“In ancient Rome, there was a poemAbout the Doom Charts who found two bonesHe picked at one, he licked the otherHe went in circles, he dropped dead…” ~ probably misheard lyrics by Devo It does not happen that often anymore. But yes, there’s an older album on this edition of the Doom Charts. Why it […]
Read more "DOOM CHARTS – AUGUST 2026"BEWARE OF GODS – UPON WHOM THE LAST LIGHT DESCENDS III: BEHEAD THE ORACLE Out since July 10 through Invoke Records and promoted by Good Boy PR, this is not just another chapter, this is the ultimate presentation of all that BEWARE OF GODS stands for. The final chapter in the trilogy and the end of […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – BEWARE OF GODS"FOSSILE – NO KING GOOD MORNING KIRIBATI!!! Here’s a Friday Freebie for you all! The No King single, from Finnish outfit FOSSILE! The No King album came out through Afakasi Records back in April of this year. And this is the title track… The album made the May 2026 Doom Charts! Forged in the cold […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – FOSSILE"“Well, I knocked down on your door, babyTo see if you were at homeYour shade was downThere wasn’t even a soundBut something told me you weren’t aloneWhat in the world can a nasty dog doBut try to get next to you?” ~ ZZ Top (Rest in peace Sir.Beard…) His signature backbeat was crucial to ZZ […]
Read more "DOOM CHARTS PERORATION – JULY 2026"“I’m a cold heartbreaker, fit to burnAnd I’ll rip your heart in twoAnd I’ll leave you lyin’ on the bedI’ll be out the door before you wakeIt’s nothin’ new to you‘Cause I think we’ve seen that Doom Charts, too, aw…” ~ misheard Guns ‘n Roses lyrics One of our contributors had the audacity to ask […]
Read more "DOOM CHARTS – JULY 2026"SHADOW OF JUPITER – BONES Another Friday Freebie for you all! And one for an albums that was released only a few weeks ago and has since been heralded as Year End contender by some of the great writers populating the Heavy Underground. Our contributor (who stepped away for a bit) Steve Howe from Outlaws […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – SHADOW OF JUPITER"STAIN – PERMITTING EVIL And now for an extra heavy Friday Freebie, from Sula, Finland come sludge and doom crushers STAIN! Released this past March, their EP Permitting Evil is a lesson in darkness, brutality, and hellishly heavy riffs. Gird yourself and crank these tunes at your own peril! Permitting Evil is out on cassette […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – STAIN"THE LAST SOUND REVELATION – THE PROXIMITY EFFECT We’re a week away from the new, July 2026, edition of the Doom Charts! Yes, we have a month with Five Fridays! So, to celebrate that fact. Here’s a Friday Freebie for you all! Out on Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records, it’s the instrumental progressive THE LAST […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – THE LAST SOUND REVELATION"PLAINDRIFTER – GESTALT And on the June 2026 edition of the Doom Charts! There rode PLAINDRIFTER! And their Gestalt album… Out on Ripple Music… PLAINDRIFTER… Yes… They seem to be able to crack open a wormhole and dare you to crawl inside. Gestalt drifts through it and from sun-scorched desert grooves into weightless cosmic psychedelia. […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – PLAINDRIFTER"“Summertime and the livin’ is easyFish are jumpin’ and the Doom Charts is high…” ~ Ella Fitzgerald (misheard lyrics) Summertime… When the days stretch endlessly towards golden evenings, and the world seems to breathe to the rhythm of live music. I don’t know what festival season looks like where you are, but here it arrives […]
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