Number 9

 

 

Number 9

We entered the Top 10 yesterday, which we did with Dopelord, and their Songs for Satan record. But now we continue with a definite bigger jump in points. Cause we jump almost eighty points to reach Number 9. Where we find an album that sat at the very top for quite a while when the first lists of votes started rolling in at the end of November. Their 2019 album came in fourth on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2019. But for their new album we wrote a few words back in August, where we commemorated that earlier album, the loss of one of their bandmates and the fact that we felt a whole freaking lot listening to this new album. Yes, quite emotional. Recorded by the two remaining members, the seven tracks offer a lot of psych and prog out of the proto era. They kick things off with a track, which arrives slowly but surely, before a juggernaut break and following doom nod commences. Which quickly flows away and turns into this sailing galleon that splits through the waves and sets you up for what this album seems to be all about. Keeping you on your toes and never continuing long with one set of rules. But never for one moment does the fluent breaks and changes tire, the band seemingly effortlessly skirts along all possible pitfalls when you aim to make your album as diverse and grandiose as possible….

On Number 9 we find…




Saint Karloff – Paleolithic War Crimes


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

 

 

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

Earth Altar / Sun Below
Anuseye
Danko Jones
Mondo Generator
Demons My Friends
Saint Karloff
Acid Magus
Viral Tyrant
Black Drop
Malterra

Saint Karloff - Paleolithic War Crimes

 

 

Saint Karloff - Paleolithic War Crimes
Majestic Mountain Records – 2023
Rock, Stoner, Psych, Prog, Proto
Rated: *****

Grabbing one of the vinyls from the premier run of their Interstellar Voodoo album from 2019, (which came in Fourth on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2019) was definitely one of my highlights of that year, and putting it on the player, still makes me feel giddy. Learning only later what was happening with the band and what tragedy and loss they suffered, does not steal away from that experience, and if anything makes me even happier and perhaps proud. Not because I own that piece of history in physical form, but simply that I’m listening to it, to that majestic bass work of the founding member Ole Sletner, who sadly passed away in 2021. Did the other members immediately know they would continue? Is Paleolithic War Crimes, dedicated to their loving friend, a final salute? Whatever the case, I do feel proud of what Saint Karloff’s Paleolithic War Crimes turned out to be, and I have nothing to do with the album or the members, I am merely a listener. But that feeling persists, and I am not ashamed to admit the weirdness of that, or of the fact that I did tear up once or twice while listening. Recorded by the two remaining members, Mads Melvold and Adam Suleiman, the seven tracks offer a lot of psych and prog out of the proto era. They kick things off with Psychedelic Man, which arrives slowly but surely, before a juggernaut break and following doom nod commences. Which quickly flows away and turns into this sailing galleon that splits through the waves and sets you up for what this album seems to be all about. Keeping you on your toes and never continuing long with one set of rules. Second track Blood Meridian, with luscious key work, that seventies riff, and a very bluesy boogie, is perhaps the track that wants to keep the same energy going for an entire song, but secretly changes it up as well, before whipping you into a frenzy. But never for one moment does the fluent breaks and changes tire. Saint Karloff seemingly effortlessly skirts along all possible pitfalls when you aim to make your album as diverse and grandiose as possible. It’s a dangerous game when you opt to go a different route than most others and by doing so turning the outcome into something purely yourself, but Saint Karloff pulls it off, and makes it all come together on Paleolithic War Crimes. Like clockwork, the timing and tone are executed to perfection. Heavy in dynamics, choosing for sonic brutality one moment and serene classic sounding psych the next. Surprise lurks around every corner and if you let it, Paleolithic War Crimes will shock and awe…

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Saint Karloff
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The Doom Charts For June 2023

 

 

Doom Charts

“Heavy music will not be contained. Heavy music breaks free. Heavy music expands to new territories. It crashes through barriers. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But, err, there it is, heavy music finds a way…”

~ Ian Malcolm

Here we are with the brand-new June 2023 edition of the Doom Charts. Featuring no less than 40 fresh and minty albums. Quite a few self-released albums charted the Top 25 this edition, which always warms our heart. But to our regret and sorrow we must lament, quite a few albums that aren’t featured on Bandcamp are also high on the list. We don’t want to keep singing the praise of Bandcamp continuously, but it works like a charm and has become a definite cornerstone of the Heavy Underground. Right? So, we do wonder why those bands do not take advantage of said platform. It’s another and much-loved way to get the word out on your glorious new album. But hey, those albums which can be heard online, can be heard online here, just scroll down and press play on all those thirty-six amazing new albums. Cause they rose to the top of 272 albums that received votes this month. And those other four? Well, the cool Rob Hammer features one on his Youtube channel… Another one can be found on Headbanger Channel and for the others, well, the Heavy Underground will find a way… Cause heavy, errr, all good music always finds a way…

It's got a bite and it's got a bark! And no, it's not a dinosaur... It's the June 2023 Doom Charts!!

And featuring at least 13 albums I voted for... To wit: Saint Karloff, BLACK RAINBOWS, Snakemother, Lamassu, Queens of the Stone Age, Mammatus, ROYAL THUNDER, Yawning Man, mouth, The Dirty Seeds, RIVAL SONS, From The Ages & New Dawn Fades...

Gonna be listening to The Slow Voyage now and working my way all the way to Number One in the next few days...   

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 June 2023

Number 4

Number 4

We talked about the big jump in points that started with Monolord on Number 6. It continued to a lesser extent with Duel on Number 5. But now we jump once again more than 80 points to reach Number 4. An album that for us,  we must confess, suddenly appeared on the Number 1 spot of The Doom Charts a while back, and it was thanks to that fact, we must confess, we discovered it ourselves. So we thank our fellow contributors, our fellow bloggers, our fellow podcasters and all those crazy music fiends who keep doing that thing they do for the Doom Charts and their own sites. Cause we all discover our own favorite bands and albums; but every so often we thank the universe that there are others out there who discover them for us. Well, all heed this hard hitting power trio from Norway. Cause they stand tall like a ghost smoking on top of mountain of loudness. Deep, dark and total doom. Out on that awesome Majestic Mountain label the Sabbath worshipping music shifts gear without every loosing track of the fact that it’s all about the journey and not the destination. A progressive stoner opera that take its time and slowly and sweetly sinks into your blood. There’s some otherworldly magic going on that keeps you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what corner the band will take and how big the swerve will be. Groovy by default its one hell of an experience; so buy the ticket, take the 1-track, 40 minute ride! On Number 4 we find!

Saint Karloff - Interstellar Voodoo

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