The Doom Charts for January 2025

 

DOOM CHARTS

JANUARY 2025

 

“Two albums diverged from heaviness
And I am lucky I could journey with both
And be a traveler, with no weariness
Or suffer solitariness
I could dive into all of the Doom Charts undergrowth…“

~ adapted from The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Welcome to the first regular edition of the 2025 Doom Charts! Where we glance back at  January to hear what the first month of the new year brought us. Are you ready for another deluge of heaviness? We hope so! It’s been an amazing first month already, with 238 albums receiving votes this month. And we rarely have seen Numbers 1 and 2 this close together. Which meant we had to do them justice and provide two blurbs for Number 2 as well. And to make things even freakier, they’ve come out on the same label. Go check’m out. But be sure, to check all forty; they are all worthy of your attention! And do not hesitate to let us know which one you are missing! It might just be our new favorite record!

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Go check out all Forty albums ready to set the Heavy Underground a blaze!

Personal votes went out to: Dunes, Godzillionaire, ZOAHR, Hedonist, Land Mammal, T F N R S H, Plasticdrop, Motorik Road Trip, Icarus Burns, Fish Basket and many more that unfortunately did not make the list... Would have loved to have seen Hex by Sha-La-Lees make it...


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

 

 

The Doom Charts for January 2025