The Countdown So Far...

 

 

The Countdown so far...

So, this is it. Almost midnight. Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion. Of course we do. We would like to thank you all for voting this year, following along and sending messages of appreciation. And yes, we also thank once again all those bands delivering all those amazing albums. It’s almost time to announce the Number 1 album of the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2024 according to 218 of you lovely heavy music fiends out there. All you crazies who had the time and energy to send us their list of favorite albums. We thank you once again, cause without you all this could not be possible. And it is the reason Stoner HiVe started; all the way back in 2009…

But before we enter 2025; before we know the Number 1 album according to you all, let’s state a few things about 2024 and list all the albums that have been featured on the Top 20 Countdown of 2024 so far. 21 of all those absolutely amazing albums that were produced this year, made it to the Top 20 Countdown of 2024. But the total list contains so much more! A tad more than 750 in fact! We shall publish the Numbers 21 to 100 soon enough. Personal lists of the Stoner HiVe Team will also go up next week. And this year, 5 albums received theThe Red Lantarn. 5 albums, received one vote and on the 20th position of someone’s list. So, The Red Lantarn post will follow shortly as well, cause you know, it might just be your new favorite album!

And now, before we start to tear up, profess out love for all that amazing music, from this year, yesteryear and the future once again, let’s run through the Countdown one last time and prepare for fireworks! Soon, we will know, what the Number 1 album is according to all you voters out there! Thank you all! Best of wishes for 2025, let’s try and make it the best year ever for as many people as we can! Let’s make it loud, heavy and amazing! Happy New Year! 

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2. Slomosa – Tundra Rock

3. Greenleaf – The Head & The Habit

4. Elephant Tree / Lowrider - The Long Forever

5. Sundrifter - An Earlier Time

6. Psychlona - Warped Vision

7. Rezn – Burden

8. Black Pyramid - The Paths of Time are Vast

9. Sergeant Thunderhoof - The Ghost Of Badon Hill

10. Orange Goblin - Science, Not Fiction

11. Acid Mammoth - Supersonic Megafauna Collision

12. Sons of Arrakis - Volume II

13. Magmakammer - Before I Burn

14. Fu Manchu - The Return Of Tomorrow

15. High on Fire - Cometh the Storm

16. Mr. Bison - Echoes From The Universe

17. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

18. Sacri Monti – Retrieval & Ufomammut – Hidden

19. Anciients – Beyond the Reach of the Sun

20. Emu – Emu