Stoner HiVe’s Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

 

 

Stoner HiVe’s 
Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

Besvärjelsen
Rezn
Travo
Slift
Witching Buzz – Occult Vibe Haven : Cathedral of Smoke: A Tribute to SLEEP
Abrams
Hijjs
American Sharks
Beware of Gods
Gjenferd

Another week in the books! One filled with rent-paying-work, obligations, birthday parties and the Jazz In Catstown Festival. Hence, not that much time was left to get our HiVe fun done. This week, we’ve got some things planned before we head off to Down The Hill Festival in Belgium. One of them being a freakishly awesome Full Album Premiere! More on this very soon! But last week we did reposts of the Doom Charts blurbs we wrote. You know, Druglord, Heavy On The Ride and Rezn. Managed to let you all know that there’s a new video and a new single coming for An Evening With Knives and published a few words about the wild new Besvärjelsen album. Hope you all check those out! Worth every second of your time… And here’s hoping we can do more this week! 

American Sharks – Not Dead Yet

 

 

American Sharks – Not Dead Yet
Permanent Teeth Records - 2026
Metal, Punk, Stoner
Rated:

American Sharks play dirty punk rock'n'roll. This album is like taking your first cheap chemical drug trip - frantic, full of bright lights and noise and over too quickly, leaving you wanting more. Waving the flag that Electric Frankenstein and The Hellacopters hoisted high, American Sharks are like a shot of adrenaline mainlined into the brain. Remember when music was about energy, singalong choruses, dazzling guitar breaks, sweat and passion? These guys do. One of my favourite bands used to do this - they all had the surname of Ramone! This album make me feel happy and violent at the same time - a perfect combination. With a bass sound that Lemmy would be proud of, the songs cruise along with an unstoppable drive over which the vocals are spat out. They are not trying to be the darkest or brutal or whatever the fuck this months "core" scene is supposed to be. The Sharks just wanna play fast and powerful and kick some arse on the way. This is the good shit.

(Written by Tony Maim)

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Number 20 on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2013

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Stoner HiVe’s Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

 

 

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Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

Elder
Abrams
Fuzzing Nation
John 5
Last band
Avon
Black Toaster
Jurema Juice
American Sharks
Gatlin Black

As we run into the new week, we take a quick look back at the albums we listened to the most last week and of course take a gander at the limited amount of posts we were able to put online. We keep struggling to find the time to do more. And we fear there will not be much time for a lot this week. We do have a FULL ALBUM PREMIERE lined-up for Wednesday and probable interviews on Thursday and Friday. One of them will even be for the HiVe! But hey, we try and thank you all for keeping track of what we try to do… 

So, last week, we managed to do a quick Premiere Post for that wild Beneath The Skin debut and wrote some words for the new Abrams. We saw the Doom Charts Peroration for March 2026 go live and jotted down a word or two about the heartland rock album by Gatlin Black. And last but certainly not least, motherfuzzing Mothertruck album by Fuzzing Nation got mentioned. So, we did do something, but it never feels like enough. But we try! Thank you for following along and keep listening to all that good music out there! All of it! 

Stoner HiVe’s Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

 

 

Stoner HiVe’s 
Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

Psychlona
Riastrad
Blunt Knife Castration
Sons of Gulliver
Gnarwhal
Oreyeon
Slomosa
Avon
Urlaub in Polen
American Sharks

Another week in the books and another in front of us. One where most of you few that will be reading these words can be thankful that you live where you live. For now. When will all the fighting stop? Everywhere. Why can’t there be a new wave of freedom, acceptance and love wash over the world? And never roll back… 

Did you escape in some way the past week? Did we help out a little? We hope so, cause we were honored to premiere a video for Bronco Forte and the amazing full album premiere for Sons Of Gulliver. We wrote a few words about the new Oreyeon album and mentioned a show this Saturday by Komatsu, Nevels and Patserbak in Eindhoven. And let’s not forget, this Wednesday starts the European tour for Psychlona! Who will be there in Merleyn, Nijmegen? We also jotted down a few words about Riastrad and on Friday, our resident poet Ronny Dijksterhuis did another wonderful and wild Quick Fire Friday round. Enough escapism if you need it! Let’s hope we can provide some this week as well… Stay strong, spread the word about the Heavy Underground. Spread the love! 

Stoner HiVe’s Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

 

 

Stoner HiVe’s 
Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

Gnarwhal
Black Lung
Stargo
The Kooks
American Sharks
Nick Oliveri
To The Max!
Tombstones In Their Eyes
Cowboys & Aliens
Biblioteka

Monday is upon us once again! A new week and a new chance to do more for the Heavy Underground. We are blessed with so much time to listen to all that amazing music. But we would love more time to write and promote all those amazing albums, bands and projects! Like the two festivals we mentioned yesterday, Jam In The Psych Castle and Bear Stone Festival. I think we will try to mention more of those this week. And don’t forget, HUFR Fest is happening in April over in Denver! Well, and we mentioned those two singles: American Sharks and Midnight Whiskey Massacre. Besides premiering the New Dawn Fades track Leave My Loneliness Unbroken. And guess what, we have TWO more PREMIERES happening this week! The Doom Charts Peroration for January went live and the review for Stargo’s new album Violet Skies. Well, I guess the week did not pass in vain. Here’s hoping we can do more this week! 

American Sharks - Not Dead Yet

American Sharks – Going Insane

Did you miss’m? Not as much as I did! Been thinking about doing a segment for Stoner HiVe about bands I miss like crazy. For even though we are bombarded with new amazing music on a daily basis, I still miss the hell out of bands like Year Long Disaster, Redcoats, Been Obscene and Cojones. And yes… Many more! American Sharks was among that list! And guess what?! They are Not Dead Yet! They are back and ready to kick ass and chew bubblegum… And guess what, they’re all out of gum…
But not out of kick ass riffs and that wild American Sharks energy! Just go listen to the lead single Going Insane and yes, go insane with the American Sharks! Album drops on April 17th through Permanent Teeth. I love’m! 

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American Sharks share new single "Going Insane",

announce North American tour with RBBP in April-May

Austin trio American Sharks share their first new single in 6 years today, "Going Insane" on all DSPs HERE. The song is the lead track from their forthcoming new album Not Dead Yet.

The band also announce full U.S. tour dates supporting Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol beginning in April. Please see all dates below. Tickets for all shows are available.

American Sharks is a three-piece band hailing from Austin, TX. Their punk-metal hybrid sound blends pop hooks with blasting-yer-face riffs resulting in something akin to if Weezer went Stoner Rock. Coupled with hook-laden singalong lyrics, American Sharks’ forthcoming 2026 album Not Dead Yet is, well, a breathtaking return. 

The band is joined on the album by special guest guitar soloists: Mike Derks (GWAR), Zach Blair (Rise Against), Kyle Shutt (The Sword), David Sullivan (Red Fang), and Leo Lydon (Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol). 

Since the release of their 2013 self-titled debut album, American Sharks has toured extensively supporting the likes of GWAR, Clutch, The Sword, Red Fang, Big Business, Corrosion of Conformity and many others. After touring to support their debut album on The End Records, American Sharks took time off to write and record their self-produced follow up album, 11:11 on BMG. After a 5 year break, American Sharks are back (centered around founders, vocalist/bassist Roky Moon and drummer Nick Cornetti) with 9 fast-paced, pummeling tracks. 

Not Dead Yet will be available on LP, CD and download on April 17th, 2026 via Permanent Teeth.

Pre-orders are available HERE.


AMERICAN SHARKS - LIVE 2026:

03/12 Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas - Hotel Vegas 15th Anniversary Party

04/16 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater *#

04/17 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *

04/18 Kalispell, MT - Rocky Mountain Riff Fest 

04/19 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern *

04/20 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios *

04/22 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of The Hill *

04/23 Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon *

04/25 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *

04/26 Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet’s *

04/28 Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge *

05/01 Oklahoma City, OK - Resonant Head *#

05/02 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck *#

05/03 Omaha, NE - Reverb *#

05/04 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry *#

05/06 Milwaukee, WI - Falcon Bowl *#

05/07 St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill Duck Room *#

05/08 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *#

05/09 Cleveland, OH - Mahall’s *#

05/10 Toronto, ON - The Garrison *

05/12 Montreal, QC - Cabaret Foufs *

05/13 Boston, MA - Sonia *

05/15 Brooklyn, NY - TV Eye *

05/17 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s *

05/18 Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery *

05/20 Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre *

05/22 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *

05/23 Nashville, TN - The Blue Room *

* w/ Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol

# w/ Pink Fuzz

 

Number 20 on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2013

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The Number One album of 2013

The Number One album of 2013

Before we start the Countdown of 2019 we look back at those past 10 years of Stoner HiVe. We know it is now the eleventh edition of the Countdown. But we celebrate 10 years! 10 years of heavy riffs, romps and stomps! 10 years of heavy magic! That all started back in 2009 when the blog started, just so we would have a vehicle to count down the best 20 albums of 2009. The edition of 2013 had 61 lists to tally which of course made the outcome even more valid then when we started back in 2009. That list, deduced out of the lists sent in by 61 heavy music fiends,  started with American Sharks – American Sharks on Number 20. It featured Windhand and their Soma album on Number 3 and the amazing Earth Rocker album by Clutch on Number 2. For the entire Top 20, visit the Countdown So Far post on Stoner HiVe… But what album ended up on the Number One position back in 2013... Well, that’s when we wrote:

“In a last ditch effort, after Clutch held the Number 1 position for days on end, this one surpassed it during the final two days. It now has the Gold Medal firm in its grasp. With eight points more. It is of course the album that was highly anticipated for quite some time. One that was meant to be released earlier; but due to legal issues which arose (thanks to the one that did not partake) after their initial successful reunion run (minus one), they had to change name and lots of bass players that were also there in the very beginning decided to call it quits at that point. For the band that started it all, the band that forever will be known as the godfathers of stoner and the flag carriers of the desert sound was brought to life in 2010 thanks to the vocalist. After which the original drummer joined and plans for the future were brewing at the start of 2011. As mentioned before the project grinded to halt due to multiple legal complications and fans feared the worst. But all good things take time and will always come to pass. For it was definitely worth the wait. The album is a throwback to the good ol’ days; and that lo desert sound that we all love so dearly. But with a more loose, bluesy and perhaps even jazzy sound; you can hear the boys matured and discovered their inner soul and recognized its beauty. The vocalist sounds better than ever, the grooves are there, the riffs are damn fine and the drummer is so magnificent that he alone would have deserved a top spot this year. All that’s left to do is to poor another beer, put on the album and dream away under the starry sky as the fireworks explode above… Peace…”

Some albums wither away with time and some age like fine wine… And we were honored to have Madman Tony Maim revisit the album and scream out his words of wisdom… “Is there an opposite of rose tinted glasses? Shit tinted glasses? Because I remember thinking what is all the fuss about when this came out. Kyuss had imploded and John Garcia had started touring as “Kyuss Lives!” Various lawsuits later they changed their name to Vista Chino and released “Peace”. I thought “meh”. 7 years later I think “woah fuck” what have I missed! Comparisons were inevitable but this is a band who have a past but are also finding their own identity. It’s got a driving groove running through everything which lifts all the songs up. Fuzzed solos are stabbed through the intertwined twin vocals with wild abandon. There is a freedom to the compositions which hint at jams. This is still a great album.”

Vista Chino – Peace

(For the rest of the Top 20 of 2013, that very first one, visit the Countdown So Far post on the blog...)

Number 20

Number 20

“The beer pours a mid-orange, with a chunky head that leaves some persistent, patchy lacing. The nose is powerful, orangey, thick, tropical, somewhat cloying, but pleasant. Initially it tastes like a barley wine: syrupy and luscious, but with fairly sharp hop notes. The hops never really get going for me; they are excessive in no particular direction, lending to a rather characterless effect. Stewed apricots come through, but that's about it. I think that malt-lovers would be disappointed, hop-heads alienated. Then the worst bit: a brutally astringent, chemically finish with all the grace and élan of a nail varnish jell-o-shot. Bad enough to be called flawed; so much so that I'd chalk this off as a bad bottle had it not only just come off the line. If this is 20lb-er as intended, it definitely falls somewhere between "not-for-me" and plain old "gross".” (Lovingly pinched from Small Beer)

Beating two bands with one point and two bands with three points. This trio of fun guzzling, fast paced rock loving fishes have given us an amazing album with only nine tracks. But during that warp speed overdrive heaviness you get thick kick karate kicks in the guts and pure adrenaline coursing through your veins. Thrilling, freaky and absolute crazy enjoyment bordering on the demented is served with smashing drums, filthy rumbling bass and a wild speedy vocalist. And then we realize that it’s a debut effort and that these freaks will probably only get better and better and better and crazier.  Holy hell and great balls on fire! I sure hope these guys never get caught by a trawler and end up in a fishstick… (Insert Kanye West joke) We have loved every second of these…

 

American Sharks – American Sharks

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American Sharks – American Sharks

American Sharks – American Sharks

The End Records – 2013

Rock, Punk, Stoner

Rated: ****

Interested in diving deeper into the punkside of that Palm Desert stoner? Want even more fun than the boys from Red Fang are able to handle? And you want all of that even more twisted and insane than the craziest Valient Thorr offerings? Check out American Sharks! These Texan nutcases give you a time traveling, warp speed overdrive adventure full or mischief and demented monkey business. And all of that in high energy fast fat fuzzed out punk rock that takes that laid-back attitude from stoner and the thick karate kick riffs as well. And that’s the only shame; cause it is all so freaking good. A damn fine wild and speedy vocalist, absolute smash-grab-and-stomp drums and a filthy rumbling bass. But the boys forgo the option to let the melodies, rhythms and riffs get their chance to develop further and they have every song end around the two-minute mark. Just imagine what these freaks could do if they would do away with all limitations!

(Written by JK)

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American Sharks - Overdrive

American Sharks - Overdrive