The July
2024 Doom Charts – 40 to 26
Stoner Hype
We finished
listening and jotting down a few words about the Number 40 to 26 in about a
week. But then forgot to collect it in this here post. But here we are,
collecting what we did on our little Facebook page right after the new regular edition of
the Doom Charts goes online. We count down from 40
to 26 and try to type in a few words about that album or ep that makes sense to
us. It’s not a review; but usually a miniscule blurb, a little sentence to
entice, to hype. A Stoner Hype… Well, we collected them here to post for
you in one nice little post on the blog… Because we like to keep things nice
and tidy and it helps us spread the good word about them on Instagram as well…
ÜGA BÜGA – YEAR OF THE HOG
"Righteous Man already feels like a cannon blast opening track. But with Rape Of The Poor Üga Büga
they will surely capture your mind. Not just because of the weird
reminiscing about other songs you heard before that remind you of Rape
Of The Poor, but simply because you cannot help diving headfirst into
the mud and wallowing around with the rest of the Uga Buga fans!
Stunning, the Year Of The Hog has pearls everywhere!"
EREMIT – RISE OF THE RUAN~ANG
"It's doom alright. But the kind of doom you get lost in, you dissolve, become one with the dust that slowly covers everything. Eremit’s two part Rise of the Ruan~angh is like a doomed never ending story. You are part of it…"
ENDLESS FLOODS – RITES FUTURS
"Shoegazing yourself out of a black hole with the cosmic doom that is the new Endless Floods
album Rites Futurs. It kind of feels like the perfect companion for the
Eremit album we heard on 39. Lighter in coloring it’s as huge in scope
and arcs as Rise of the Ruan~angh. Rites Futurs is out on Breathe Plastic Records , meditative and contemplative, minimalistic and grandiose. It has everything…"
BELLWETHER RITUAL – WINDBAG
"You
got yourself all worked up over nothing! The grunge is alive, nineties
alternative is alive and so is eighties metal. Combine all of those
genres, blow it through hints of progressive love and you get Windbag by
Bellwether Ritual. Their second four-track EP in a year, and the start of a journey you’re gonna wanna be a part of!"
PATRIARCHS IN BLACK – VISIONING
"Patriarchsinblack's new album Visioning is out on Metalville
Records. The project was formed by former Hades guitarist Dan Lorenzo
and former Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly. Imploring the aid of
different bassplayers and vocalists. Crossover doom metal that crosses
over to so many genres it boggles the mind. But it also revives it, just
listen to Whiskey On My Mind or Welcome To Hell... Not on their
bandcamp yet... But it is on Spotify..."
EVEL – OMEN EP
"The Omen EP is the debut release by Raleigh, North Carolina three Evel!
Atavistic stonerrock, all doomed down and punked up! Metal abounds,
thrash here, motoring there, the Omen EP has it all! And this is their
freaking six track debut! Holy hell!"
FEAR THE BEARDS – SPACE WHALE
"Argonauta Records naturally and logically found the Italian quartet Fear the Beards!
Not just because they're from Italy, but because they produce some damn
fine stonerrock! Often drifting towards the hardrock side or the metal
side, its the rhythms and the drive that take the cake here. And Space
Whale is yet again a freakin debut five track release! The fire keeps on
spreading!"
PSYCHEDELIC WITCHCULT – THEY USED DARK FORCES
"Listening to Psychedelic Witchcult
will prepare you for all the weeping and all the gnashing of teeth to
come. Soon after starting their new seven track release They Used Dark
Forces, you know it is about to be fulfilled... They will tear out your
tongues and scoop out your brains and make you their puppet..."
MOTHMAN AND THE THUNDERBIRDS – PORTAL HOPPER
"The Egor Lappo
imagening Mothman and The Thunderbirds has turned into quite the
project over the years. Portal Hopper is the title of the new release
and time shifts through every conceivable metal genre in the space of
twelve songs. And thanks to the synth work there's always a touch of
eighties and something dream-like..."
LORDS OF FORM – HYPNOTISE THE WORLD
"Psychedelia from ex-Hawkwind bass, synths and guitar dude, Niall with one Jamie Gillett on drums. It's Lords of Form
and their Hypnotise The World release. Electronic, kraut, stoner, psych
and feedback that shifts every bone in your body. You wil not be the
same afterwards!"
ESPECTRO DE LA CONCIENCIA – FIN DEL TIEMPO
"We jotted down a few words about Espectro de la conciencia's Fin Del Tiempo a few days ago. Read them HERE... Or just press play and become the smoke..."
BOOZEWA – BON VIVANT
"Can't get enough of Crown Moulding... Put it on repeat and keep on dancing like a madman! It's Bon Vivant by Boozewa and it was their plan all along!"
SEASON OF THE WITCH – VOL. 2
"When Jesse Kooker from the amazing Dingir Zu
starts his sermon about a certain release, you sit up and listen. You
push play and listen. Immediately! And such was the case with the new Seasonofthewitch
release Vol. 2. And if you weren't there to hear him preaching, you
missed out on the truth of rock 'n roll! For it is alive, gritty, fuzzy
and deliriously delicious in the foothills of Appalachia..."
GAVIAL HAZE – GAVIAL HAZE
"GAVIAL HAZE
has been spinning a lot every since Andy Kovalcik showed us the way.
The Swiss four deliver instrumental psych and stoner, and build amazing
vistas to traverse through. A country side, a mountain range and field
of wild flowers... But that's not all, for they also know how to deliver
fuzzed out riffs and a rock out to go wild to!"
MEIFU – HAUNTED DREAMS
"MEIFU's Haunted Dreams released through Argonauta Records
is once again an official debut. Highly atmospheric, it touches you
immediately. The vocals often take on this mystical wraith like howling,
haunting yet exhilarating. There is magic in these tunes, and it's old
and dangerous and will surely make your hallucinate..."
Tune in next month when we do this Stoner Hype again for the number 40 to 26 of the August Doom Charts... Live during the weekend on our little Facebook Page or afterwards when we collect them here... But for now... Go listen to all of the 40 of July if you haven't already!