THE ISOSCELES PROJECT – BEAR THE TORCH Released back in October, the new album BEAR THE TORCH by THE ISOSCELES PROJECT is a full on instrumental, psychedelic and progressive adventure. A touch of doom, stoner and a lot of metal! It’s a powerful return, capturing rebirth, persistence and self-determination in one hell of a journey. […]
Read more "FESTIVE FREEBIE – THE ISOSCELES PROJECT"CRYPT MONARCH – CODEX PESTILENTIA It’s another Festive Freebie for all you lovely heavy music fiends out there! And it is for the wild and wonderful Costa Rican three named CRYPT MONARCH! Who made the August 2021 edition with their The Necronaut release, but were also featured this year with their newest release CODEX PESTILENTIA. […]
Read more "FESTIVE FREEBIE – CRYPT MONARCH"VOIDLURKER – LOATHE FOR LIFE As the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2025 enters the Top 3, we are reminded that there are only two days left to vote for The Obelisk‘s Year End Poll. Please do so and make it even grander! But, we’re here for something else… Right? A Festive Freebie! Back […]
Read more "FESTIVE FREEBIE – VOIDLURKER"MEGARITUAL – RECURSION Psychedelic Salad Records hails from the magical Hobart, Tasmania. And whenever they release an album you know it has something special. And for this Festive Freebie the label graced us with codes for the MEGARITUAL album RECURSION. All music written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Dale Paul Walker. Eight long years […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – MEGARITUAL"SUN BELOW – MAMMOTH’S TUNDRA A single for a Festive Freebie! The band made the September 2023 Doom Charts and the November 2021 edition. And graced us with Freebies for the split they did with Earth Altar. We are of course referring to SUN BELOW! And the released a beastly single back in March… MAMMOTH’S […]
Read more "FESTIVE FREEBIE – SUN BELOW"BIFTER – FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF HELL This Festive Freebie landed on this years’ April Doom Charts, spot 26… Which means we do not blurb about it. Well, here’s is my dubious attempt to remedy that fact. On First Impressions of Hell, the BIFTER four drag you by the ankles through the gates, Dante style, laughing […]
Read more "FESTIVE FREEBIE – BIFTER"YUNG DRUID – WOODEN LUNGS Another Festive Freebie for you all! It’s for the April release by YUNG DRUID! Twenty minutes, two tracks and enough riff weight to dent the floorboards! Wooden Lungs takes over your furniture like a lumbering cat! Fat, heavy, loving lasagna! So, they are surely blessed they released this marvelous dittty […]
Read more "FESTIVE FREEBIE – YUNG DRUID"KEY OF STONE – BATTLEFIELD Made from your votes, the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2025 is already on Number 6… But you can still send in your lists to the The Obelisk poll. Which closes on December 31st. But before you do… Here’s one more album to check out! Yes! It’s another Festive […]
Read more "FESTIVE FREEBIE – KEY OF STONE"THE HYENA KILL – COLLAPSE It just missed being published on the November 2025 Doom Charts, but to remedy that miss, we’re here to give you a Festive Freebie for THE HYENA KILL! Out on APF Records, seeminlgy chaotic, the songs want to pull you in all kinds of different directions. Building steadily through the […]
Read more "FESTIVE FREEBIE – THE HYENA KILL"SUNBREATHER – SUNBREATHER Bloom Metal straight out of Leeds, UK. Bloom Metal, I like the name, it has a certain ring to it… Immersive and beautifully crafted, the album will serve as a smash and grab introduction to a band that immediately knows how to blend atmosphere with heaviness, and emotional charge with a real […]
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