“…Are You Simply Stating That This Is a Morning to Be DOOMED on?” ~ probably misheard words by Gandalf April was a blur and May is somehow already in the rearview, chock full of new releases to start the mid-year onslaught of music. A glance at the top of this month’s charts is a who’s-who […]
Read more "DOOM CHARTS – MAY 2026"SPLENDIDULA – ABSENTIA It’s Friday… The best day of the week? Surely, it must be when there’s new music coming at you from all directions! How about a Friday Freebie in that case! Sludge, doom, black metal and all those atmospheric passages that bring you this powerful, cold and harrowing journey through a landscape filled […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – SPLENDIDULA"“Hello, Doom Charts, my old friendI’ve come to talk with you again…” ~ probably misheard lyrics by Simon & Garfunkel Wow, that felt like an extremely short month! And once again chockfull with amazing releases. So many, that the forty below only begin to scratch the surface of the Heavy Underground. No less than 211 […]
Read more "DOOM CHARTS – APRIL 2026"VAN GROOVER – BACK TO THE SHOP When the news broke that these fun cats decided to stop the van and stop the groove, I was all sorts of sad! But when the news broke they would continue on again! Well, euphoria all over! Tour dates for all the lucky Germans are already on their […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – VAN GROOVER"WOLFNAUT – III Were you one of the lucky ones that got to grab a code for that majestic WOLFNAUT album Return Of The Asteroid? We hope so… If not… Get fast and loud with WOLFNAUT‘s earlier album III! That’s right, another Friday Freebie brought to courtesy of those good ol’ boys from Norway! Out […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – WOLFNAUT"OMBRÉE – CALVAIRE Another Friday Freebie coming at ya from OMBRÉE! An experimental and avant-garde droning experience that lends noise from black metal and becomes this ritualistic static that will surely strike fear and doubt in the hearts of the most optimistic. Not a springtime album, for the grief-soaked drift will put shrouds of grey […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – OMBRÉE"THE MOUNTAIN KING – PIKE DREAMS Another Friday Freebie… Damn! For this release the man behind the project started his own label called: Void Key Recordings. It’s the one and only THE MOUNTAIN KING! And his Pike Dreams release. Out since March, this is like a slow-moving meditation on history’s lingering scars. The expected heaviness […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – THE MOUNTAIN KING"WOLFNAUT – RETURN OF THE ASTEROID For this Friday Freebie we return to 2023 on the back of an asteroid! It was released, almost to the day, three years ago, by Ripple Music and landed on Number 4 of the April 2023 Doom Charts. And rightfully so! For Return Of The Asteroid is one hell […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – WOLFNAUT"OLTAS – THE PAIN INSIDE / ILLUSION OF CONTROL As the news breaks that the drummer will be leaving the outfit, we have two Friday Freebies from that one band! A single and EP! We’re honored to hand out codes for their 2025 single The Pain Inside and their 2021 debut EP Illusion of Control. […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – OLTAS"GOATFATHER – HOUSE OF THE RISING SMOKE Released, October 2025 it received praise from Thierry “Pumpkin-T“ François (Metal Intégral) for that months’ Peroration Post! But of course has been spun over and over everywhere untill smoke rose from every record player… It’s Lyon, France’s very own GOATFATHER! And their House Of The Rising Smoke release! […]
Read more "FRIDAY FREEBIE – GOATFATHER"
Doom Charts 