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Friday, 23 December 2016

THE BEAST OF 2016!

These year end lists are all subjective opinion of course. Here's what got the speakers cranking at Hand of Doom HQ this year. What an incredible year for the riff. Thank you to all the bands out there that have created the lifesblood! In order to make some sense of it all I have made two lists, one for all the darker more grim gear, and one for the more heavy blues/psych/stoner side of the tracks. Dead certain there are hundreds more gems out there that have eluded my speakers this year, I'll hunt you down from all the other year end wrap ups out there \m/ Hope you find something new to you here!

ENJOY!


DOOM / SLUDGE / URGH!


1 MERCHANT - SUZERAIN
2 AGOROPHOBIC NOSEBLEED - ARC
3 FANGE - PURGE
4 GATECREEPER - SONORAN DEPRAVATION
5 NAGA - INANIMATE
6 CONAN - REVENGEANCE
7 GRAVES AT SEA - THE CURSE THAT IS
8 MAMMOTH WEED WIZARD BASTARD - Y PROFWYDD DWYLL
9 INVERLOCH - DISTANCE COLLAPSED
10 SLOMATICS - FUTURE ECHO RETURNS
11 BADR VOGU - WRATH
12 DERAILMENT - CLOWN'D
13 OLIGARCH  - HYPOCRISY OATH
14 HAAST'S EAGLED - II FOR MANKIND
15 SUMAC - WHAT ONE BECOMES
16 SEA OF BONES - HOPELESSNESS AND DECAY
17 INTER ARMA - PARADISE GALLOWS
18 KALLOUSED - DAMN YOU BELIEVER
19 MAMMOTH - HIGH FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES
20 MESHUGGAH - THE VIOLENT SLEEPOF REASON
21 COBALT - SLOW FOREVER
22 NAILS - YOU WILL NEVER BE ONE OF US
23 HORSE LATITUDES - PRIMAL GNOSIS
24 CLOUDS TASTE SATANIC - DAWN OF THE SATANIC AGE
25 OBED MARSH - INNSMOUTH
26 SEA BASTARD - THE HERMIT
27 FISTULA - THE SHAPE OF DOOM TO CUMM)))
28 TROLL - TROLL
29 ATLAS - DEATH & FEAR
30 GOJIRA- MAGMA
31 SUBROSA  - FOR THIS WE FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF AGES
32 VOIDTHRONE - SPIRITUAL WAR TACTICS
33 WITCHDEN - SALT THE EARTH
34 ENHAILER - GRISAILLE
35 BATTALIONS - NOTHING TO LOSE
36 THE BLACK SWAMP - I AM
37 GRAVE LINES - WELCOME TO NOTHING
38 DOPETHRONE - 1312
39 MAKE - PILGRIMAGE OF LOATHING
40 LE SCIMMIE - COLOSTRUM
41 MIZMOR - YODH
42 KANNABINOID - TROON
43 HOLLOW LEG - CROWN
44 KHEMMIS - HUNTED
45 GRAJO - GRAJO
46 11PARANOIAS - RELIQUARY OF A DREAMED WORLD
47 CROWBAR - THE SERPENT ONLY LIES
48 CRYPT TRIP - MABON SONGS
49 RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE - BOILING EXCREMENT
50 GOLIATHAN - XLVII
51 MAJOR KONG - BRAVE NEW KONG
52 TIDES OF SULFUR- EXTINCTION CURSE
53 DAKESSIAN - THE POISONED CHALICE
54 ORANSSI PAZUZU - VAAHTELIJA
55 SEA - SEA
56 SLABDRAGGER - RISE OF THE DAWNCRUSHER
57 MANTAR - ODE TO THE FLAME
58 WITCHTHROAT SERPENT - SANG DRAGON
59 BLACK TOMB - BLACK TOMB
60 BEASTMAKER - LUSUS NATURAE
61 HEBOSAGIL - LOHTU
62 DEMON GOAT - HUNTING GROUNDS
63 SEVEN SISTERS OF SLEEP - EZEKIELS HAGS
64 SUMA - THE ORDER OF THINGS
65 OURANG MEDAN - LORDS OF ETERNAL SEAS
66 VOKONIS  - OLD ONE ASCENDING
67 BRUGES - DEMONSTRATION
68 BLACK LUNG - SEE THE ENEMY
69 NEUROSIS - FIRES WITHIN FIRES
70 THE WOUNDED KINGS  - VISIONS IN BONE
71 ELEANORA - ALLURE
72 COUGH - STILL THEY PRAY
73 INTET - DEMO 2016
74 CUERNO- REC COMTAL
75 PURPLE KONG - PURPLE KONG




HEAVY BLUES/STONER/PSYCH JAMS!


1 CHILD - BLUESIDE
2 HOLY SERPENT - TEMPLES
3 ELBRUS - ELBRUS
4 ALEPH NULL - ENDTIME SISTERS
5 ORB - BIRTH
6 COMACOZER - ASTRA PLANETA
7 LOOKING GLASS - VOLUME 4
8 BRANT BJORK - TAO OF THE DEVIL
9 DAWN - EP
10 THE RUINER - THE RUINER
11 WITCHSKULL - THE VAST ELECTRIC DARK
12 ZONG - LIVE FIRST EVER SHOW
13 AHKMED - THE INLAND SEA
14 MESSA - BELFRY
15 MT MOUNTAIN - COSMOS TERROS
16 BEASTWARS - THE DEATH OF ALL THINGS
17 BLOWN OUT - NEW CRUISER
18 DUNBARROW - DUNBARROW
19 INDICA - STONE FUTURE HYMNS
20 ARCTIC - ARCTIC
21 LIMESTONE WHALE
22 DUNSMUIR - DUNSMUIR
23 TURNIP - WINDOW KILLER
24 HEAVY TRAFFIC - PLASTIC SURGERY
25 BLOODNUT  - BLUES FROM THE RED SONS
26 WHOOOM - GARGANTUA
27 WILDEORNES - Wyrd Bið Ful Aræd
28 GREEN YETI - THE YETI HAS LANDED
29 SINISTER HAZE - LAID LOW IN THE DUST OF DEATH
30 THE WATCHERS - SABBATH HIGHWAY
31 WO FAT - MIDNIGHT COMETH
32 MOON COVEN - MOON COVEN
33 SNOWCHILD - AGE OF CHANGE
34 STEINSOPP  - STEINSOPP
35 BOUDAIN - WAY OF THE HOOF
36 ELEPHANT TREE - ELEPHANT TREE
37 GEEZER - GEEZER
38 HOTEL WRECKING CITY TRADERS - PHANTAMONIUM
39 LEGENDS OF MOTORSPORT - SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
40 MEGARITUAL - MANTRA MUSIC (COLLECTIONS)
41 SAMAVAYO - DAKOTA
42 TRANSCENDENT SEA - BALLADS OF DROWNING MEN
43 A BASKET OF MAMMOTHS - UNKEPT AND MATTED
44 SPIDERGAWD - III
45 HOLY GROVE - HOLY GROVE
46 TROLL - TROLL
47 VALTIEL - THE DRUID
48 SLOW GREEN THING - II
49 WRETCH - WRETCH
50 YOUNGBLOODSUPERCULT - HIGH PLAINS
51 SALEMS POT - PRONOUNCE THIS
52 CHANT OF THE GODDESS - CHANT OF THE GODDESS