Number 9
A jump of seventy-four points takes us from the legendary Orange Goblin on Number 10 into the single digits. A band that achieved legendary status for me personally with their 2022 album. And one that reached Number 4 of the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2022 that year according to all the votes that came in. On the new album, the less is more principle seems to work for the songs, turning the compositions into carriers of a longer arc, a story and a history. Dismissing the extra riffs, leaving off the fills, the extra lyrics and everything that wasn’t necessary to tell the tale. The result turns their progressive side into something highly engaging and compulsive, for once the opening track begins, you cannot help but listen to the entire fable once again. For we’ve said it before, if you want to tell a story, it’s about setting the scene. And some bands are true experts in that respect. Just listen to the wind, as it gushes around you on that fateful hill, and that acoustic medieval-touched guitar, punctuated by a forlorn whistle... And you will be swept up by the mist and carried away to another time and place. Yes, with this album the band has become one of them…
According to all of your votes, on Number 9 we find:
Sergeant Thunderhoof - The Ghost Of Badon Hill
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