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woensdag 1 mei 2019

Stoner HiVe's Top 10 Most Listened To Last Month...


Stoner HiVe's
Top 10 Most Listened To Last Month...


Right before we get to go wild with a new Doom Chart, here’s the April rundown of the Top 10 most listened to artists on the HiVe…


maandag 8 april 2019

Stoner HiVe’s Top 5 artists listened to last week…


Stoner HiVe’s
Top 5 artists listened to last week…


Monday Monday, So good to me. Monday morning, it was all I hope it would be… What were The Mamas & The Papas thinking when they wrote those lines. Sure, it’s to mislead you at the beginning before the true nature of the song kicks in; but still… What if you can’t make it that far? And the lousy feeling that you have because the weekend is over sticks with you until the following weekend? What then? Luckily we don’t have to actually listen to that song; we have tons of magic floating around that will brighten up every day! On repeat for instance has been Isla Fortuna and their Verity album. Which we will post a mention about in a few minutes. Instrumental space extravaganza Earthling, Go Home! By Hhoogg has also been spinning a lot. Just like Green Lung and their Woodland Rites album. Hey, it didn’t end up at the Number 1 position of the Doom Charts for nothing! Noise, punk, thrash, metal and more is featured proudly on the High Anxiety album, out on Thrill Jockey, by Oozing Wound. Seven past paced bangers that will stomp out every last bit of hangover! Come on Monday! I’ll take ya down! We dug the shit out of the Elefantes release back in 2013 and must confess we for some reason did not take notice of the releases after that one until Picaporters slapped us silly with their new XXIII record! Psychedelic doom, metal and more metal and more metal and an occult flavor all with a very own sound. Amazing record! Check it out! Check it all out!

dinsdag 29 oktober 2013

Picaporters - Elefantes


Picaporters - Elefantes
Self Released 2013
Blues, Stoner, Doom
Rated: ****

Picaporters, which translates to “Doorknobs”, is a power trio from Argentina trudging the hard worn stoner rock path blazed by fellow countrymen Los Natas and several others. Their debut album “Elefantes” quickly lays out the cards brought to the table with the colossal “Hijo De Gaia”. Crushing, down-tuned, stoner blues riffs perform a balancing act with softer, spoken word dynamics until a flurry of Hendrix-inspired, torrential solo blasting sends the track off the deep end. Those same loud/soft tendencies resurface quite often during the rest of the session and lend the album as a whole an honest and powerful emotional bent. “Idea RAM” is where we see the Picaporters engage in some straightforward rock sensibilities and help shake off any bong resin that may have caked your ears in the early tracks! While stoner rock and doom run thick, psychedelic licks are never too far around the corner and as the set progresses the tracks become significantly more Lysergic. “Lluvia de Metal” is a about as ballad-ish as we get with heartfelt vocal beltings and soulful, melodic guitar soloing. The following “..de Metal” tracks follow a similar blueprint and are heavy but in a much different sense than the sludge trudge. The most important thing to note about Elefantes is that while the usual calling cards of the heavy rock, stoner, doom, and blues are certainly in order here, the entire set is infused with enough mood and soul to keep things interesting. One could say it’s a 2013 version of Cuidad de Brahmin.

(Written by Matthew McGarity)