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Homeskin: An Unexpected Journey

April 9, 2022 Kep

Written by Kep Oh to be a fly on the wall of Garry Brents’ studio. At any given moment he could be wrangling guest spots for the next Gonemage album out of the Abysmal Specters and Sarah Allen Reeds of […]

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EP Review: Tormentor Tyrant – “Tormentor Tyrant” (Death Metal)

January 26, 2022 Kep

Written by Kep Tormentor Tyrant – Tormentor TyrantDeath metalReleasing January 28 via Everlasting Spew Records Let’s talk about pedigree for a moment. What’s a Pedigree, you ask? It’s a kneeling double underhook facebuster, made famous by wrestler […]

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Album Review: Burned in Effigy – “Rex Mortem” (Melodic Death)

January 19, 2022 Kep

Written by Kep Burned in Effigy – Rex Mortem Melodic death metal from Illinois, USA Releasing January 28 via independent/self-release Okay, so here’s the thing: melodic death metal has become a bit of a punchline in modern […]

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Album Review: Tony Martin – “Thorns” (Heavy Metal)

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Written by Valkyrjia Release Date: January 14th, 2022 Heavy Metal from England Label: Dark Star Records It’s a new year! And with a New Year often comes New Music, sometimes with new bands but, in […]

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Album Review: Descent – “Order of Chaos”

January 9, 2022 Kep

Written by Kep Descent – Order of Chaos Death metal from Queensland, Australia Releasing January 14 via Brilliant Emperor Records Look, it’s no secret to anyone that reads my reviews or follows me on Twitter that I […]

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Melinda’s Top 69 Albums of 2021

January 2, 2022 Noob Heavy admin

Melinda Hey, when you’re done with my list below or even just open these in a tab now, I’ve conveniently listed all of our contributor end of year articles from all the cool people I […]

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John Angel’s Top 13 of the year 2021

January 1, 2022 Noob Heavy admin

Jangel So 2021 just happened. It sucked in many ways and I’m ending it in covid isolation. However, I finished recording my own debut album this year and was treated to some kick ass music! […]

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Max from Subulation’s EOTY List 2021

December 31, 2021 Noob Heavy admin

Max is a good friend of the blog and a musician in the death metal band Subulation who you can follow on twitter here. Some very non typical picks here for a metal end of […]

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Justin Stormland’s 2021 Highlights

December 31, 2021 Noob Heavy admin

Justin is from the killer death metal band with a Gundam twist, Stormland. All around nice dude who is known to give music making advice in the community. Follow Justin on Twitter asap. I’ll be […]

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Westin’s Top Albums of 2021

December 31, 2021 Noob Heavy admin

Westin is a soon-to-be-graduated college student who has been listening to metal and punk for almost 15 years. They’ve been writing “professionally” for 5 years on various topics, and you can find them on Twitter […]

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