{"id":24922,"date":"2024-02-12T22:01:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T22:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/hashtronaut-lists-their-top-four-stoner-metal-masterworks\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T22:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T22:01:46","slug":"hashtronaut-lists-their-top-four-stoner-metal-masterworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/hashtronaut-lists-their-top-four-stoner-metal-masterworks\/","title":{"rendered":"HASHTRONAUT Lists Their Top Four Stoner Metal Masterworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>The following list was written by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/tag\/hashtronaut\">Hashtronaut<\/a><\/strong>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/tag\/hashtronaut\">Hashtronaut<\/a><\/strong> will release their debut album No Return on March 22, with pre-orders available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluesfuneral.com\/\">right here<\/a> (and <a href=\"https:\/\/wearehashtronauts.bandcamp.com\/album\/no-return\">here on Bandcamp<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-versus\">\n<p><versus-widget x-type=\"inline\" x-id=\"7531ec27-8a79-4b18-a301-e7e5c3355ed2\">Please enable Javascript to view this content<\/versus-widget><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Windhand \u2013 <em>Grief&#8217;s Infernal Flower<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes the best songs are just a really solid riff. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/tag\/windhand\">Windhand<\/a><\/strong> introduced me to the idea that a slow, heavy, and simple doom progression can put you in a trance. While I love all of their albums, <em>Grief&#8217;s Infernal Flower<\/em> is the perfect <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/tag\/windhand\">Windhand<\/a><\/strong> album in my opinion. It heavily inspires our outside-the-box brand of power chord riffing. \u2013 <strong>Daniel<\/strong>, bassist and vocalist<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"WINDHAND - &quot;Two Urns&quot; (Official Track)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_WJB7KXae8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Black Sabbath \u2013 <em>Master Of Reality<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Heavy metal was so young at this stage that it was years ahead of the web of subgenres that we have now. Into the Void is a perfect riff, and one of the riffs that made me NEED to play guitar. &#8216;Sweet Leaf&#8217; is almost the reason I started smoking weed too. Anything that could influence that sort of magic was something I needed to be part of. \u2013 <strong>Kellen<\/strong>, guitarist<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Sweet Leaf\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8eleGPkE9Gk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Electric Wizard \u2013 <em>Dopethrone<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>It began as a sick fascination. I loved <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/tag\/black-sabbath\">Sabbath<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/tag\/kyuss\">Kyuss<\/a><\/strong>\u2026 but why was this so slow? Why was the artwork simultaneously threatening AND comical? I kept returning to it before I had the vocabulary to describe it. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/tag\/electric-wizard\">Electric Wizard<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Dopethrone<\/em> delivers heavy riffs that stay stuck in your head, with deep stoner grooves, perfect to hypnotize you, and it opened my eyes to the world of doom metal. \u2013 <strong>Mikey<\/strong>, drummer<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Dopethrone\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4rWsvW14u9o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sleep \u2013 <em>Dopesmoker<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>I was introduced to Sleep in the mid to late 90&#8217;s via the Gummo soundtrack and an Earache Records sampler, but wasn&#8217;t truly caught in the lung ruining gravity of the band until years later when a friend told me a mythical tale about a band who&#8217;d spent their entire advance on weed and custom amplifiers and then delivered a single hour long song to their label.<\/p>\n<p>I was intrigued but also frustrated when I couldn&#8217;t find a copy of the this mystic weed-fueled album. It wasn&#8217;t until a few years later that the <em>Jerusalem<\/em> version was released that I was able to melt my brain with the pummeling sonic journey that is <em>Dopesmoker<\/em>. It&#8217;s a truly inspiring work of art and has inspired not only <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tag\/hashtronaut\">Hashtronaut<\/a><\/strong> but bands around the world to &#8220;Drop out of life with bong in hand, and Follow the smoke to the riff filled land.&#8221; \u2013 <strong>Robb<\/strong>, guitarist<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Dopesmoker (2022 Remastered Version)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cq1orMyzfE0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\">\n<h5>Want More Metal? 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