You are about to experience one of the strangest meetings ever convened — a joining of […] the most unusual people on Earth! Sit quietly in the shadows of this clandestine conference and observe it well! For from it shall soon be born … The DOOM PATROL (Arnold Drake)

Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, radio and podcasters and album reviewers from the doom-stoner underground around the globe. Each month, our critics submit their picks for the best new doom-sludge metal and stoner-psychedelic rock albums.

Featured below are the top 50 albums  of the first half of 2015 based off the doom chart standings through July. Keep your eyes and ears out for what’s still to come. As ‘BTO’ says, “B b b b baby, you just ain’t seen n n n n nothing yet!”

50 BURNING SAVIORS – UNHOLY TALES FROM THE NORTH
49 MY SLEEPING KARMA – MOKSHA
48 DORTHIA COTTRELL – S/T
47 ZQKMDGZ – DIMENSION PLASMA
46 BLACKOUT – S/T
45 IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS – MERGING IN LIGHT
44 HORSELUNG – GETHSEMANE HAZE
43 DO – DEN
42 PLAINRIDE – RETURN OF THE JACKALOPE
41 KNIFE RITUAL – OLD EARTH
40 BRUME – DONKEY
39 TEN FOOT WIZARD – SLEEPING VOLCANOES
38 BLACK SMOKE DRAGON – EARTH HAVE JAIAH
37 POMBAGIRA – FLESH THRONE PRESS
36 SWEAT LODGE – TALISMANA
35 VALKYRIE – SHADOWS
34 ABRAHMA – REFLECTIONS IN THE BOWELS OF THE BIRD
33 THE DEVIL AND THE ALMIGHTY BLUES – S/T
32 TORCHE – RESTARTER
31 DEMON HEAD – RIDE THE WILDERNESS
30 ARENNA – GIVEN TO EMPTINESS
29 CHURCH – UNANSWERED HYMNS
28 FREEDOM HAWK – INTO YOUR MIND
27 HIGH ON FIRE – LUMINIFEROUS
26 UNDERSMILE – ANHEDONIA
25 RIFFLORD – 26 MEAN AND HEAVY
24 SATURNALIA TEMPLE – TO THE OTHER
23 VENUS SLEEPS – DEAD SUN WORSHIP
22 LUNA SOL – BLOOD MOON
21 DOOMRAISER – REVERSE
20 MIDNIGHT GHOST TRAIN – COLD WAS THE GROUND
19 BLACK RAINBOWS – HAWKDOPE
18 LIBIDO FUZZ – KALEIDO LUMO AGE
17 BLACK PUSSY – MAGIC MUSTACHE
16 GRUSOM – GRUSOM
15 ROYAL THUNDER – CROOKED DOORS
14 CAVE OF SWIMMERS – REFLECTION
13 RUBY THE HATCHET – VALLEY OF THE SNAKE
12 THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX – GRAVITRON
11 BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH -S/T
10 HOLY SERPENT – SHROOM DOOM
9 GOATSNAKE – BLACK AGE BLUES
8 SATURNDUST – S/T
7 DEMON EYE – TEMPORA INFERNALIA
6 UFOMAMMUT – ECATE
5 SHEPERD – STEREOLITHIC RIFFOCALYPSE
4 MONOLORD – VAENIR
3 ACID KING – MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, CENTER OF EVERYWHERE
2 DOPETHRONE – HOCHELAGA
1 ELDER – LORE

Contributors to The Doom Charts:

A.S. Van Dorston (Fast n’ Bulbous); Bill Goodman (The Evil Engineer); Billy Goate (Doomed & Stoned); Blasting D (Blasting Days); Bucky Brown (The Ripple Effect); Cam Crichton (Motherslug); Clint (Hand of Doom Radio); Doktor420 (Stoner HiVe); Doombeard (DoomBeardZine); Double A Doom (The Sludgelord); Emmit (wonderock.com); Gram Pola (Dirty Denim); Lucas Klaukein (Stoner HiVe, The Sludgelord, You May Be Dead & Dreaming); Joop Konraad (Stoner HiVe); Lyk (Phantasmagoria); Mari Knox Knox (Doommabbestia); Melissa (Doomed & Stoned); Mr. Fuzz (More Fuzz); Pat Harrington (The Electric Beard of Doom); Paul Rote (Doomed & Stoned); Rod Reinhardt (Captain Beyond Zen); Skip (Ride With the Devil); Soggy Bob (Soggy Bog of Doom); Steve Howe (The Sludgelord); Steve Miller (Vertical Chamber Apparatus); Steve Woodier (Pull The Legs Off The Spider, Tear The Wings Off The Fly); Tony Maim (Stoner HiVe); Ulla Roschat (Wicked Lady); and Vasilis Durden (All the Heavy Lifting).

This Mid-year best of 2015 edition of The Doom Chart edited by buck09brown