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Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres. Both the music and the lyrics are intended to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom.
- Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath. Obviously. Even though doom wasn’t a thing at the time – indeed, in the ’70s ‘heavy metal’ was an insult; something lumpen and downfacing – with this opening throw from their self-titled debut, Sabbath can be credited with not only drawing the line in the sand between heavy rock and the newer, more sinister sound of metal, but also defined a shadowy corner of it that would slowly bloom over the next half a century.
- Pagan Altar – Judgement Of The Dead. One thing you will learn from this list: many, many of the bands who would go on to become highly influential cornerstones of doom had to age and mature before finally getting the respect they deserve from a generation after their own, their names often surviving on bootlegs and the enthusiasm of a handful of dyed-in-the-wool doom maniacs.
- Witchfinder General – Witchfinder General. Straight outta Stourbridge, what Witchfinder General brought to the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was a sense of an older England, one where witches and magic lurked in every tavern, public executions were a good afternoon out and, um, where you sniffed up speed ‘through a biro case’ (as they sang on the drug-menu that was Free Country).
- Trouble – The Tempter. The legend goes that during a show with Chicago’s Trouble waaaaay back in the day, Metallica were so envious of guitarists Bruce Franklin and Rick Wartell’s guitar tones that they snuck onstage and wrote down their amp settings for themselves.
Doom metal is a slow style of metal music, often focused on heavy, downtuned guitars and sorrowful emotion. Keep reading to learn about the music style!
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- Saint Vitus – Saint Vitus (1984) As the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal gained traction, it inspired an international subsect of bands blending the bombast and pageantry of this fresh sound with the sluggish pace of Sabbath.
- Candlemass – Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) Similar to Metallica and Napalm Death, Candlemass didn’t invent doom metal with their debut album, but they definitely built a measuring stick against which every future genre band would get compared.
- Paradise Lost – Icon (1993) Most bands go down in history for pioneering one genre. Paradise Lost pioneered two. In the early ’90s, the Northern nihilists co-wrote the parameters for death/doom with the rest of the “Peaceville three” (My Dying Bride and Anathema) by making death metal slow and sad.
- Electric Wizard – Dopethrone (2000) “Stoner doom” blew up in the 1990s thanks to Sleep and Kyuss, and Electric Wizard were a distinctly British answer to that largely American scene.
Jan 3, 2022 · Khemmis guitarist Ben Hutcherson picks the 10 most heartbreaking doom metal songs designed to consign you to the comforting arms of oblivion
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Jun 6, 2024 · Doom metal has carved its own niche, offering a unique blend of heavy riffs and melancholic atmospheres. This article explores the roots and impact of some of the most influential bands that have shaped the doom metal scene.
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Mar 5, 2020 · Get a behind-the-scenes look at how composer Mick Gordon assembled heavy metal vocalists to help create the ferocious new soundtrack for DOOM Eternal.
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