Chris is a long running team member representing the fine city of Indianapolis, Indiana and the revered review site Indy Metal Vault. I always loved the way Chris reviews albums with a concise and honest approach. Check out his Top 25 Doom Charts albums he sent in for the readers here. Chris also plays in […]
Read more "Doom Charts 2019 Favorites – Chris Latta"Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio, podcasters and album 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 […]
Read more "Doom Charts 2019 Favorites – Tom Schmahl"Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio, podcasters and album 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 […]
Read more "Doom Charts 2019 Favorites – Reek of Stoom"We want the old Rome! But a better version of Rome!” That’s just me going “you want a better version of yourself in the future”. I want to build a better version of me who’s more compassionate, more understanding, more awakened more loving. All those things that you think “I could have been but I […]
Read more "Doom Charts – June 2019"“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~Thomas Merton It’s amazing what is happening in the heavy underground scene right now. The artistic endeavor involved in all aspects of music is what makes it so immersive as a total experience both physical and mental. Yes, most of us our […]
Read more "Doom Charts – May 2019"“When you hit a groove, it’s not you; it’s the spirit world. The spirits whisper the ideas in your brain and prod you along. They’re the ones that are really happy.” -Tommy Chong Another month down, and no sign of slowing down. April brought us the infamous 4/20 and although we didn’t have as big […]
Read more "Doom Charts – April 2019"Pesta – Faith Bathed in Blood (2019) (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) This is my kind of DOOM. It has many of the classic elements of true doom, a ton of groove, big fat riffs, Ozzy-esque vocals giving it a bonafide nostalgia effect, yet all in the same bringing a modern stoned out fuzz into the mix. […]
Read more "Friday Freebie: Pesta – Faith Bathed in Blood"Mirror of Deception – The Estuary (Göppingen, Germany) For those that know their doom metal, you know about Mirror of Deception. The band is legendary in the doom scene based on further review. Admittedly, The Estuary was my initial exposure to the band but I must say this is what traditional doom is all about. […]
Read more "MIRROR OF DECEPTION – THE ESTUARY"Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn’t be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down. ~Scott Weiland I think that about sums up the Doom Charts intent as well. We are listeners and fans, some […]
Read more "Doom Charts Top 100 Albums of 2018"The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school. -Alice Cooper Christmas has passed, and most schools are out on winter break, but I think Alice could agree, the third most joyous time of year is Doom Chart release day. December chart is here. We say it every […]
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