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SHEEV - ATE'S ALCHEMIST (RIPPLE MUSIC)

MARGARITA WITCH CULT - STRUNG OUT IN HELL (HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS)

HEBI KATANA - IMPERFECTION (RIPPLE MUSIC)

MATRA - MATRA IV 

ATOM JUICE - ATOM JUICE 

WITCHSNAKE - SATANAS

FOOT - THE HAMMER (COPPER FEAST RECORDS)

DARKO - CANVAS

STONEGAZER - THRESHOLD

PSALM - IN DARKNESS...HAVE MERCY

THE LONGHUNT - NATURAL ORDER

Every month, from around the globe some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio, podcasters and reviewers from the heavy underground submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge, metal, stoner, psychedelic and heavy rock albums and submit them to the Doom Charts

🔥🔥MAY 2025 BEST NEW HEAVY ALBUM RELEASES🔥🔥
👉My vote submission to the Doom Charts and published on Playgroundz Rocks

MOOCH - KIN (BLACK THRONE PRODUCTIONS)

ELECTRIC CITIZEN - EC4 (HEAVY PSYCH SOUND RECORDS)

SLEEPING MOUNTAIN - SLEEPING MOUNTAIN (SELF RELEASED)

GOYA - IN THE DAWN OF NOVEMBER (RIPPLE MUSIC)

LORQUIN’S ADMIRAL - LORQUIN’S ADMIRAL (ARGONAUTA RECORDS)

MORDBEAR - MORDBEAR (SELF RELEASE)

AGANOOR - DOOMERISM (SELF RELEASE)

MOLDERA - COLONIZE (SELF RELEASE)

KING WEED - SINS AND REDEMPTION (SELF RELEASE)

SUPERSONIC DRAGON WAGON - BITTER & BOLD (SELF RELEASE)

WOODHAWK - LOVE FINDS A WAY (SELF RELEASE)

RAINBOW BRIDGE - SOUNDTRACK OF A SILENT LAND (SELF RELEASE)

RAVINE - CHAOS AND CATASTROPHES (RIPPLE MUSIC)

🔥🔥MAY 2025 BEST NEW HEAVY ALBUM RELEASES🔥🔥
👉My vote submission to the Doom Charts and published on Playgroundz Rocks

1. KAL-EL - ASTRAL VOYAGER VOL. 1 (MAJESTIC MOUNTAIN RECORDS/BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS)
2. THAMMUZ - III (ARGONAUTA RECORDS)
3. THE OSSUARY - REQUIEM FOR THE SUN (SUPREME CHAOS RECORDS)
4. PARALYZED - RUMBLE AND ROAR (RIPPLE MUSIC)
5. DUSTY ROSE GANG - A1 FROM DAY ONE (RIDING EASY RECORDS)
6. ROKETS - BAD CHOICES (SVART RECORDS)
7. WHITE NOISE GENERATOR - MYRIADS
8. JOVIAC - AUTOFICTION PT. 1 - SHARDS (INVERSE RECORDS)
9. STONE FIST - STONE FIST (GO DOWN RECORDS)
10. PELICAN - FLICKERING RESONANCE (RUN FOR COVER RECORDS)
11. CRYSTAL SPIDERS - METANOIA (RIPPLE MUSIC)
12. ZIG ZAG - DEADBEAT AT DAWN (RIDING EASY RECORDS)
13. STONE FROM THE SKY - BAKENEKO (ARGONAUTA RECORDS)
14. WITCHCRAFT - IDA (HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS)
15. KILLIAD - KILLIAD (SELF RELEASE)
16. ROOT ZERO - DARK RAINBOW (SELF RELEASE)
17. SLUMBERING SUN - STARMONY (SELF RELEASE)

🤘Every month, from around the globe some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio, podcasters and reviewers from the heavy underground submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge, metal, stoner, psychedelic and heavy rock albums and submit them to the Doom Charts.

Playgroundz October 2024 New Releases Top 16

1. HERMANO - WHEN THE MOON WAS HIGH (RIPPLE MUSIC)
2. CERTAIN DEATH - STRANGE GARDEN (SELF RELEASE)
3 .BURN RITUAL - HOUSE OF THE WICKED (SELF RELEASE)
4. CRIMSON OAK - WILLOW (TONZONEN RECORDS)
5. ENFORCED - A LEAP INTO THE DARK (CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS)
6 .VOKONIS - TRANSITIONS (MAJESTIC MOUNTAIN RECORDS)
7 .HIGH REEPER - RENEWED BY DEATH (HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS)
8. STONER - HITTIN’ THE BITCHIN’ SWITCH (HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS)
9. THE PALE HORSES - ENCHANTRESS (SELF RELEASE)
10.ELEPHANT TREE/LOW RIDER - THE LONG FOREVER (BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS)
11.HELL VALLEY HIGH - WELCOME TO HELL VALLEY (SELF RELEASE)
12.SUN AND SAIL CLUB - SHIPWRECKED (HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS)
13.CORTEZ - THIEVES AND CHARLATANS (RIPPLE MUSIC)
14.DESERTS OF MARS - DEAD PLANET EXODUS (SELF RELEASE)
15.SANTA PLANTA - FROM THE TRAILS OF DESIRE (SELF RELEASE)
16.TRANSYLVANIA STUD - EMPRESS (HELSING RECORDS)

ALBUM REVIEW: STAR BEAST - STAR BEAST (BLACK THRONE PRODUCTIONS)

Toronto, Ontario’s four-piece band Star Beast has arrived with their self titled debut album. This exceptional album takes you into the heart of 60’s psychedelia, layered with 90’s alternative rock influences. The results are a chemical fusion of stoner, psychedelic, and desert rock with its own brand of DNA. 

The album kicks off like a welcome mat on a doorstep, with the song “WeeLuvU”. Door wide open, inviting you into a special place that feels like home, with familiar sonic colors we all admire. The best part is that it feels really fun here, and I am going to stick around and check out the rest of this place.

The journey continues with “Full Duration Burn”, “Got My Wish”, and “The Sea” each delivering  mesmerizing, mid-tempo grooves. Hypnotizing and blissful are just some of the ways I am enjoying this fun state of mind. Each song flirts with a dreamy quality with bursts of hard hitting alternative rock energy.

This 10 track album never loses focus. From the shimmering “Rainbow Coloured Life” to the closing track “Ghosts”. Their use of acoustic guitars sets things up perfectly. The cleaner atmospheric guitars and keyboards transcends us into the journey deeper, and then smacks you with more attitude time and time again. 

As the album winds down, echoes from the golden age of psychedelia and grungy stoner rock guitars linger, with a modern punch. I find myself looking up at the stars, smiling, and imagining myself on a boat on a river of deceit. And I can't wait to take the journey again.

https://star-beast.bandcamp.com/album/star-beast

10% Reptile Releases The Big Boycott EP On Compact Disc(CD)

Bellmore, NY, 04/20/21 - Now available for the first time on compact disc. 10% Reptile’s critically acclaimed debut EP titled The Big Boycott. With an increasing curiosity for 10% Reptile’s music, they have released the Big Boycott EP on compact disc with other physical formats to follow. The compact disc can be purchased on their Bandcamp website at reptile.bandcamp.com. The EP was originally released in digital format on February 1st, 2021. The digital download version is available on Apple, Amazon, Youtube, Spotify, Bandcamp and more.

Shasta Beest from Stoner Hive is calling it "one of the most unique and refreshing heavy rock albums in recent memory, spicing up the stoner sound we know and love” and Le Mellow Man states "an inventive and wholly unique take on stoner rock." This is why 10% Reptile has landed on Denpa Fuzz’s highly regarded weekly recommendations list.

Four piece 10% Reptile hail from New York, New York. You will find 10% Reptile to be the merging of hard rock, stoner rock, and desert rock with grunge, post-punk, and garage rock. As Shasta Beest from Stoner Hive put it, the music is “politically charged and wearing their hearts on their sleeves”. It is driven by socioeconomic themes, with catchy hooks in the midst of chaos and noise.

You can find 10% Reptile at reptile.bandcamp.com and for more information on the artwork packaged with The Big Boycott CD, go to damontommolino.com