My Top 25 Albums for the Doom Charts February 2023

Posted by Captain Beyond Zen on Monday, February 27, 2023

My Top 25 Albums for the Doom Charts February 2023:

1. LÜGER - REVELATIONS OF THE SACRED SKULL 
2. PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS - LAND OF SLEEPER
3. POLYMOON - CHRYSALIS
4. WESTING - FUTURE 
5. HAIL THE VOID - MEMENTO MORI
6. SIGNO ROJO - THERE WAS A HOLE HERE
7. CALMA - BLACK JESUS AND WHITE LINES
8. DEAD SHRINE - THE EIGHTFOLD PATH
9. MOODOOM - DESDE EL BOSQUE
10. LEROY T. BROWN - THE YELLOW KING 

11. OLD MINE UNIVERSE - THIS VAST ARRAY
12. CRYPTIC WITCH - SUMMONING
13. JACK HARLON & THE DEAD CROWS - HAIL TO THE UNDERGROUND 
14. CLOUDS TASTE SATANIC - TALES OF DEMONIC POSSESSION
15. BLACKWÜLF - THIEVES AND LIARS 
16. WOLVES IN WINTER - THE CALLING QUIET
17. TRIPPELGÄNGER - TRIP TO HELL 
18. WIZARDS OF HAZARDS - SUPERNATURAL
19. CLEÕPHÜZZ - MYSTIC VULTURE 
20. DREAD WITCH - TOWER OF THE SEVERED SERPENT 

21. KHAN - CREATURE
22. GRANDMA'S ASHES - THIS TOO SHALL PASS 
23. ETA LUX - HIGH AND LOW
24. DEER LORD - DARK MATTER PT. 1
25. SEUM - DOUBLE DOUBLE


My Top 25 Albums for the Doom Charts January 2023

Posted by Captain Beyond Zen on Wednesday, February 1, 2023

My Top 25 Albums for the Doom Charts January 2023:

1. LORD MOUNTAIN - THE OATH
2. SNOWCHILD - II
3. MOLTEN GOLD - FUTURES PAST
4. TORSO - A CRASH COURSE IN TERROR
5. ASTRAL MOON - INTO SOLAR ABYSS
6. MOURN THE LIGHT - STARE INTO THE FACE OF DEATH
7. DESTRONOMER - THE TWO HORNS
8. LOVE GANG - MEANSTREAK 
9. FREEROAD - DO WHAT YOU FEEL!
10. IRON VOID - IV

11. ARDI - WORLD OF MADNESS
12. WARP - BOUND BY GRAVITY
13. DOCTOR DOOM - A SHADOW CALLED DANGER
14. TIDAL WAVE - THE LORD KNOWS
15. DRAKEN - BOOK OF BLACK 
16. O SLUGGARD - DRAGGING TIME 
17. CROM - THE ERA OF DARKNESS 
18. CANCERVO - II
19. TRIBUNAL - THE WEIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE
20. ETHYL ETHER - VIOLENT ENTERTAINMENT

21. OBELYSKKH - THE ULTIMATE GRACE OF GOD
22. STRIDER - MIDNIGHT ZEN 
23. MANSION - SECOND DEATH
24. GOZD - THIS IS NOT THE END 
25. ZEUP - MAMMALS 

My Top 25 Albums for the Doom Charts December 2022

Posted by Captain Beyond Zen on Monday, January 2, 2023

My Top 25 Albums for the Doom Charts December 2022:

1. RIDERS OF ROHAN - RIDERS OF ROHAN
2. BERGFRIED - ROMANTIK I
3. IRON GRIFFIN - STORM OF MAGIC
4. VITAL SPIRIT - STILL AS THE NIGHT, COLD AS THE WIND 
5. CIRKELN - A SONG TO SORROW 
6. ST. MICHAEL FRONT - SCHULD & SÜHNE
7. MOS GENERATOR - TIME//WOUNDS 
8. TEMPELHEKS - RENEGADE
9. EARTHLESS - NIGHT PARADE OF ONE HUNDRED DEMONS
10. BURNING SISTER - MILE HIGH DOWNER ROCK

11. ONSÉGEN ENSEMBLE - REALMS
12. FRIEND - CHAMPION
13. SNOWCHILD - II
14. MICK'S JAGUAR - SALVATION
15. GREEN KING - HIDDEN BEYOND TIME
16. OCCULT WITCHES - OCCULT WITCHES 
17. MORRISON GRAVES - DIVISION RISING
18. MAG - MAG II: POD KRWAWYM KSIĘŻYCEM
19. ZOAHR - ABRAXIA
20. THE TEMPLE - OF SOLITUDE TRIUMPHANT

21. THE SWELL FELLAS - NOVATURIA
22. DEAD MEADOW - FORCE FROM FREE
23. MEZZOA - DUNES OF MARS 
24. TRAHIR - WHOSE HEARTS PETRIFIED
25. BLACK BOMBER - BLACKLISTED

Top 40 Albums of 2022

Posted by Captain Beyond Zen on Tuesday, December 27, 2022



2022 - To make a long story short: The year started miserably but increased constantly. 

Musically it was definitely one of the best. Bad times seem to produce great art.

At least a hundred albums deserve a mention in my best of list. But traditionally I'll limit myself to 40. Each of those 40 albums is a gem, as are these honourable mentions.

Here is my very personal selection of the best albums of 2022! 

I heard the bells...hallucinating...stumbling in the dark of a dying world...open up your ears...

Before we stumble into a new year let's look back for the last time to celebrate another year of

DOOM

Top 40 Albums of 2022

My Top 25 Albums for the Doom Charts November 2022

Posted by Captain Beyond Zen on Monday, November 28, 2022

My Top 25 Albums for the Doom Charts November 2022:

1. BLACK SPELL - SEASON OF THE DAMNED
2. AMON ACID - COSMOGONY
3. DEMONIO - ELECTRIC VOODOO OF THE BLACK DAWN
4. BUSS - AROUSED
5. EYE OF DOOM - THE SAPIENT
6. ELDER - INNATE PASSAGE
7. VITSKÄR SÜDEN - THE FACELESS KING
8. GRANDIER - THE SCORN AND GRACE OF CROWS
9. GAUPA - MYRIAD
10. DOCTOR DOOM - A SHADOW CALLED DANGER

11. MISTER EARTHBOUND - SHADOW WORK
12. COWBOYS & ALIENS - BURN!
13. MODERN STARS - SPACE TRIPS FOR THE MASSES
14. WITCHFINDER - FORGOTTEN MANSION
15. DEATH TRIP - MOUNT DOOM
16. FROGLORD - ARMY OF FROGS
17. WHITE COVEN - WHITE COVEN
18. DEADEYE NAVIGATOR - RETRONOID
19. WARLUNG - VULTURE'S PARADISE
20. THE GRAND MAL - THE GRAND MAL II

21. GODZILLA IN THE KITCHEN - EXODUS
22. DIRT FORGE - INTERSPHERAL
23. ROSY FINCH - SECONDA MORTE
24. FUZZNAUT - APOPHENIA
25. BOREHEAD - 0002


My Top 25 Albums for the Doom Charts October 2022

Posted by Captain Beyond Zen on Monday, October 31, 2022

My Top 25 Albums for the Doom Charts October 2022:

1. DEVIL'S WITCHES - IN ALL HER FORMS
2. SPELL - TRAGIC MAGIC
3. UMBILICUS - PATH OF 1000 SUNS 
4. ACID WITCH - ROT AMONG US
5. MEPHISTOFELES - VIOLENT THEATRE
6. RED MESS - BREATHTAKER
7. REVEREND MOTHER - DAMNED BLESSING
8. BROTHER O' BROTHER - SKIN WALKER
9. ARKHAM WITCH - SWORDS AGAINST DEATH
10. KENTUCKY GREEN - CREATURES OF BAD HABITS

11. MOUNTAINS - TIDES END
12. LAGOON - BURY ME WHERE I DROP
13. SUN VOYAGER - SUN VOYAGER
14. LAZER BEAM - LOST IN OBLIVION
15. KING FOSSIL - KING FOSSIL
16. THE OTOLITH - FOLIUM LIMINA
17. LADY LUNA AND THE DEVIL - VAMPIRIC VISIONS VOL. I: LIVING BLOOD
18. RUBY THE HATCHET - FEAR IS A CRUEL MASTER
19. BAARDVADER - FOOLISH FIRES
20. BLACK SPACE RIDERS - WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE

21. BLACK TONGUE REVEREND - ALL OF THEM HAVE FANGS
22. BLOODY HAMMERS - WASHED IN THE BLOOD
23. LORD OF CONFUSION - EVIL MYSTERY 
24. CAUSTIC CASANOVA - GLASS ENCLOSED NERVE CENTER
25. RATTLESNAKE VENOM TRIP - DEAD EMPIRE