Stoner thread, essential albums of a Stoner/Psychedelic rock/metal collection.

Yes! I have the 2 CD on Subliminal Sounds sourced "From the original master tapes". The liner notes say:

"This record is released with support from the Swedish National Council For Cultural Affairs".

Sort of like the US Gvt funding the release of White Light White Heat

 

... or, "Bongwater":

 

lol

I sometimes would think, what would heavy psych sound like pre-synth, you know, if they had to use horns for the drone.

I guess Smithsonian Folkways has recorded some cool stuff with tax funding.

 

Sgt Sunshine-S/T
Sleep-Holy Mountain
Kyuss-Blues for the Red Sun
Electric Wizard-Dopethrone
Black Sabbath-Vol 4
QOTSA-Rated R
Dead Meadow-Shivering King and Others
Windhand-S/T
The Sword-Age of Winters
Elder-Dead Roots Stirring

 

Trying to stay somewhat current as ther are SO many obvious choices.

First, a little home team representation:

YOB, Middian, Witch Mountain, Rye Wolves

 

Classics or soon to be classics:

Sleep, SUNN))), OM, Natch

 

And a few new entries:

Pallbearer, Bell Witch

 

Me either. Hope something else materializes.

 

Stoner rock / metal is actually a genre of music. it doesn't mean "music that sounds good while you're smoking weed".

Stoner rock/metal - Sabbath, Trouble, Saint Vitus, Sleep, Tumbleweed, Kyuss etc. stylistically the bands are very similar. downtuned riffs, slow doomy riffs (this groove that was first established on Sabbath's Master Of Reality) and a hazy 70's production. warm analog tones. yes there's variation to that, but a complete deviation from that style means it isn't stoner rock/metal anymore.

the OP's made it pretty clear he's talking about this genre of music.

 

this song is a ripper!! for a modern song, the video sure looks like it was filmed in 1972

Tame Impala "Elephant"

 

yeah yeah - I'm aware of their dim, distant past (Organization etc), but fallbreaks mentioned "Trans Europe Express". are you saying that this album falls under the banner of stoner/psych rock/metal?

 

Speed,glue and Shinki ,second one.

 

I understand. If you saw the other bands that I listed, you would see that.

 

I saw them in Sydney a couple of days ago, they were brilliant !!

 

The discographies of:
- desert sessions
- colour haze
- RoToR
- masters of reality

 

Did I miss Dozer in this thread? Really?
Although I consider Sabbath's first two (or, even 4) records to be mandatory, I don't classify them as stonerrock. When I hear that term (and, I hear it a lot, since it's pretty much all I listen to, heh) I think it started in the early 90's with bands like Kyuss and Monster Magnet, although it wasn't called stoner at the time.
To list the essential albums of this genre would hurt my head too much. But, props to Godshifter for naming Thumlock.
It's hard to go wrong with Swedish stonerrock... Truckfighters, Greenleaf, Dozer, Graveyard, Half Man, Lowrider, etc.

 

A couple recent contenders:

The Black Angels - "Directions to See A Ghost"




The Warlocks - "Heavy Deavy Skull Lover"




Wooden Shjips - "West"

 

Nebula - Let It Burn
Fu Manchu - The Action Is Go
Clutch - s/t
In The Groove (comp)
Sleep - Holy Mountain
QOTSA - s/t
Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain

 

The thread title:
"Stoner thread, essetial albums of a Stoner/Psychedelic rock/metal collection."
is clear. "/" is a break not a connector.
It's not 'Stoner Psych Rock Metal'.
It's 'Stoner', 'Psych Rock', & 'Metal' for Stoners.

This thread's posts theme song:

 

Well, ah, um, wait...what was the question...?

Shh, did you hear that!

 

A couple of interesting new albums:

Red Desert - Damned by Fate (iTunes only?)



Mountain Witch - Cold River

 

The self titled debut LP by "Witch" is a classic!!!!

 

Off the top of my head and in no order:

Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Masters Of Reality - The Blue Garden
Spiritual Beggars - On Fire!
Vista Chino - Peace
Trouble - s/t (or Manic Frustration) and The Skull (or Pslam 9)
Kyuss - and The Circus Leaves Town (never forget that one just cause the previous two were essential)
Hermano - Into The Exam Room
Unida - El Coyote (or The Great Divide I think is its other name - go hunting for it)
Cathedral - Carnival Bizarre
Orange Goblin - Time Travelling Blues
Bigelf - Closer To Doom
Nebula - Charged
Fu Manchu - King Of The Road
Sheavy - Synchronised

Yes - i do like Garcia on vocals

 

Amazing album...track down the original vinyl if you don't have already.



The follow-up was quite good as well: Sunrise on the Sufferbus. The original lineup split, with the drummer and lead guitarist leaving — and no less than Ginger Baker stepped in to sit behind the kit. Great lineup.



The former drummer and guitarist formed their own band — The Bogeyman — which is also worth seeking.

 

Stoner rock/ metal is my favorite genre of music, because in some regard it takes me back to the days when I listened to Nazareth, Judas Priest, Kiss, etc..the heavy riffs, the analog sounding recordings..all the stuff that made the 70's rock scene amazing
So with that being said, here is my top 10 of Stoner Rock titles

1) Spiritual Beggars: Another Way To Shine
2) Fu Manchu: Action is Go
3) Firebird: Grand Union
4) Wo Fat: Psychedelonaut
5) Supershine: Supershine (Dug Pinnick and the guitarist from Trouble..kick ass record)
6) Harms Way: Oxytocin
7) Clutch: The Elephant Riders
8) Mahogany Rush: Strange Universe
9) Dali's Llama: Full ON Dunes
10) Electric Magma: Coconut Bangers Ball

Great thread!! Thanks for starting!!