Number 6

 

 

Number 6

We jump only twelve points from Freedom Hawk on Number 7 to reach this band and their album on Number 6. The next jump will be bigger though… Anyway, on Number 6 we find a band that even got some remarks from voters that did not vote for them, stating: ‘well, I’m not voting for them, they’re going to get enough votes anyway.’ I guess there are even some Stoner HiVe Top 20 followers that do some strategic voting! Holy hell! Well, we never got around to mentioning them on the HiVe this year, but we did manage to see them live again after a gap of quite some years. On the Helldorado Festival in Eindhoven… But due to wild nature of the festival, things tend to get a bit hazy there and I have bizarre memories of seeing them on all of the stages of the Festival. Indeed, it got a bit weird over there! You could say Red Alert! Watch out! But we don’t really listen, cause We Strive For Excellence in whatever we do. Even partying… Or well… And more extremely personal stuff, it also features a song, that in my mind, could have been the best song of this year, if only they did a few things a bit different. I love the voice man. And so do all the fans of this band. And Jackhammer Our Names, could have featured more of the voice, more of the proclamation, declaration nature it does so well… Anyway, obvious from the start… We find on Number 6!

Clutch – Sunrise On Slaughter Beach


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Stoner HiVe’s Top 5 artists listened to last week…

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Top 5 artists listened to last week…

Jefferson Airplane

Massa

Razorlight

Ape Machine

Clutch

Right on. We’ve been back now for about a week, slowly getting back into action. Work wise and HiVe wise. Trying to catch up on so many great albums that we released in a the two and half weeks we were gone. What the hell, right. So many, so little time. The Top 5 of Most Listened to album the past week does have two entries that are both off the heavy track in some respects but it was impossible to steer clear off. My love for psychedelic rock and acid folk started with Jefferson Airplane and those first five albums have ever since I first heard them been on heavy rotation whenever the moment was right. With the passing of founder Marty Balin, it was only right to have those first five on repeat for the rest of the day. He was a hippie in soul and heart and every fiber of his being, he still believed in ‘make love, not war’ and we thank him for all the amazing tunes he provided. RIP master Balin… Another weird entry is Razorlight and their new album Olympus Sleeping, out on Atlantic. Due to an interview with Johnny Borrell their first album in ten years was on repeat for two days straight. Definitely energetic and will definitely become a favorite among the Razorlight fans. The great HiVe albums come in the form of the Massa release Walls which we mentioned on Saturday. What a fine five tracks! Cinematic post rock enveloped by both sludgy moments and spacey seventies elements and executed with perfection! Another HiVe favorite ever since their first release has been, was and is Ape Machine! And their new album Darker Seas, out on Ripple Music, is yet another amazing addition to their already damn fine legacy. Punchy riffs and a majestic dynamic give their seventies inoculated rock a stormy groove and a whole lot of heaviness! What an album! And the same goes for the new Clutch! Which is always a treat, and Book Of Bad Decisions, out on Weathermaker Music, tells us what Clutch is all about. Setting course for a big sunset with a gigantic groove and songwriting that seems to come out of some grand old secret tome. A volume only used by grand magicians and old sages, and Clutch has them both in their line-up. You gotta love’m! And you gotta check’m out! Check ‘m all out!