Thank you!

 

 

Thank you!

We don’t do this much. I guess it’s been a year now or something like that. But, just before our little holiday we noticed we were inching towards 6000 Followers on Facebook and 5000 Likes. As well as the first 1000 on Instagram, which we are still getting used to operating. And after our return, we have surpassed that 6000 Number and have actually reached our first cool thousand on Instagram. And even though we know the numbers say little; it does look kind of cool. It does make us feel like there are a few freaks out there that dig what we do at the HiVe and feel the same way about the Heavy Underground. It’s a great cabal of zines, blogs, podcasters, youtubers and journalists that make up the press side of the Heavy Underground; and all or most do it simply because of the pure love for all that heavy music. As does Stoner HiVe! And when that love is in some way reciprocated by a cool group of followers; well, it makes it all worthwhile! We started this little hobby project back in 2009 to countdown the best albums of that year and it slowly morphed into a bit more. We went to Facebook late, joined Instagram only a year ago and still struggle to try and do it all properly. But we love doing it! Cause we love that heavy music! So, thank you all for following Stoner HiVe. It’s there because we love the Heavy Underground, that means all of you! The listeners, the fans, the bands, the artists, the record companies, the pr agencies and the press cats… We love you all! And we do Stoner HiVe because we want to profess our love for those amazing bands and albums. So thank you all! Please, continue to put out all that amazing heaviness and please everyone, keep tuning in to all that great music. Cause there’s so much out there! And well, just simply, thank you, thank you all! Truly and sincerely, thank you! 

O' and an extra special thank you to Sun Below and Silent Monolith! Cause both bands made us reach that first thousand! Silent Monolith was there first, but apparently, two followers unfollowed and then Sun Below made us reach it again! Don't stop us now! Cause we're having a good time... Ho ho ho!

Thank you!

Thank you!

We don’t recognize this enough perhaps and we only just noticed we are on route to 4000 likes and 5000 followers. Respectively almost another 100 and 500 to go… But we just want to say thank you for the support the HiVe has gotten over the years. Stoner HiVe was around in a different form, for those who know, long before the blog started back in 2009. It then took another two years to actually get around to moving it on to Facebook as well. And after that we forgot to actually do any PR work for it. Only the last few years we tried to push outwards more; and not because we need Stoner HiVe to become bigger for our own good; but simply because the words of appreciation the team writes for the albums they love, should just be read more; so that more will find out about those awesome bands and their albums! So I guess, thank you to the current Team Doktor420, Tony Maim, Reek of STOOM and Shasta Beast for doing what you do, thank you to all the heavy musicians out there for making all that beautiful music and thank you all, dear followers… It is without any doubt highly appreciated and very unreal… Be well everyone! Mahalo!

A few words of thanks…

A few posts of thanks…

A few final words of thanks… A few posts to thank all those bands out there that delivered all that awesome heavy music in 2019. We loved so much of it! It shows in the many different lists that were sent in for the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown. And not just that, it shows on the Doom Charts and on the personal lists that were posted on the HiVe and the Doom Charts. And ofcourse on all the personal pages of the Doom Charts Contributors; and those are many. Thanks to all that voted for the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown. Without you crazy music fiends the Countdown would not work and the heavy music scene would not be this alive! Many thanks! Keep your ears on that rumbling bass and those pounding drums; it will show you the way to those almighty riffs and majestic grooves! 

Thanks to everyone out there who were involved with heavy music. Either by listening, making or voting for it. It is once again staggering to think about the sheer encompassing amount of great music! I’ve scrobbled 2004 albums. That’s digital scrobbles. Not counting vinyl or cd’s. Or those that were labelled wrong and did not scrobble at all. And I know the members of the Stoner HiVe Team have listened to a lot of different albums among themselves. And yes, I know there are still many on my to listen to list. There are many in the Stoner HiVe inbox and there are many on the different listening platforms provided by the record companies that are still waiting to be heard… Some of which  we will get to before January is over… There is just so much! 

Thanks to all the Doom Chart Contributors, all wise in their own ways and all doing what they do for the pure love of it. Nobody is making one cent for doing this. It’s fuel is the love of the heavy stuff and the reward is seeing somebody finding an album they love because of that. And thanks to the Stoner HiVe Team. Doktor420 for remaining that immovable stalwart of stoner and space rock. He is very reluctant to do any writing for the HiVe but will forever be the original guru and has without a doubt the best ear for the unknown stoner, space, psych and kraut. Madman Tony Maim, has fired up his own Black Insect Laughter to some degree, giving us an insight to the monthly ruckus he listened to. Yes! He is there went you need a rant or two and he knows where to find the good punk, the great thrash and the lovely hardcore. We love the occasional and unprovoked burst of madness entering the HiVe inbox about a new album. And hope he will continue to do so. Reek of STOOM joined the team almost exactly a year ago! And has since then quickly climbed up to fill a void in all the sludge, doom and grime genres within the HiVe as well as the Doom Charts and Doomed and Stoned. A prolific listener that is unrivaled in the amount he listens to as well as the quality of his writing. And last addition Kyle aka Shastabeast. With us since September, the man seems to love the fuzz, the scruffy riffs and the dirty grooves as much as the doom of yore and the sludge of tomorrow. And if there is one animal that can find even more unknown heavy stoner gold than featured on the blogs, it’s Shastabeast! 

Thanks to you all for doing what you do and helping the HiVe give more attention to more bands! And because of that, we shall try to give a little bit of attention to some of that awesome stuff we missed during 2019 before normal broadcasting service shall commence… So, the next two weeks will be filled with posts featuring stuff that was released in 2019… After that we look forward and onwards, cause 20 20 is upon us! Thank you all! Let’s stay heavy!