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