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: Virgin Black

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Dec 1 Tuesday 1 December 2009 Today
Saviours 3 Inches of Blood	Chain Reaction Anaheim, Los Angeles CA, United States 33.832468 -117.939694	2 people attending Add shout
Dec 2 Wednesday 2 December 2009 Tomorrow
3 Inches of Blood Saviours, Holy Grail	Vet's Hall Santa Cruz, San Jose CA, United States 36.97646 -122.026554	3 people attending Add shout
Dec 3 Thursday 3 December 2009
Saviours, Holy Grail, Alaric and Lazy Dogs. at Merchants Saloon Saviours, Alaric, Lazy Dogs, Holy Grail	Merchants Saloon Oakland, CA, United States	1 person attending Add shout
Dec 4 Friday 4 December 2009
Eyehategod Akimbo, Lesbian, Samothrace, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth	El Corazón Seattle WA, United States 47.618802 -122.329261	31 people attending 6 shouts
Eyehategod	El Corazón Seattle, Washington, Seattle, United States 47.618802 -122.329261	3 people attending 2 shouts
Dec 5 Saturday 5 December 2009
Pelican Black Cobra	The Orange Peel Asheville, NC, United States 35.591698 -82.550788	9 people attending 5 shouts

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Parkiet14 wrote:
last month

Saint Vitus is an awesome Doom Metal band....

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scapino wrote:
last month

Old MDB, that is.

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Katorevenge wrote:
last month

Cheers!

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scapino wrote:
last month

For doom in the vein of MDB, check out Paramaecium.

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metal_gimp wrote:
last month

Anathema (early stuff is 'proper' doom, but their later stuff is good too), Paradise Lost and Morgion if you like death-doom in the same-ish vein as MDB. October Tide is good if you like Katatonia's early material. Tiamat's 'Wildhoney' and 'Clouds' are too more mellow (but still excellent) death-doom offerings, especially the former. Cathedral's debut is definitely worth checking out too. If you're into more 'traditional' doom, then St. Vitus, Trouble, Candlemass (<<< gods) and Pentagram (US) are all essential. Not an expert on funeral doom so I'll leave that for another (rainy) day.

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Katorevenge wrote:
last month

Yeah I'm looking to get into this genre of metal. I already listen to a lot of metal already, and I like MDB but are there any other Doom bands I can start with? PM me please

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Jonzo67 wrote:
last month

Hmm, I want to get more into this genre (cautiously though, I don't like music too miserable). I like Katatonia a lot, who else should I check out bearing in mind I'm not a massive heavy metal fan?

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krasherr wrote:
last month

black sabbath - black sabbath from black sabbath is not doom then?

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weed1988 wrote:
October 2009

Ahab !!!!!!!!!! really good 'doom band'

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HamsterOfHell wrote:
October 2009

successful troll is successful

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blackless wrote:
October 2009

Cryptic-Yen, you should get down to listening to Thorr's Hammer.

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Carnassial1 wrote:
October 2009

Cheers everyone! You can vote for "Doom metal" in "Favorite Heavy metal Sub-genre Poll" on my profile page Carnassial1 It's over 1900 votes now. I'll be glad if you take a shot.

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CRSEvan wrote:
October 2009

im loving agalloch right now, which of these bands has some good low screaming like that? i need more fall of efrafa type stuff but more epic

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m0rph0x wrote:
October 2009

"YourSilhouette" bitch best be trollin'

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bassehunter wrote:
October 2009

When i read the word epic i realised u weren't worth replying to.

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YourSilhouette wrote:
October 2009

black sabbath is no where near doom shits no where near epic enough

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NihilKhaos wrote:
October 2009

But it sucks that the top artists on this page are not exactly what I'm looking for...

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NihilKhaos wrote:
October 2009

I am going to go doom fucking crazy this week.

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blackless wrote:
October 2009

doom existed even before Black Sabbath.

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CotBayun wrote:
October 2009

Black Sabbath is the fuck in Heavy metal category. Do not apply Doom tag to the funky bluesy rock'n'rollers who are much older than the Doom genre.

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