42. Sheev - "Ate’s Alchemist"

Happily hanging onto the coattails of Tool and Mastodon, this is an impressively sprawling piece of stoner prog. It is loose enough to have that lethargic sensibility, but it exhibits its prog tendencies enough to lean into a cacophony of complex time signatures. It blends technical procession with raging aggression. It is immaculately constructed, and even the free-form parts feel stringently rehearsed. Complexly textured, it is another album that reveals itself over time.