The Doom Charts Peroration - September 2026

 

The Doom Charts Peroration 

September 2026

 

“Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles
I’m feeling very still
And I think the Doom Charts knows which way to go…”

~ misheard David Bowie lyrics

Time flies by ever faster. And the faster the world spins, the shorter the lights will glow. But luckily, we have these amazing albums to bring us into a time and space where everything can last forever. Music is an entirely different kind of art, and the only one that can truly do this. Because those sounds, those notes, those rhythms, and those riffs, leaking away from the Earth, will travel through the universe for all time, beyond our comprehension of the very concept of time itself… Below are 18 albums capable of granting you escape velocity. Climb aboard, leave the world behind, and let the music carry you beyond the boundaries of time…

This month featuring:  7 WEEKS, Castle, Early Moods, Earth Altar, Equisetum, Exitium Sui, Lume, Mama Doom, Maunah, Mister Earthbound, Moon Destroys, Mortuary Cave, Problem With Dragons, SATURNA, Still Water Zombies, Sub Ruinam, The Well and Villagers of Ioannina City...

The following are words of adoration from Doom Charts Contributors, devotions to albums they could not stop spinning. Each month, our writers gather to celebrate the finest in doom, sludge, metal, stoner, progressive, psychedelic, and other heavy realms. Their selections are woven into the Doom Charts, published on the first Friday of every month. But some affections run too deep for the regular edition. Some albums fall just outside the chart, or inspire so many write-ups, and only one was chosen. Here, those excesses of love remain… Unfiltered, unbound, and still echoing… A few last words which hopefully will inspire you to listen to those albums…

 

The Doom Charts Peroration - September 2026 

 

The Doom Charts Peroration - June 2026

 

The Doom Charts Peroration 

June 2026

 

“Summertime and the livin’ is easy
Fish are jumpin’ and the Doom Charts is high…”

~ Ella Fitzgerald (misheard lyrics)

Summertime… When the days stretch endlessly towards golden evenings, and the world seems to breathe to the rhythm of live music. I don’t know what festival season looks like where you are, but here it arrives like a glorious migration, transforming quiet fields into vibrant sanctuaries of sound, laughter, and shared wonder. Every weekend brings another invitation to lose ourselves beneath open skies, where melodies become memories and strangers become friends. These gatherings are more than concerts; they are celebrations of everything that makes life feel wonderfully alive. They remind us to dance without hesitation, to sing without restraint, and to treasure every fleeting moment gifted to us. I never tire of it. The roar of the crowd, the heartbeat of the bass, the pounding of the drums, the warmth of the summer sun surrendering to starlight, and the countless smiling faces all bound by the same unspoken language… For a few precious days, this is where the world feels exactly as it should. All those good people… Good People listen to Good Music!

So check out the list of 18 albums below, rediscover those that were already on the Regular June Charts and find all the others to dance to with all your new friends as the sun slowly sets… Want more good music? There’s always the Wayback Machine or the Chartchives to browse through… And below every monthly post you can find a list of Contributors; (also on the About Page) and they all continue to do wonderful work, throughout the summer, on their own respective sites… Check’m out and give them a virtual fist bump or a physical one, on one of those amazing festivals where you might meet up… 

 

The other monthly Doom Charts post went live last Friday! Peroration time! And this time around, 5 of those blurbs were written by one of the crazies that occasionally writes for the HiVe... So, go read up on: 22AD, The Dwarves, Child, Big Brave and Acid Brain..  Although some of those were already posted on the HiVe as well in a different form! Either way, there are 18 albums to check out there! If you haven't already... 

The following are words of adoration from Doom Charts Contributors, devotions to albums they could not stop spinning. Each month, our writers gather to celebrate the finest in doom, sludge, metal, stoner, progressive, psychedelic, and other heavy realms. Their selections are woven into the Doom Charts, published on the first Friday of every month. But some affections run too deep for the regular edition. Some albums fall just outside the chart, or inspire so many write-ups, and only one was chosen. Here, those excesses of love remain… Unfiltered, unbound, and still echoing… A few last words which hopefully will inspire you to listen to those albums…

 The Doom Charts Peroration - June 2026

The Doom Charts Peroration - April 2026

 

The Doom Charts Peroration 

April 2026

 

“Take me down to the Festival City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
(Take me home) oh, won’t you, please, take me home?
Take me down to the Doom Charts City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
(Take me home) oh, won’t you, please, take me home?”

~ misheard… Guns ‘n Roses

With festival season upon us once again, the time has come to witness so many of the bands we love come alive on stage! Of course, throughout the year there are concerts, shows in crowded bars, smoky backrooms, dubious drinking holes and dilapidated buildings. But festivals possess a magic all their own, especially the ones that stretch across two or three unforgettable days. For a brief moment, you wander through a better version of the world… A place where strangers smile at one another, where people dance without hesitation, and where freedom seems to hum in the air itself. Music becomes the common language, the heartbeat behind every shared moment and every surge of all that wonderful energy. Next up for me personally, Sonic Whip Festival. Today actually. Where will you go to chase that feeling, to stand before your favorite bands and lose yourself in the sound? Below, are 25 favorite bands chosen by our contributors, the ones they hope to experience live themselves… So, tap into the energy, and feel it for yourself…

 

The other monthly Doom Charts post went live last Friday! Peroration time! And this time around, no less than 7 of those blurbs were written by one of the crazies that occasionally writes for the HiVe... So, go read up on: Truckfighters, Stump Grinder, Purple Skies, Lungburner, Gnod, Black Lung and Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell... Although some of those were already posted on the HiVe as well! Either way, there are 25 albums to check out! If you haven't already... 

 

The following are words of adoration from Doom Charts Contributors, devotions to albums they could not stop spinning. Each month, our writers gather to celebrate the finest in doom, sludge, metal, stoner, progressive, psychedelic, and other heavy realms. Their selections are woven into the Doom Charts, published on the first Friday of every month. But some affections run too deep for the regular edition. Some albums fall just outside the chart, or inspire so many write-ups, and only one was chosen. Here, those excesses of love remain… Unfiltered, unbound, and still echoing… A few last words which hopefully will inspire you to listen to those albums…

  The Doom Charts Peroration - April 2026

The Doom Charts Peroration - March 2026

 

The Doom Charts Peroration 

March 2026

 

“Through the worst we prevail
So the Doom Charts will be heard…”

~ probably misheard Hatebreed lyrics

 

Good people listen to good music and good albums deserve to be heard by one and all. Hence, we have this Peroration Post, to give just a little bit more attention to albums our Contributors love so dearly. And when albums made the regular post, but two, three or four more Contributors wrote about that album, it must be something special. Right? But all 32 albums listed below have something special, you can bet your ass on that! So, we implore you once again, to check them out… All of them! And spread the word! Cause good music needs to be heard… 

The other monthly Doom Charts post is here! Peroration time! And this time around, once again, no less than 11 of those blurbs were written by one of the crazies that occasionally writes for the HiVe... So, go read up on: Wielded Steel, Starf**K Electric Company, Spider Goat Canyon, Kaleidobolt, Gong, Goatsmoker, Fangus, Desert Colossus, The Crooked Skulls, Corrosion of Conformity and Bad Mothers Union... And of course, all the others! Or scroll down, and find posts about many of those albums already published on the HiVe... Well now, no rest of the wicked! Take your pick and listen hard! 

The following are love letters from Doom Charts Contributors, devotions to albums they could not stop spinning. Each month, our writers gather to celebrate the finest in doom, sludge, metal, stoner, psychedelic, and other heavy realms. Their selections are woven into the Doom Charts, published on the first Friday of every month. But some affections run too deep for the regular edition. Some albums fall just outside the chart, or inspire so many write-ups, and only one was chosen. Here, those excesses of love remain… Unfiltered, unbound, and still echoing… A few last words which hopefully will inspire you to listen to those albums…

 The Doom Charts Peroration - March 2026

The Doom Charts Peroration - February 2026

 

The Doom Charts Peroration 

February 2026

“Sitting on a corn flake
Waiting for the van to come
Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you’ve been a naughty Doom Charts
You let your face grow long
I am the…“
~ probably misheard lyrics The Beatles

Even though it’s not Easter yet… We are the Egg men! As some of you probably realized, we always use all the album covers for the monthly Peroration header art. Well… Below, we feature 25 amazing albums straight out of the heavy underground. All worth every minute of your time. On the header image though, only 24 are featured. What?! Well.. Find out what album is missing, and then send us an email or a PM on the Doom Charts Facebook page through with the solution. The first ten to send an email or message will get a bandcamp code for that album! Happy hunting and listening!

We're gonna try to mention the Peroration Post on Stoner HiVe on a monthly basis as well, for the Doom Charts deserve it. The Contributors deserve it. And most of all, the bands and their albums deserve it! And this time around, once again, no less than 11 of those blurbs were written by one of the crazies that occasionally writes for the HiVe... So, go read up on Rob Zombie, Riastrad, Oreyeon, Motorpsycho, Mientras Las Abejas Duermen, India Tigers In Texas, It It Anita, Earth Tongue, Druid Stone, Dirty Dwarfs and Black Toaster... And of course all those other ones! 

 

The following are professions of love and adoration by Doom Charts Contributors for albums they could not stop spinning. Each month, the Doom Charts critics submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge, metal, stoner, psychedelic and other sorts of heavy rock and metal albums. The results are compiled and tabulated into the chart which is published on the First Friday of the new month. However, sometimes a love is so great, but for whatever reason the album unfortunately did not make the published Doom Charts Edition or because there were so many contributors in love with that one album, that multiple blurbs were written, and only the one got published… Well, you can peruse that love here…

The Doom Charts Peroration - February 2026

The Doom Charts Peroration - January 2026

 

The Doom Charts Peroration 

January 2026

 

“Too much love will kill you
If you can’t make up your mind
Torn between the Doom Charts and the album you leave behind…”

~ probably mixheard Queen lyrics…

No we did not forget about December… But, as usual, it was hectic month, and there were less extra blurbs written for that December Edition than normal. So, we include the Peroration Blurbs from December in this, now, massive list for January! No less than 32 albums that all deserve your attention. Cause as you know, the albums below are on high rotation at one or more of the Contributors’s homestead. And this is why we do the Doom Charts in the first place, because we love heavy music so much, we can’t stop talking about it…

We often forget to post about the very cool Doom Charts Peroration Post, but since we are so busy with other stuff, this is at least a way to grab your attention again, and let you know that there are 32 albums on that list that desire your attention... And guess what, no less than 11 of those are written by one of the crazies that also occasionally write for Stoner HiVe... So, go read up on Backengrillen, Barbears, Flux Hound, Glórach, Gluecifer, Non, Orango Tango, Spooky Eyes, Sykofant, Triangulo Negro,Waster and all those others! They deserve it! 

The following are professions of love and adoration by Doom Charts Contributors for albums they could not stop spinning. Each month, the Doom Charts critics submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge, metal, stoner, psychedelic and other sorts of heavy rock and metal albums. The results are compiled and tabulated into the chart which is published on the First Friday of the new month. However, sometimes a love is so great, but for whatever reason the album unfortunately did not make the published Doom Charts Edition or because there were so many contributors in love with that one album, that multiple blurbs were written, and only the one got published… Well, you can peruse that love here…

 

The Doom Charts Peroration - January 2026

The Doom Charts Peroration - June 2025

 

The Doom Charts Peroration 

June 2025

“Big black shape with eyes of fire
Tellin’ people their desire
The Doom Charts are sittin’ there, they’re smilin’
Watches those flames get higher and higher”

~ probable misheard lyrics by Black Sabbath

It’s that time again, the Peroration post is here with 22 albums the Doom Charts crew couldn’t get enough of, and get a chance to shine regardless of rankings and votes! Dig in and find a new album or 20 to spin and fall in love with.

 

We do forget to post about the Doom Charts Peroration on our little old Stoner HiVe blog, but we will try to do better. Cause it's a valuable addition to the regular post. All albums featured are treasured immensely by one or more Contributors. I for one, will be listening to all 20 in a row, starting with that amazing new 1968 album, which also made the regular June 2025 Doom Charts, and rightfully so! Has your favorite album gotten the attention it deserves? 

 

The following are professions of love and adoration by Doom Charts Contributors for albums they could not stop spinning. Each month, the Doom Charts critics submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge, metal, stoner, psychedelic and other sorts of heavy rock and metal albums. The results are compiled and tabulated into the chart which is published on the First Friday of the new month. However, sometimes a love is so great, but for whatever reason the album unfortunately did not make the published Doom Charts Edition or because there were so many contributors in love with that one album, that multiple blurbs were written, and only the one got published… Well, you can peruse that love here…

 

The Doom Charts Peroration - June 2025 

The Doom Charts Peroration - May 2025

 

The Doom Charts Peroration 

May 2025

“In a hole in the ground there lived the Doom Charts. A nasty, dirty, wet hole full of worms and oozy smells”

~ probable misheard quote by JRR Tolkien

 

The Doom Charts crew once again were swamped with an outpouring of new albums this May from the Heavy Underground, far too many to give all their deserved attention, but we dig on into the mound and are thrilled to present a whopping FORTY albums for the May Peroration post! Crawl into our hole of dark delights and find a new favorite album or 40…

Gone for a little month and only managed to vote for the regular edition, which is filled with forty stunning albums. We're still going through that majestic list. Clamfight's new album is up next to listen to. Killiad was one I had not heard yet, digging it like crazy! And now, there's already the May 2025 Peroration Post to deal with! Luckily there were a lot of extra blurbs written by my fellow Contributors. So much of that love is featured but then there are quite a few more, cause in total, there are another FORTY albums! Wowzah! Check'm out! Check'm  all out!

 

The following are professions of love and adoration by Doom Charts Contributors for albums they could not stop spinning. Each month, the Doom Charts critics submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge, metal, stoner, psychedelic and other sorts of heavy rock and metal albums. The results are compiled and tabulated into the chart which is published on the First Friday of the new month. However, sometimes a love is so great, but for whatever reason the album unfortunately did not make the published Doom Charts Edition or because there were so many contributors in love with that one album, that multiple blurbs were written, and only the one got published… Well, you can peruse that love here…

The Doom Charts Peroration - May 2025 

DOOM CHARTS PERORATION – MARCH 2025

 

 

The Doom Charts Peroration - March 2025

 

“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light…”

~ Dylan Thomas

The Peroration Post for March is here. Nothing but love for albums that one or more Contributors admired, cherished and had on repeated rotation. And hopefully still has! Please check all of them out, they may be your next favorite record as well! And please keep on spinning all those cherished records new and old. Do not go gently into that good night… Do not continuously chase the horizon. Those amazing albums on the other side will get to you, we will make sure. Keep spinning the ones you love and simply open your heart to let the new ones in… They will come…

 

We apparently hardly ever post about the Doom Charts Peroration Post on the little old blog... But we should, cause it's a damn fine monthly post. Nothing but love for nothing but great records! Some a bit older or some a bit newer. Either way, good and heavy! We also forgot to enter our very own Stevie Reek's blurb about Lilac Vegetal, which we immmediately put up on the HiVe instead. But since it is a damn fine release, we will also be putting up the Lilac Vegetal blurb on next months Peroration Post. That's what it is therefor, to bring more attention to the albums we, the Contributors, love! I therefor chopped up what we wrote about Minerall, Ditch and Del-Toros for the HiVe to bring more light to them, cause they are deserve to be heard!

The following are professions of love and adoration by Doom Charts Contributors for albums they could not stop spinning. Each month, the Doom Charts critics submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge, metal, stoner, psychedelic and other sorts of heavy rock and metal albums. The results are compiled and tabulated into the chart which is published on the First Friday of the new month. However, sometimes a love is so great, but for whatever reason the album unfortunately did not make the published Doom Charts Edition or because there were so many contributors in love with that one album, that multiple blurbs were written, and only the one got published… Well, you can peruse that love here…

 The Doom Charts Peroration - March 2025

The Doom Charts Peroration - July 2022

The Doom Charts Peroration - July 2022

     “I wanna know what love is
    I want you to show me…”
    ~ Foreigner

A quick explanation again of what this post is all about, perhaps? Well, why not… Every month the many Doom Charts Contributors send in their list of favorite albums of that month to our compiling and tallying maniac Remi VL. But with those lists, they also send a blurb or two or three for the albums they absolutely adore. Some of those albums unfortunately do not make the final 25 of the published edition. So, we decided to publish them with a second post. The post you are reading now. This will explain the fact why SAMÁN’s II. Montaña Roja album for instance has two blurbs of why the Heavy Road album by PARALYZED has even more… Its because many of the Contributors loved that album so much and wrote that little blurb even before knowing if it would make the final list. But of course it did, and then we publish the remaining blurbs on this Peroration post. So… If you wanna know what love is, you’ve come to the right part of the heavy underground…

"... This mountain, I must climb
Feels like a world upon my shoulders
Through the clouds, I see love shine
Keeps me warm as life grows colder ..." 

I WANNA KNOW WHAT LOVE IS!!!!

Well, go over and read that July Peroration post the Doom Charts just put out... It's all about that love! For the heavy underground that is... Those mountainous riffs, those hazy doom clouds and all that shining psych!

The Doom Charts Peroration - July 2022