Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol - Big Dumb Riffs

 

 

Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol - Big Dumb Riffs
Permanent Teeth Records – 2023
Rock, Metal, Punk
Rated: ***

Holy hell and hellah fun! It’s the new Big Dumb Riffs album by Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol! And they go berserk on them dumb riffs from the very first second. In fact, they talk about only wanting to fill the album with those stand out parts from other songs, you know, your favorite rise from a certain song, your favorite riff from another, the best break you ever heard. Etc etc. They mention Primus and Pantera while talking about that, and those names aren’t mentioned for nothing. It does turn into a bit of nu-metal because of that Primus break, and Pantera riffage, but even that as it turns out, is pure fun. Not every song is as infectious as the next, but opener Clowntown immediately slays with is chainsaw riff, following 1-800-EAT-SHIT is just freakishly delicious. The lyrics fun, that gatling gun riff, bouncing drums. You could have this on repeat! Another absolute winner is Bastard Initiated, furious, powerful and fast paced! And hey, the entire record is chock full of Big Dumb Riffs, energy and fun. And lasts only 21 minutes…

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Demons My Friends - Demons Seem To Gather

 

Demons My Friends - Demons Seem To Gather

This here post is just a quick post to remind you all about that amazin Demons Seem To Gather album by Demons My Friends... Out on Gravitoyd Music, since September 8th 2023, it’s the Demons Seem To Gather album by  Demons My Friends. Grunge doom, with psychedelic stoner touches and something very addictive. It’s those soaring melodies we expect and love, or that alternative nineties take of the genres we mentioned above. And they make it so incredibly delicious… You will be dining with these Demons forever…

This here post is just a quick post to remind you all that there might be a few codes here for you all... Thanks to Demons My Friends and the Doom Charts!

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Iron Jinn – Lick It Or Kick It (Live at Roadburn)

 

 

Iron Jinn – Lick It Or Kick It
(Live at Roadburn)

They returned to where it all began. Iron Jinn then named Iron Chin started life on the Last Night On Earth festival after which they stormed the fabled Roadburn festival back in 2018. Since then they delivered an amazing self-titled album, did a majestic tour with Alain Johannes, a European tour on their own and returned to play Roadburn as well in 2023. And that set, was of course recorded, and is set to be released through Lay Bare Recordings on April 5th. And as appetizer you can now view a live recorded video for Lick It or Kick It. Or listen to the live recorded Winding World on their bandcamp site… Both stunning and almost do justice to seeing these guys live… 

 

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Experimental psychedelic rock sensation Iron Jinn, hailing from Amsterdam, is set to captivate the music world with the release of the first video and track Lick It Or Kick It from their highly anticipated live album. Recorded during their spellbinding performance at the renowned Roadburn Festival in 2023, the album promises to be a musical journey, showcasing the band's unique blend of psychedelic rock and experimental sounds.

Iron Jinn comprises the exceptional talents of Oeds Beydals (The Devil’s Blood, Death Alley), Wout Kemkens (Shaking Godspeed, De Niemanders), Bob Hogenelst (Birth of Joy), and Gerben Bielderman (Pauw). The collaboration of guitarists and songwriters Oeds and Wout traces back to their shared history in Death Alley and Shaking Godspeed, united by a passion for challenging the norms of heavy rock music.

The band's inception took place at the Last Night On Earth festival, organized by Oeds and Wout, and subsequently evolved into Iron Jinn with their second performance at Roadburn 2018.

"The Iron Jinn 2023 Roadburn performance was the perfect opportunity for us to present our debut album in the flesh. Roadburn’s Walter Hoeijmakers made it possible for us to expand the band’s line-up for this show with the addition of Jarno Van Es on keys, so we could recreate the layered density the album has to offer," said Oeds Beydals. "This show is a moment in time that we are thankful to have captured: a band getting into its own at a very early stage."

Expertly produced by Pieter ‘Pidah’ Kloos at The Void studio, the album promises to be a sensational auditory and visual experience. Iron Jinn aims to transport listeners into a realm of sonic exploration, weaving spontaneous improvisation and new energy into their studio-produced material.

"Creating fresh counterparts to the more produced studio versions by adding spontaneous improvisation and new fire to the music. Although we hope to keep evolving, this show is a moment in time that we are thankful to have captured: a band getting into its own at a very early stage," added Oeds Beydals. 

 

Live At Roadburn is set for release on 2 x 180g heavy weight black vinyl on the 5th April via Lay Bare Recordings. The double album captures the essence of Iron Jinn's musical evolution and creative process perfectly. 

 

Iron Jinn invites you to relive the magic and immerse yourselves in an unforgettable experience at the album release show on the 5th April at Ekko's in Utrecht. 

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

 

 

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

Captain Zero
Rope Trick
Weedow
Bagual
SKRCKVLDET
Spectral Sorcery
Clouds Taste Satanic
Full Earth
Slift
Tangled Horns

A new week awaits! Still recovering from a little jaw surgery unfortunately, but this week everything should be on the upside. Decided to leave out the two albums I had to listen to for interview purposes. Cause Scott Stapp and Novastar have very little to do with the Heavy Underground and that’s what Stoner HiVe is all about! The Heavy Underground and all that majestic music floating around. Like that anthemic punk from Angel Face or the new album by the stonerhardcore kings Bokassa! And there’s so much more. Let’s hope I find the time to shine some light on a few others this week! Have a great one and keep it groovy!

Captain Zero – Disarray In Unison

 

 

Captain Zero – Disarray In Unison
Self released – 2024
Rock, Grunge, Noise, Stoner
Rated: ****

You want to hang with Captain Zero? You’re in the need for some grungy and noisy ruckus straight out of Bristol, UK. Well, get on board with their debut ten track album Disarray In Unison. It’s a no brainer to be honest. The ten tracks all have this high energy alternative stoner rocking, garage trucking, nineties mucking explosiveness. And when you end your debut album, instead of starting it, with the two singles already out, you’ve got my undying allegiance. And even more so, when you then get that surprise kick by damn fine opening track Hello Pickle. The way their dense, grunge sound opens up by that one pretty little guitar ditty two thirds of the way, during that third break is stunning and gives the track that undeniable breath of air, and a moment to look forward to. For the most part the ten tracks on Disarray In Unison are proudly nasty though, hooky hard rock that harkens back to punk as much as it pays homage to grunge. And together with those metal tones turns it all into some muscular menace you never knew you needed. Something grunge perhaps never really was. But the galloping melodic thundering on Cloudhood, that punk explosion on Badidas, Day Of The Duh with that Nirvana reminiscent tone, it all breathes a love for what the grunge saga gave us. And the way they translated it into a sound meant for the now, meant for the heavy underground outbreak that went out of its way to encapsulate so many more genres, is extremely well done and absolutely laudable. Fuzzlepuck, the track that leans most towards stoner and metal, uncompromising in its delivery, trash-dappled whenever the vocals and drums crash around, is that perfect middle album centerpiece, showing chops, style and attitude. And Captain Zero has all of that and the perfect tempest like battering drummer to propel this pirate ship forwards… And straight into the arms of Sub Pop Records one would imagine…

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Angel Face – Angel Face

 

 

Angel Face – Angel Face
Slovenly Recordings – 2023
Punk, Garage
Rated: ***

Angel Face, the new (since 2021) formation featuring members of The Fadeways and Teengenerate comes straight out of Tokyo, Japan to takes us back to the golden days of punk. Listening to their debut full-sized, ten track, twenty minutes long blast from the past, you would assume that there would not even be a hint of a record deal for these guys, but of course the too cool for school Slovenly Recordings already found out about them and signed them in a methamphetamine heartbeat. On the other hand, its logical somebody immediately picked them up, cause the guys and girl from those two bands toured the globe under those and more monikers like: American Soul Spiders, Raydios, Ruler and Firestarter. Legends in their own right, legends in the underground Tokyo punk scene. Angel Face is primitive and angry, but that anger isn’t necessarily that of the violent type, but more of a jubilant, tequila shot and dance wildly kind of rage. Anthemic and atavistic, this is the antidote to all the lousy music you might have heard during the week. Had to deal with a pop radio channel at work all day? Play Angel Face to get rid of that ugly taste and foul smell. Got stuck in an elevator and had to sit through a jazzy instrumental version of Sinatra’s biggest hits? Put on the album’s second track USA and you will be straight in the head again within two minutes. It’s loud and meant to be played loud, this is that ramshackle garage meant to be blasted at a garbage disposal site down the street or at one of the last semi-secret squat bars of whatever city you might live in. Perhaps not meant for the rural part of the country, as third track Big City, with riveting sing-a-long’s tries to encapsulate. Raw power, often harkening back to early sixties pop melodies, but extrapolated to the point of an explosive meltdown. And you will have one, drinking that dubious Japanese gin and dancing your ass off in front of the speakers. As vocalist Hercules used to do as a fan at their shows before he joined the band. But with the infectious Hercules handcuffed to the microphone, the now foursome are set to smile their pearly punk smile across the globe and wow the audience with their Angel Face…  

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SKRCKVLDET - 01:23:40

 

 

SKRCKVLDET - 01:23:40
Majestic Mountain Records – 2024
Drone, Noise, Ambient, Black
Rated: **

Droning noise experiments. Ambient grey out. Apocalyptic vibrations. Dark murmur. The list is long and filled with ominous words to try and describe the anti-music that is SKRCKVLDET. Founded in 2018, SKRCKVLDET is now a duo operating out of Gothenburg, Sweden consisting of Alex Stjernfeldt, of bands including Novarupta, Grand Cadaver, and Young Acid, and Peo Bengtsson of Beckahesten. The title of their debut album is 01:23:40 and will be released on Majestic Mountain Records. Like the swirling mass of the initial primordial soup, it bubbles, erupts, and oozes. Almost forty minutes long the five tracks offer little light or sparks that signal the start of life. Instead, it seems the album is meant to herald the end or translate that sound that might survive after creation has ended. As such, the two ending tracks Aftermath and Chaos seem to conclude there will be nothing but darkness and a slow decaying descent into nothingness.

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Rope Trick – Red Tide

 

 

Rope Trick – Red Tide
Self released – 2024
Rock, Psych, Punk, Stoner, Free
Rated: ****

Two members of Queen Elephantine decided to do some musical exploration under the name Rope Trick back in 2017. It resulted in the three track adventurous release called Red Tape. Well, the duo is back with a new one called Red Tide. Two long winding, swirling, rhythm based, jazz influenced investigations of the tribalistic and ritualistic nature of desert rock. It has a sort of, spontaneous and improvisational atmosphere to it, which of course suits the two experimental musicians well. Especially the more ‘Desert Sessions’ styled second track Neptune, has that feeling, and will immediately strike a chord with those in love with the fantastic Rancho De La Luna studio series. But Neptune or first track Crescent wasn’t recorded in the desert but at Red Planet Studios, Philadelphia. And this was no improv cut to tape recording session, but two carefully, over the course of five years, crafted tracks. Which means, every single part of these two tracks is exactly where it needs to be. We hope we are correct in hearing that complicated fact, in for instance the way they decide to either rub out a tone, or let it ride. The way some lines are there to chime out into the cosmos, while others are cut short and turned extremely sharp. You will be shivering and swaying along with every move they make, which does build, and does become hypnotizing. But which never seems to be the main goal. But yes, that build up ending of Crescent for instance, with the vocals, the chanting, the guitar becoming ever more jangling. So wild, savage and dervish it will have you longing for ten more minutes of this. But there are only twenty-one minutes on the entire new Rope Trick. There are only two tracks on Red Tide, but they both have this carefree sonic explosion of guitar freaking and ever moving percussion going that is unrivalled in its uproarious and encouraging quality. It will push you to let loose, to let fly and to go with the flow of the Red Tide…

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Bokassa – All Out Of Dreams

 

 

Bokassa – All Out Of Dreams
Indie Recordings – 2024
Rock, Punk, Hardcore, Skate, Stoner, Metal
Rated: ***

The kings of stonerpunk are back! Bokassa! The Norwegian three are releasing a new ten track wrecking ball called All Out Of Dreams. This time around we could be extremely short and sweet by stating that they have now also become kings of stonerhardcore. And be done with it. For many of the tracks have this very old school New York Hardcore vibe, some even sounding like proper anthems of that genre. Straight Edglord for instance. Perhaps also thanks to the production done by Tue Madsen, known for his work with Madball, Sick of It All and many more. Or because Lou Koller from Sick Of It All guests on second track Garden of Heathen. But of course, punk and hardcore are genres that always cozy up to each other like a basket full of fluffy little kittens. Most stoner metal track on the new album might be Bradford Death Squadron which features Aaron Beam from Red Fang. But even that track has a certain bridge which goes back to the hardcore scene. All Out Of Dreams is also the last albums before the band was out of a member. Parting ways with a member after a new album was just recorded is always hard, but with bassist and vocalist Bård Linga leaving the band, we hope they will find a player who can put the same kind of oomph and choppiness into his playing. Did his reluctance to continue this wild Bokassa adventure seep through in the music? We can’t be sure. But there’s a level of resignation that seems to have gotten hold of the lyrics. Even so, Bokassa does seem to enjoy that fatalism. All Out Of Dreams, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the final stretch towards the end. The grooviest and laziest track on the album is Gung Ho, which still packs a thundering loudness like a crack in the sky before a storm commences. And that storm, comes in the form of the following No More Good Days, which may be one of the most explosive ones on the album. And then there’s closing song Crush (All Heretics), another off-set from the All Out Of Dreams mold, for this is doomier, sludgier and yet has this slow melodic refrain to bring it all home. And after all that stomping, pounding and thrashing, All Out Of Dreams in laid to rest with a slow punch. It might not be a knock-out album, but it will surely make you enjoy the beating…  

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The Endless – The Endless

 

 

The Endless – The Endless
Self-released – 2024
Rock, Instrumental, Metal, Post, Progressive
Rated: ****

It jumped out at us. Because of the name at first, because of the imagery second and then of course, because of the tones! For the five tracks on this debut release have this pristine and crystalline quality to them, as if they have been carefully honed out over many centuries of slow crafting. A gradual and continuing pursuit of the perfect composition and the ideal sound. There’s a journey here. Something for you to partake in. We talk about adventures and trips and going places through music many times per month. But with The Endless you have absolutely no say in this. You will be dragged along! The five tracks on their self-titled debut album are captivating and will paint you wide open vista; towering walls of ice filled with shimmering reflections and howling winds shapeshifting into beastly figures. That’s right, the songs are full of life and imagery and fantasy and it will be entirely impossible not to start dreaming about the panoramas they describe. The Endless have produced something boundless and eternal; and given it its rightful name…

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The January 2024 Doom Charts – 40 to 26

 

 

The January 2024 Doom Charts – 40 to 26

This is what we normally do on our little Facebook page during the weekend after the new regular edition of the Doom Charts goes online. We count down from 40 to 26, and try to type in a few words about that album or ep that makes sense to us. It’s not a review; but usually a miniscule blurb, a little sentence to entice, to hype. A Stoner Hype… Well, we collected them here to post for you in one nice little post on the blog… And in this way, we will try to spread the good word about them on Instagram as well.. 

HEAVE BLOOD & DIE – BURNOUT CODES

"How can anyone not immediately fall in love with that opening track Dog Days! Just go play Heave Blood & Die's new Burnout Codes album... Forceful post punk, alternative rock, a bit of kraut energy and psychedelic touches make this eight-track album the kind of album to kickstart the new year and send it into overdrive! Amazing, start to finish!"

HUNDEN – A CALMING PRESS 

"A Calming Press gives you this vibrant, gritty stoner metal sound, that touches base with grunge and punk and even noise and makes this Hunden debut a definite bite and bark!" 

CHEDDAR – PSYCHE

 "Cheddar, Psyche... You would assume they're Brits, but now, this is a Spanish quintet... Proggy, world wide melodic influences, psychedelic, metal and these floating and flying female vocals... Crossing boundaries and ripping out border posts... You can never go wrong with a good piece of Cheddar!"

MOHAMA SAZ – MÁQUINA DE GUERRA

"I love it when I see albums like M​á​quina de Guerra by Mohama Saz appear on the Doom Charts... The mediterranean, middle eastern psych and folk rock, sits on an entirely different side of the heavy underground, but one that deserves every bit of your attention as well... Kraut influences or trance rock, turns their sound into something very organic almost tribalistic and very dream inducing!"

 
SCAVENGER MT – FERAL

"Looking for some Feral metal? Look no further! Scavenger MT, brings you all that brutish and burling metal, stoner, sludge, drifting towards classic, heavy or prog sometimes, but always with this wild and savage energy! Indeed Feral!"

RED SUN SERMON – QUEEN OF SWORDS

"Red Sun Sermon is here to provide audience with the Queen Of Swords... Offerings of southern touched blues, by way of doom, metal, hard rock and stoner. Diesel powered and extremely soulful!" 

 DUST MICE – ROOM WITHIN A ROOM

"The high flying Dust Mice turn their classic sounding rock into a space odyssey one moment and into vintage progressiveness the next... Sometimes very jam oriented flare outs and then turning inwards with more garage rocking, Room Within A Room feels like a Russian doll..."

 

 
TEEN MORTGAGE – TEEN MORTGAGE

"Teen Mortgage... Post-punk and punk adorned with some stoner influence, garage, noise and even a tiny hint of surf here and there. It’s so good, you will want to sell your house and buy every Teen Mortgage record available!" 

GOZD – UNILATERALIS

"The Heavy Underground in Poland is on fire!! We managed to listen to that cool Unilateralis album by GOZD yesterday as well! Doom, stoner, metal, but also something gritty, gnarly and grimy. Like there's some punk blood underneath it all! Love it!" 

 

GUHTS – REGENERATION

"And GUHTS's Regeneration also made these walls buzz with excitement... So many layers, and so many genres all merging into one beautiful, yet often melancholic or anguished piece of art..." 

 

 

 HEXEREI – NIHIL I CELANDUM

"Today we continue on with Hexerei and their Nihil i Celandum release... Doomy grunge, grungy doom, seventies inspired rocking, stoner trucking and a lot of proto energy! These seven tracks will surely cast a spell on you!" 

 

 
MOON WIZARD – SIRENS

"Moon Wizard, straight out of Salt Lake City, deliver that occult and doom touched heavy rock, classic styled and proto loving. You know that good stuff, that stuff that we love from bands like Green Lung. But then with female vocals, funkier drumming and more progressive guitar work… Over the moon over here, listening to their third album Sirens!"

 
SPECTRAL SORCERY – DUNGEONS OF DOOM

"And yes! It's Monday now... But we still managed to get groovy in the Dungeons of Doom yesterday! The three track Spectral Sorcery debut EP spell out their lust for darkness, and decay, and dungeons and doom... Classic doom for all you haze loving freaks!"

 
BAGUAL – INHVMAR

"And Bagual was there as well, providing that stoner metal, sludgy goodness. Sure, Inhvmar starts out very doom, but soon turns metal, stonerized and with sludge tones. Even a bit of black comes into play here and there, and then there are those moments when it opens up into more post metal and atmospherics... This is some really good stuff!"

 TANGLED HORNS – LIGHTER

"Tangled Horns's new Lighter album has been on heavy rotation over here and was high on my list of votes... The Belgian quintet excels in delivering emotive grunge, stonerized and melodic, but always gritty and with a tension that constantly seems on the verge of exploding! Out on Polderrecords this is one of the books!"

 


Tune in next month when we do this Stoner Hype again for the number 40 to 26 of the February Doom Charts... But for now... Go listen to all of the 40 of January if you haven't already! 

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

 

 

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Teen Mortgage

Dust Mice

Per Wiberg

Hexerei

Hunden

Cheddar

The Endless

Red Sun Sermon

Scavenger MT

Mohama Saz

We're entering a new week. My week always starts on Monday, how about yours? We've been listening to all those Top 40 Albums from January according to all those Doom Charts Contributors. And wow, what a first month this has been! This week we hope to steam, full power into the new year and finally get some updates for the HiVe up! And you know what, it might just happen today! Got a few things almost finished.. Enjoy the week!

The Doom Charts for January 2024

 

 Doom Charts 

January 2024

“All right, Doom Charts here! Get your hands above your heads, get on the bar, and get off the wall!”

~ probably misheard quote by Jimmy ‘Popeye’ Doyle

That’s right! The Doom Charts are here. The brand new first edition of 2024! It’s the January Edition and the amount and quality of releases is stunning from the get-go! 220 albums received votes this month and it feels like there was some big scheme going on, some smuggling operation to get the word out on all that good stuff that has some sort of French Connection… Go listen to the forty below and see what we mean… And we’d better not catch you Picking your feet in Poughkeepsie…

It's up! It's out and about... Since yesterday! It's running rampant through the streets of Poughkeepsie!

That all new, very first edition of 2024! The January Doom Charts!

I voted for a handful on the list...

Tangled Horns, Qilin, Horse God, Hazehound, That Ship Has Sailed, Les Moontunes, The Slow and Easy, Greengoat, Buffalo Bud Buster and ofcourse... SLIFT! 

And on the Facebook Page; we are running the countdown from Heave Blood & Die on Number 40 all the way to Number 1 and jotting down a few words for 40 to 26...

But I should have voted for all of them! Better check out all forty! They're all there for a reason!

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 January 2024