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2019 Top Twenty Stoner Rock Albums (#20-11)

Each tune is one I've never posted or included in a playlist.  
Since these are the best albums of the year, they're deep enough that I don't need to 
re-post in order to make a convincing playlist:

 


          

#20: "The Riven" by The Riven

          This Swedish band can hang with the best.  

          They produced some of the best music in    

           2017 and 2019.

#19: "Desert Sessions Vols. 11 & 12" 
          by Desert Sessions

          Josh Homme doesn't produce music that's  

          not worthy of a "best of" list     

#18:  "Great Hallucinations" by Nightstalker

         Much like AC/DC, Nightstalker Sticks with  
         their formula and manages to stay fresh  
   








#17:  "Wizzerd" by Wizzerd 

          Sincere, imaginative and heavy.  
          Top 20 is a no-brainer.

#16: "Bad Taste" by Mournful Cries

         Distinctive and special, Mournful

         Cries provide excellent songwriting,

         haunting vocals and a great old-school

         heavy sound
         

#15: "Awakened From The Tomb" by Witchers Creed 

          
        Stellar debut album by yet another great 
        Swedish throwback hard rock band

#14:  "John Garcia And The Band Of Gold" by
          John Garcia and the Band of Gold

        The first new album I bought in 2019, and I  
        found myself still listening to it in December. 
        This is  John Garcia's best work since Kyuss,
        and that's saying a lot.  Every tune is worthy. 

        

#13:  "Are You Nervous?" 
          by Swedish Death Candy

         I found this from following Cities On Flame 
         on Bandcamp and could not have been more
         pleasantly surprised.  Mixing elements from 
         hard rock, progressive, stoner, punk and pop 
         rock, this album is fascinating and Swedish 
         Death Candy (from England) are brilliant 
         songwriters and musicians

#12:  "Modern Panic" by Deaf Radio

        Top-shelf rock from Athens that will appeal to  
        a wide variety of tastes, seamlessly blending 
        multiple genres.  It's clear that Deaf Radio  
        are Queens Of The Stone Age fans, but no 
        one  can accuse them of  being QOTSA 
        clones.   Every tune is great here.

#11:  "Everybody's Going To Die" 

          by Church Of The Cosmic Skull

        Three must-own albums in four years.  Five 

        singers,  each who on their own would make 
        a good band great.  Songwriting that comes 
        from so many places it's created something
        new.  Cello and viola in an album that 
        redefines what it means for music to be 
        heavy.Your collection needs this album.

#10 through #1 tomorrow night!
ULTRA