Hollow Ground by Stonekind

#68 on Doom Charts Top 100 Albums of 2024
https://doomcharts.com/2025/01/11/doom-charts-top-100-albums-of-2024/

"...The precise timing and fascinating music that the duo has constructed is very impressive and sonically appealing. I wasn’t expecting this album to be as exceptional and outstanding as it is and Stonekind has a magical formula in song crafting that is very striking and astonishing."
- Jam Yeti Music Blog
https://jamyetimusicblog.com/stonekind-hollow-ground/

"Hollow Ground is a hell of an interesting record. Think of Stonekind as a big, wonderful mashup of equal parts Tool, WeedEater, and King Buffalo. It makes for some incredible song compositions, but the thing that really struck me was how much of a complete experience this entire record is. One could go through and add their favorite songs to a playlist, sure, but to do so would to ignore the effect of these songs flowing into one another like a wraith breaking the plane of her eternal tomb, slithering into an ethereal void. There’s a cohesive wholeness that begs for a full album listen every single time; demands the full, complete experience..."
Reverend Fuzzcut at Monster Riff
https://monsterriff.com/2025/01/02/the-top-75-heavy-rock-albums-of-2024/

The 100 Best Releases of 2024 by Weedian
https://weedian420.bandcamp.com/album/the-100-best-releases-of-2024

"...The production of Hollow Ground is excellent, capturing a brooding, trippy, psychedelic vibe that makes it a must-have on vinyl."
- Greg at OHM's Peak
https://www.ohmspeak.com/post/stonekind-hollow-ground

"Unexpected and brilliant sound from the very first listen... built on rich vocals and dreamy guitar work"
- Steven Fox at Fox Reviews Music
https://foxreviewsrock.com/2024/10/22/stonekind-interview/

"After an EP and an album, Stonekind has clearly reached a milestone with this second full-length, simply jubilant, both in terms of production – impeccable – and in terms of composition. Skillfully oscillating between stoner and desert rock, with a hint of doom here and there, the duo from North Carolina plunges the listener into a state of advanced hypnosis, thanks to a totally mastered science of atmospheres, from the first to the last track, and an imposing collection of incandescent guitar riffs. Captivating and addictive, somewhere between Mindfunk and King Buffalo , "Hollow Ground" should logically find a buyer among aficionados of the genre. A beautiful and great album."
- Olivier Ducruix at GuitarPart
https://www.guitarpart.fr/articles/stonekind-hollow-ground-autoproduction

#8 Best New Album, Doom Charts June 2024
https://doomcharts.com/2024/07/05/doom-charts-june-2024/

"North Carolina’s STONEKIND Go Heavy & Deep in 2nd Album ‘Hollow Ground’... brings you the full weight of the rumbling, low end appeal of doom metal and weds it with hard driven desert and stoner rock instincts... a rip-roaring rager."
- Billy Goate at Doomed & Stoned
https://doomedandstoned.com/tagged/D%26S%20Reviews

"...Spread across eight tracks that really feel as though they’re meant to be experienced as a single, over 35-minute experience, the sheer spectrum of Stonekind’s music has expanded gloriously! Nothing was left off the table during the crafting of “Hollow Ground” as the record just about has it all with every musician having solos to call their own, more than enough trippiness to launch you into another realm altogether, riffs to keep you rooted in place no matter where Stonekind takes you, and a sense of cohesion and fluidity that keeps the album together neatly with such a beautiful bow on top that it’s almost a damn shame to open up such a beautifully presented gift. “Hollow Ground” demands to be opened, however, if it is to be understood. And make no mistake – this is most definitely an album that should be felt intimately and intensely lest its finer, sweeter properties become lost."
- Vinterd at Head-Banger Reviews
https://headbangerreviews.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/stonekind-hollow-ground/

Heavy blues / rock / stoner / prog / psych / swampy desert fuzz out of medieval Winston-Salem, NC

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