You are about to experience one of the strangest meetings ever convened — a joining of […] the most unusual people on Earth! Sit quietly in the shadows of this clandestine conference and observe it well! For from it shall soon be born … The DOOM PATROL (Arnold Drake)

Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, radio and podcasters and album reviewers from the doom-stoner underground around the globe. Each month, our critics submit their picks for the best new doom-sludge metal and stoner-psychedelic rock albums.

Featured below are the top 50 albums of the first half of 2015 based off the doom chart standings through July. Keep your eyes and ears out for what’s still to come. As ‘BTO’ says, “B b b b baby, you just ain’t seen n n n n nothing yet!”

50 BURNING SAVIORS – UNHOLY TALES FROM THE NORTH

49 MY SLEEPING KARMA – MOKSHA

48 DORTHIA COTTRELL – S/T

47 ZQKMDGZ – DIMENSION PLASMA

46 BLACKOUT – S/T

45 IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS – MERGING IN LIGHT

44 HORSELUNG – GETHSEMANE HAZE

43 DO – DEN

42 PLAINRIDE – RETURN OF THE JACKALOPE

41 KNIFE RITUAL – OLD EARTH

40 BRUME – DONKEY

39 TEN FOOT WIZARD – SLEEPING VOLCANOES

38 BLACK SMOKE DRAGON – EARTH HAVE JAIAH

37 POMBAGIRA – FLESH THRONE PRESS

36 SWEAT LODGE – TALISMANA

35 VALKYRIE – SHADOWS

34 ABRAHMA – REFLECTIONS IN THE BOWELS OF THE BIRD

33 THE DEVIL AND THE ALMIGHTY BLUES – S/T

32 TORCHE – RESTARTER

31 DEMON HEAD – RIDE THE WILDERNESS

30 ARENNA – GIVEN TO EMPTINESS

29 CHURCH – UNANSWERED HYMNS

28 FREEDOM HAWK – INTO YOUR MIND

27 HIGH ON FIRE – LUMINIFEROUS

26 UNDERSMILE – ANHEDONIA

25 RIFFLORD – 26 MEAN AND HEAVY

24 SATURNALIA TEMPLE – TO THE OTHER

23 VENUS SLEEPS – DEAD SUN WORSHIP

22 LUNA SOL – BLOOD MOON

21 DOOMRAISER – REVERSE

20 MIDNIGHT GHOST TRAIN – COLD WAS THE GROUND

19 BLACK RAINBOWS – HAWKDOPE

18 LIBIDO FUZZ – KALEIDO LUMO AGE

17 BLACK PUSSY – MAGIC MUSTACHE

16 GRUSOM – GRUSOM

15 ROYAL THUNDER – CROOKED DOORS

14 CAVE OF SWIMMERS – REFLECTION

13 RUBY THE HATCHET – VALLEY OF THE SNAKE

12 THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX – GRAVITRON

11 BROTHERS OF THE SONIC CLOTH -S/T

10 HOLY SERPENT – SHROOM DOOM

9 GOATSNAKE – BLACK AGE BLUES

8 SATURNDUST – S/T

7 DEMON EYE – TEMPORA INFERNALIA

6 UFOMAMMUT – ECATE

5 SHEPERD – STEREOLITHIC RIFFOCALYPSE

4 MONOLORD – VAENIR

3 ACID KING – MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, CENTER OF EVERYWHERE

2 DOPETHRONE – HOCHELAGA

1 ELDER – LORE

Contributors to The Doom Charts:

A.S. Van Dorston (Fast n’ Bulbous); Bill Goodman (The Evil Engineer); Billy Goate (Doomed & Stoned); Blasting D (Blasting Days); Bucky Brown (The Ripple Effect); Cam Crichton (Motherslug); Clint (Hand of Doom Radio); Doktor420 (Stoner HiVe); Doombeard (DoomBeardZine); Double A Doom (The Sludgelord); Emmit (wonderock.com); Gram Pola (Dirty Denim); Lucas Klaukein (Stoner HiVe, The Sludgelord, You May Be Dead & Dreaming); Joop Konraad (Stoner HiVe); Lyk (Phantasmagoria); Mari Knox Knox (Doommabbestia); Melissa (Doomed & Stoned); Mr. Fuzz (More Fuzz); Pat Harrington (The Electric Beard of Doom); Paul Rote (Doomed & Stoned); Rod Reinhardt (Captain Beyond Zen); Skip (Ride With the Devil); Soggy Bob (Soggy Bog of Doom); Steve Howe (The Sludgelord); Steve Miller (Vertical Chamber Apparatus); Steve Woodier (Pull The Legs Off The Spider, Tear The Wings Off The Fly); Tony Maim (Stoner HiVe); Ulla Roschat (Wicked Lady); and Vasilis Durden (All the Heavy Lifting).

This Mid-year best of 2015 edition of The Doom Chart edited by buck09brown