The Doom Chart for October 2020

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    “When I was younger I knew I could do anything – I could be the president if I wanted to, but that was a stupid idea – I’d rather be a rock star...” ~ Kurt Cobain

 

Kurt Cobain for president? Can we write him in? I’m sure somebody somewhere is thinking the same thing. Maybe being a rock star wasn’t a good idea and had he taken a different path we could be voting him into office right now? Fun to imagine, but we know the reality…

October is one of my favorite months mostly due to the nostalgia surrounding the changing of the colors, shorter days, and the crisp, cool mornings. Lately it’s seemed like no month will top the last in the music realm, yet here we are banging our heads in disbelief on the quality of tunes still coming at us. We’re continually climaxing month to month in terms of relentless exposure to music in the heavy underground.

In typical fashion, nearly 300 different albums voted to chart this month and for the first time in the history of the charts, to my knowledge, besides the very first chart, the entire top 25 albums are NEW meaning no repeats from last month. This is just insane, and that’s not even counting the host of bad ass albums just released on October 30th as our voting closed up for the month.

The all new October Doom Charts are here! Yes, ALL NEW! As Bucky already mentioned; every album on this list wasn’t on it a month prior. Almost 300 albums got voted for and the Top 25 are all brand new! Incredible! Sporting all that good and heavy stuff we all love so dearly! Personal votes went out to Fumarole, Pallbearer, Temple of the Fuzz Witch, Occult Hand Order, Ruff Majik, Horizon, Molassess, Big Scenic Nowhere, Fuzz, NARLA, The Re-Stoned & Sautrus ... Yikes! Quite a lot to make the final list! And there is even more of that good stuff out there! Cause just below the 30 posted are albums like Last Ride by Vessel of Light and Run To The Sky by Falcon Haptics waiting to jump on the list… Perhaps next month they will sire higher? Or perhaps another 25 all new albums will appear? Who knows… But it is all good and all heavy! And we love them all!

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 October 2020

Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday

Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday 

Friday has come and gone. So has the week. Another one filled with unbelievable sadness about the state of the world and the human spirit across the earth. But we shall refrain from going into those territories here and now, we just wanted Friday to last a little longer. Cause we are still in need of some fast action! Some Quick Fire Friday action! 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! 

Sebastian Döbbelin - Una Vuelta Más

One man band Sebastian Döbbelin from Albacete, Spain delivered with Una Vuelta Más a perfect laidback instrumental summer jam that resonates with everything we love that has come from the desert. Five lazy stoner tracks that will lift you spirit and your Corvette Summer cocktail to toast the sun. Very sweet stuff!

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Lucid Planet – Anamnesis

The Lucid Planet trio from Melbourne is about to release their sophomore album II and to wet our appetites they sent out the first single Anamnesis. And wetting our appetite it does, progressive, psychedelic, technical and yet very earthy. And judging from this first single they will surpass their debut album by miles in quality. Can’t wait to hear it all!

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Falcon Haptics - Wolf King

Have you heard Wolf King yet? The psycho’s from Falcon Haptics have released a video for it at the end of July. It will feature on their full-sized album that will be released in October and it is damn tasty! The music that is, the video on the other hand has it moments, but also a few dubious imagery. A weird huge orange sheriff’s hat? But it is corona proof and the heavy sound makes you long for more of the Wolf King and more of Falcon Haptics!

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Bad Blood Recovery – Sweet Taste

Out on Future Noise Recordings is the new single Sweet Taste by Bad Blood Recovery. The now four from Oxford produce some very intense and heavy blues; a bittersweet electric atmosphere charged with loads of emotion and strong lyrical content. Recorded in a single take Sweet Taste is a promise that holds of on delivering, no instant gratification here, Bad Blood Recovery knows how to extend the longing and makes you appreciate that even more…

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Stereolith – Stuffy Air

German foursome Stereolith delivered their debut album Escape Velocity through Barhill Records / Cargo Records back in July and sent out the first single Stuffy Air in wild video form. Loud and dirty stoner rock with that surf and skate vibe. Groovy and spacey moments and a lot of style! These cats deliver the heavy goodness for your perfect summer day of rock! Stereolith for your Californian day in the sun!

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