Number 8

 

 

Number 8

An almost sixty point jump takes us to Number 8. Where we find a band that made the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown with their 2018 album. A band we love dearly ever since seeing them for the first time in a now defunct bar in Eindhoven, Netherlands with Belzebong and Mars Red Sky on the same bill. A band but we never really talked about on the HiVe because it was already such a big name in our little scene and we tend to mention the starting bands more. But we did this time, mentioned the album late August, cause sometimes praise has to be sung. Out on Season of Mist, since September, the album is the opening salvo for a trilogy to come. And it feels like a turning point, shaped by upheaval, renewal, and forward momentum after the album that came before. The record is open and expansive, glowing with hope tempered by sorrow. Certain tracks ascend with quiet beauty, while others deliver crushing grooves and there is always those sharp contrasts of light and dark. The closing epic track sinks deepest, offering bleak catharsis. Progressive, heavy, and emotionally resonant, this album defines the ever evolving identity of the band. And promises a lot for the other two albums to follow shortly... 

On Number 8 we find: 




STONED JESUS - SONGS TO SUN

 

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Stoned Jesus – Songs To Sun

Number 18 on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2018

 

 

Number 8

 

 

Number 8

Sometimes the jump in points are bigger, for now we jump 128 points from Sergeant Thunderhoof on Number 9 to reach the album on Number 8. An album that will take you to the threshold and without any qualms whatsoever push you over. And there you will fly through an endless and vast universe of Psych, Stoner, Rock, metal and all of its movements are progressive in nature. The textures are different here, the dark brimming with energy and the light flickering like a far off celestial reality blinking in and out of existence. It’s huge, expansive and seems to grow bigger with every listening session. Eight tracks, almost one hour and ten minutes, but they will feel like time stood still and paradoxically enough passed you by in a heartbeat. The path is entirely different here. So it fits, Number 8, having the infinity sign is another weird but poetic testament to the limitlessness of this album…

According to all of your votes, on Number 8 we find: 

Black Pyramid - The Paths of Time are Vast

 

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Totem Cat Records

Number 8

 

 

Number 8

Merry Christmas everyone! And of course, you will be spinning that new instrumental Clouds Taste Satanic All I Want For Christmas Is Your Soul EP and yes, We Hunt Buffalo’s version of Mr. Grinch and De Staat’s Let It Snow! We always do. And so do you! Right?! And of course, the album found on the Number 8 spot of the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2023 thanks to all you crazies that voted for it! We jump almost a hundred points from Saint Karloff on Number 9 to reach this album on Number 8. An album that has been on heavy rotation over here throughout the year, but which we neglected to write a few words about. Our sincerest apologies for that. They’ve made the Countdown during many editions, 15th in 2020. 15th in 2016 and 5th in 2015. They’re known for a majestic drive, and masterful groove and a high energy ride through the heavy rock genre! The cosmic ride! They’re superheroes in their own right! Superheroes of fuzz! On many levels a super continuation of everything they did before; and on every level a perfection of that super sound you love them to bring…  

On Number 8 we find…

Black Rainbows – Superskull



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Number 8

 

 

Number 8

Once again we only jump ten points today. We danced with the High Desert Queen album Secrets Of The Black Moon on Number 9; and to reach Number 8 today we jump a mere ten points. Yes it's the small jump, as we mentioned recently, before we do another big jump to reach the next clump of albums. But today it’s Number 8 and it’s all that’s heavy from Norway! They released an almost twenty minute long one track earlier this year, which was already damn freaking good, before hitting us with two singles leading up to this massive work of doom immersion. Or as Reek of STOOM said: “these nauseous Norse crank up the volume, set the fuzz to Max and fire up a massive Earth Bong of tectonic riffs, rotting shady grottos of sound and a malevolence merely hinted at on previous EP’s. Seminal Doom!” Seminal doom indeed; so doom, it turns your sludge into the darkest treacle possible and your stoner into the densest fog imaginable! And you will not be aware that you are begin surrounded by murder of carrion birds all waiting to scavenge on your wasted little body… On Number 8 we find!  

Jointhugger - Surrounded by Vultures

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Number 8

 

 

 Number 8

 

We love that Ummon album by Slift, which occupied Number 9 so much! So much! It even hurts a bit to continue on. But we have to, cause the Top 20 Countdown waits for nothing. So, we arrive at Number 8 after another jump of almost forty points. Where we find another band that rocketed to the Number One position of the Doom Charts. And this happened; only a month ago. Yes, we are talking about that proto, nay, paleo metal effort from Seattle. Adventuring through the blues roots and the doom beginnings; they turn their metal something dark, brooding and colossal. And it just grows and grows  and becomes bigger and bigger as the album progresses; and we launch straight towards the edge of the known universe. Where time melts and every law of nature we assume has merit disappears like an asteroid turns into one single atom. It is an adventure, it a quest, a search for something one cannot name… On Number 8:

 

Sun Crow – Quest For Oblivion

 

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Number 8

A jump of 35 points today to leave Witchers Creed on Number 9 behind us. We arrive at Number 8 today and it’s one that has been on very high rotation over here and probably at the drummer of Phe’s house as well. Cause we suggested it to his wife to buy as a birthday present… We're looking at another Ripple Music release... And we’re Down Under once again, in the country already so dramatically plagued by climate change. These cats don’t do the ever present Pub Rock from the island, no no no, these crazies move distinctly into the past to gobble up all that came from the seventies. But then they turn into something spectacularly groovy, fuzzy and modern. This booms and this thunders, this quakes and this shakes your bones! It’s intoxicating, like the drinks served in a premier dive bar, those sun-dried Australian tunes will have your mind drift back towards the atavistic stoner bands, the proto metal outfits and the doom gods. It is that good. And then some. It’s rock. Menacing, tough, resilient rock. It’s heavy rock. And it will induct you quickly in their dangerous midst! On Number 8 we find!

Arrowhead - Coven Of The Snake

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Number 8

Happy Holidays everyone! The Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2018 continues on today with Number 8. Yesterday we saw Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats and their Wasteland album ended up on Number 9 and we saw that it was good. But now we do a big jump. And most of the jumps after this one remain bigger ones. Cause it’s almost twenty points we cross to reach the following position. An album that was released in the beginning of the year. January fifth actually and it immediately grabbed everyone’s attention and imagination. They rode high on the Doom Charts and Madman Tony Maim wrote about them for the HiVe : “the four-piece group from Warsaw conjure dreamy psychedelic soundscapes and melodic fuzzed out riffs into a blissful, swirling haze.  And for once, the over used term “psychedelic” really applies here. This is a trip into a sonic landscape that made me forget the outside world and found me immersed on the journey that the crazies were taking me. Heavy when it needs to be, the riffs are natural and unforced and with great song compositions, the different tones and colors used really gel into a stunning album.” A stunning album indeed. So here’s Number 8 !

Weedpecker – III