A few posts of thanks…
A few final words of thanks… A few posts to thank all those bands out there that delivered all that awesome heavy music in 2019. We loved so much of it! It shows in the many different lists that were sent in for the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown. And not just that, it shows on the Doom Charts and on the personal lists that were posted on the HiVe and the Doom Charts. And ofcourse on all the personal pages of the Doom Charts Contributors; and those are many. Thanks to all that voted for the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown. Without you crazy music fiends the Countdown would not work and the heavy music scene would not be this alive! Many thanks! Keep your ears on that rumbling bass and those pounding drums; it will show you the way to those almighty riffs and majestic grooves!
Thanks to everyone out there who were involved with heavy music. Either by listening, making or voting for it. It is once again staggering to think about the sheer encompassing amount of great music! I’ve scrobbled 2004 albums. That’s digital scrobbles. Not counting vinyl or cd’s. Or those that were labelled wrong and did not scrobble at all. And I know the members of the Stoner HiVe Team have listened to a lot of different albums among themselves. And yes, I know there are still many on my to listen to list. There are many in the Stoner HiVe inbox and there are many on the different listening platforms provided by the record companies that are still waiting to be heard… Some of which we will get to before January is over… There is just so much!
Thanks to all the Doom Chart Contributors, all wise in their own ways and all doing what they do for the pure love of it. Nobody is making one cent for doing this. It’s fuel is the love of the heavy stuff and the reward is seeing somebody finding an album they love because of that. And thanks to the Stoner HiVe Team. Doktor420 for remaining that immovable stalwart of stoner and space rock. He is very reluctant to do any writing for the HiVe but will forever be the original guru and has without a doubt the best ear for the unknown stoner, space, psych and kraut. Madman Tony Maim, has fired up his own Black Insect Laughter to some degree, giving us an insight to the monthly ruckus he listened to. Yes! He is there went you need a rant or two and he knows where to find the good punk, the great thrash and the lovely hardcore. We love the occasional and unprovoked burst of madness entering the HiVe inbox about a new album. And hope he will continue to do so. Reek of STOOM joined the team almost exactly a year ago! And has since then quickly climbed up to fill a void in all the sludge, doom and grime genres within the HiVe as well as the Doom Charts and Doomed and Stoned. A prolific listener that is unrivaled in the amount he listens to as well as the quality of his writing. And last addition Kyle aka Shastabeast. With us since September, the man seems to love the fuzz, the scruffy riffs and the dirty grooves as much as the doom of yore and the sludge of tomorrow. And if there is one animal that can find even more unknown heavy stoner gold than featured on the blogs, it’s Shastabeast!
Thanks to you all for doing what you do and helping the HiVe give more attention to more bands! And because of that, we shall try to give a little bit of attention to some of that awesome stuff we missed during 2019 before normal broadcasting service shall commence… So, the next two weeks will be filled with posts featuring stuff that was released in 2019… After that we look forward and onwards, cause 20 20 is upon us! Thank you all! Let’s stay heavy!