“In a hole in the ground there lived the Doom Charts. A nasty, dirty, wet hole full of worms and oozy smells” ~ probable misheard quote by JRR Tolkien The Doom Charts crew once again were swamped with an outpouring of new albums this May from the Heavy Underground, far too many to give all […]
Read more "DOOM CHARTS PERORATION – MAY 2025"“There’s no crime in giving yourself over to doom“ ~ probably misheard quote by Dr. Frank-N-Furter It’s that time again, when a month overflowing with new music across the heavy spectrum comes to an end and we’re left with the impossible task of funneling it all into 40 albums. A whopping 247 bands were voted […]
Read more "DOOM CHARTS – MAY 2025"“I wanna know what love isI want you to show me…” ~ Foreigner A quick explanation again of what this post is all about, perhaps? Well, why not… Every month the many Doom Charts Contributors send in their list of favorite albums of that month to our compiling and tallying maniac Remi VL. But with […]
Read more "Doom Charts Peroration – July 2022"“Hell, love costs: it takes effort and work.” William Somerset Hi everyone. Just wanted to state the obvious once again. I love my fellow Contributors from the Doom Charts. All of them do majestic work for the Doom Charts and more importantly, for the scene! They tirelessly slave on their respective blogs, podcasts and websites. […]
Read more "Doom Charts – July 2022"I once wrote a poem that had a line in it that read: ‘In the way the captain smoked, we knew we would reach port.’ And the same thing could be said about Captain Beyond Zen and his choice of music! It’s of course flawless, pristine and the sort of choices you would expect from […]
Read more "Doom Charts – 2021 Favorites – Rod ‘Captain Beyond Zen’ Reinhardt"Sir Valiakos joined the Doom Charts as recent as November 2021; but for all of us it felt like he was always there and we can’t remember him not being there. After he joined he started his own Desert Vulture Facebook Page and continues to promote the shit out of all the albums he loves. […]
Read more "Doom Charts – 2021 Favorites – Ioannis Valiakos"Andy Kovalcik has been wrecking havoc on his own (Bandcamp – Hard Rock & Heavy “NYP/Free Music Downloads“) Facebook group. Which we shortened to: ‘Bandcamp-NYP-Hard&Heavy’. It’s a way to promote all those bands that offer their music for free or pay what you want so they can get more attention. The group was formed back […]
Read more "Doom Charts – 2021 Favorites – Andy Kovalcik"It’s his birthday today! Congratulations to ‘Pumpkin-T’ ! Crazy Thierry ‘Pumpkin-T’ François joined the Doom Chart Contributors back in August of 2021 and has been a golden asset to the Charts. You’ve seen his blurbs , you know about his Métal Intégral and now you get to see his favorite albums of 2021. A great […]
Read more "Doom Charts – 2021 Favorites – Thierry ‘Pumpkin-T’ François"He is our own Hannibal Smith and B.A. Baracus rolled into one! We’re of course talking about Eric ‘The General’ Varasifsky! And even though we’re all hippies over here in this niche we call the Heavy Underground; the man leads us all like The General of a Stoner Rock Army! Cause HE IS ‘The General’ […]
Read more "Doom Charts – 2021 Favorites – Eric ‘The General’ Varasifsky"For most of us this time last year we were getting our first taste of the COVID blues. Fast forward to 2021, and it appears there is some light at the end of the tunnel. In many areas live music is making its way back on track, cases seem to be trailing off and we’re […]
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