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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. Heavy metal redirects here. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Northern Europe Northern Europe is the northern part of the European continent. ... Two different electric guitars. ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as a cowbell, wood block, chimes or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... Harry Belafonte singing, photograph by C. van Vechten Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with speech. ... Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music. ... Stoner music, stoner metal and stoner rock are interchangeable terms describing a sub-genre of rock music. ... Sludge metal is a form of heavy metal music that is generally regarded as a fusion of the doom metal and hardcore punk genres, often displaying southern rock influence. ... Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal, with roots in progressive rock and industrial music. ... Doom metal is a form of heavy metal music that emerged as a recognized sub-genre during the first half of the 1980s. ... Doom metal is a form of heavy metal music that emerged as a recognized sub-genre during the first half of the 1980s. ... Drone metal, also known as drone doom, is a subgenre of doom metal that takes the heaviness and slowness of its progenitor to a new extreme. ... It has been suggested that sludge metal be merged into this article or section. ... Doom metal is a form of heavy metal music that emerged as a recognized sub-genre during the first half of the 1980s. ... Death/Doom is a fusion genre, combines the slow tempos and pessimistic mood of doom metal with the guttral vocals and guitar style of death metal. ... Doom metal is a form of heavy metal music that emerged as a recognized sub-genre during the first half of the 1980s. ... Heavy metal redirects here. ... For other uses, see Tempo (disambiguation). ...

Musically, doom metal is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath. A number of their early songs, such as "Black Sabbath" and "Into the Void" are considered embryonic or prototypical doom metal songs. Their third album, Master of Reality (released in 1971), features Tony Iommi's guitar and Geezer Butler's bass tuned down to C# for heavier riffing and reduced string tension for Iommi's previously injured fingers. For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Black Sabbath is a song by the heavy metal pioneers of the same name. ... Into the Void is a song by Black Sabbath, released in 1971 on their album, Master of Reality. ... Master of Reality is the third album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music). ... Frank Anthony Tony Iommi (born February 19, 1948, in Aston, Birmingham, England) is a guitarist best known for his tenure in the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Characteristics

Instrumentation

Guitars, bass guitars, and drums are the most common instruments used to play doom metal. Heavy, down-tuned guitar riffing is considered an important feature within almost all of its sub-genres. Some doom metal uses keyboards occasionally. Traditional doom metal bands tend to prefer clean vocals, often patterned off Ozzy Osbourne's on early Black Sabbath recordings or operatic vocals, like Candlemass' former singer Messiah Marcolin or Solitude Aeturnus' Robert Lowe. Doom bands with extreme metal influences tend to favor the growls, shrieks, and screams common in death metal, black metal, and thrash metal. Some sludge bands incorporate the harsh strained vocal style commonly found in hardcore and crust. Fast tempos are relatively rare; slow tempos are one of the defining technical characteristics of doom metal. However, some bands make use of faster drum beats--including occasional blast beats. diSEMBOWELMENT often uses this technique, incorporating brutal death metal in their approach to doom metal. A number of doom metal bands, such as My Dying Bride or Funeral, have made use of violins in their music. Despite the outliers, doom metal remains a guitar-oriented genre. Ozzy redirects here. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Candlemass is a Swedish epic doom metal band established in the 1980s by Leif Edling (bass), its leader and songwriter. ... Messiah Marcolin (born Bror Jan Alfredo Marcolin) is a doom metal vocalist. ... Solitude Aeturnus is an American doom metal band that was started in 1987 as Solitude. ... Robert Lowe is an American singer. ... Death growl, also known as growled vocals, harsh vocals, death vocals, pig vocals, throating, death grunts, unclean vocals, Cookie Monster vocals[1], or simply growling, is a vocalization style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal music genre, but also used in a variety of other heavy metal subgenres. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... Sludge metal is a form of heavy metal music that is generally regarded as a fusion of the doom metal and hardcore punk genres, often displaying southern rock influence. ... Hardcore Punk is a subgenre of Punk Rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. ... Crusty redirects here. ... Blast beats are the torrents of alternating snare and bass drums which increase the speed, density, and percussiveness of death metal, black metal and grindcore. ... Disembowelment (mostly written diSEMBOWELMENT) was an Australian death/doom metal band from Melbourne that was formed in 1989 after the two piece grind band Bacteria featuring drummer Paul Mazziotta and guitarist/vocalist Renato Gallina changed its name and musical style. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... My Dying Bride is a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ... Funeral are a doom metal band from Norway who were one of the pioneers of an even slower and more melancholy sub-genre of doom known as funeral doom. ...

Lyrical themes

Lyrics in doom metal play a very important role, often accentuating its moody and dark atmosphere or creating an ever-present epic feel. In general, lyrics by doom metal bands mostly present a pessimistic view of the world and life, but the approach depends and varies from one band to another. Usually, lyrical themes deal with despair, loss, depression, death, paranoia, anger, melancholy and various other negative aspects. Many bands such as Saint Vitus, Penance, Anathema or Katatonia for example often wrote lyrics in quite introspective, personal ways, while many others such as, Candlemass, Morgion or Esoteric prefer abstract, mythological, religious and/or fantasy symbolism. Various bands from Pentagram to Thergothon and others took some inspiration from horror literature or movies. Saint Vitus was a doom metal band from California. ... Penance is American doom metal band from Pennsylvania. ... Anathema are an English band from the city of Liverpool, which, together with Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride, helped to develop the death/doom sound, a subgenre of doom metal. ... For the Welsh indie-rock band, see Catatonia (band). ... Candlemass is a Swedish epic doom metal band established in the 1980s by Leif Edling (bass), its leader and songwriter. ... Morgion is a God from the fictional Dragonlance world. ... Esoteric is a United Kingdom extreme doom metal band from Birmingham founded in 1992 that incorporates highly acute, somewhat distorted vocals and samples over slow paced riffs and atmospheric melodies. ... Pentagram are a long-running American heavy metal band from Virginia, most famous as performers of Sabbathesque doom metal. ... Thergothon The Band. ...

Religious themes are very common in doom metal. Bands such as Trouble incorporated Christian Imagery in doom metal which will be accepted by most of traditional acts, not as a belief, but for aesthetic and symbolic purposes. Individualism is often a main point in lyrics of doom bands rather than belief, so many of them also share interests for the occult and mysticism and use them aesthetically. Trouble is an American (proto) Doom Metal band noted for their slow (by 80s standards), heavy albums such as their 1984 debut Trouble (later Psalm 9) The Skull (1985) and others. ... For other uses, see Occult (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

As for early Black Sabbath, political themes were always present in the genre, but Swedish traditional doom act Count Raven was one of the first doom bands which wrote social lyrics about war, corruption and injustice in an explicit way. Political and social themes are most present in sludge/doom bands because of their roots or influences from the hardcore/punk scene. Some other bands with social related lyrics outside of traditional and sludge/doom include early death/doom band Winter, while later death/doom bands mostly followed the romantic, poetic-styled direction set by bands like early My Dying Bride and Anathema. For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Count Raven is a Swedish doom metal band. ... Hardcore Punk is a subgenre of Punk Rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. ... Winter were an American doom metal band from New York. ... My Dying Bride is a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ... Anathema are an English band from the city of Liverpool, which, together with Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride, helped to develop the death/doom sound, a subgenre of doom metal. ...

Also, various bands such as Witchfinder General, Cathedral or Reverend Bizarre often wrote lyrics with a sense of humor and irony. Many doom bands took inspiration from experiences with drugs such as Electric Wizard or Esoteric - a similar approach to stoner rock bands, but with an important difference - without a "feelgood" connotation prevalent in stoner rock, but with a dark, paranoid and apocalyptic feel. Witchfinder General were a heavy metal band from the United Kingdom who were part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement during the early 1980s. ... Cathedral are a doom metal band from Coventry, England. ... Reverend Bizarre was a cult doom metal band from Finland. ... Electric Wizard are a sludge metal/doom metal band from Dorset, England. ... Esoteric is a United Kingdom extreme doom metal band from Birmingham founded in 1992 that incorporates highly acute, somewhat distorted vocals and samples over slow paced riffs and atmospheric melodies. ...

History of doom metal

Origins (1970s)

Doom metal is among the oldest forms of heavy metal, rooted in the music of early Black Sabbath, who are one of the first heavy metal bands. Their music is rooted in blues, but with the specific loud guitar playing of Iommi, and the then-uncommon dark and pessimistic lyrics and atmosphere, they set the standards of early heavy metal and inspired various doom metal bands. In the early 1970s both Black Sabbath and the American band Pentagram composed and performed this heavy and dark music, which would in the 1980s begin to be known and referred to as doom metal by subsequent musicians, critics and fans. Heavy metal redirects here. ... Pentagram are a long-running American heavy metal band from Virginia, most famous as performers of Sabbathesque doom metal. ...

Development (1980s)

From the late 1970s to mid 1980s, bands such as Trouble, Saint Vitus, Candlemass, Pentagram and Witchfinder General contributed much to the formation of doom metal as a distinct genre. Some US acts such as Cirith Ungol and Manilla Road also influenced the rise of the style, especially its epic side which Candlemass defined on their classic, debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus. Trouble is an American (proto) Doom Metal band noted for their slow (by 80s standards), heavy albums such as their 1984 debut Trouble (later Psalm 9) The Skull (1985) and others. ... Saint Vitus was a doom metal band from California. ... Candlemass is a Swedish Doom metal band established in the 1980s by Leif Edling (bass), its leader and songwriter. ... Pentagram are a long-running American heavy metal band from Virginia, most famous as performers of Sabbathesque doom metal. ... Witchfinder General were a heavy metal band from the United Kingdom who were part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement during the early 1980s. ... Cirith Ungol was a Californian heavy metal band, who formed in 1972 and split up in May of 1992. ... Manilla Road is an epic heavy metal band from Wichita, Kansas, forming around its lead singer Mark the Shark Shelton (vocals and guitar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Candlemass is a Swedish Doom metal band established in the 1980s by Leif Edling (bass), its leader and songwriter. ... Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is the debut album of the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released in 1986. ...

During the 1980s, doom metal was deeply underground and gathered only small circles of cult-following fans. In the 1980s, metal was dominated by speed and thrash metal, and in many commercial areas by glam and "stadium-anthem" pseudo-metal bands. Slower, heavier and pessimistic in its nature, doom metal bands didn't receive much attention even among some die-hard metal fans of that time. Bands such as Trouble established the use of Christian imagery and themes in the lyrical side of doom metal which led these bands to be misinterpreted and alienated amongst some metalheads. It should be noted that although Trouble were Christian, many of the later doom bands weren't. However, many of them, such as Candlemass or Saint Vitus, still embraced elements of Christian imagery, not as a religious viewpoint, but as a lyrical symbolism for themes they deal with in their lyrics such as pain and suffering. Doom metal remained more or less underground at this point. Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that spawned in the early 1980s and was the direct musical progenitor of thrash metal[1] [2]. When Speed metal first emerged as a genre, it innovatively increased the tempo of the music template set forth by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that arose in the late 1970s - early 1980s in the United States. ... Trouble is an American (proto) Doom Metal band noted for their slow (by 80s standards), heavy albums such as their 1984 debut Trouble (later Psalm 9) The Skull (1985) and others. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Trouble is an American (proto) Doom Metal band noted for their slow (by 80s standards), heavy albums such as their 1984 debut Trouble (later Psalm 9) The Skull (1985) and others. ... Candlemass is a Swedish Doom metal band established in the 1980s by Leif Edling (bass), its leader and songwriter. ... Saint Vitus was a doom metal band from California. ...

Diversifying (1990s-present)

Doom metal developed further in the early 1990s. The most influential doom metal band from the early 1990s to the present was Cathedral (a band led by ex Napalm Death singer Lee Dorrian). Their debut album Forest of Equilibrium (1991) was rooted in traditional doom, yet opened the door for the incorporation of elements from other genres. Besides Cathedral, a whole wave of influential doom bands followed during the early 1990s including Solitude Aeturnus, Count Raven, The Obsessed, Penance, Sleep, Revelation, Confessor, The 3rd and the Mortal etc. Underground labels who most supported the scene in these years were Germany's Hellhound Records and Rise Above (owned by Lee Dorrian). Cathedral are a doom metal band from Coventry, England. ... Napalm Death are a grindcore/death metal band from Birmingham, England. ... Lee Dorrian is a singer from Birmingham, UK. He started as the singer of Napalm Death and recorded one and a half albums with them, namely the second half of Scum and From Enslavement To Obliteration. ... Forest of Equilibrium is the debut album of the British doom metal band Cathedral. ... Solitude Aeturnus is an American doom metal band that was started in 1987 as Solitude. ... Count Raven is a Swedish doom metal band. ... The Obsessed were a doom metal band from Maryland led by Scott Wino Weinrich, who also fronted Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls, and currently fronts The Hidden Hand. ... Penance is American doom metal band from Pennsylvania. ... Sleep was a stoner and doom metal band from San Jose, California. ... Revelation are a doom metal band from Maryland. ... Confessor Confessor is a progressive/doom metal band from North Carolina, USA. // Scott Jeffreys (Vocals) Shawn McCoy (Guitar) Cary Rowells (Bass) Steve Shelton (Drums) Brian Shoaf (Guitar) Ivan Colon - (Guitar) (R.I.P) Graham Fry - (Guitar) Chris Nolan - (Guitar) Jim Shoaf - (Drums) The Secret (Demo) (1987) Uncontrolled (Demo) (1988) Collapse... The 3rd and the Mortal (alternative spelling The Third and the Mortal) is a norwegian experimental heavy metal-band. ... Hellhound Records was a German label during the late 80s and 90s. ... Rise Above Records are a record label from England owned by Lee Dorian of the band Cathedral and specializing in doom and sludge metal. ...

Cathedral's debut album, Forest of Equilibrium, was very important in the development of doom metal, helping to expand its sound by incorporating elements of other genres. There soon followed a large number of bands who crossed doom with other styles. A few of these bands gained more popularity than classic doom metal bands. Cathedral are a doom metal band from Coventry, England. ... Forest of Equilibrium is the debut album of the British doom metal band Cathedral. ...

A few death metal bands crossed the doom metal border by slowing down their playing style, including Sorrow and early Paradise Lost. A number of bands began to combine the doom metal style with influences from death metal, other forms of extreme metal, and even hardcore. The first band who mixed doom with death metal may have been Winter, although this style, known as death/doom, later became associated with and made popular within the wider metal scene by three British bands: Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, and Anathema. This article is about the musical genre. ... Look up sorrow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Paradise Lost are a death/doom and later gothic metal band formed in 1987 in Halifax, England. ... Extreme metal is an umbrella term, somewhat loosely defined, for a number of related heavy metal subgenres that have developed since the 1980s. ... Hardcore Punk is a subgenre of Punk Rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. ... Winter were an American doom metal band from New York. ... Death/Doom is a fusion genre, combines the slow tempos and pessimistic mood of doom metal with the guttral vocals and guitar style of death metal. ... Paradise Lost are a death/doom and later gothic metal band formed in 1987 in Halifax, England. ... My Dying Bride is a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ... Anathema are an English band from the city of Liverpool, which, together with Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride, helped to develop the death/doom sound, a subgenre of doom metal. ...

Although classic doom metal and death/doom have remained central, during the 1990s the doom metal genre cross pollinated with other styles. In the early 1990s European bands such as Thergothon and Funeral moved death/doom to the extreme. With a much slower interpretation of death/doom, their music took on a new dimension similar to the ethereal atmosphere of dark ambient music. This utterly slow and often very dark style is now known as funeral doom. At the same time, American bands like Crowbar and Eyehategod mixed doom metal with significant hardcore and even punk influences, forming another new faction within the doom metal scene: sludge doom. It should be noted that 80s band The Melvins made a huge impact on the above mentioned sludge doom bands. Also, the band Earth pioneered drone doom, the slowest and the most psychedelic form of doom. Thergothon The Band. ... Funeral are a doom metal band from Norway who were one of the pioneers of an even slower and more melancholy sub-genre of doom known as funeral doom. ... Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music which emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of new synthesizer and sampling technology in the electronic music genre and other technical advances in music. ... It has been suggested that sludge metal be merged into this article or section. ... Crowbar is an American doom / sludge metal band from Louisiana, characterized by their extremely slow, low-keyed, heavy and brooding songs. ... Eyehategod is an American sludgecore band from Louisiana who are known for their dark, sludgy riffs combined with equally dark lyrics. ... Sludge metal is a form of heavy metal music that is generally regarded as a fusion of the doom metal and hardcore punk genres, often displaying southern rock influence. ... The Melvins are an American rock band/ metal band that usually perform as a trio. ... Dylan Carlson of Earth. ... Drone metal, also known as drone doom, is a subgenre of doom metal that takes the heaviness and slowness of its progenitor to a new extreme. ...

That experimentation continued, and today there are many bands who mix their basic doom metal sound with various styles like ambient, avantgarde, death metal, black metal, post-rock, folk, progressive metal, progressive rock, crust punk and even industrial and jazz. Ambient music is a musical genre in which sound is more important than notes. ... Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Progressive metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music which blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... Crusty redirects here. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ...

Today, the original brand of doom metal with melodic vocals is usually labeled "traditional doom". From the late 1990s to the present, another wave of traditional-based doom metal has emerged, mostly due to the success of bands such as the British Electric Wizard, and the Finnish Reverend Bizarre. Other bands include Orodruin, The Gates of Slumber, While Heaven Wept, Warning, Solstice and Mirror of Deception. Electric Wizard are a sludge metal/doom metal band from Dorset, England. ... Reverend Bizarre was a cult doom metal band from Finland. ... Orodruin are a heavy metal/doom metal band from Rochester, NY // Biography Orodruin is a doom metal band that plays original Doom Metal under the influence of Trouble, Saint Vitus, early Cathedral, Candlemass, Pentagram, and Witchfinder General. ... The Gates Of Slumber is doom metal band from Indianopolis, USA. They play old school style of doom metal in the traditions of Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, Candlemass and the likes. ... While Heaven Wept (WHW) is an epic doom metal band based in Dale City, Virginia, USA. The primary writer and overall engine of the band is mainman Tom Phillips. ... Warning is a UK band. ... Solstice is doom metal band from England. ... Mirror Of Deception is German doom metal band. ...

Stylistic divisions

Traditional doom

Traditional doom is doom metal in its "pure" or non-crossover form. Its characteristics are described at the beginning of this article. Typical examples include Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Trouble and Candlemass. Three loosely-defined "waves" have been recognised in the history of traditional doom. The first began in the 1970s with the bands who laid its foundations – namely Black Sabbath and Pentagram. The second began in the mid-1980s when bands such as Saint Vitus, Trouble and Candlemass defined the style as a separate genre. The third began in the 1990s when experimentation became widespread. With their contemporary heavy rockers Black Sabbath, Pentagram are considered the most influential band in the first wave (sometimes called proto-doom) of Doom metal. ... Saint Vitus was a doom metal band from California. ... Trouble is an American (proto) Doom Metal band noted for their slow (by 80s standards), heavy albums such as their 1984 debut Trouble (later Psalm 9) The Skull (1985) and others. ... Candlemass is a Swedish epic doom metal band established in the 1980s by Leif Edling (bass), its leader and songwriter. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... With their contemporary heavy rockers Black Sabbath, Pentagram are considered the most influential band in the first wave (sometimes called proto-doom) of Doom metal. ...

Epic doom

Epic doom is a style of doom metal that makes much usage of "clean" operatic vocals alongside lyrics and imagery that often focus on fantasy themes. However, much of the characteristics found in traditional doom metal are retained. Examples of prominent epic doom bands include Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus. For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ... Candlemass is a Swedish epic doom metal band established in the 1980s by Leif Edling (bass), its leader and songwriter. ... Solitude Aeturnus is an American doom metal band that was started in 1987 as Solitude. ...

Stoner doom

Stoner doom (also known as stoner metal or psychedelic doom) is a style of doom metal that incorporates more psychedelic elements, to varying degrees. This often involves lengthy instrumentals and more use of guitar and bass effects such as fuzz, phaser or flanger, among other traits. It is often confused with stoner rock, although it could be viewed as the heavier and slower form of that style. Stoner doom is strongly influenced by the psychedelic-oriented works of early Black Sabbath, particularly songs such as "Sweet Leaf". Examples of prominent stoner doom bands include Electric Wizard, Sleep, Acid King, Acrimony and Sons of Otis. Stoner music, stoner metal and stoner rock are interchangeable terms describing a sub-genre of rock music. ... Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. ... Guitar effects are electronic devices that modify the tone, pitch, or sound of an electric guitar. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Bass instrument amplification. ... A 1965 Gibson Maestro Fuzz-Tone FZ-1A, one of the first commercially available fuzzboxes. ... This article is about the audio effect. ... Flanging is a time-based audio effect that occurs when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smaller than 20 ms (milliseconds). ... Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. ... Black Sabbath originally recorded Sweet Leaf in 1971. ... Electric Wizard are a sludge metal/doom metal band from Dorset, England. ... Sleep was a stoner and doom metal band from San Jose, California. ... Acid King is a stoner rock band that was formed 1993 in San Francisco, California. ... For the definition of the noun, see [[1]] Acrimony was a Welsh stoner metal band who were active during the 1990s. ... Sons of Otis are a stoner rock/doom metal band from Toronto, Canada. ...

Sludge doom

Sludge doom (also known as sludge metal) is a style that combines the slow tempos, heavy rhythms and dark, pessimistic atmosphere of doom metal with the aggression, shouted vocals and fast tempos of hardcore punk. Typically, the string instruments are heavily distorted and use a large amount of audio feedback to produce an abrasive, sludgy sound. Lyrics are often political and reflect on society in a cynical or negative manner. Sludge doom began in the American state of Louisiana during the late 1980s. Examples of prominent sludge doom bands include Eyehategod, Grief, Corrupted and Crowbar. Sludge metal is a form of heavy metal music that is generally regarded as a fusion of the doom metal and hardcore punk genres, often displaying southern rock influence. ... Hardcore Punk is a subgenre of Punk Rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s. ... Audio feedback (also known as the Larsen effect after the Danish scientist, SÃ¸ren Larsen, who first discovered its principles) is a special kind of feedback which occurs when a sound loop exists between an audio input (for example, a microphone or guitar pickup) and an audio output (for example... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Eyehategod is an American sludgecore band from Louisiana who are known for their dark, sludgy riffs combined with equally dark lyrics. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Crowbar is an American doom / sludge metal band from Louisiana, characterized by their extremely slow, low-keyed, heavy and brooding songs. ...

Death doom

Death doom (also known as doom death) is a style that combines elements of doom metal and death metal. Typically, vocals are in the form of low-pitched death growls, the electric guitar is performed with more use of palm muting, and drums are performed with more use of double bass techniques. Examples of prominent death doom bands include Winter, Disembowelment, Paradise Lost, Swallow The Sun and My Dying Bride. Death/Doom is a fusion genre, combines the slow tempos and pessimistic mood of doom metal with the guttral vocals and guitar style of death metal. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Death growl, also known as growled vocals, harsh vocals, death vocals, pig vocals, throating, death grunts, unclean vocals, Cookie Monster vocals[1], or simply growling, is a vocalization style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal music genre, but also used in a variety of other heavy metal subgenres. ... The palm mute, also known as palm muting, is a playing technique for the guitar or (less commonly) bass guitar. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... Winter were an American doom metal band from New York. ... Disembowelment (mostly written diSEMBOWELMENT) was an Australian death/doom metal band from Melbourne that was formed in 1989 after the two piece grind band Bacteria featuring drummer Paul Mazziotta and guitarist/vocalist Renato Gallina changed its name and musical style. ... Paradise Lost are a death/doom and later gothic metal band formed in 1987 in Halifax, England. ... Swallow the Sun is a Finnish melodic doom metal/death metal band. ... My Dying Bride is a British doom/death metal band formed in 1990. ...

Funeral doom

Funeral doom is a style of doom metal that takes influence from both the death/doom and dark ambient genres. It is played at a very slow tempo and places an emphasis on evoking a sense of emptiness and despair. Typically, electric guitars are heavily distorted and keyboards or synthesizers are used to create a "dreamlike" atmosphere. Vocals are in the form of mournful chants or growls and are often in the background. Funeral doom was pioneered by Thergothon,^[1] Skepticism and Funeral. It has been suggested that sludge metal be merged into this article or section. ... Death/Doom is a fusion genre, combines the slow tempos and pessimistic mood of doom metal with the guttral vocals and guitar style of death metal. ... Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music which emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of new synthesizer and sampling technology in the electronic music genre and other technical advances in music. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... Synth redirects here. ... Thergothon The Band. ... Skepticism are a doom metal band from Finland. ... Funeral are a doom metal band from Norway who were one of the pioneers of an even slower and more melancholy sub-genre of doom known as funeral doom. ...

Drone doom

Drone doom (also known as drone metal) is a style of doom metal that is defined by the repetition of drones, that is, notes that last for long periods of time. It is generally influenced by noise and ambient music. Typically, the electric guitar is performed with a large amount of reverb or audio feedback while vocals, if present, are varied, and often growled or screamed. Songs often lack beat or rhythm in the traditional sense and are often between ten and thirty minutes long. Both Earth and Stephen O'Malley can be largely credited for the rise of drone doom as a recognised subgenre. Other prominent examples of drone doom include Sunn O))), Boris, Nadja and Black Boned Angel. In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout much or all of a piece, sustained or repeated, and most often establishing a tonality upon which the rest of the piece is built. ... Noise music is music that uses sounds regarded as unpleasant or painful under normal circumstances. ... Ambient music is a musical genre in which sound is more important than notes. ... When sound is produced in an enclosed space multiple reflections build up and blend together creating reverberation or reverb. ... Audio feedback (also known as the Larsen effect after the Danish scientist, SÃ¸ren Larsen, who first discovered its principles) is a special kind of feedback which occurs when a sound loop exists between an audio input (for example, a microphone or guitar pickup) and an audio output (for example... Dylan Carlson of Earth. ... Stephen OMalley is a musician, predominantly a guitarist, who has started and participated in numerous drone doom and death/doom bands. ... Sunn O))) (pronounced simply sun) is an American drone metal band, in its broadest sense; however, it incorporates elements of the dark ambient, metal and drone doom genres as well. ... Boris are a Japanese heavy rock band. ... Nadja is a duo of Aidan Baker (guitars/vocals/piano/woodwinds/drums) and Leah Buckareff (bass/vocals). ... Black Boned Angel is a drone musical project of New Zealand musician Campbell Kneale. ...

Black doom

Black doom (also known as blackened doom metal) is a style that combines elements of black metal and doom metal. Typically, vocals are in the form of high-pitched shrieks and guitars are played with much distortion, which is common in black metal. But there is also a focus on slow tempos and dissonance, which is common in doom metal. Lyrics often involve themes of nature, nihilism and depression. Works often associated with this style include early Dolorian and early Katatonia. Pure blackened doom bands are fairly rare, but Forgotten Tomb, Barathrum, Woods of Ypres, Nortt and Gallhammer have performed in this style. This article is about the musical genre. ... For other uses, see Tempo (disambiguation). ... In music, a consonance (Latin consonare, sounding together) is a harmony, chord, or interval considered stable, as opposed to a dissonance, which is considered unstable. ... Dolorian is Finnish dark metal band from Oulu. ... For the Welsh indie-rock band, see Catatonia (band). ... Forgotten Tomb are an Italian black / doom metal band formed in Piacenza in 1999. ... Barathrum are a Finnish black metal band. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... According to Nortt lyrics deal mainly with . Nortt calls the style of his music Pure Depressive Black Funeral Doom Metal. For his next full-length, Nortt signed with Avantgarde Music. ... Gallhammer is a Japanese raw black metal band from Tokyo formed in 2003. ...

Genre misconceptions

Doom metal encompasses a vast variety of sounds. The mixing of styles during the 1990s often led to confusion in the media, who mistakingly labeled some gothic metal, melodic death metal, stoner rock and even grunge bands as doom. Some fans of traditional doom reject some hybrid doom styles like drone doom, questioning whether they're doom at all. Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...

A number of bands, such as The 3rd and the Mortal, The Gathering, and Theatre of Tragedy took the mellower side of Paradise Lost, and began to experiment with female vocals and keyboards, creating the generally more accessible genre gothic metal (specifically, so-called "beauty-and-the-beast" metal). Although this genre is generally considered to be inspired by some death/doom metal bands, it is not considered a doom subgenre^{[citation needed]}. The 3rd and the Mortal (alternative spelling The Third and the Mortal) is a norwegian experimental heavy metal-band. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The band Theatre of Tragedy Theatre of Tragedy is a Norwegian band from Stavanger, originally assembled in 1993 and best known for their earlier albums, which provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre. ... Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music. ...

It has also been argued that a nexus exists between doom metal and stoner rock although each of these genres have developed on their own. The stoner rock bands like Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Mondo Generator and Queens of the Stone Age share with doom metal a heavy sound and a strong Black Sabbath influence, but generally have a different objective: whereas doom metal aims for dark and moody themes/atmosphere, stoner rock aims for a more spaced-out, psychedelic sound^{[citation needed]}. A number of doom metal bands, however, such as Cathedral, Celestial Season and Sleep, have combined doom metal with psychedelic influences, thereby creating a style which some consider a hybrid of doom metal and psychedelic rock also known as Stoner Doom.^{[citation needed]}. Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. ... Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. ... This article is about the band. ... Fu Manchu is a Southern Californian stoner rock band, who released their debut single Kept Between Trees in 1990. ... Mondo Generator (sometimes known as Nick Oliveri And The Mondo Generator) is an American metal/punk hybrid band founded in 1997 by Nick Oliveri. ... This article is about the American rock band. ... Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. ... Cathedral are a doom metal band from Coventry, England. ... Celestial Season is a Dutch heavy metal band. ... Sleep was a stoner and doom metal band from San Jose, California. ... Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. ...

List of bands

This is an alphabetical list of doom metal bands, with their country of origin indicated by its flag. ...

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