The Doom Chart for August 2018

Doom Chart

 “No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride…and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well…maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.”

~ Hunter S. Thompson

Someone asked online the other day about the state of new music and whether or not the coming years could sustain the quality and volume we are witnessing. That questions has been asked about every single year I could remember since I’ve been involved in the heavy underground. Each year we are pummeled with release after release, each one seeming to out do the last and every year thinking there is no way it can top that. Well here we are again, August has past and we are struggling to keep up with the amount of killer albums being released and losing our shit over our favorites throughout the year. Here at the charts we had another 300 album month from a total of 29 lists sent in by contributors. We added some new contributors as well who included Héctor Hurtado representing More Fuzz as well as Adam Walsh who may have slowed down on his blog submissions on Ear Munchies but has managed to stay on the cutting edge of taste in this here heavy underground scene (see credits at bottom for links). Please welcome the newbies and check yourself before this chart wrecks yourself! 12 debut appearances and 13 holding strong in the top 25.

Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio, podcasters and album reviewers from the doom-stoner-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…

If one of the great Doom Chart Contributors starts quoting the Good Doctor one better pay attention. Just as much as when Madman Tony Maim starts preaching. Back in July Madman Maim riffed and rolled and ranted about the new Forming The Void album Rift. So, it only feels right that these freaks are storming the Charts this months like a space age wooly mammoth!
 

The Doom Chart For August 2018