “Dimensional Bleed” (Blackgaze)
Written by Barlovv Holy Fawn – Dimensional Bleed> Doomgaze> Arizona, US> Released September 9> Triple Crown Records / Wax Bodega “I want to breathe fireI want to grind my teeth into dust“ Every once in […]
2022
Roundup: August Abundance
Written by Kep, Melinda, Barlovv, and Jangel Well what do you know, we’ve made it through 2/3 of the year and the world is only simultaneously on fire and flooding and also ships are getting […]