Stone Axe – Stay of Execution

 

 

Stone Axe – Stay of Execution
Ripple Music – 2022
Rock, Seventies, Classic, Blues, Psych, Proto, Stoner
Rated: ****

Out with the new, in with the old! It’s Stone Axe and a collection of tracks recorded in that short moment in time when Tony Reed and Dru Brinkerhoff where rocking out together under the Stone Axe name. And gleefully making the March Doom Charts! Classic rock, psychedelic blues, proto metal and even some southern touches here and there and all in absolute stunning form. It’s indeed a classic in every sense of the word and it’s impossible to choose a standout track of the eight present on this Stay Of Execution collection. Or as the honorable Bucky Brown stated on the Ripple Music bandcamp: “Stone Axe’s throwaway tracks are better than most bands greatest hits. Stay Of Execution is a perfect example.” We should give thanks to the Gods of yore (and Ripple Music) for delivering these ‘lost tracks’ on this Stay Of Execution slab of rock… Perhaps we should offer up an animal or two using a stone axe?

(Written by JK)

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Mount Desert – Fear The Heart

 

 

Mount Desert – Fear The Heart
Self released – 2022
Rock, Stoner, Desert, Psych, Grunge, Post, Metal
Rated: ****

We were honored to write a few words for the February 2022 Doom Charts for this release. One that was mentioned to me through an email and when I went over to their bandcamp page; I noticed Doom Charts former maestro, the honorable Bucky Brown had already jotted down some lines about the seven tracks. Which of course made it even more enticing! Well, Mount Desert is a psychedelic, desert rocking, post-metal, stoner and grunge duo that delivers their debut full-sized album Fear The Heart with feverous energy and a zealous passion. With an ever-present dark hum, a warm glow and unrushed compositions, the album balances perfectly on a tightrope above an endless abyss. It’s dreadful down there; but up here there’s magical trickery. Quicksilver mystique dredged up from ancient tradition; born a new and offered up for redemption and inspiration… Stunning!Fear The Heart will remain seductive for all ages to come…

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The Doom Chart for August 2021

 

 

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    “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”  ~ Nelson Mandela

It feels like the end of an era. And it actually is. Cause Bucky is leaving us. No, don’t get me wrong, he’s not ill, sick or dying. The man is just leaving the Doom Charts and the online world. Which will be a big miss for us heavy rock loving fiends. The man has been an ever present presence in the heavy music community for years. And he was one of the cats that was with the Doom Charts from the beginning and when the time came that the ever growing group of contributors needed to be lead and guided, he naturally grew into that role.

Every month we would send him our votes. He’d whip us into action and make sure we delivered votes and blurbs on time. He was there to keep in touch with all the record companies, the PR-firms, the bands and our faithful readers. Juggling all that; on top of everything else that life throws at ya, family, work, moving across country, is one hell of a job. And he did a hell of a job and more! I’ve marveled constantly at his omnipresence. He was articulate, knew his stuff and responded to every question that got asked… He was a gentleman and one you could always ask for advice… Even when it wasn’t about music… He will be missed. Not just because of all the work he did, but because he is one of the good people… And you know… Good people listen to good music…

Bucky Brown, go do your thing, be good to the people around you and keep spinning all that majestic vinyl… Perhaps some of us will meet you one day at a live show going berserk or digging through some crates in a dubious record store in a rundown part of town… And remember… Should you ever need us… For any reason at all… We will be here… ~ Joop Konraad

Yep, Joop is correct and I am in tears over here as I head off into the outlaw sunset. Thanks Joop for the kind words, and thank you to everyone who has contributed, followed, shared and participated in the Doom Charts throughout the years. YOU are the heart and soul of the Doom Charts. You’re all in good hands and the Doom Charts remains alive and well, except for on April Fools day 😉..  But hey, enough about me, the meat and potatoes lurk below with all the bells and whistles. 24 of 25 brand new albums entering the charts this month of 216 unique albums voted on. As the Stoner Rock Army General says, 'Rock On'! ~ Bucky

Personal votes went out to: Stone Cadaver, Van Groover, Monobrow, Halfaya, Green Lung, Suncraft and Terminus! But I could and should have voted for all those others as well! Man; what a month! Stunning! We’ll be listening to all those albums in a row in the next few days… Starting as usual with the Acid Magus album Wyrd Syster… Check’m out! Check’m all out!

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The Doom Chart for August 2021

The Doom Chart for March 2021

 

 

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“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new...”  ~ Socrates

As the old folk lore goes, March came in like a lion and out like a, well in the Doom Charts case, a fucking lion. Another solid month of new tunes, 23 of which make their debut here on the charts. If you’re on the west coast there is still time to pitch in for Bandcamp Friday and push all proceeds to the bands. Sorry we didn’t get this up sooner, but times have been busy here at headquarters and we can only do so much. Either way, what I always say is every day is Bandcamp Friday and no matter where you’re at the music is at the click of the mouse. 

Today I felt I’d share something personal and one reason for the lag in getting this up a bit later than usual. Anyway, as you all know the Doom Charts is a global affair and our team spans across multiple continents and represents as much of the world as we can within this tight knit heavy underground scene. These posts are generally updated and tallied by myself, who takes time out of my real world life in a fit of passion and obsession for music. Well, I’ve recently been offered an opportunity at my day job at a new company in a new city and have been laboring away over the past month or so packing my bags and uprooting my family to dive into a new adventure in a new city. For those in the Denver, Colorado area, yours truly will be taking up residence starting next week and am excited to get to know the local scene that I hear is absolutely killer. Anyway, enough boasting about my personal affairs (I’m super excited about it), but if you’re in Denver as a band or fan, feel free to hit me up at my email listed on my Bandcamp and lets all keep in touch in the months to come. I’m going to need to find out where all the cool record shops and venues are in the city. And that also said, we’re a global family so no matter where you live on the planet you can count on us to present the best new albums in the world each and every month.

 
A personal message from Bucky who is relocation across country and despite all the stress and work, remains active for the Doom Charts and on his Bandcamp site. Talking about Bandcamp sites; I’ve just hit the magical 1000 albums myself. Uncle Woe’s Don’t Look Down release did the trick. But enough about all that, let’s do the Doom Charts rundown… For the all new, March Edition of the Doom Charts has arrived! And all of the albums mentioned are stunning, from that first mentioned Nothing Is Real record to everyone’s expected Number One... Gonna be listening to all of them again during the Easter weekend...  Personal votes went to: The Quill, Stonus, Yawning Sons, Spelljammer, Acid Mammoth & Greenleaf... But all those others could have just as easily gotten my vote as well! Enjoy all the heaviness and watch out for the evil bunny!!

 
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The Doom Chart for March 2021

Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday

Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday

We hope it’s still Friday somewhere cause we are in dire need of some fast action! Some Quick Fire Friday action! You know the deal, still too little time to do things properly, but there is a bit of green light on the horizon. So, we do hope to do some more during the upcoming week. But for now we just want to melt, before we melt down, on this sweltering hot day, in the bath of lave that the Quick Fire Friday is! So here we are! And we know, we know, the albums and bands deserve more than the few words we will jot down here. More attention and more of our time! But there is so much out there and we just simply cannot ever do it all justice. So here it is. The Stoner HiVe Quick Fire Friday. And its burns hot like molten lava!

Six Steps Above The Earth - Step 3 Special Edition Cassette

Six Steps Above The Earth’s heavy, slow and monotone sound got a special treatment with their Step 3 release. The Doom, Drone, Doomgaze thereof now gets an extra special treatment on a Special Cassette edition. Those crazy Greek music fiends decided to release only 10 pieces of it! “Step 3 recording period was full of ideas, sessions and lives. In Step 3 special cassette edition we are trying to convey this climate by adding 2 tracks, one unreleased track from studio and one from live recording….” Interested? Better hurry!

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Hellhookah - The Curse L.P.

Somewhere around September the awesome Olde Magick Records will release Hellhookah’s latest album The Curse on vinyl. And rightfully so! Sabbathian goodness, dark, ominous and twisted. The Lithuanian duo makes you hallucinate and will damn you forever to the doom! Golden doom it is!

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Under The Mountain – Black Velvet

The honorable Bucky Brown stated about their II album : “The albums ranges from straight up heavy rock, to 80's metal, shades of hardcore and back to pulsating doom all in 10 solid tracks. One of those albums you can play on repeat and never burn out. The vocals are straight fire.” We wonder where the guys from Under The Mountain are going next, cause on August 16th they will release a video of their version of the Alannah Myles song Black Velvet. The Teaser can be viewed HERE!

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Athon – Reverse Satyr

Argonauta Records will release their first album at the end of September. But we can already get completely crazy on the first single Reverse Satyr! Athon from Italy brings out the Sludge in ten ton heavy form! The album will feature five blistering tracks showcasing forty minutes of pure, raw and finest sludge, doom and stoner metal. It’s Athon on Argonauta and it’s awesome!

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Mothman and The Thunderbirds – Nomad

If you tease us by namechecking and stating that your first single is: “a blend of stoner metal, sludge metal, and hard rock, and is recommended for fans of Mastodon, Baroness, High on Fire, and Hyborian.” We will surely go and peruse the bandcamp site provided! Well, the Mothman did not lie and did not exaggerate, if anything, he understated! Nomad is Jupiterian heavy! Freakin hell!

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The Doom Chart for February 2020

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“There’s no shoulder to cry on when you have no shame
There’s no finger to point when you are to blame
Open book, in my eyes shows you rain, then storming
I can’t look, when covered by the nothing and the suffering” ~ Down

What a month in the heavy underground. Not only were we blessed with hundreds of albums across the world making their presence known via word of mouth, social media, streaming platforms, live shows, opening slots, festivals, label endorsements, and well, YouTube.

Wait, YouTube? You may have witnessed some of the drama associated with a major YouTube channel Stoned Meadow of Doom (SMOD), causing a ruckus online this past month. The viral support within the heavy scene was an insane and amazing outburst of comradery. At the Doom Charts, its always been strictly about the music. Politics, religion, personal beliefs aside, we try to treat everyone with equal respect no matter their personal situation, unless it crosses THE LINE. We do not support or condone discriminatory acts of any sort. While I generally believe in second chances and that behavior is often a result of upbringing, cultural impacts and surroundings, I also believe in discipline, and consequences for such actions. In this case, the poor actions of SMOD were enough to garner a revolutionary action within the scene leading to what seems like closure to an online abuse of power, despite the exposure he was bringing to select bands on the channel. We’ve all witnessed instances of shady business practices, elitist attitude, and discriminatory actions throughout our lives and are all entitled to our own opinions on how to treat such behavior. In the end I hope we all can learn and grow stronger as humans from the what happened in February, including the perpetrator.

Enough drama, check out the February Charts right here, right now!!

Enough drama indeed. Bucky could not have said it better. Let’s all remember how bad SMOD was and the guy behind it is for the scene. There is no need for such a creep to be around; and I hope all of you crazy music fiends out there will not let it slide. Cause there is no need for him and his channel. There are so many other channels around that do it better for everyone involved. So forget about the bad one and let’s celebrate all those good ones and let’s celebrate the bands and the albums that are on it. Cause, man, there are a lot! Almost 250 albums got voted for by the contributors and only 30 are published. And this goes on every month. Amazing… Simply amazing! And Lowrider’s Refractions album climbed from position 4 in January to the Number 1 spot. Well deserved! And most of those 250 albums could also rank much higher come next month!

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The Doom Chart for February 2020

Praÿ – Praÿ

Praÿ – Praÿ

Self released – 2019

Rock, Stoner, Space, Psych, Seventies, Instrumental

Rated: ****

‘Massive riffs upon gargantuan groove’, that’s what Bucky claimed to have heard while listening to the new Praÿ. And he was absolutely right! Some dark space and heavy psychedelic elements, a seventies approach and a wild and adventures atmosphere. The instrumental power trio from France has come up with an amazing and swirling trip down to the universal drain. You will feel the earth moving through space with this one! 

(Written by JK)

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Number 1

Number 1

There can be only one. And to reach the Gold Medal, the Number One album according to all you heavy music fiends that decided to send their list to the Stoner HiVe for this Top 20 Countdown of 2019, we jump almost 85 points from Hippie Death Cult on Number 2. Yes, we arrive at an album that is without any doubt considered the absolute favorite for all you lovely freaks out there. Sure, there were a few others that were high on the list when the first bunch of votes were tallied, but then when the amount of lists got bigger, it quickly rose to the top and never let go of its position. So, we can safely state that this album moved all of you out there to the core. We thank all of those voters once again, without you this would not be possible and it would not be this much fun to do. We also thank all those bands that made the Top 20 with all of those amazing albums! But we also thank the bands that did not make it; cause there is beauty on all of them! And like every year, we will list the 21 to 100 in the next few days somewhere. So, at least a few of those albums will get a little more attention; even though they probably deserve even more. But even though it was obvious from the picture above, we still need to say a few words about the Number 1 album of 2019. Released through Kozmik Artifactz around March of last year; the album quickly rose to the top of the Doom Charts. To which Bucky immediately stated what would become reality: “The album has claimed its right as one of 2019s top contenders in the realm of the heavy underground. The grandiose harmony between the sweeping guitar leads, occultish vocals, sophisticated use of the organ and bluesy squeal of the solos keep you on edge throughout. The groove is melodic, atmosphere crisp and the songwriting landing somewhere between Elder and Uncle Acid.” Inded, something highly intoxicating about this all, the ritual performed takes you away from this maddening world into another place and time all together. The London quintet have delivered with this record something that will surely stand the test of time, for it is indeed timeless. So we shall conclude with the poetic words by Reek of STOOM: “Dryads danced, Satyrs squirmed… Maids made merry as the Wicker burned… All the while the … breathed as the Woodlands writhed and the mountains heaved…” The Gold Medal Goes to:

Green Lung - Woodland Rites

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Number 2

Number 2

And what we mentioned about the Top 6 being in a league of their own considering the amount of points they all received, well, the Top 2 positions are even further removed from those other four we mentioned the past four days. Cause we jump almost 450 points from Salem’s Bend on Number 3 to reach the Number 2 spot… Indeed, this album received so many votes it almost broke the scale. And it’s only on the Silver Medal position! Do you realize what that means for the Number 1 spot? Cursed Tongue Records released this nugget somewhere around June and it immediately made everyone’s jaw drop, head bang and blood rush! It was our very own Reek Of STOOM that wrote it about back then for the HiVe. “… an album of Intensity, Intelligence and Invention. The band’s new opus, reads like a Rocker's almanac: a mental cognizance of every Great band you ever heard...” Exactly, it’s all there he mentions the ‘dreadnought riffs’, ‘heavy blues monoliths’, ‘glistening knives of fuzz’ and the ‘fabric of psychedelic doom’. “The band have unearthed a album that is immediately evocative of all the 70's Heavy Blues giants and the influences can be heard throughout… But Retro it is not... This is Modern Heavy Rock music of the very Highest Order that just has enough of that nostalgic feel to be familiar..” And Bucky Brown immediately predicted it on their bandcamp page: “You’re probably gonna want to keep your AOTY checklist handy and mark this debut near the very top.” Second place, the Silver Medal of 2019 goes to!

Hippie Death Cult - III

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Number 6

Number 6

And now for the lift off! We come to the big jumps in points! For the Top 6 positions seem to be in a league of their own. We jump almost 150 points after The Devil And The Almighty Blues on Number 7 reach Number 6. Indeed, Number 6 stands tall above all that came before and the rest as we shall see, even taller. But even so, we can all find comfort in the fact that even though these albums all got way more votes then the other albums, those other albums still got a lot of votes or a few votes, making them all good, great or amazing in the eye of the beholder. And that is the only eye that counts. Right?  But as we arrive on Number 6 we can look back at the times these cats made the Top 20 Countdown before. Reaching Number 14 in 2014 and Number 2 in 2017. Can we compare thee to a summers day? Or the new album, released on Relapse Records in September, to those earlier two? Ofcourse we can. But should we? It was the honorable Bucky Brown that has always been pretty vocal about his lack of understanding why everyone was so smitten with this trio’s sound, that stated what perhaps means the fans are divided on this one. He stated that this was the first album he truly dug and could perhaps even love. And we heard that mentioned by others that were never on board with these cats. Which means it is a step in another direction for the low, slow, yet crushingly loud and fuzz-laden doom of the three. Where the build and the break and the pound and the push was always key on earlier albums, this has more emphasis on melody, while still retaining their colossal side. And still retaining that immense boom these cats create! Oh yes, there shall be no comfort when Number 6 gets loud!

Monolord - No Comfort

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The Doom Chart for November 2019

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    “Did you know that there’s an acceptable level of rat turds that can go into candy bars? It’s the government, jack. Even government doesn’t care that much about quality. You know what is okay to put in hot dogs? Huh? Pig lips and assholes. But I say, hey, have at it bitches ’cause I love hot dogs.”  ~ Jesse Pinkman

Well hot dog we’re back with another round of ear candy, giving you 30 of the most popular albums within the heavy underground, voted on by the Contributors listed at the bottom of the page. If the government doesn’t care about quality of candy bars or hot dogs, it certainly lacks an interest in the underground stoner / doom scene, and that’s fine by us. What we lack in sales we make up for in quality and integrity. The November Charts bring us one month closer to the end of a decade, which will go down in the books as a quintessential period of hard and heavy music…

Right on Bucky! That’s very very very true! The HiVe has been around for that decade and has loved every heavy minute of it. All those albums we heard upon release, the ones we mentioned and the ones we discovered much later. Exactly 292 different albums got voted for this month and we mention the top 30 of those. Age of Aquarius by Villagers Of Ioannina City, a favorite among the HiVe crew and especially Doktor420, just missed it on the 31st spot. And Kreuzung by Mammoth Mammoth which we mentioned last week was 32nd. Just think of all the albums way down on the list. Someone is still very much digging it. Some of which might climb next month because they have not yet been heard by everyone. Some are still being voted for by someone still so much in love with an album from a few months ago. And some speak to even a smaller niche within the Heavy Underground that it might never rise to make the end list. What will be the fate for Demons From The Deep by Zivatar for instance? Which we find down where only one or two contributors voted for them. I for one had not yet heard it. Or The Whole Of Each Eye by Abronia? Both completely different and both damn fine albums… No rat turds… Anywhere on the entire list…

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The Doom Chart for November 2019

The Doom Chart for September 2019

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    “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” ~ Frank Zappa

This month the Doom Charts theme is progression. Not in a literal sense, but as Mr. Zappa says above, deviation from the norm. Norm being popular music and trends that we see getting attention in mainstream culture. The Doom Charts aren’t here to compete with the billboards, in fact we are just music nuts who generally deviate from the herd to form our own tastes regardless of what others may think. I think the running tally of bands scoring in the top 25 are proof of that and even the bands on here themselves are progressing as bands and not settling on putting out the same record year over year. That is why we love the heavy music community so much. We’re all here for the music and marching to the beat of our own drum or, better put, our favorite band’s drums…

Sir Bucky delivered those intro goods this month and he was right on the money once again. Although one might ofcourse conclude that because the Doom Charts are growing and the crazy herd is getting bigger, the choices become more obvious to those in the know. And you should count yourself luck in that case. You already know. And you already know there is even more out there… Cause yes, it’s a given, if you wallow like a lovely pig in the niche of some fly infested mudbath where only a few dare to venture, you will know more about that little pool of despair than everybody else. So you will know the even more obscure yet possibly better albums. So, feast your ears on the ones you do not yet know, dry out the mud in the blazing sun while listening to all those albums that made the Doom Charts this month… And if you know them all, even better… You will have time to go on discovering even more!

Cause, exactly 287 albums received votes this month from the contributors and the Top 25 of those are posted... No less than Nine of my picks made the final 25 this time around... That actually never happens... But I'm extremely glad to see Howling Giant, Goatess, Vokonis, The Black Wizards, Horseburner, Saturna, Mars Red Sky, Monomyth & Planet of the 8s made the list... And shit, I'm just as excited for all the others... Gonna have those on the playlist first, cause there are even a few I did not get a chance to hear yet... Damn, I love those Doom Charts! Especially when they bring that unknown musical magic to my doorstep!

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The Doom Chart for September 2019

The Doom Chart for June 2019

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  "We want the old Rome! But a better version of Rome!" That’s just me going 'you want a better version of yourself in the future'. I want to build a better version of me who’s more compassionate, more understanding, more awakened more loving. All those things that you think 'I could have been but I chose not to be'. My New Rome is a place where you are a better person."   ~ Matt Hyde (Beastwars on the new song Storms of Mars)

I mentioned we would surprise you this month and we did something a little different. Like always, the top 25 ranked albums based on the combined tally from over 30 active contributors is featured below. This month I figured we’d share the top 30 giving just a link to the albums that barely missed the mark. The total votes yielded around 316 unique albums making the top 25 on individual lists sent in and we thought we’d give you a taste of what barely missed out. Its a slippery slope so before long we could end up with a top 300 list each month. That would just freak everyone out though. Congrats to all the bands making this months Doom Charts. Check them all out, visit their pages, buy their vinyl, and go to their show. Its you guys keeping the scene alive. Tell your friends too.

As Bucky stated on the Doom Charts intro, it's a slippery slope and a very steep on counting many albums. Why don't we share all those 300 plus albums every month? Well, because it would defeat the purpose of the votes and the charts themselves. The fact that the Top 25 albums are on that position is that for whatever reason they spoke more to the contributers that voted for them. Which means a bigger selection of music fiends dug it; which probably means a bigger selection of other music fiends will dig it too. We want to serve that up, those tasty dishes and wonderful spices. And that doesn't mean that all the sidedishes we discover along the way aren't just as good, it just means that it will probably take a more specific taste to be able to truly savour it... 

To state the obvious: among those Top 25 on 30 in this case are only 4 of my picks this month... And I could easily have voted for all those albums that did make it. Ye gods, can you imagine? The sheer amount of soul food of delicious musical magic. And ofcourse we all know that it's the only thing that really matters... Anyone who's crazy about music ultimately knows that all that matters is: is it good? Does it give pleasure?

Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio, podcasters and album reviewers from the heavy underground around the globe.  Each month, our critics submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge metal, stoner-psychedelic and heavy rock albums.  The results are compiled and tabulated into the chart below.  This is a one-stop shop for the best new albums in the world…

The Doom Chart for June 2019

The Doom Chart for March 2019

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"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." ~ Mark Twain

March sure came in like a lion and out like a god damn lion in terms of the heavy underground. Being April Fools day on this glorious day of the March 2019 Doom Charts list reminds us that we are all fools in some shape of form. Without fools like us, or them, none of us would succeed. Okay now onto the chart. Sorry for the dorky intro, but lets not fool ourselves, we are here for the music and the music of March and beyond is charted below. Enjoy.

Yes, the Doom Charts are here once again, twenty-five of the best heavy albums making the rounds through the underground, around the globe. The contributors all sent in their lists, Bucky does the majestic work of tallying them all up and ending up with a list of over 300 albums each month. Yes, each month...  This time around 320. And you might wonder what kind of bands we find at the bottom of that list? It's not really the bottom you see, it's just where the list ends... And guess what, they are still all damn freakin good, that’s what’s so amazing! 4Mag Nitrous for instance and their High Road EP. (Read about it on Riff Relevant) Or Yatraa with their Arkhan release. (Read about it on LaHabitacion235) Both absolute wild releases that might move higher up the list next month or maybe not. That is why we occasionally debate whether we should publish more? Or even the entire list? Or the individual lists by the contributors? I guess, the Doom Charts, as they are, seem fitting and it does not pretend to know it all or show it all, just to guide you through what came out on top this month. And we all have our preferences and we all find out those hidden lumps of gold anyway, those albums that for whatever reason does their magic for you… But not for your neighbor… It’s music! It’s what we love!

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The Doom Chart for March 2019

Number 16

 Number 16

We grooved and moved to 1968’s album Ballads Of The Godless on Number 17 and now we move on to do something much more heavy and metal on Number 16. An album that soared high on the Doom Charts and to which Bucky Brown stated: “ The album cements the band as its own distinguished brand of stoner meets heavy metal, especially within the Ripple catalog. Reinforced with indestructible Slayer-esque guitar tones, the three-piece lower a bridge of fuzzy hooks crossing a diabolic moat of molten metal.” Which means we had to put it on repeat ofcourse! And we did, and heard the lofty walls that girdled it in. This wall has gates of heavy metal. The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces of riffs and massy hammers pounded intense rhythms and welded the bolts by the bassist that also brings forth the soaring, haunting, female vocals… On Number 16 we find!

Castle – Deal Thy Fate

The Doom Chart for October 2018

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 “I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude.” ~Kurt Cobain

Well Kurt, I think we found it here at the Doom Charts……

"Holy crap, what a month! The past several weeks have seen an onslaught of new albums dropping and the quality continues on the path of righteousness. 17 of 25 albums charting this month are fresh off the street debut albums on the charts. That could be a record. 4 of the top 5  released in October knocking the reigning champions down a few notches and when you scroll down, its not hard to understand why. What a month. We here at the charts continue to be blown away at the amount of music coming at us non-stop and we thank all of you, the bands, the scene, and everyone out there reading for your part in spreading the gospel of the heavy underground. It’s a testament to the era of music we are experiencing right now. We are seriously living in the mecca of time for creativity and exposure for bands all over the world with the aid of technology on our side."

Master Bucky could not have said it better! Amazing albums just keep on swatting you left and right and it's difficult to keep track of it all. Luckily the Doom Chart Contributors have reached the grand total of 70 members; some of who are more active than others. But a lot of them manage to send their list of favorite records of the past month every time again. I believe the total list of albums sent to be tabulated reached almost 300 different records. All of them stunning! At least to some of us and probably to all of us! Go check out the Doom Charts, we love the music and that's why we do it! 

Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio, podcasters and album reviewers from the doom-stoner-heavy underground around the globe.  Each month, our critics submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge metal, stoner-psychedelic and heavy rock albums.  The results are compiled and tabulated into the chart below.  This is a one-stop shop for the best new albums in the world…

The Doom Chart for October 2018

Stoner HiVe’s Top 5 artists listened to last week…

Stoner HiVe’s
Top 5 artists listened to last week…

The Legendary Tigerman
Electric Citizen
Bud Spencer Blues Explosion
Crazy Bull
Komatsu

No time. Really. We mean it this time! So, here’s just the fast list of the Top 5 of most listened artists this week. Well, and a quick note to tell you what the albums are called. Misfit, out on Dirty Water Records, by The Legendary Tigerman, which we absolutely adore, read about it below. Electric Citizen’s new album Helltown! Amazing, out soon on Riding Easy Records. The new Bud Spencer Blues Explosion. It’s called Vivi Muori Blues Ripeti, out on La Tempesta Dischi, it continues on where the former record halted. Crazy Bull, I was ordered to do so by Sir Bucky Brown. And I’m glad I listened. The Past Is Today, out on Totem Cat I believe, is filled with hardrock, seventies love and something sweet that could have come from Sweden. Lovin it! Argonauta Records releases the new Komatsu, and New Horizon keeps on spinnin! The boys delivered solid gold! So, check’m out! Check’m all out!

Number 10

Number 10

As we enter the Top 10, we jump almost twenty points this time around. We leave Mothership breathing dust and croaking an ugly cough on Number 11 as we prepare to join this crazy cult! They came out left field and took everyone by surprise. Sure, we enjoyed the hell out of that 2016 album. But I guess nobody expected something this insanely good! Themselves included, so it seems. They must have known they created something wild and wonderful, but they were not prepared for the enormous amount of love to be shown for the album. They galloped high and mighty across the Doom Charts and stayed there for a few months. And rightfully so, for it is a total ripper! As Bucky Brown (from the Ripple Effect) already stated on the Doom Charts: “As expected, the new album is a total ripper. The blues are as heavy as ever, the psych factor overflowing with dusty fuzz, vocals grizzling with dreamy rigor, and mountains of riffs that rattle the stage like a wild mustang bucking through the Americana spirit world.” Right on! Ride on!

Youngblood Supercult - The Great American Death Rattle