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So what exactly is Doom Metal?
And is it really the heaviest genre out there? Does it have some sort of gruesome lyrical theme or what is it about that genre that makes it so extreme and intense.
I haven't heard much of it or any of its bands, other than my friend's daily rants on how this 'Doom' music slowly damages your soul and weakens it until one day you completely lose your mind, faith and beliefs. I really don't know what in bloody heck she's talking about.
Back to the point, is this like any other genre and is she just making this up to scare me off metal? I couldn't help but wonder about this and ask since she hasn't let a day pass without mentioning that.
Also, would you care to name some bands?
9 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I find that doom metal is very thick... It is slow, but not all of it is really like that. There are a lot of subgenres in doom, and it get's confusing at times, but its a very wide and the genre has many varieties! Its not scary, its not going to make you're soul melt, its just music! I love doom personally, I can always find something I enjoy because there is so much too it.
Atmospheric Doom- Golgotha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyTKoUcURZo
Avant-Garde Doom- Aarni
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCOlwpQPJIk
Blackened Doom- Cultus Sanguine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzTqf5-SdmA
Death Doom- Novembers Doom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtOYcGsZUyI
Drone Doom- Sunn O)))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He1XFM3noDQ&feature...
Funeral Doom- Funeral
http://www.myspace.com/doomfuneral
Gothic Doom- Thorns Of The Carrion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC3-1gnr1OU
Grindcore Doom- Visceral Evisceration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VswMHZTku2s
Proto Doom- Black Sabbath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRwwYWlbP2U
Sludge Doom- Coffins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuRd_Q43TT8&feature...
Stoner Doom- Cathedral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OG5WXQxtt0
Traditional Doom- Saint Vitus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqUGMzVo7SI
Traditional Doom (Epic)- Candelmass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPMmZIUbffs
And one Undefinable one for good messure- Zaraza
- AdamLv 71 decade ago
As someone once said to me "doom metal is the sound that you would hear as the world is coming to an end" but for me, thats not a bad thing.
I really do believe that it is the heaviest genre because it is very base driven which gives it a very heavy sound.
My favorite doom metal band is electric wizard. When you hear them you will know what I'm talking about when i say it sounds like the world is coming to an end.
Electric wizard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO7VP34n2Ps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWHplp10kQM&feature...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77uVmkb6oes&feature...
By the way, the lyrics of doom metal bands usually aren't gruesome. There usually a lot like the lyrics that a stoner band would make.
- 1 decade ago
I don't think it's the heaviest genre out there, its a slow grinding metal type song and they're usually over 8 mins, my fave band form the genre is My Dying Bride.
- 1 decade ago
Most people do not understand what the term "Heavy" means, Thrash metal is not heavy, neither is black metal
Heavy alludes to the deep sound of the instruments, Doom metal is heavy as is certain Death Metal, hell even for whom the bell tolls by metallica is heavy
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- qwertyuiopLv 41 decade ago
Doom metal... Heavy, sad stuff.
Look up:
Skepticism
Thergothon
Forest of Shadows
Candlemass
Esoteric
Ahab
and whatever else you can find. Those are the bands I have heard.
- nanLv 51 decade ago
heavily distorted riffs. slow music. soothing :)
Sunn O))) (drone doom)
Electric Wizard (stoner doom)
Silvester Anfang (funeral doom)
good music...it's not really for everybody though...
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I would have to say black metal is heavier and more sinister
- mighLv 71 decade ago
your friend probably listens to Winter... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIkWM7fXhls&feature...
Source(s): doom's great, Andy and Metal Mark given you great lists. Church of Misery are also awesome... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhyUTrcOjKM&feature... and Pentagram- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6t3WHlCDKo