Kyle – Personal Top 20 of 2025

 

Kyle – Personal Top 20 of 2025

Don't forget it's January 6 today! Why? You ask? Cause it's his birthday! So, let's congratulate Kyle with his birthday and even more so with the amazing work he has been doing with his own PR company called Good Boy PR! We can also congratulate him with his Personal Top 20! And Kyle SB (formerly know as Shasta Beast) is also part of the Doom Charts, where he runs the Instagram page of the Doom Charts. But here's his Top 20 list! A list that might actually feature quite a few artists he did PR for. But he only does PR for the good stuff, the stuff he digs and the stuff that keeps him being the Good Boy that he is! He did not write anything for the HiVe the past year, but we still think he's a Good Boy... Let Slip the Dogs of Rock 'n Roll!

Old Deer - Someone in the House
Bifter - First Impressions of Hell
Tar Pit - Scrying the Angel Gate
Psalm - In Darkness... Have Mercy
Redwood - Sky Offering
Born of Plagues - Dead Endings
Slôdder - Narcissist
Buzzard - Everything Is Not Going To Be Alright
Daytripper - The Alchemist
WAR - VENIVIDIWAR
Redwood - Cloud Colony
Hexecutioner - Tornit
in this house of mourning - Enlèvement
Toilet Snake - Back From the Sewers
All India Radio - The Unified Field
Abanamat - Abominat
Sludgebucket - Vampiric Earth
Slow Draw - The People's Department of Governmental Checks & Balances
Caprahed - Empire
Slung - In Ways

 

Kyle SB – Personal Top 20 of 2024

 

 

Kyle SB – Personal Top 20 of 2024

Don't forget it's almost January 6! Why you ask? Cause it's his birthday then! We congratulate him in advance and even more so with the amazing work he has been doing with his own PR company called Good Boy PR! We can also congratulate him with his Personal Top 20! And Kyle SB (formerly know as Shasta Beast) is also part of the Doom Charts, where he runs the Instagram page of the Doom Charts. A list that could also have featured many of the artists he did PR for, but for the sake of some form of weird fairness, he decided to refrain from listing those fine albums... But you can find those anyway by visiting Good Boy PR! And you should... Go check those out and the majestic list below and Let Slip the Dogs of Rock 'n Roll! Below his list you can see the one review he wrote for the HiVe this year...

DISKORD/ATVM - BIPOLARITIES

VERMINTHRONE - THE CULL

KING ZOG - SECOND DAWN

UNDEATH - MORE INSANE

MALCONFORT - HUMANISM

RICKSHAW BILLIE’S BURGER PATROL - BIG DUMB RIFFS

VEILBURNER - THE DUALITY OF DECAPITATION AND WISDOM

CRYPT CRAWLER - THE IMMORTAL REALM

LOWEN - DO NOT GO TO WAR WITH THE DEMONS OF MAZANDARAN

RITUAL FOG - BUT MERELY FLESH

DÖ - UNVERSUM

WARPSTORMER - WARPSTORMER

BANGLADEAFY - CULTURE

MASTIFF - DEPRECIPICE

NEBULAS GARDEN - NEBULAS GARDEN

WITCHORIOUS - WITCHORIOUS

DRIPPING DECAY - RIPPING REMAINS

KNOLL - AS SPOKEN

RESIN TOMB - CEREBRAL PURGATORY

PROTON BURST - LA NUIT

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Atomic Peat - Demons Coming Home

Atomic Peat - Demons Coming Home

 

 

Atomic Peat - Demons Coming Home
Self-released (single) - 2024
Stoner rock, heavy metal

From Osnabrück, Germany, the hard-rocking trio of Atomic Peat come a-knocking this Halloween with a new music video and single, "Demons Coming Home", and it's an absolute treat. Dealing in stoner rock grooves with a decidedly metallic edge, the crew lay down crunching riffs atop an infectious, bouncing rhythm, soundtracking the footage of a man quite literally running from his demons. Slickly shot and tongue-in-cheek, the masked antics do not disappoint, and it's clear the band are enjoying themselves as much as we are. Atomic Peat's creativity and sense of humor are on full display, and it's a pleasure to behold the combination of top-notch riffage and a wholly original video, not to mention the soaring vocals and solo that are the cherries on top. Ring in the spooky season with these demons and you won't be disappointed.

(Written by Kyle SB)

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Wall – Brick By Brick

 

 

Wall – Brick By Brick
APF Records – 2024
Rock, Metal, Sludge, Doom
Rated: ***

Desert Storm, The Grand Mal, two of the other outfits that have ben built brick by brick by brothers Ryan and Elliot Cole. And Wall, that’s the project they started during that weird pandemic period a while ago. Remember that? Wall, it’s the two brothers making whatever racket they want and doing that all in the sludge and doom regions. Well, they do get help by some additional noise / guitar / mellotron on three tracks, Falling from The Edge of Nowhere, Cirrhosis, Filthy Doner Kebab on a Gut Full of Lager by Jimmy Hetherington. And on one of the two covers, they get vocals done by Dave Oglesby from Mother Corona. Two covers indeed, Nineteen by Karma To Burn and Electric Funeral by Sabbath. Both were of course present on the first two EP’s, which are collected now, as a finished structured called Brick By Brick. Which would have featured ten song if it has just been the two EP’s. But the brothers added three new tracks, the earlier mentioned Cirrhosis and Filthy Kebab On A Gut Full Of Lager. But also Masking My Contempt. A two and half minute puncher that starts off with a snippet from the American Beauty movie. Damn cool if ya ask me. And you can ready what Kyle SB wrote about their earlier EP’s here: WALL / WALL VOL.2. Nice of the brothers to have built this little castle of sludge and doom, in their very own heavy and august taste.  

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The Doom Charts for July 2024

 

DOOM CHARTS

JULY 2024

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going into the Doom Charts. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”

~ J.R.R. Tolkien (probably misread quote)

The midyear mark has passed, and with it another massive month of heavy albums the Doom Charts couldn’t wait to get their mitts on. Like Gollum and his precious, we adored and could scarcely tear ourselves away from one release after another, driving ourselves into a frenzy that would put a citrus colored goblin to shame. But enough Tolkien jokes, filthy hobbitses, ascend… Mount DOOM!


What an excellent intro by our very own Kyle! You know, the dude that has been making waves with his very own Good Boy PR! We were out of bounce for the weekend, but returning Sunday eve to see another glorious edition of that list, filled with amazing albums, delivered by the fellowship of the Doom Charts, felt like the perfect ending to a wild weekend. 

Voted for quite a few that made the Top 40... But Could have voted for all of them! But yes, Orange Goblin was my Number 1 pick as well... Sacri Monti, Occult witches, Magmakammer, DUEL, Lord Buffalo, Black Capricorn, POHL, Worshipper, Land Mammal, The Swell Fellas, King Botfly, Gods & Punks, Thunderdope , Burnt Lung & Gavial Haze.... But as said, could have and probably should have voted for all of them!  Too bad Jegulja ended up on Number 41... Go check'm out! Check all of'm out!!

Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio, podcasters and 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 Charts for July 2024 

 

Kyle SB – Personal Top 20 - 2023

 

Kyle SB – Personal Top 20

of 2023!

 

Don't forget it's almost January 6! Why you ask? Cause it's his birthday! We congratulated him in advance and even more so with starting his own PR company called Good Boy PR! It must be one of the many highlights of the past twelve months. We can also congratulate him with his Personal Top 20! And indeed Kyle SB (formerly know as Shasta Beast) is also part of the Doom Charts, and he runs the Instagram page of the Doom Charts. And his Personal list will of course also appear on the Doom Charts, but perhaps slightly edited, perhaps not. Cause this is the Top 20 he sent in back when we asked for your lists for the Top 20 Countdown. Check out his list of majestic releases and Let Slip the Dogs of Rock 'n Roll!

 

BURNER - IT ALL RETURNS TO NOTHING

 

LOMA BAJA - PISCINAS VERTICALES 

 

PHARM - THE TOWER

SANDRIDER - ENVELETRATION

 

GRAND CADAVER - DEITIES OF DEATHLIKE SLEEP

 

ZORN - ZORN 

MAGDALENA - THE DYINGPROCESS

BARING TEETH - THE PATH NARROWS 

SOLIPNOSIS - SINTESIS SILENCIOSA

WORM HERO - THE INEFFABLE CONSEQUENCE OF DREAMING

 

WHITE CANYON & THE 5TH DIMENSION

THOUSAND VISION MIST - DEPTHS OF OBLIVION 

CRAB - VISIT THE INNATE TEMPLE

 

DOZER -DRIFTING IN THE ENDLESS VOID

 

 PYRE FYRE - PYRE FYRE

 

TROPIC SANTOS - CACCIA GROSSA

 

OOPSY DAZEY - OOPSY DAZEY  

ALMOST HONEST - THE HEX OF PENNS WOODS

PHANTOM HIGH - VALLEY OF SICKNESS

BLOOD CEREMONY - THE OLD WAYS REMAIN 

 

 And check out the thirtheen reviews/blurbs he wrote last year here:

 

Almost Honest - The Hex of Penns Woods

 

Almost Honest - Amish Hex

 

Oopsy Dazey - Oopsy Dazey

 

Phe - Nothing Else Is Real

 

Phe - Saviour

 

Bigstrut - Bigstrut

 

10% Reptile - Holographic Fuzz 

 

Grand Cadaver - Deities Of Deathlike Sleep 

 

Radiant Knife - Pressure

 

Dread Spire - Endless Empire EP

 

Pyre Fyre - Pyre Fyre

 

Cooling Tower - Saint Vitus

 

Guara - Fauna

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

Phantom High
Saltpig
King Buffalo
Cavaran
Shane MacGowan and The Popes
The Pogues
Legendry
Creeper
Mountain Of Misery
Buffalo Crows

Another week in the books. I must admit I was really miffed about the fact that FB decided to delete the November Doom Charts. It was spreading among the followers nicely and there was already a lot of work invested the whole thing. It’s so annoying that you cannot do anything about it when it happens. And it took me a little while to find new energy to try and do something new to get the word out again about all those amazing albums. But I’m glad I did.
Above is the list of albums we listened to the most the past week. A week that saw the passing of  bar poet Shane MacGowan, which of course had use revisiting some of his work. May he rest in peace. A week that also had us scribbling something about The Fulcrum and saw Kyle SB write something about Almost Honest which came in 3rd on the November Doom Charts. And for you bands out there, Kyle SB has decided to start it’s om PR project called Good Boy PR. So, you might wanna check that out! A long with all those albums mentioned above! Yes! All of ‘m!!

Almost Honest - The Hex of Penns Woods

 

 

Almost Honest - The Hex of Penns Woods
Argonauta Records - November 2023
Stoner, doom, hard rock
Rated: *****

New Cumberland, Pennsylvania's Almost Honest have been chugging away at their patented sexy Viking funk rock for about a decade, and each release has found them honing their craft and topping their previous outing without fail. This upward trend has shown no sign of slowing down, and on their new LP "The Hex of Penns Woods" they've added rocket fuel to whatever they've been pumping into the rock 'n roll tank. "Hex" is the product of a laser-focused, pro-shop, confident Almost Honest. They've always fucking rocked, and this is an album that says, without debate, "we know we fucking rock". The production is clear but meaty, the musicianship is top-notch, and added layers of varied vocals and surprise instrumentation create an eleven-track trip that has a twist around every bend, inducing more than one happy "WTF" aloud to myself on first listen. The opening track alone is worth taking the dive, an absolute barnburner that fires on all cylinders and welcomes you to the proceedings by melting your face off and delivering riff after sludgy riff of slamming heavy. Early Clutch and Red Fang lurk in the grooves, but this is all Almost Honest as they piledrive eardrums into oblivion. Every subsequent track is its own beast, filled with its own quirks and style without losing the signature stoner heavy at the core of the band's sound. Rather than spoil every surprise, we'll run through the highlights. Want bluesy licks and group vocals? "Laugher of the Deer Owl" has you covered. Horns going together with guitar like PB&J? Bite into "Where the Quakers Dwell". Personal favorite "Haunted Hunter" brings a riotous stomp with drum work that dazzles as it shuffles and pounds, and the funky keys are the icing on top you didn't know you needed. "Ballad of a Mayfly" is a ballad and more, bringing to mind Helmet in its harder-edged passages, and "Goliaths Lamp" cranks up the aggression with cutting riffs and grimy bass licks. Almost Honest have been on the scene for a while now, and its past due they're given recognition as cream of the crop. "The Hex of Penns Woods" catapults the gang into another league, and these Dutch country boys make no beans about it. They've become masters of their craft, and sexy Viking ones at that.

(Written by Kyle SB)

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Oopsy Dazey - Oopsy Dazey

 

 

Oopsy Dazey - Oopsy Dazey
Self-released - November 2023
Alt rock, grunge, shoegaze
Rated: ****

Portland's prolific Anthony Gaglia, of LáGoon and The Crooked Whispers, and Wizzerd's Jamie Yeats, began collaborating early this year, and the results are a few steps away from their usual doom and stoner leanings. The two have cooked up an intoxicating mix of shoegaze, alt rock, and grunge that is OOPSY DAZEY and its self-titled debut, a feel-good hazy trip through lysergic licks and laid-back vibes. What stands out immediately is the guitar tone, a bright and grainy explosion of warmth that croons beneath the appropriately dazed vocals. The drums are steady and patient, setting the foundation for the guitar's colorful explorations across the album's seven tracks. Highlight cut "Amnesia" is an especially dreamy number that's catchy enough to be a radio hit, moody and heartfelt in all the right places. The following "Regrets" takes a more rocking path, alternating between subdued, light passages and keening riffs that evoke Dinosaur Jr. with relaxed, free-wheeling vibes. OOPSY DAZEY take on oh-so-slightly darker sound, however, on the excellent "Blank Stares", trading the previously shimmering tones for a deeper, almost morose anthem with a weight and drive to it that hits just right. On every song, Anthony and Jamie consistently impress with the rich, emotive depths they're able to plunge, and OOPSY DAZEY proves to be a beautiful new project that tugs at the heart strings while putting a smile on your face and welcomes repeat listens with open arms.

(Written by Kyle SB / Shastabeast)

Wanna read that way too long interview with grand oops Anthony Gaglia again? Go here!

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

 

 

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

Jacket Thief
Bismut
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Acid Throne
Dirty Sound Magnet
Dead Feathers
Saturna
Phe
The Rolling Stones
Rival Sons

Another week in the books. One filled with hectic scrambling to get certain articles done in time. And one filled with a sadness in our bones that we couldn’t attend DesertFest Antwerp this year. But luckily we had so much great music to listen to again! To get us through it all… And hey, Helldorado festival is just around the corner! Plus, whenever Kyle, Reek and even Doktor420 deliver something for the HiVe we always love that week! Did you listen to Bigstrut yet? Or Phe? Or Tumanduumband’s Throne of Grief release? And Doktor420 wrote about his experiences listening to Visite du Temple Inné by Crabe. And since Doktor420 writes something once every two years, this must be something you need to listen to as well! Enjoy the new week! And all that new and heavy music!

Phe - Nothing Else Is Real

 

 

Phe - Nothing Else Is Real
Self-released - October 2023
Stoner rock, blues, grunge
Rated: ****

The Netherlands' well-kept secret that is Phe should be well-kept no longer, if their newest album "Nothing Else Is Real" has anything to say about it. This is an immaculate, patient record, one that unfolds with dark grooves and spacious soundscapes that gently reel the listener in, and before you know it you're immersed til the end. Opener and hook-heavy track "Mirror The Ghost" kicks things off with crunching, deliciously desert-rock riffs, driving forward beneath the band's iconic, full-throated vocal delivery. Following cut "Saviour" brings in some stoner stomp with a touch of boogie, but in hindsight these first two tracks are almost red herrings,  the epic centerpiece that is "The Age Of The Misunderstood" hits. Over the course of 12 minutes, Phe craft a beautiful, longform stoner opus. Each note is given its due time, perfectly placed to build into a slight chug under soaring licks, while the drums are tight as can be, laying down a steady bedrock as the tune expands outwards and upwards into increasingly psychedelic territory. It'd be easy enough to write a whole review of just those 12 minutes, but Phe continue to deliver the goods with moody, muscular numbers "Broken Thoughts" and "We Are" to close out the album with added heft. "Nothing Else Is Real" is an accomplished, nuanced record that's made with a painstaking attention to detail, delivering a dark and magnificent vision of stoner rock. Bravo, Phe.

(Written by Kyle SB / Shastabeast)

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Bigstrut - Bigstrut

 

Bigstrut - Bigstrut
Malevolent Sound Studios - 2023
Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore, Experimental
Rated: ****

From the depraved metal minds of Nick Turner and Jared Moran, both of too many bands to count, comes an exercise in a different form of aural filth. Bigstrut is caustic. Bigstrut is foul. Bigstrut is noise rock of the most abrasive kind, sharing the DNA of its creators' various black and death metal projects but wholly its own monster. The duo lurch and lay waste through eight seething tracks, Turner's guitars squealing and crunching while Moran's careening drums and demonic vocals drive the onslaught home. Opener "Resolution" creeps forth with heaps of tension, exploding into a cacophony of sound and angular riffs that alternate between razor wire buildups and thunderous grooves. Highlight cut "House Clear" dives further into Jesus Lizard territory with abrupt, stop-start bursts and screeching licks overtop the crash of the drums. Apparent in "House Clear" and the rest of the album, Bigstrut's greatest trick is maintaining head-moving rhythms despite all the abrasive elements at play. One second Turner is torturing his guitar strings, and the next the band is chugging through a passage that would have a live audience bobbing and stomping along. No less moving, another album highlight is "Glutton", taking its time emerging at a doomier pace before pulsing riffs and clattering drums overtake the listener. Bigstrut is built of vile, raging emotions, and Turner and Moran capably twist that madness into a noise rock behemoth.

(Written by Kyle SB / Shastabeast)

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