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Halfway to the Grave: Kep’s Favorite Death and Black Metal of 2026 So Far

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It’s July! Wild stuff, this year is absolutely flying by. I promise to do more writing in the second half of 2026–work and home lives both have been crazy busy, but I’m gonna make time […]

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Subs on Top: Ellis’ Favourite Punk & Hardcore Releases of the Year So Far

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“Mid”-year? Not if you’ve been listening to the right stuff it isn’t—or alternatively if you’ve been paying attention to the general state of everything you’ll probably agree that the world is a fair way below […]

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Welcome in to another edition of our monthly release spotlight! Check out our full review of the new offering from Necropia, and read on below for the May albums we think deserve some extra love. […]

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May 4, 2026 Noob Heavy admin

Phew, that sure was a month, eh? As usual, we’ve rounded up our favorite releases of the month to spotlight for you here. Ellis also have Terror‘s new record a full review and I (Kep) […]

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Album Review: Necropia – “Our Kingdom Befouled” (Technical Deathcore)

April 27, 2026 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Necropia – Our Kingdom Befouled> Technical deathcore> New York, US> Releasing May 1> Independent/self-release Welcome to the review, folks. Hold on one second… “BATHE IN THE FILTH OF DECAYING LOVED ONES” Sorry, had to get […]

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Album Review: Terror – “Still Suffer” (Hardcore)

April 24, 2026 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Terror – Still Suffer> Hardcore> California, US> Releasing April 24> Flatspot Records It is not lost on me that I have come out of an unintentionally long review hiatus to talk about […]

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April 6, 2026 Noob Heavy admin

It’s April and you know what that means. It means that March fucking flew in, punched us in the nose, and left. Thank the metal gods we’ve got music to keep us steady. We had […]

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

April 2, 2026 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Here we go gang. Quarter of the way through 2026 and thus I present the year’s first volume of Demolicious Derby. If you didn’t track with us last year the title of […]

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February Release Spotlight

March 2, 2026 Noob Heavy admin

Another month down, another fresh set of horrors, another bunch of killer metal and metal-adjacent albums to help keep us sane. We’ve rounded up the February releases we think are most worthy of the spotlight, […]

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

February 11, 2026 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Slaughterday – Dread Emperor> Death metal> Germany> Releasing February 13> Testimony Records Lemme tell you, there are few things I love in this world more than a good riff. Two good riffs, maybe. Hearing […]

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