2026
April Release Spotlight
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) […]
Hardcore
2026
Album Review: Terror – “Still Suffer” (Hardcore)
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 […]
2026
Demolicious Derby 2026, Vol. I: Ten of the Best Hardcore Demos of the Year So Far
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 […]
2026
February Release Spotlight
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, […]
2026
January Release Spotlight
Welcome to 2026, friends. The horrors persist, but so do we. So, as it turns out, do metal and hardcore, because the one month under the year’s belt provided us with plenty of damn good […]
2025
Kep’s Best EPs of 2025
Written by Kep Welcome in for the first of my two AOTY articles. Today we’re talking EPs, and 2025 was full of great ones. I rounded up 13 that I thought were particularly deserving of […]
2025
Ellis’ End of Year Lists 2025 (Demos, EPs, & Albums)
Written by Ellis I love being a part of the Noob Heavy team. Espi, Jangel, Kep, Kirk, Westin – great people covering great music, standing up for important shit, making me laugh a lot and […]
2025
Demolicious Derby IV: THE BIG CATCH-UP 2025
Written by Ellis YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Here we are, last Demolicious Derby of the year. Rather than just covering the last three months as per previous installments (I, II, and III), I figured I’d expand this to […]
2025
Demolicious Derby III: 10 Rad Hardcore Demos from July-September 2025
Written by Ellis Yo sorry this one’s already a bit late because my son had an ear infection but I showed him the Disgrace Tied Down set which seemed to help a bit. Without further […]
2025
The Best Things We Heard in September
How’s it going, chat? You hanging in there? We’re doing our best here at the site. All sorts of things are happening in the world: the days are getting colder, the fascism is growing stronger, […]