• 2026

    Demolicious Derby 2026, Vol. I: Ten of the Best Hardcore Demos of the Year So Far

  • 2026

    February Release Spotlight

  • 2026

    Album Review: Slaughterday – “Dread Emperor” (Death Metal)

  • 2026

    January Release Spotlight

  • 2026

    Track Premiere: Ashenheart – “Stars Wept to the Sea”

  • 2026

    Album Review: Malignant Aura – “Where All of Worth Comes to Wither” (Death/Doom)

  • 2026

    Album Review: Eximperitus – “Meritoriousness of Equanimity” (Technical/Brutal Death)

  • 2025

    Kep’s Best Albums of 2025

  • 2025

    Kep’s Best EPs of 2025

  • 2025

    Ellis’ End of Year Lists 2025 (Demos, EPs, & Albums)

Noob Heavy

Underground Metal & Hardcore.

Free Palestine
Black lives matter
Trans rights are human rights
All cops are bastards
We have no leadership, only capitalism
 

  • About Us
  • Submission Policy
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • Free Bandcamp Wiki 2022
  • Metal Redux
  • Commissioning Artist List
  • Lists
  • Food Desert Recordings
  • Join The Kvlt: Leftist Black Metal Column
HomeauthorsValky reviews

Valky reviews

2023

EP Review: Olēka – “Driftwood” (Melodic Death Metal)

January 21, 2023 valkyrjiaa

Written by Valkyrjiaa Olēka – Driftwood> Melodic death/groove metal> British Columbia, Canada> Released January 20 (digital)> WormHoleDeath Records With influences from southern groove metal and melodic death, it’s no surprise Olēka hits with a myriad […]

2023

EP Review: Powerdong – “Powerdong” (Power Metal)

January 20, 2023 valkyrjiaa

Written by: Valkyrjiaa Powerdong – Powerdong> Power metal> Released December 17th> Independent/self-release Listen, power metal is my absolute jam. My forte. My mantra. My…well, you get it. And when a power metal band opens up […]

2022

Album Review: Krilloan – “Emperor Rising” (Power Metal)

December 10, 2022 valkyrjiaa

Written by Valkyrjiaa Krilloan  – Emperor Rising> Power metal> Sweden> Release December 9> Scarlet Records Sometimes power metal takes you on some high-flying adventure across barren plains to fight dragons and wizards; other times, you’re sitting […]

2022

Album Review: Whiteabbey – “Volume Two” (Power Metal)

November 5, 2022 valkyrjiaa

Written by: Valkyrjiaa Whiteabbey – Volume Two> Power Metal> United Kingdom> Released November 4> Independent/self-release There is no illusion as to the appeal of female-fronted bands across a variety of metal subgenres, and power metal […]

2022

Split Review: Mothman and the Thunderbirds vs World Eaters (Stoner Doom / Death Metal)

October 28, 2022 valkyrjiaa

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

EP Review: Viscen – “Death Symmetry” (Thrash Metal/Punk)

October 27, 2022 valkyrjiaa

Written by: Valkyrjiaa Viscen – Death Symmetry> Heavy/Thrash Metal/Punk> Newfoundland, Canada> Released September 30> Independent/self-release It’s no surprise that metal captures Canada just as much as it’s captured many other nations, from bands like The […]

2022

Album Review: Bridear – “Aegis of Athena” (Heavy Metal)

October 7, 2022 valkyrjiaa

Written by: Valkyrjiaa Bridear – Aegis of Athena> Heavy Metal> Japan> Released May 13> Avex Trax May saw no shortage of new releases, with some of the most epic albums to date this year being […]

2022

EP Review: Stellar Death – “Sentient (Chapter 1)” (Experimental Instrumental Metal)

October 6, 2022 valkyrjiaa

Written by: Valkyrjiaa Stellar Death – Sentient (Chapter 1)>Experimental metal>Washington, DC, US>Released June 10>Bravemusic For many, there seems to be no shortage of purely instrumental metal music out there for listening pleasure; but for someone […]

2022

Album Review: Steelbourne – “A Tale as Old as Time” (Heavy Metal)

October 5, 2022 valkyrjiaa

Written by: Valkyrjiaa Steelbourne – A Tale as Old as Time>Heavy metal>Denmark>Released April 29>Wormholedeath It’s often said to be a shame that bands don’t hold true to the classic heavy metal feel and sound that […]

2022

Album Review: Friends from Moon – “Astray” (Experimental Alt Rock)

May 17, 2022 valkyrjiaa

Written by: Valkyrjiaa >Release Date: April 15th, 2022>Experimental Alt Rock from New Delhi, India>Label: Independent>FFO: Muse, My Chemical Romance, Devin Townsend, and Danny Elfman>Friends of Moon Bandcamp Friends from Moon is the one-man band, captained […]

Posts pagination

« 1 2 3 4 5 »

Noob Heavy Socials

  • Instagram
  • X
  • Facebook
  • Bandcamp

Spotify Playlists

Clickable links. They don’t appear red in the sidebar 🙁

Alternative Trans Pride

New Metal and Hardcore Albums 2022(MASSIVE)

Best Of 2022 Rap

Screamo/Emoviolence

Noob Heavy Stoner Doom

New Death & Grind

New Death Doom

New Hardcore

New Thrash Metal

New Technical Death Metal

New Doom & Post Metal

New Deathcore & Brutal Death

Melo Death 2021

Australian Metal

Emo Rap

 

Top Posts & Pages

  • Demolicious Derby 2026, Vol. I: Ten of the Best Hardcore Demos of the Year So Far
    Demolicious Derby 2026, Vol. I: Ten of the Best Hardcore Demos of the Year So Far
  • Join the Kvlt: Trve Qveer Black Metal
    Join the Kvlt: Trve Qveer Black Metal
  • Elden Ring's Most Annoying Enemies
    Elden Ring's Most Annoying Enemies
  • February Release Spotlight
    February Release Spotlight
  • Album Review: Blood Incantation - "Absolute Elsewhere" (Progressive Death Metal)
    Album Review: Blood Incantation - "Absolute Elsewhere" (Progressive Death Metal)
  • Australian Heavypedia: Interview with Shatter Brain (Death/Thrash)
    Australian Heavypedia: Interview with Shatter Brain (Death/Thrash)
  • Album Review: Shadow Of Intent - Melancholy 8.5 (Deathcore)
    Album Review: Shadow Of Intent - Melancholy 8.5 (Deathcore)
  • Gay, Nonbinary, Black Metal Vampyre
    Gay, Nonbinary, Black Metal Vampyre
  • Album Review: None - "Inevitable" (DSBM)
    Album Review: None - "Inevitable" (DSBM)
  • Album Review: Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose (Epic Doom)
    Album Review: Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose (Epic Doom)

Categories

  • 20 Buck Spin (9)
  • 2018 albums (25)
  • 2019 Albums (112)
  • 2020 Albums (133)
  • 2021 (207)
  • 2022 (172)
  • 2023 (142)
  • 2024 (68)
  • 2025 (44)
  • 2026 (7)
  • Alternative metal (1)
  • Antifascist black metal (31)
  • Art Feature (10)
  • Aussie metal (44)
  • Barlovv (50)
  • Black Lion Records (1)
  • Black Metal (224)
  • Brilliant Emperor Records (9)
  • Brutal Death (57)
  • Carcassbomb's Reviews (212)
  • Century Media (14)
  • Coreycritique reviews (6)
  • Cybergrind (12)
  • Dark Descent Records (6)
  • Death metal (328)
  • Death/Doom (91)
  • Deathcore (51)
  • Doom metal (158)
  • Ellis Heasley (88)
  • Espi Kvlt reviews (31)
  • Everlasting Spew Records (13)
  • Exhumed, Reviewed, Renewed (2)
  • Experimental (83)
  • Fiadh Productions (5)
  • Folk Metal (38)
  • Food Desert Recordings (3)
  • Frankie (1)
  • Funeral doom (12)
  • Game reviews (2)
  • Gothic Metal (20)
  • Greg Schwan reviews (1)
  • grindcore (85)
  • Guest Writers (10)
  • HardAlbumReview (47)
  • Hardcore (123)
  • Heavy Metal (69)
  • Helena (4)
  • Hypnotic Dirge Records (4)
  • Industrial (19)
  • Interviews (55)
  • Iōhannēs (1)
  • John Angel Reviews (26)
  • Katha reviews (6)
  • Kep Reviews (231)
  • King Volume Records (1)
  • Kirk (84)
  • Lists (71)
  • Luke Oram (8)
  • Mathcore (31)
  • Melodic Death Metal (70)
  • Metal (61)
  • Metal Blade (12)
  • Metal Collectors (8)
  • Metal Redux (14)
  • Metalcore (58)
  • MicroDose (55)
  • Musician Spotlight (6)
  • Noise (59)
  • Not Metal (81)
  • Nu-metal (6)
  • Nuclear Blast (12)
  • Op-ed (1)
  • Peaceville Records (1)
  • Please Core (6)
  • Post Black Metal (51)
  • Post hardcore (52)
  • Post Metal (83)
  • Power Metal (32)
  • Premiere (6)
  • Prog Metal (113)
  • Prog rock (28)
  • Prosthetic Records (12)
  • RABM/Leftist metal (29)
  • Rae-Aila (7)
  • Rap (15)
  • Relapse Records (4)
  • Review (747)
  • Riding Easy Records (1)
  • Ripple Music (1)
  • Sentient Ruin Labs (2)
  • Shoegaze (22)
  • Silent Pendulum records (5)
  • Slam (24)
  • sludge (56)
  • Speed Metal (26)
  • Splits And giggles (5)
  • Steves reviews (21)
  • Stoner (64)
  • Swatty Reviews (7)
  • Symphonic Metal (28)
  • Syrup Moose Records (8)
  • Tech Death (112)
  • The Artisan Era (6)
  • The Sign Records (1)
  • Thrash Metal (67)
  • Tor Johnson Records (3)
  • Transcending Obscurity (33)
  • Trepanation Recordings (10)
  • Tridroid Records (3)
  • Unique Leader Records (19)
  • Unspeaking Axe Records (4)
  • Valky reviews (43)
  • Video Premiere (4)
  • Vita Detestabilis Records (2)
  • Westin (51)
  • Willowtip Records (19)
  • Within The Mind Records (1)
  • Xtreem Music (3)
  • Z list (7)
  • Zax Record Reviews (106)
Community
  • Instagram
  • X
Subscribe via Email

Not sure who does this but it happens.

Join 130 other subscribers
Categories

Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes

 

Loading Comments...