Number 1

Number 1

There can be only one. And to reach the Gold Medal, the Number One album according to all you heavy music fiends that decided to send their list to the Stoner HiVe for this Top 20 Countdown of 2019, we jump almost 85 points from Hippie Death Cult on Number 2. Yes, we arrive at an album that is without any doubt considered the absolute favorite for all you lovely freaks out there. Sure, there were a few others that were high on the list when the first bunch of votes were tallied, but then when the amount of lists got bigger, it quickly rose to the top and never let go of its position. So, we can safely state that this album moved all of you out there to the core. We thank all of those voters once again, without you this would not be possible and it would not be this much fun to do. We also thank all those bands that made the Top 20 with all of those amazing albums! But we also thank the bands that did not make it; cause there is beauty on all of them! And like every year, we will list the 21 to 100 in the next few days somewhere. So, at least a few of those albums will get a little more attention; even though they probably deserve even more. But even though it was obvious from the picture above, we still need to say a few words about the Number 1 album of 2019. Released through Kozmik Artifactz around March of last year; the album quickly rose to the top of the Doom Charts. To which Bucky immediately stated what would become reality: “The album has claimed its right as one of 2019s top contenders in the realm of the heavy underground. The grandiose harmony between the sweeping guitar leads, occultish vocals, sophisticated use of the organ and bluesy squeal of the solos keep you on edge throughout. The groove is melodic, atmosphere crisp and the songwriting landing somewhere between Elder and Uncle Acid.” Inded, something highly intoxicating about this all, the ritual performed takes you away from this maddening world into another place and time all together. The London quintet have delivered with this record something that will surely stand the test of time, for it is indeed timeless. So we shall conclude with the poetic words by Reek of STOOM: “Dryads danced, Satyrs squirmed… Maids made merry as the Wicker burned… All the while the … breathed as the Woodlands writhed and the mountains heaved…” The Gold Medal Goes to:

Green Lung - Woodland Rites

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