Doom metal

Doom metal is a form of heavy metal music that emerged as a recognized sub-genre during the first half of the 1980s. Generally, doom metal features very slow tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much “denser” or “heavier” sound than other metal genres. Both the music and the lyrics intend to evoke a sense of dread or impending doom, and often an atmosphere of despair. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Weedeater

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Wednesday 8 February 2012
Tool YOB Wednesday 8 February 2012	The Arena at Gwinnett Center Duluth, GA, Atlanta, United States 33.991769 -84.090497	33 went 3 shouts
YOB Wednesday 8 February 2012	The Arena at Gwinnett Center Duluth, GA, Atlanta, United States 33.991769 -84.090497	Add shout
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Zoroaster Hail!Hornet Thursday 9 February 2012	Strange Matter Richmond, United States 37.550505 -77.452935	2 going Add shout
YOB Thursday 9 February 2012	Bottletree Birmingham AL, United States 33.521366 -86.778436	3 going Add shout
The Body Braveyoung Thursday 9 February 2012	Saint Vitus Bar Brooklyn, New York, United States 40.808832 -73.954024	1 going Add shout
Saturday 11 February 2012
YOB Saturday 11 February 2012	Beauty Ballroom Austin TX, United States	Add shout

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chthonicyouth wrote:
yesterday evening

-tiful

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chthonicyouth wrote:
yesterday evening

drone metal is BWOOOOOO))))AAAHHHHH

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NihilisticRust wrote:
yesterday evening

drone metal is beautiful in the blissful void it creates.

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SAGY-cro wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Black Sabbath fans unite and show your support to Bill Ward!

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chthonicyouth wrote:
last week

doom isn't funny either.

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Mercenarion wrote:
last week

"doom isn't pretty. leave that shit to other genres." Hilarious.

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chthonicyouth wrote:
last week

trad doom > stoner & drone > sludge & funeral > death doom. and never understand "pretty" music? please. PLEASE. doom isn't pretty. leave that shit to other genres.

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RobotPolarBear wrote:
last month

hey everyone, join my super-awesome new group: technical gothic metal

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Mercenarion wrote:
last month

Crazydude will never understand "pretty" music.

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WasNotWhyNot wrote:
last month

it's not that big of a deal, there's serious universal appeal in those bands. more people finding pretty things pretty is pretty cool.

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crazydude1992 wrote:
last month

I'm quite saddened that there are a lot of people out there for whom the definition of doom metal is Katatonia\My Dying Bride\Anathema\Paradise Lost\Agalloch\any other band that people who keep diaries cream over.

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Mercenarion wrote:
last month

v Heaviest, yes. Most extreme? Debatable.

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B1azeIchi wrote:
last month

Doom metal is the most extreme heavy metal subgenre, period.

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megatronets wrote:
last month

traditional doom>stoner>sludge>post metal>death doom>funeral>drone

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witch_possessed wrote:
last month

and please, let me die in Solitude.... [9]

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WasNotWhyNot wrote:
last month

I knew violins only appealed to sixteen year olds the whole time. I need to walk around high school with my violin on my back! I'll get all the girls!

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WasNotWhyNot wrote:
last month

THE VIOLIN IN THE RED IN THE SKY IS OURS IS THE BEST TOUCH THE BEST THING THE REALLY BEST THING JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW THAT OUT THERE no I'm not biased what would give you that impression

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asromeburns wrote:
last month

No Sabbath, St Vitus & Pentagram in top artists? I don't want to live on this planet anymore...

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RicardoCarmine wrote:
last month

someone added nightwish..

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Ritual_Suicide wrote:
last month

If you too suffer from the debilitating condition of being so trve that small nickel plated bits of steel exit your posterior whenever you take a crap, then please join I'm so trve I shit metal studs!

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