2024
Westin’s Top Albums of 2024
Written by Westin 2024 has been a year. Dealt with an overwhelmingly strong identity crisis, a serious burnout from that crisis resulting in a scant handful of full reviews from me, and got a new […]
avant-garde metal
2023
EP Review: Hebephrenique – “Non Compos Mentis” (Avant-garde Black/Death Metal)
Written by Kep Hebephrenique – Non Compos Mentis> Avant-garde black/death metal> Australia> Releasing October 31> Gutter Prince Cabal/Brilliant Emperor Records You’ve gotta love it when a band has a theme and really commits to it. You know […]
2023
Album Review: Afterbirth – “In but Not Of” (Progressive Brutal Death Metal)
Written by Kep Afterbirth – In but Not Of> Progressive brutal death metal> New York, US> Releasing October 20> Willowtip Records Afterbirth have an uncommon story, one of my favorite in all of metal. Originally appearing as a […]
2023
Album Review: Thantifaxath – “Hive Mind Narcosis” (Avant-garde Black Metal)
Written by Helena Thantifaxath – Hive Mind Narcosis> Avant-garde black metal> Ontario, Canada> Releasing June 2> Dark Descent Records My god, does this album start with a bang: drums crash, dissonant guitars ring out, and […]
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
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 […]
2022
Album Review: Ashenspire – “Hostile Architecture” (Avant-garde Black/RABM)
Written by Kep >Ashenspire – Hostile Architecture>Avant-garde black metal>Scotland, UK>Releasing July 18>Aural Music / Code666 Records “Nailed to the high-rise, under the budgetary hammer.Do they sleep well, wrapped in irony?Better that than tangled in austerity.Better ours than […]