Stoner HiVe’s Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

 

 

Stoner HiVe’s 
Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

Honeybadger
The Bateleurs
Shedfromthebody
Zhaat
Daytripper
Dërro
Motorpsycho
Moundrag
Dreams of Maya
Danakil Heat

For a moment there I had hoped last week would have had more time for HiVe stuff, but in the end we managed to do just a little bit. Same goes for upcoming week we fear. But we did a few cool write-ups and a rad Premiere. Did you check out that Full Album Premiere by Daytripper? We hope so, cause it’s damn great. And we also wrote a few words about their The Alchemist release of course. And besides that we mentioned Honeybadger, The Bateleurs and Moundrag. And then we had to head off into the storm. We’re back now, in one piece, and hope to send you into the right direction of some cool albums this week. But if you just go ahead and check out all of the ones listed above, we are pretty sure you won’t be disappointed! We love’m all! 

FULL ALBUM PREMIERE Daytripper – The Alchemist

 

 

FULL ALBUM PREMIERE

Daytripper – The Alchemist

Did you notice what we announced this afternoon?! That’s right! We’ve got another FULL ALBUM PREMIERE for you all! Thanks to Good Boy PR we can hit you all up with the four track, almost thirty minute long EP The Alchemist by Phoenix, Arizona five-piece Daytripper! Out, Friday October 24th, through Glory Or Death Records, this is ritualistic Doom you have been waiting for! Well, the wait is over! Press play on The Alchemist and hear all that mystical gold! 

And you can read that little write-up we did by scrolling down or clicking HERE! 
 

PR Wire:

Daytripper conjures earth-crushing desert stoner doom from the sands of Phoenix, Arizona. Last year, the release of their debut LP, “Book I: The Trip”, beckoned to doom worshipers worldwide with infectious riffs and mystifying lore. Their upcoming project, “The Alchemist”, evolves and progresses the doom palette while further illuminating the backstory of a core character from Book I. The new EP steeps Daytripper’s doom core in a concoction of psychedelic locrian modes, enchanting synthesizers, and nod-inducing sludge.

Title track “The Alchemist” tantalizes listeners with the most iconic components of the new Daytripper sound. Accompanying the single is a narrative music video that transports onlookers into the smoke-filled study of the Alchemist, summoning all to bear witness to his forbidden experiments.

2025 has been the most dynamic chapter for Daytripper. The year began with a welcoming of the band’s newest sages: The Seer and Warrior Sage. The Seer Sage’s ethereal vocals and hypnotic synthesizer tones with the Warrior Sage’s pummeling grooves behind the kit elevated this new era of Daytripper. This year also saw the sages bring their ritualistic live performance beyond the Sonoran Desert with two tours.

In Spring, the Trippers joined Denver’s Green Druid on a tour of the Southwest. Then the sages embarked on a Summer Pilgrimage to rumble the foundations of Maryland Doom Fest’s final, triumphant year. New sages, new audiences, and an expansive new sound carve a path towards the beginning of a new era.

Daytripper - The Alchemist

EP out October 24th, 2025
Self-released (Digital, CD)
Phoenix, Arizona, US
FFO: Windhand, Bell Witch, Slower, YOB

Tracklist:
1. The Alchemist (6:16)
2. A New Leaf (5:14)
3. Ruinous Opus (8:13)
4. Hubris (8:59)

"The Alchemist" music video out now

Daytripper is:

The Scribe Sage - Vocals, Guitar, Violin
The Pírate Sage - Guitar
The Rogue Sage - Bass
The Warrior Sage - Drums
The Seer Sage - Vocals, Synth, Guitar

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Daytripper – The Alchemist

 

 

Daytripper – The Alchemist
Glory or Death Records – 2025
Metal, Doom, Sludge, Stoner
Rated: ****

We are honored to present to you, in a few hours… The FULL ALBUM PREMIERE for Daytripper’s The Alchemist! Out on October 24th through Glory Or Death Records we thank Good Boy PR for the opportunity to share this shimmering doom beauty with you all today! 

For with these four The Alchemist tracks, Daytripper transmutes raw elements into sonic doom gold. Not a mere collection of songs, but a ritual. Four incantations forged in the crucible of Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal. Enriched by blackened essences and hallucinogenic, weedian vapors. 

Opening rites The Alchemist and A New Leaf immediately make clear the band has moved beyond earthly genre conventions. Harsh, infernal vocals clash with hauntingly clean ones. The Scribe Sage conjures guttural growls from deep down in the abyss, while The Seer Sage channels ethereal harmonies, like a mystic invoking the aether. The voices, alchemical opposites, bind the light and shadow into one volatile compound. 

The way the mix sonic reagents is definitely daring. Proto-metal, Prog, Jazz and Drone get mixed through the swirl in a cauldron filled to the brim with doom, sludge, fuzz and feedback. Strange sound drift on its gaseous bulbs, like arcane relics, enriching the otherworldly textures and enhancing the spiritual journey. 

As we progress through Ruinous Opus and Hubris, the music descends deeper into the dark. Lead heavy riffs rumble like ancient incantations and all of it vibrates with seismic force. But even amid this sinking, flashes of psychedelic energy spark like philosopher’s fire, and hand you momentary revelations in the gloom. 

Even with its mere thirty minutes, The Alchemist feels like a fully realized magnum opus. Every note, every passage comes across as the perfect transmutation of sound into something powerful. Chaos turned to order, all focused on bringing you the perfect doom atmosphere. Sonic alchemists indeed, how they turn the base influences into something transcendent. Daytripper has completed their ritual, the legendary substance found and with it turned their sound into nothing short of gold… 

(Written by JK)

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