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 of us artists, and all of us are here for the sole purpose of sharing that artistic expression and feeling among like minded spirits. This year was an exceptional year for heavy music as we’re sure you all can agree to. We took every vote from each contributor throughout the year and tallied it up as if it was one big monthly chart. Statistically we had a total of 6,832 album votes during the year with 1,563 different albums voted on and listened to by the Doom Charts Team collectively. Its a wonderful thing how much music is out there and we hope the Doom Charts helped you find some killer albums throughout the year. Each and every album voted on meant something special to somebody at some time. Let us know what you think and lets hope 2019 brings us as much great new tunes we heard this year.

Click on the bands names which are all linked to a magical place.

Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio, podcasters and album reviewers from the doom-stoner-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 one-stop shop for the best new albums in the world…

1. SLEEP – THE SCIENCES

67 Votes (79,864 pts)



2. FORMING THE VOID – RIFT

54 Votes (46,062 pts)



3. YOB – OUR RAW HEART

49 Votes (41,258 pts)



4. APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE – FROM GOLD TO ASH

48 Votes (36,720 pts)



5. BRIMESTONE COVEN – WHAT WAS AND WHAT SHALL BE

43 Votes (31,562 pts)



6. EARTHLESS – BLACK HEAVEN

42 Votes (30,870 pts)



7. SEEDY JEEZUS – POLARIS OBLIQUE

41 Votes (26,650 pts)



8. WOLFTOOTH – WOLFTOOTH

40 Votes (24,800 pts)



9. 1968 – BALLADS OF THE GODLESS

42 Votes (22,596 pts)



10. GRAVEYARD – PEACE

36 Votes (21,384 pts)



11. MONSTER MAGNET – MINDFUCKER

40 Votes (20,800 pts)



12. CRYPT TRIP – ROOTSTOCK

38 Votes (20,596 pts)



13. WEEDPECKER – III

34 Votes (19,890 pts)



14. WITCH MOUNTAIN – WITCH MOUNTAIN

37 Votes (19,647 pts)



15. MOS GENERATOR – SHADOWLANDS

35 Votes (18,655 pts)



16. WINDHAND – ETERNAL RETURN

34 Votes (18,632 pts)



17. FIRE DOWN BELOW – HYMN OF THE COSMIC MAN

36 Votes (18,504 pts)



18. MESSA – FEAST FOR WATER

35 Votes (18,305 pts)



19. FU MANCHU – CLONE OF THE UNIVERSE

36 Votes (17,640 pts)



20. MERLIN – THE WIZARD

34 Votes (17,204 pts)



21. DRUG CULT – DRUG CULT

34 Votes (17,102 pts)



22. THE SKULL – THE ENDLESS ROAD TURNS DARK

31 Votes (15,748 pts)



23. SPACESLUG – EYE THE TIDE

34 Votes (15,640 pts)



24. LUCIFER – LUCIFER II

31 Votes (14,260 pts)



25. CONAN – EXISTENTIAL VOID GUARDIAN

32 Votes (14,144 pts)



26. ORANGE GOBLIN – THE WOLF BITES BACK

27. JIRM – SURGE EX MONUMENTIS

28. ALL THEM WITCHES – ATW

29. WITCHSKULL – COVEN’S WILL

30. GOZU – EQUILIBRIUM

31. WASTED THEORY – WARLORDS OF THE NEW ELECTRIC

32. UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS – WASTELAND

33. HOLY GROVE – HOLY GROVE II

34. CHURCH OF THE COSMIC SKULL – SCIENCE FICTION

35. GRAJO – SLOWGOD II

36. KAISER – 1st SOUND

37. DEATHBELL – WITH THE BEYOND

38. DOMKRAFT – FLOOD

39. ASG – SURVIVE SUNRISE

40. SAINT KARLOFF – ALL HEED THE BLACK GOD

41. FREEDOM HAWK – BEAST REMAINS

42. THE WATCHERS – BLACK ABYSS

43. WE HUNT BUFFALO – HEAD SMASHED IN

44. DEMONAUTA – TEMAUKEL, THE SPIRIT BEFORE TIME

45. ALMS – ACT ONE

46. LONELY KAMEL – DEATH’S-HEAD HAWKMOTH

47. KING BUFFALO – LONGING TO BE THE MOUNTAIN

48. DOPETHRONE – TRANSCANADIAN ANGER

49. CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – NO CROSS NO CROWN

50. BACKWOODS PAYBACK – FUTURE SLUM

51. RIVER CULT – HALCYON DAZE

52. CLUTCH – BOOK OF BAD DECISIONS

53. BOSS KELOID – MELTED ON THE INCH

54. SUNDRIFTER – VISITATIONS

55. THE DEATH WHEELERS – I TREAD ON YOUR GRAVE

56. FOGHOUND – AWAKEN TO DESTROY

57. SPACETRUCKER – SMOOTH ORBIT

58. HAUNTED – DAYBURNER

59. HIGH ON FIRE – ELECTRIC MESSIAH

60. ALASTOR – SLAVE TO THE GRAVE

61. HIGH PRIESTESS – HIGH PRIESTESS

62. JACK HARLON & THE DEAD CROWS – HYMNS

63. THUNDER HORSE – THUNDER HORSE

64. FRAYLE – THE WHITE WITCH EP

65. MAIDAVALE – MADNESS IS TOO PURE

66. THOU – MAGUS

67. BRANT BJORK – MANKIND WOMAN

68. CASTLE – DEAL THY FATE

69. MAGMAKAMMER – MINDTRIPPER

70. BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT – BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT

71. KINGNOMAD – THE GREAT NOTHING

72. RIFFLORD – 7 CREMATION GROUND/MEDITATION

73. BLACK ELEPHANT – COSMIC BLUES

74. PALE DIVINE – PALE DIVINE

75. BEASTMAKER – EPS

76. LA CHINGA – BEYOND THE SKY

77. KHEMMIS – DESOLATION

78. BLACKWULF – SINISTER SIDES

79. HUATA – LUX INITIATRIX TERRAE

80. SERGEANT THUNDERHOOF – TERRA SOLUS

81. CAPTAIN CARAVAN – SHUN THE SUN

82. SAMAVAYO – VATAN

83. SON OF THE MORNING – SON OF THE MORNING

84. HIGH REEPER – HIGH REEPER

85. ROUGH SPELLS – MODERN KICKS FOR THE SOLITARY WITCH

86. KING BUFFALO – REPEATER

87. EAGLE TWIN – THE THUNDERING HEARD

88. BONGRIPPER – TERMINAL

89. DUNBARROW – DUNBARROW II

90. BLACK RAINBOWS – PANDAEMONIUM

91. ABOLETH – BENTHOS

92. WITCH RIPPER – HOMESTEAD

93. SVVAMP – SVVAMP 2

94. MYSTIC SONS – MYSTIC SONS

95. PLAINRIDE – LIFE ON ARES

96. WITCHSORROW – HEXENHAMMER

97. CHRCH – LIGHT WILL CONSUME US ALL

98. KILLER BOOGIE – ACID CREAM

99. GREENLEAF – HEAR THE RIVERS

100. BESVÄRJELSEN – VALLMO

Special thanks to the ongoing contributors to the monthly Doom Chart. You folks help give voice to the heavy underground:

Adam Walsh (Earmunchies); A.S. Van Dorston (Fast n’ Bulbous); Bryan Coffey (Indy Metal Vault); Bill Goodman (The Evil Engineer); Billy Goate (Doomed & Stoned); Rob Blasko (VolumeForever.com); Bobby Rayfield (Trendkill Radio); Brandon Collins(Super Dank Metal Jams); Bryan Coffey (Indy Metal Vault); Bucky Brown (The Ripple Effect); Clint Willis (Hand of Doom Radio);Chris Latta (Indy Metal Vault); Doktor420(Stoner HiVe); Doombeard (DoomBeardZine); Frazer Jones (Desert Psychlist); Geoff Leapord (Atom Heart Mutha); Gram ‘Son of Sam’ Pola (Dirty Denim); Héctor “Mr. Heavyhead” Hurtado (More Fuzz); Hugo Hulleman (Metalfan.nl); Jamey Morris (Fistfull of DOOM); Jason Roach (Indy Metal Vault); Jay Morgan (High Desert Valley Radio); Jim Thompson (Heavy in the Hills); Joe Eldridge (Shadebeast Records); John Gist, (Vegas Rock Revolution); Joop Konraad (Stoner HiVe); Ken Elliott (Heavy Planet); Leanne Ridgeway (Riff Relevant);Lucas Klaukien (Outlaws of the Sun); Lyk (Phantasmagoria); Magnus Tannergren (Into The Void Radio); Marc C. Pietrek (VITRIOL, INC / A DARK UNITED FRONT); Marcus Greybeard (FuzzHeavy Podcast); Mari Knox Knox (Doomed & Stoned); Mark Partin (The Ripple Effect); Martin Petrov (Rawk’n’Roll); Matt Slighter (Cheeto) (Hwy 420, Core of Destruction Radio) Matthew Thomas (Taste Nation); Matheus Jacques (October Doom); Mathieu Van Der Hert (Dutch European Stoner Rock); Melissa Marie (Doomed & Stoned); Melissa Spence, (Stoner Witch Radio); Mike Williams (I Talk to Planets); Pat Harrington (Electric Beard Of Doom); Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker (Riff Relevant); ‘Papa’ Paul Rote (Doomed & Stoned); Roberto Lucas (Denpa Fuzz); Roberto Fuentes (La Habitación 235); Rod Reinhardt (Captain Beyond Zen); Samir Asfahani (Super Dank Metal Jams); Skip (The Burning Beard); Steve Howe (Outlaws of the Sun);Steve Miller (Vertical Chamber Apparatus);Steve Woodier (Shrieks From Below); Tanguy ‘Mr Fuzz’ Dupré (More Fuzz); Tom Hanno (Tom’s Album Reviews);Tony Maim (Black Insect Laughter, Stoner HiVe).

Feel free to send in your albums to stonerdoomcharts@gmail.com where they’ll be delegated to the crew above to determine their thoughts and gather the votes at the end of the month. Leave us comments below and let us know what you think about the Charts.