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 […]
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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
Album Review: Ephedra – “Valley of the Shepherd” (Instrumental Stoner Doom)
Written by Kirk Ephedra – Valley of the Shepherd> Instrumental stoner doom/space rock> Switzerland> Releasing March 17> Independent/self-release April 29, 2021 was a tough day for stoners the world over. William Mecum, lead guitarist and founding […]
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 […]
2022
Noob Heavy’s Best Album Art of 2022
Written by Kep We here at the ol’ Noob love visual art, and we love supporting visual artists. In fact, you might have seen our official statement on AI art, but if you haven’t I’ll […]
2022
Roundup: November Notables
Written by Kep, Melinda, Westin, and Greg Schwan We’re getting there, folks: this extremely silly year is almost over. I have a feeling that this will be the last monthly roundup of 2022, as December […]
2022
Split Review: Mothman and the Thunderbirds vs World Eaters (Stoner Doom / Death Metal)
Written by: Valkyrjiaa Mothman and the Thunderbirds vs World Eaters> Stoner doom / Death metal> Pennsylvania, US / Ontario, CA> Releasing October 28> Independent/self-release We know it all so well: ghoulish decorations, the jump scares, […]
2022
Album Review: Yatra – “Born into Chaos” (Death Metal)
Written by Kep >Yatra – Born into Chaos>Death metal>Maryland, US>Released June 10, 2022>via Prosthetic Records A question for those readers who are already familiar with Yatra’s material: do you enjoy their delightfully sludgy, fuzzed-out take on riffy stoner […]
2022
Mel’s Big Bong Of Bangers
Written by Melinda I don’t usually write when I’m stoned but I can’t see any other way of reviewing this many 2022 stoner doom/rock albums. Iced coffee, Gatorade and other kind of improvised bottle bongs […]