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Written by Kep Ritual Mass – Cascading Misery> Death metal> Pennsylvania, US> Releasing September 5> 20 Buck Spin Sometimes I like to challenge a new death metal album to fuck me up real good. Like I’ll literally […]

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Welcome to September, folks. Time remains swift and the world remains a nightmare. The writing team has been swamped with real life responsibilities and stresses, so our review game has been a little weak recently. […]

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Album Review: Castrator – “Coronation of the Grotesque” (Death Metal)

August 14, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Castrator – Coronation of the Grotesque> Death metal> US> Releasing August 15> Dark Descent Records I wrote about Castrator back in 2022, when they dropped their debut full-length Defiled in Oblivion. Let’s go to the tape: “Defiled […]

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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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EP Review: Cancer Void – “First Metastasis” (Death Metal)

July 30, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Cancer Void – First Metastasis> Death metal> Czechia> Releasing August 1> Me Saco Un Ojo Records / Iron Fortress Records When you start listing off countries with great death metal scenes, the first few […]

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Album Review: Clairvoyance – “Chasm of Immurement” (Death Metal)

July 16, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Clairvoyance – Chasm of Immurement> Death metal> Poland> Releasing July 18> Carbonized Records I boarded the Clairvoyance hype train as it was barely leaving the station, when they released their first demo back in May of […]

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Noob Heavy’s 2025 Mid-year Best Albums

July 6, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Welcome to July 2025, folks. Shit’s, uh, shit’s tough out there. We get it. But the music is good, and we writing staff got our heads together and decided on a special feature to mark […]

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Album Review: Mugshot – “All the Devils Are Here” (Metallic Hardcore)

June 16, 2025 Ellis Heasley

Written by Ellis Mugshot – All the Devils Are Here> Metallic hardcore> California, US> Releasing June 20> Pure Noise Records There’s a track about halfway through Mugshot’s new album All the Devils Are Here that […]

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Album Review: Ossuary – “Abhorrent Worship” (Death Metal)

May 20, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Written by Kep Ossuary – Abhorrent Worship> Death metal> Wisconsin, US> Releasing May 23> Darkness Shall Rise Productions/Me Saco Un Ojo Records Ossuary have been around for a while—a decade at this point, in fact—but I remember being […]

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The Best Things We Heard in April

May 1, 2025 Noob Heavy admin

Another month of 2025 is in the rearview mirror, and it featured some ass-kickers. No big preamble today: let’s dig into Noob Heavy’s favorite listens of the month! As always, albums we reviewed in full […]

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