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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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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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January Release Spotlight

February 2, 2026 Noob Heavy admin

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 […]

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Kep’s Best EPs of 2025

December 24, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

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 […]

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

December 22, 2025 Ellis Heasley

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 […]

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Demolicious Derby IV: THE BIG CATCH-UP 2025

December 18, 2025 Ellis Heasley

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 […]

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Demolicious Derby III: 10 Rad Hardcore Demos from July-September 2025

October 8, 2025 Ellis Heasley

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 […]

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The Best Things We Heard in September

October 1, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

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, […]

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The Best Things We Heard in July

August 5, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Another month has come and gone in our endless trudge through ruin and misery. Onward we march, accompanied only by our own thoughts…AND some kickass metal and metal-adjacent tunes. July saw some truly special releases, […]

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