Stoner HiVe's Top 10 Artists listened to last month

Stoner HiVe's 

Top 10 Artists listened to last month:

Soundgarden (181)

Sautrus (58)

Chris Cornell (52)

Vokonis (52)

Bartek (41)

Automatic Sam (39)

Monobrow (37)

The Mad Doctors (31)

Geezer (30)

Green Yeti (30)

Stoner HiVe's Top 5 Artists listened to last week

Stoner HiVe's 

Top 5 Artists listened to last week:

Vokonis

Green Yeti

Bartek

The Mad Doctors

Geezer

Another week and tons of new grooves! We’ve been grooving to The Sunken Djinn, the new Vokonis for a while now. We had eagerly been awaiting the album since we saw its awesome artwork (by Tessa Najjar) and since we were absolutely smitten with their debut release Olde One Ascending from 2016. And rest assured my fellow fiends, they have done it again. A truly magnificent album to follow-up what was one of the best debuts from 2016. So, get ready to fall in love with The Sunken Djinn! And as explained in the mention of the new Green Yeti album Desert Show, there is some weird magic going on. Which has put a spell on us. We can’t seem to let go of those tracks. Can you? As well as that crazy garage and wicked fuzz release by Bartek. The perfect soundtrack for a mad race through the city. And then there’s No Waves, Just Sharks by The Mad Doctors. The perfect soundtrack to a beach party or a backyard BBQ; we love both and we love the noise those Mad Doctors make even more. A new absolute favorite over here! And then there is a new Geezer, which is always a treat. Psychoriffadelia, as the new album is called, shall be released in June and captures a moment in time when Geezer was playing with Charles Ruggiero on drums while Chris Turco was on a work related hiatus. Turning more to old school blues tinted hardrock, infused with psychedelics and stoner it is a different animal than their self-titled album from last year. But it is, definitely, one king hell of a beast! And one, that one wants to get groovy with!

So get groovy!

Green Yeti – Desert Show

Green Yeti – Desert Show

Self released/Cursed Tongue Records – 2017

Rock, Stoner, Doom

Rated: ****

Last year the Greek trio Green Yeti released their debut effort titled The Yeti Has Landed. An amazing album that got lauded all over the place. And yes, ofcourse also on the HiVe. On it, as Charlie Tooth stated back then, they seemed to be orbiting the planet looking for a place to touch down. Well, they decided to land smack dab in the middle of the desert. Right there, in the middle of a maddening generator party. The Green Yeti decided to jump on stage. And tuned down lower; started sounding more menacing than before and aimed to survive the harsh elements with grimy stoner and marching doom. And with that take on their music, every one of the five tracks on the new album Desert Show pulsate with this strange magic. You might want to describe it to fate or to just being there are the right moment in time, cause for some reason, the album seems even bigger, grandiose and majestic than their amazing debut. Beware of the Green Yeti, it has come to rock your world!

(Written by JK)

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The Doom Chart for April 2017

Doom Chart

    “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore — ” ~ Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

And that I did… Ponder those amazing albums released last year, last decade, in recent and a history long passed. Are we able to grasp all that beauty while being constantly overwhelmed by all that new magic being released? Cause we are here once again. At the first of the new month with a new edition of the Doom Charts. Featuring once again, seventeen new added records. And it could have been even more. For instance Blackbird by The Riven who barely missed the list and Green Yeti‘s Desert Show.

But who knows, they might end up on the May edition of the Doom Chart. For now, we have these final twenty five to fall in love with on this April edition. Some all over again and some head over heels from that instant of creation, that first virgin listen. That first dip into that magic pool of musical bliss…

Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio and 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 April 2017

Green Yeti – The Yeti Has Landed

Green Yeti – The Yeti Has Landed

Self released – 2016

Doom, Stoner, Space

Rated: ****

Has the yeti landed? Cause it sounds to me like they’re still orbiting the planet. Green Yeti, a three piece unit from Athens consisting of Fotis Antoniou on drums, Danis Avramidis on Bass and Michael Andresakis at the guitar and vocals have recently released their new LP The Yeti has Landed.  I'm not normally a fan of the long song LP’s because they can get boring and just drone on and on and on… Well, not Green Yeti. The record kept me very engaged. It's way more ‘heady’ than most LP’s of its kind with alternating instrumental and vocal sections. Michael has a good voice and lays nice in the mix. It's the kind of record that is simple, nothing to complicated, but tasty. Very tasty! And cleanly recorded. My favorite cut on the record would have to be Old Man. Which is even stranger because it is the longest song on the record. But it encompasses such a mass of nuances in sound that I kept waiting to hear what's next. The Uppervols track would be a close second for me. A bit more traditional song structure and yet more of a bass and drums song with some nice leads from Michael. Cloud hangers unite and listen to some Green Yeti. I promise you; you won't be disappointed with this Great record!

(Written by Charlie Tooth)

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