Rolling Stoner/Psych/Retro/Space Thread 2015: Red With Purple Flashes

Dorthia Cottrell - Dorthia Cottrell (Forcefield) Mar 3 - Windhand singer's folky solo debut. I'm diggin' "Annabelle Lee"!
https://soundcloud.com/forcefield_records/01-annabelle-lee/s-ND9WT

xxxpost, I'm surprised Wovenhand and E-Wiz didn't get any other votes, too.

well, I just went to fact-check this and it looks like Wovenhand did get one other vote. But still, the point is the same.

i had the same thought about half the albums on my ballot, but 10 records is just not many, man. when people have to narrow down to that few, a lot of great records are gonna get left off a lot of lists. like, I love half the records on your list, and I voted for none of them!

love dorthia!! "evergreen" was one of the best parts of the last windhand album.

Yeah the ballot of 10 is limiting.

I've got my ticket to this:

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PSYCHO CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCES HEADLINERS: SLEEP, PENTAGRAM AND CULT OF LUNA

WEST COAST METAL FESTIVAL HAPPENING MAY 15, 16 & 17 AT THE OBSERVATORY IN SANTA ANA

Jan. 15, 2014, Santa Ana, Calif. – Psycho California, the west coast’s first annual metal festival and a must see for fans of doom, heavy psych and sludge, has announced the headliners for this year’s event: Cult of Luna (May 15), Sleep (May 16) and Pentagram, who will perform First Daze Here in its entirety (May 17).

"2015 is going to be a slow year for Cult of Luna. However as much as we are musicians we are also fans,” said Cult of Luna’s Johannes Persson. “Evaluating if the offer to play Psycho California was worth dusting off our instruments was not hard after looking on the line-up. Being on the same bill as Pentagram, Sleep and a festival packed with the best bands around is a privilege in itself and we’ll try to live up to that honor."

The lineup for Psycho California is: Sleep, Pentagram, Cult of Lune, Kylesa, OM, Earth, Russian Circles, Bedemon, Conan, Wrench, Eyehategod, Indian, Earthless, Pallbearer, Stoned Jesus, Old Man Gloom, Cave In, Acid Witch, Truckfighters, Tombs, Bang, Electric Citizen, Coffinworm, SubRosa, Eagle Twin, Mammatus, True Widow, Anciients, Bellwitch, Dead Meadow, Lord Dying, Death By Stereo, Radio Moscow, Ancient Altar, Samsara Blues Experiment, Atriarch, Elder, Mothership, The Well, Deathkings, Wo Fat, Rozamov, Destroyer of Light, Highlands, Bloodmoon, Slow Season, Goatsnake, Crypt Trip, Wrench, Lords of Beacon House, Tumbleweed Dealer, Sinister Haze, Blackout, Red Wizard, Banquet and Loom.

Festival interludes will be provided by Housecore Records’ artist Author & Punisher and vinyl DJ set from Bob Lugowe (Relapse Records) and Sean Pellet (Last Daze Here).

Previously announced early bird tickets sold out immediately. Tickets for the festival are on-sale this morning with both a 3-day pass ($149.50) and a 3-day VIP pass available ($256.66)

VIP packages include a 3-day festival pass, a signed screen print concert poster by David D’Andrea, express entry via artist check-in booth, access to artist VIP lounge, a limited edition Thief X Obey festival tee, a Psycho record bag and patch as well as access to a complimentary craft tequila bar, premium microbrews and artisan snacks.

http://psychoca.com/
www.facebook.com/psychocalifornia

That Lola Colt album was awesome. I'm p sure I wouldn't have heard it in time for P&J but it was v enjoyable...

levitation-chicago tix on sale today
lineup looks pretty awesome!!

pop group
oren ambarchi
swervedriver
lotsa others

<3

new Elder track:

http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2015/01/16/elder-lore-compendium-premiere/

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This is out sometime this month. Check out the first single, "Mountain."

FOGG - High Testament (Under The Gun)
https://fogg.bandcamp.com/album/high-testament

Their demo and first album Death reminded me of Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats and Satan's Satyrs at first, though the lo-fi sound wasn't entirely intentional, they just had trouble getting it down.
https://fogg.bandcamp.com/album/death

Young dudes still possibly in their teens based in Fort Worth, TX. I like how they're into lots of obscure proto-metal and psych prog: http://www.psychedelicbaby.blogspot.com/2014/08/fogg-interview-with-chase-jowell-and.html?m=1

Fogg are getting better and better by leaps and bounds. They're in their late teens and early 20s, and are absorbing music like sponges. Quickly moved on from retro stoner rock to what is now more prog with krautrock flourishes. The improvement from the first time I saw them a year or so ago to their December show is huge. Definitely guys to keep an eye on.

Plus, when I tweeted about them Chase's mom proudly tweeted back at me. He found it extremely embarrassing.

haaaaahahahahahahahah yes
get over it kid!

Stoner Rock band name generator. Hilariously on the money.

http://www.cheezus.com/stoner/

Lol I got Hair Bird, Grand Lake, Heavy Mammoth

Adj Noun v popular

I remember You're Smiling Now But etc etc kicking around the UK punk scene 12, 13 years ago. they did a vaguely drawn-out vaguely hard rock type of post-hardcore iirc? not caught up w/ them outside of reading this thread, I thought they'd been broke up for years

The Elder tune "Release" is immense, so good

WTF man, how come everyone else has heard the Elder album? I've been a longtime supporter of the band who directed me to Armageddon to get a preview and they are unresponsive.

Late list from StonerRock.eu
http://www.stonerrock.eu/allgemein/results-album-of-the-year-community-voting-2014

1. Colour Haze – To The Highest Gods We Know (59 Points)
2. Brant Bjork and the Low Desert Punk Band – Black Power Flower (55 Points)
3. Truckfighters – Universe (54 Points)
4. 3rd Ear Experience -Incredible Good Fortune (47 Points)
5. Blues Pills – Blues Pills (45 Points)
6. Mars Red Sky – Stranded In Arcadia (42 Points)
7. 1000 Mods – Vultures (36 Points)
8. Greenleaf – Trails and Passes (34 Points)
9. Dyse – Das Nation (29 Points)
10. Pyrior – Onestone (28 Points)
11. YOB – Clearing the Path to Ascend (27 Points)
12. Electric Wizard – Time to Die (27 Points)
13. Fu Manchu – Gigantoid (25 Points)
14. Coogans Bluff – Gettin’ Dizzy (23 Points)
15. Earth – Primitive and Deadly (19 Points)
16. Orange Goblin – Back from the Abyss (17 Points)
17. Wo Fat – The Conjuring (16 Points)
18. Dopelord – Black Arts, Riff Worship & Weed Cult (15 Points)
19. Papir – IIII (15 Points)
20. Bongripper – Miserable (15 Points)

I haven't heard it either FWIW

I should be all over that Levitation Chicago thing, as I love The Pop Group and Swervedriver, and Lumerians. However, I was totally planning to see Torche on the 14th, and they won't say which bands are playing which night and are not giving the option to buy a ticket for just one night. So I'm on the fence and waiting to see.

Also excited for Wand & Heaters at Empty Bottle on 4/5.
http://emptybottle.com/show/5576755/
https://heaters.bandcamp.com/album/solstice

Stoked for Psycho California. Previously they have put on a few other events at The Observatory, Psycho De Mayo, which also had a great lineup, and Day of the Shred. Has anyone been? What's the venue like?

Psycho De Mayo
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PENTAGRAM
SAINT VITUS
KADAVAR
DEAD MEADOW
FATSO JETSON
THE SHRINE
DAHGA BLOOM
ZIG ZAGS
SONS OF HUNS
SUUNS
LUMERIANS
ZOMBIE ZOMBIE
SUN ARAW
WHITE MANNA
AL LOVER

Day of the Shred
RED FANG
Weedeater
Windhand
Ancestors
ELDER
BONGRIPPER
THE SHRINE
RADIO MOSCOW
DANAVA
Hot Lunch
ALL THEM WITCHES
GLITTER WIZARD

http://lizardqueenband.bandcamp.com/album/third-eye

i like this too:
https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/killer-boogie-detroit

Updated release dates:

FOGG - High Testament (Under The Gun) Jan?
Hey Colossus - In Black And Gold (Rocket) 9-Feb
A Place To Bury Strangers - Fixation (Dead Oceans) 17-Feb
Six Organs Of Admittance - Hexadic (Drag City) 17-Feb
Corsair - One Eyed Horse (Shadow Kingdom) 24-Feb
Pelican - The Cliff (Southern Lord) 24-Feb
Elder - Lore (Armageddon) 28-Feb
The Lucid Dream - The Lucid Dream (Holy How Are You?) 28-Feb
Cherry Choke - Raising The Waters (Elektrohasch) Feb
Dorthia Cottrell - Dorthia Cottrell (Forcefield) 3-Mar
Black Rainbows - Hawdope (Heavy Psych Sounds/Shellshock) 14-Mar
WAND - Golem (In The Red) 17-Mar
Lightning Bolt - Fantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey) 24-Mar
Ufomammut – Ecate (Neurot) 31-Mar
Mammoth Mammoth - Volume IV - Hammered Again (Napalm) 7-Apr
Royal Thunder - Crooked Doors (Relapse) 7-Apr
Acid King - Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere (Svart) 14-Apr

Portland, Maine's Murcielago. Sound like they should have been on Man's Ruin.

https://murcielagorock.bandcamp.com/

one of my favorite words in Spanish!

so much cooler than bat.

That's a great word. Also a fan of tinieblas.

http://https://f1.bcbits.com/img/a3596167080_10.jpg

Mondo Drag - Mondo Drag (Bilocation) - One of the first great surprises this year, some fabulous psych prog. They have a few albums, started more psych. Radio Moscow's rhythm section Zack Anderson and Cory Berry recorded with them before moving on to Blues Pills. With new rhythm section, they're now based in Oakland, and hopefully planning to hit the road.
https://mondodrag.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

Obelisk outdoes itself: Tomorrow’s Dream 2015: 90 of the Year’s Most Anticipated Releases
http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2015/01/21/tomorrows-dream-2015/

Details on Goatsnake album coming soon. Correction, the FOGG album won't be out for a few months.

AMT touring US/Canada with ST 37, clearly doing their part to make sure a certain Drugs AMoney can die happy

Follakzoid announce new album + single
http://www.belmontbookings.nl/follakzoid-join-belmonts-european-roster-announce-new-album-single/

Witch Mountain found a new vocalist already, Kayla Dixon of Cleveland's Demons Within.
http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2015/01/29/witch-mountain-kayla-dixon/

Eternal Tapestry - Wild Strawberries (Thrill Jockey) Feb 24 - New double album coming.

I've had a few days with the upcoming Elder and it is magnificent. Their sound is evolving from fuzzy stoner doom to a more prog direction.

Out now:
Burning Saviours - Unholy Tales From The North (Transubstans)
Spidergawd - Spidergawd II (Crispin Glover) - Norwegian stoner psych/prog/hard rock. I'd just heard their first one last month and already there's another. Don't ask me what's going on with the cover!
http://www.magnificentmusic.de/bands/spidergawd/Spidergawd_cover_II.jpg

Captain Crimson - Ageless Time (Moving Air) - I totally didn't know this was coming out. Out yesterday. Also available on iTunes.
https://captaincrimson.bandcamp.com/
http://open.spotify.com/album/7Jj9PIGkJiAC1KnYwsbG1n

Nudity (Oly, WA)LP "Astronomicon" coming soon. Looking forward to catching them live in a week; everything I've heard from them has been pretty great.

http://ironlungpv.bandcamp.com/album/astronomicon-lp-lungs-062?from=embed

The Quietus are streaming one track off the upcoming Ufomammut album Ecate

http://thequietus.com/articles/17168-ufomammut-temple

Also, holy shit.

http://bluesnaggletooth.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-thule

Ann Arbor stoner/sci-fi band released recent album (may have been covered in last year's thread?) Something tells me EZ might dig this

This is solid. Sometimes is a little too Kyuss (which, as I've talked about before, is not my thing) and the dude isn't the strongest singer, but the overall vibe is great.

This was released today.

https://corsair.bandcamp.com/album/one-eyed-horse

thanks, enjoying this

UFOMAMMUT Finally Tours North America!
http://fastnbulbous.com/ufomammut-finally-tours-north-america/

Kicks off just down the street from me at Reggie's!

i will see you there!! tickets go on sale friday and it's on my calendar. i'm kinda pissed that i'm going to miss electric wizard but it's on one of my school nights and also UFOMAMMUT makes up for it.

Dangit, Graveyard are touring with Mastodon and Clutch but for some reason aren't going to Chicago. They are playing Milwaukee on 5/13, the same night as Ufomammut!

yep - totally going to hit that triple bill in Milwaukee instead - you've talked up Graveyard live for so long, now I have to see 'em!

You know, I may try to make them both. The show at The Rave starts at 7-ish, and Graveyard opens. Reggies' doors open at 7 too, and only Usnea is scheduled to open so far. But as long as they pack in another band or two last minute like they usually do, it should be feasible to make it in time for Ufomammut later in the evening! I've seen Mastodon and Clutch plenty of times, so not an issue for me. That will definitely be a tip-top night for rock 'n' cosmic doom!

I'd be really impressed if you pulled that off and were able to catch both sets.

I don't wanna risk missing Ufomammut (or a $300 Wisconsin speeding ticket!), so only if they announce more opening bands at Reggie's.

there was a "and TBA" on the flyer...

New ST 37 album out. Report with more after listening to it...

Picked up the Nudity record at their tour kick-off. Very impressive! I get a sort of Hawkwind at their Krautiest vibe with a lot of NWOBHM flourishes.

Ok, I have had Bardo Pond's "Dilate" for quite a few years, have given it quite a few listens and like it quite well.

What would be a best second album by Bardo Pond?

StonerHive countdown begins.

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20. Witchskull – The Vast Electric Dark

These cats, the biggest surprise to burst onto the Doom Chart in November, have beaten Ponamero Sundown with one point and knocked the amazing Vedesta album off the Top 20 countdown list. But these Aussies have an amazing knack for exploring all facets of atavistic rock, booking excellent time in classic doom, proto metal and bluesy stoner. And this eclecticism only adds to amazing quality of the entire album. Raw, full of grit and mystic power that quickly turns you on to their shamanistic ritual… So, find yourself a dark corner to curl up into and put on your headphones…

19. With The Dead – With The Dead

This trio are championed by a leader who was part of a legendary outfit and the two lieutenants as well. They made the Number one position of the Doom Chart and will be loved unconditionally by fans of Cathedral and Electric Wizard and ofcourse by many more. Ponderous metal mixed with thunderous rock and a multitude of dark and dusty tones and extremely malevolent sounding riffs. It is the sound of yore and of intense, powerful compulsion. Exorcism and resurrection and the birth of something wild and wonderful…

18. Monster Magnet – Cobras and Fire (the Mastermind Redux)

Another legendary outfit. One who made it to the Number 6 position in 2013 and Number 14 position in 2010. And are now positioned at Number 18. With a re-imagining of the album released in 2010. And on it we are once again treated to novel arrangements, different lyrics, upgraded bonus tracks and a cover version of the Temptations song Ball Of Confusion. And we can definitely state we love the record and we love the fact Wyndorf and his mates keep enjoying messing around with their material this much. Yes, Cobras and Fire!

17. Ruby The Hatchet – Valley of The Snake & We Hunt Buffalo – Living Ghosts

“I’ve had a variety of body parts in all different kinds of cakes. But for me, the strawberry cheesecake or the cinnamon apple ones will always remain the top contenders. For what you ask? I will leave that to your imagination.” ~ Lars Ulrich

On Number 17, and yes once again with one sole point more than Monster Magnet we find… Two outfits. One from Pleasantville, New Jersey, United States and one from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Respectively a five-piece and a trio, both rocking out like true masters with a penchant for psychedelics and grand gestures. I’ve been in love with one of these bands since I first discovered them. The Canadian bunch, the rowdy grunge/fuzz freaks that always go for the big boom and take you down with them relentlessly. And I will definitely be digging deeper into the other one, now that I know all of you lovely freaks out there love it so much. And while typing, I’ve naturally just put on the album. I get it. And now I want to Live there; among the Ghosts... In The Valley Of The Snake…

http://stonerhive.blogspot.nl/2015/12/number-16.html

“I am not strict vegan, because I'm a hedonist pig. If I see a big chocolate cake that is made with eggs, I'll have it.” ~ Grace Slick

Three points above those two crazy bands on Number 17 we find no less than three groups celebrating all that goodness that free rock and stoner trucking entails. Three bands that came through with albums this year that a lot of you out there thought were the best of the entire year. But still, they did not get enough points to end up higher than this wild Number 16. Perhaps there was some heavy warfare on route to the country. Or perhaps the psychic power never made it completely into the mind of everyone. Well, they did make into yours! And they sure as hell made it into mine. So above We Hunt Buffalo & Ruby The Hachet we find…

Clutch – Psychic Warfare,
Freedom Hawk – Into Your Mind &
The Sword – High Country

http://stonerhive.blogspot.nl/2015/12/number-15.html

“Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it.” ~ Krist Novoselic

We climb another two points to find an album that has not just made the list of many heavy rock lover; but also lists of every other kind of music fiend. This album has been championed by lovers of rock, metal, pop and musical theater maniacs. Yes, we are ofcourse referring to those cats in robes that know what Blue Oyster Cult was all about, as well as ABBA. And on all those moments that they rock hard and sound good you are enjoying the hell out of yourself. But on those almost pompous, dramatic moments of overtures, you know this is what these robed freaks do best, turn the theatrical into something catchy and addictive. So yes, above Number 16, above the amazing Clutch, The Sword and Freedom Hawk we find on Number 15…

15. Ghost – Meliora

“Then there was the bad cake. It would hit your stomach like a brick. You would have to puke all night and sweat all day. Not unlike detoxing or having a nasty flu. You feel like a bunch of sodden leaves in the rain, too wet and heavy to move. What? Of course I am talking about cake! What else?” ~ Axl Rose.

I was surprised to see so many of you out there vote for the guys we find on Number 14. Not because they don’t deserve it or aren’t that good. But simply because there has been so much great music this year and I reckoned a lot would forget about these wonderful cats. So on Number 14, with once again only one point more than Ghost we celebrate the first instrumental effort on the Top 20 countdown. Hailing from Berlin, this quartet knows how to create universes within their songs, but all the while moving towards atavistic stoner one minute and eerie psychedelics the next. It is their fifth record and with it they display a true love for everything we freaks hold dear in all these amazing heavy genres… So, without further ado…Number 14 !

14. Rotor – Funf

“Mr. Cohn was a champion of the bakery. His cakes, cookies and pastries were only rivalled by his own hearty tartes. Those were the real treats. Do not think that I am very much impressed by that fact, but it meant a lot to him and to the people cueing up for his sweetness. I was just the drunk lying in front of his store.” ~ James Maynard Keenan

As we pass Rotor on Number 14, we jump five points and find yet again two outfits occupying the same spot. Both of which ofcourse made the Doom Charts and one of these two bands made it all the way to the third position on the Stoner HiVe top 20 countdown of 2013. The Spanish five-piece, “captivates you entirely with heavy psychedelic jams, pure desert stonerrock, doom and sometimes even with a folk or pop vibe. Six epic songs to take you on a journey through time and space and with an acoustic guitar outro to bring you back to earth.” As the good Doktor420 said back in May. The Richmond, Virginian quintet once again mesmerize with that languid and husky voice that floats atop the sluggish doom riffs. They’ve turned their doom syrup into something even more swampy and wooly. Offset against the more concise songs and less lengthy compositions, it turns the entire record into a highly psychedelic wall of repetition. Less oppressive and less deceitful than the 2013 album, this flower truly opens up for the listener… The two albums on NUMBER 13 are!!!

13. Windhand – Grief’s Infernal Flower &
Arenna – Given to Emptiness

http://doomcharts.com/2015/12/21/best-of-2015/

“We've been able to have our cake and eat it, too. Every song, every T-shirt, is absolutely a pure expression of what we want to do. And it connects.” ~ Tom Morello

Only one point again. It all was that close this year. We climb one point from Arenna & Windhand on Number 13 to reach these dubious kings on Number 12. After an absence of almost ten years they finally returned. And they did this with a sure fire bang. “Think of this album as a shamanistic journey that deserves to be heard in one sitting rather than dipping in and out. This should be the slab of excellence that brings them back into their well-deserved place at the top of the underground swamp.” As Madman Tony Maim said back in February of this year. Well, in an amazing field of incredible albums they managed to grab the Number 12 spot of the Stoner HiVe top 20 countdown. It must be their tripped out vibes that has gotten all of us hooked!

12. Acid King – Middle Of Nowhere, Centre Of Everywhere

“No cake has ever been so fatal or so hideous. And yet, we eat it. We gorge and we barf and we puke and regurgitate and eat it all over again. Yes, we are beasts.” ~ Bono

As mentioned before, I’m always surprised about the level of commitment of all you lovely freaks out there. As much as I am surprised by the amount of great music released every year and let’s state the obvious, the amount of this year is absolutely stunning. So even though I dug the fifth album of this Dutch trio when it was released back in June I had definitely not expected it to make the countdown. Which is wrong on many level. For the album is filled with their most structured songs to date; even though they are supported by two devious psychedelic bookends at the beginning and end of the record. Their Hendrix influences might be fading and a bit more of Kyuss might be surfacing, their new record is without a doubt a typical record for this amazing trio. So, again, only one point above Acid King on Number 12 we find as a definite free rock lift-off those three boys that made the list back in 2009 and 2010 on Number 11 !!!

11. The Machine – Offblast!

“Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too.” ~ Vaughn Monroe

As we pass The Machine with four points and enter the Top 10 it feels only fitting to let someone else do the talking about this album. Also, because we talked a lot about this band, this year and in other years. Cause they ended up on the third position in 2012 and on the second position in 2011. So here’s Charlie Tooth: “Apparently the only thing Dylan, the Animals and Derek And The Dominoes have on these Swedes is that they didn't make the list! Their 2015 LP is a perfect example of why classic never really goes out of style. How can a band that started around 2006 sound so classic? My guess is pure feel, emotion with a sense of natural playing and writing ability. Their 2015 album is pure and clean. It's not surprising these blues rockers rank so high on the Stoner HiVe people's picks! a truly cool blues based machine that set themselves apart from the Iommi worshiping guitar bands!” Number 10 is taken up by…

10. Graveyard – Innocence & Decadence

“I really thought it was chocolate cake!” ~ Ozzy Osbourne

We jump three points after Graveyard brought us into the top 10 to find a true psychedelic screed on Number 9. Mentioned only days before the start of the Countdown the second album of this Finnish six-piece is psychedelic rock performed on the very edge of the needle. Chuck full of classic riffs and an intense occult atmosphere it is without a doubt that the female voice is the one that drags you down with the band. With a powerful and much tougher pronunciation. There is still a bit of Grace Slick in there, but for the most part her voice is still that lovely creature that seemed to skid out of control with every corner she took, but without any hesitation, for she knows, even if she doesn’t make that corner, it will still sound incredible. On Number 9 we find…

9. Jess & The Ancient Ones – Second Psychedelic Coming: the Aquarius Tapes

“I never got a chocolate birthday cake; I got a carob one. And when I went to other kids' houses, I was very covetous of things like Cheez Whiz that I'd find in their refrigerators.” ~ Amanda Marshall

With seven points above Jess And The Ancient Ones we make a bigger jump to reach Number 8. A band that released their last album fifteen years ago and since then became legendary. Like their reunion gig on Roadburn 2010. Instant legendary. And then to return with an album that punches out magical riffs that rattles, churn and flutter without ever taking the leading role. Cause that is reserved for the vocalist who surfs and skates across all the incredible music delivered. Awesome blues for the dark dark days… Number 8!

8. Goatsnake – Black Age Blues

The Obelisk Presents: THE TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 2015
http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2015/12/22/top-30-of-2015/

30. High on Fire, Luminiferous
29. CHRCH, Unanswered Hymns
28. Golden Void, Berkana
27. Stoned Jesus, The Harvest
26. Graveyard, Innocence and Decadence
25. Death Hawks, Sun Future Moon
24. Spidergawd, II
23. The Midnight Ghost Train, Cold was the Ground
22. Leeches of Lore, Motel of Infinity
21. With the Dead, With the Dead
20. Clutch, Psychic Warfare
19. Mondo Drag, Mondo Drag
18. Lamp of the Universe, The Inner Light of Revelation
17. Mammatus, Sparkling Waters
16. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, The Night Creeper
15. Death Alley, Black Magick Boogieland
14. The Machine, Offblast!
13. Brothers of the Sonic Cloth, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth
12. Kind, Rocket Science
11. Bloodcow, Crystals and Lasers
10. Kadavar, Berlin
9. Goatsnake, Black Age Blues
8. Kings Destroy, Kings Destroy
7. Cigale, Cigale
6. Sun Blood Stories, Twilight Midnight Morning
5a. Colour Haze, To the Highest Gods We Know
5. The Atomic Bitchwax, Gravitron
4. All Them Witches, Dying Surfer Meets His Maker
3. Snail, Feral
2. Acid King, Middle of Nowhere, Center of Everywhere
1. Elder, Lore

I've only heard 5 of those but happy to see elder at numero uno!

Hey hey, Lamp of the Universe!

“Cake? Who needs cake? I’d rather guzzle drink and put other stuff up my nose!” ~ Keith Richards

Two points above Goatsnake on Number 8 we find a trio that has been aweing fans all across the world with their stage performance and stunning shows. And the albums did well as well. Reaching Number 2 back in 2012 and Number 5 in 2013. But for some reason they never completely lived up to their live concerts. This one perhaps is closer to that awesome truth. Or as Madman Tony Maim put it back in September: “Thank fuck, these Germans have come up with new killer riffs, cool song compositions and a slightly more polished production sound which has expanded their sonic horizons, meaning the tracks sound massive and rock like a bastard.” No extra words needed. Check out Number 7!

7. Kadavar – Berlin

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http://stonerhive.blogspot.nl/2015/12/number-6.html

“All the good cakes have already been eaten by people with wigs and stuff.” ~ Frank Zappa

A massive jump of fourteen points takes us up to Number 6. A band that made the list at Number 7 back in 2011 and the absolute Numero Uno according to Charlie Tooth. So let’s let him do the talking. “I ask you, how can a band like this not make the list? That's right, no way in hell it wouldn't! This year’s release is kick ass, bad ass and downright dirty. Ten tracks of unadulterated bliss, from Sexecutioner right to the pop savvy Ice Age Hey Baby. This trio is a bands band in every sense of that statement. Pantella, Ryan and Kosnik all shine on this record. For a band that has been around well over a decade the shit just keeps getting better. And have you ever seen a bassists fingers eat lighting and crap thunder like Kosnik's do? (Sorry, I had to fit that in. Hahaha) Thank you for another awesome atomic release.” Fourteen points above Kadavar on Number 7 we find on Number 6 ...!

6. The Atomic Bitchwax – Gravitron

“I've learnt that if I tell myself I'm not allowed something, I binge on it later. So if I want chocolate, I have chocolate. If I want biscuits, I have biscuits. I love cake. I just love cake.” ~ Geri Halliwell

Perhaps. To be completely honest, the biggest surprise for me, comes after the jump of two points from The Atomic Bitchwax on Number 6 to Number 5. Once again, let me state the obvious, incredible album and one that deserves every inch of the spot they are on. I just had not expected it this high. But Madman Tony Maim recognized its greatness back in March when it was released. “Hints of fuzz electric blues are scattered throughout with searing effect and yes, it does make me want to drive faster with my arm hanging out of the window, music blaring from the speakers on the way to some humdrum place of work, having my soul lifted by this potential masterpiece.” Hell yeah! I’m ordering the LP as we speak! Number 5 is… !!!

5. Black Rainbows – Hawkdope

“I’ve been eating cake since the day I was born. Been eating cake, drinking whisky and seducing the ladies!” ~ Lemmy

The final one point jump takes up to Number 4. After this amazing album come the big leaps. Have you recovered from taking in the Hawkdope record? Cause Black Rainbows ended up on Number 5. I haven’t, it truly is a masterpiece. A big thank you to all you lovely freaks out there that voted for it, it has brought it back to my attention. The band that follows is one that released their debut this year and is championed by a true legend. A legend that formed bands like Hermano, Supafuzz and Asylum On The Hill and a real hero for yours truly. There’s something dark and brooding about this record. Which might be due, once again, thanks to the weird mountain folklore and scary stories his backyard is steeped in. You can almost smell the blood dripping of the hooks, riffs and growling guitars. Dirty power chords and bourbon soaked drums. It’s steamy and with every track that passes you feel the shadows come alive around you… Number 4!

4. Luna Sol – Blood Moon

http://stonerhive.blogspot.nl/2015/12/number-3.html

“My mother made this upside-down cake that went horribly wrong. I made her make it again and again, for years, because I liked it so much. It never worked, yet it always worked, if you get my drift.” ~ Lemmy

We jump thirteen points from Luna Sol at Number 4 to reach the Bronze medalist of 2015. A band that has been doing great for years and had been having doubts about where to go to next after the album they released this year. But when you release such a glorious record, there is no way to go but on and on. Cause that is the only aspect of time that is constant. It goes on. Just like this album. An instrumental masterpiece. An intricate work of art. Like a high prized Swiss clock it turns and shifts and balances out on the exact right moment. The pounding drums and growling riffs have you soaring high. The time-umbrella concept really feels like an adventure; and thanks to all the minutiae you keep discovering little musical trinkets with every new listening session. This is definitely an album for the ages and I am happy to discover all you lovely freaks out there felt the exact same way! Number 3 !

3. Glowsun – Beyond the Wall Of Time

i thought kadavar were a new band, and due to the last album cover, one that were all about the classic 70s heavy rock groove.
sounds like i need to investigate.

“The more candles on my cake means I get a little more exercise in blowing them out.” ~ Lemmy

No less that forty points! Yes, we jump forty points from Glowsun’s Beyond The Wall Of Time on Third place to our Silver medalist. A band that has been making the Top 20 countdown almost since their conception. Ending on Number 12 back in 2011 and Number 15 in 2013. Apparently everyone out there has been even more in love with their newest release. Less of a nightmare but still scary and intense and it will definitely give you the creeps. Or as Madman Tony Maim put it back in September: “A heavier sound which still retains the ‘69/’70 Blue Cheer vibes but at the same time turning up the psychedelic and druggy feel which holds so much allure to warped minds like myself – and indeed you – my dear Stoner HiVe readers.” So without further ado, let’s get wicked with NUMBER 2 !!

2. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – The Night Creeper

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xQbU040iknQ/VoTiUUf-xkI/AAAAAAAAJ0g/TIeOe-9UG40/s320/cake1.jpg

http://stonerhive.blogspot.nl/2016/01/number-1.html

“My rider is a few biscuits, a few cakes, a meat plate, a cheese plate, some cigs, some JDs. I must say, I'm not completely fixated on Jack Daniel's – it's just that it's the one with the best distribution system worldwide. At one point I mainly drank Southern Comfort mixed with Special Brew. What was I thinking?” ~ Lemmy

The jump from Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats as runner-up in the Stoner HiVe top 20 countdown of 2015 is no less that thirty-seven points. The absolute Gold medal this year goes to a trio that was already predicted to steal the prize back in February. And who already took first place back in 2011 with their Dead Roots Stirring album. They managed to turn the musical year upside down and uprooting the expected slow start of the year. They ran away with the Doom Charts those first months and came in second place in the overall Doom Charts. Where yours truly wrote: “Stupefying all of us. Or at least most of us. They came out swinging with an album at the very beginning of this year that perhaps even bested that awe-inspiring performance on Roadburn 2013. The Boston trio released their album unto the world in February and all of us kept spinning that record until the needle ran through the groove. Their mixture of psychedelic rock, heavy stoner and epic metal will have you climbing to incredible heights in the dreams they evoke. There is no escaping and once you’re in, there is really no way out until those final mythical fading moments... For the album is one gigantic tension arc. It will make you forget all about time and place and experience something that only the true wise men know. It won’t teach, but simply show…” The stuff of legends, a contribution that will live on forever in the pantheon of rock. A perfect record, a pure ballistically delivered album, a blow against the empire, a rigging singular beautiful strike, a hammer of the gods that will sound on for eternity…

1. Elder – Lore

^this is a really good album

Fsstnbulbous are you going to be posting your psych list here this year? I love those (though if you don't gave the time, I understand)

Well, I hope you all looked at this page: http://fastnbulbous.com/lucky-15/#breakdown

That has the top 13 of psych and psych noir. If you go to my database at http://fastnbulbous.com/list.php, this is what comes up in a search for psych, not filtered to albums that are primarily psych:

1. Golden Void – Berkana (Thrill Jockey)
2. Royal Thunder – Crooked Doors (Relapse)
3. Elder – Lore (Armageddon)
4. Ufomammut – Ecate (Neurot)
5. Sunder – Sunder (Tee Pee)
6. Fuzz – II (In The Red)
7. Jess And The Ancient Ones – Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes (Svart)
8. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats – The Night Creeper (Rise Above)
9. The Lucid Dream – The Lucid Dream (Holy How Are You?)
10. Wand – Golem (In The Red)
11. Dungen – Allas Sak (Mexican Summer)
12. Horisont – Odyssey (Rise Above)
13. Kadavar – Berlin (Nuclear Blast)
14. Jacco Gardner – Hypnophobia (Polyvinyl)
15. Thee Oh Sees – Mutilator Defeated At Last (Castle Face)
16. Anekdoten – Until All The Ghosts Are Gone (Musea/Virta)
17. The Exploding Eyes Orchestra – I (Svart)
18. Sacri Monti – Sacri Monti (Tee Pee)
19. Sundays & Cybele – Heaven (Beyond Beyond Beyond)
20. Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – Horse Dance (Rocket)
21. Stara Rzeka – Zamknęły się oczy ziemi (Instant Classic)
22. Male Gaze – Gale Maze (Castle Face)
23. Minami Deutsch – Minami Deutsch (Cardinal Fuzz/Guruguru Brain)
24. Tame Impala – Currents (Interscope)
25. All Them Witches – Dying Surfer Meets His Maker (New West)
26. Wand – 1000 Days (Drag City)
27. Mammatus – Sparkling Waters (Spiritual Pajamas)
28. Singapore Sling – Psych Fuck (Fuzz Club)
29. House Of Laurence – Awake (House Of Laurence)
30. Glowsun – Beyond The Wall Of Time (Napalm)
31. Mother Engine – Absturz (Gebrüder Schall)
32. Sonic Jesus – Neither Virtue Nor Anger (Fuzz Club)
33. Vidunder – Oracles & Prophets (Crusher)
34. Mondo Drag – Mondo Drag (RidingEasy)
35. Weedpecker – II (Weedpecker)
36. Electric Moon – The Theory Of Mind (Sulatron)
37. Arenna – Given To Emptiness (Nasoni) | Bamdcamp
38. Lucifer – Lucifer I (Rise Above)
39. Monster Magnet – Cobras And Fire (The Mastermind Remix) (Napalm)
40. Ancient River – Keeper Of The Dawn (Summer Moon)
41. Ruby The Hatchet – Valley Of The Snake (Tee Pee)
42. Invisible Astro Healing Rhythm Quartet – 2 (Trouble In Mind)
43. KIND – Rocket Science (Ripple) 11-Dec
44. The Vintage Caravan – Arrival (Nuclear Blast)
45. Moon Duo – Shadow Of The Sun (Sacred Bones)
46. The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol – Masters Of The Molehill (Cardinal Fuzz)
47. Carlton Melton – Out To Sea (Agitated)
48. Black Space Riders – Refugeeum (Black Space/Cargo)
49. White Manna – Pan (Cardinal Fuzz/Captcha)
50. 10 000 Russos – 10 000 Russos (Fuzz Club)
51. FOGG – High Testament (Tee Pee)
52. Nocturnalia – Above Below Within (Gaphals)
53. Astral Son – Silver Moon (Headspin)
54. Kelley Stoltz – In Triangle Time (Castle Face)
55. Old Man's Will – Hard Times - Troubled Man (RidingEasy)
56. Sexwitch – Sexwitch (Echolyn)
57. Hills – Frid (Rocket)
58. Bop English – Constant Bop (Blood And Biscuits)
59. The Underground Youth – Haunted (Fuzz Club)
60. Death Hawks – Sun Future Moon (Svart)
61. Ecstatic Vision – Sonic Praise (Relapse)
62. RotoR – Fünf (Nois-o-lution)
63. Blown Out – Jet Black Hallucinations (Golden Mantra)
64. GNOD – Infinity Machines (Rocket)
65. Dead Sea Apes – Spectral Domain (Cardinal Fuzz)
66. Spidergawd – II (Crispin Glover)
67. Datura4 – Demon Blues (Alive)
68. My Sleeping Karma – Moksha (Napalm)
69. The Smoking Trees – TST (Burger)
70. Grusom – Grusom (Kosmik Artifactz)
71. Föllakzoid – III (Sacred Bones)
72. Destruction Unit – Negative Feedback Resistor (Sacred Bones)
73. Throw Down Bones – Throw Down Bones (Fuzz Club)
74. The Holydrug Couple – Moonlust (Sacred Bones)
75. Shellfin – Cities Without Names (Shellfin)
76. Agusa – Två (The Laser's Edge)
77. DoctoR DooM – This Seed We Have Sown (Ripple)
78. Black Rainbows – Hawkdope (Heavy Psych Sounds)
79. Koes Barat – Koes Barat (Sub Pop)
80. Zone Six – Love Monster (Sulatron)
81. Cathode Ray Eyes – Eyes In The Melancholy Palm (Cardinal Fuzz)
82. Blandbladen – Vederkvickelse (Kommun 2)
83. Radar Men On The Moon – Subversive I (Fuzz Club)
84. Sendelica – Anima Mundi (Sendelica)
85. Taman Shud – Viper Smoke (Trashmouth)
86. Spiders – Why Don't You EP (Crusher)
87. together Pangea – The Phage EP (Burger)
88. The Butterscotch Cathedral – The Butterscotch Cathedral (Trouble In Mind)
89. Seremonia – Kristalliarkki (Svart)
90. Weird Owl – Interstellar Skeletal (A Recordings)
91. Cherry Choke – Raising The Waters (Elektrohasch)
92. Mini Mansions – The Great Pretenders (Fiction)
93. Blues Pills – Blues Pills Live (Nuclear Blast)
94. Pretty Lightning – A Magic Lane Of Light And Rain (Cardinal Fuzz)
95. Hey Colossus – In Black And Gold (Rocket)
96. The Myrrors – Arena Negra (Beyond Beyond Is Beyond)
97. You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons – Population IV (Cardinal Fuzz)
98. Blown Out – Planetary Engineering (Golden Mantra)
99. Kylesa – Exhausting Fire (Season Of Mist)
100. zZz – Juggernaut (Excelsior)

A lot there to chew on. I didnt see thr genre lists; those are really great, too

Grazie

Captain Beyond Zen Top 40
http://captain-beyond.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-top-40-albums-of-2015.html

Unusually unique at the top end of the list:

1. Flesh of the Stars - Hide
https://fleshofthestars.bandcamp.com/album/hide
2. Path of Samsara - The Fiery Hand
https://pathofsamsaravan.bandcamp.com/album/the-fiery-hand
3. Horisont - Odyssey
4. Uncle Acid - Night Creeper
5. Mirror - Mirror
6. With the Dead - With the Dead
7. Tarot - The Warrior's Spell
8. Khemmis - Absolution
9. Demon Head - Ride the Wilderness
10. Demon Eye - Tempora Infernalia
11. Dopethrone - Hochelaga
12. Goatsnake - Black Age Blues
13. Ecstatic Vision - Sonic Praise
14. Ruby the Hatchet - Valley of the Snake
15. Magic Circle - Journey Blind
16. Kadavar - Berlin
17. Aktor - Paranoia
https://aktor.bandcamp.com/album/paranoia
18. Flight - Flight
19. Gold - No Image
https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-image

20. Knife Ritual - Old Earth
https://kniferitual.bandcamp.com/album/old-earth
21. Saturnalia Temple - To the Other
22. Iron Void - Doomsday
23. Magister Templi - Into Duat
24. Witchsorrow - No Light, Only Fire
25. Windhand - Grief's Infernal Flower
26. Goya - Obelisk
27. Monolord - Vænir
28. The Sword - High Country
29. Stoned Jesus - The Harvest
30. Limb - Terminal
31. Visigoth - The Revenant King
32. Dead Lord - Heads Held High
33. Black Trip - Shadowline
34. Tombstones - Vargariis
35. Obsidian Sea - Dreams, Illusions, Obsessions
36. Graveyard - Innocence & Decadence
37. Shepherd - Stereolithic Riffalocalypse
38. Golden Void - Berkana
39. Mondo Drag - Mondo Drag
40. Behold! The Monolith - Architects of the Void

new thread for '16?

Happy to see Elder at number one.

Enjoying "the Outcast" by Witchcraft ATM

yes to new thread for '16!

new Hexvessel album soon

https://youtu.be/6uHPHn5Zwmo

Anyone who cares to feel free to name and start the new thread. I've been taking a break, but will think about a title in the next couple days if no one else does.

I'm looking forward to the new Electric Eye - Different Sun (Feb 5)
http://www.xsnoize.com/electric-eye/

Here's their last one:
https://electriceye.bandcamp.com/