History Main / DoomMetal

* Barathrum

* Unholy

* Cathedral

* Cathedral

Another form of doom, known as "post-metal" or "atmospheric sludge metal", combined sludge metal with post-rock. Certain post-metal bands, such as Isis, Neurosis and Pelican, have gained recognition in the metal scene, but this success has been met with backlash from [[FanDumb certain people]], who refer to it as "hipster metal" (and, for some reason, lump them in with {{Mastodon}}, who are not a post-metal band despite taking influences from sludge metal).

* GenreRoulette: Some ExperimentalRock bands loosely associated with doom, like Boris and Melvins, are prone to this.

* LeaveTheCameraRunning - Quite common, especially in drone, sludge and funeral doom.

* TearJerker - Some funeral doom bands.

* Rorschach

The genre technically started right at the beginning of metal, with the aforementioned Black Sabbath, who [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready were the first metal band]]. Another classic metal band, Pentagram, was also a key part of doom metal, though the genre was not truly formed until a tiny bit later on, with several other influential bands including Saint Vitus, Pagan Altar, Trouble and Witchfinder General. Possibly the most influential of doom metal bands was {{Candlemass}}, who released their debut album ''[[CanisLatinicus Epicus Doomicus Metallicus]]'' in 1986. It was this album that marked doom metal as a genre to be reckoned with. It's also possibly where the name of the genre came from ("Doomicus Metallicus" = "Doom Metal"). During the eighties, doom metal was a deeply underground subgenre, metal being dominated commercially by HairMetal and in the less-underground-than-doom-metal underground by ThrashMetal.

:''Not to be confused with the heavy metal music in {{DOOM}}.''

'''Drone Doom''' or '''Drone Metal'''\\

* Cirith Ungol

Doom fused with BlackMetal. Typically, vocals are in the form of high-pitched shrieks and guitars are played with much distortion, which is common in black metal. But the music is played at a slow tempo with a much 'thicker' guitar sound, which is common in doom metal. Lyrics often involve themes of nature, nihilism and depression. It's also a perfect example of the annoying tendency of people to create new subgenres when they can't use an existing term to describe a band's sound (they ''could'' have just used doom metal or black metal). Often overlaps with [[DespairEventHorizon Depressive]]/[[DrivenToSuicide Suicidal]] BlackMetal.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - Several drone and funeral doom bands could qualify for this; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNGwLTPEhyA Khanate]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZkOO8-A_mw Wormphlegm]] probably take the cake, though.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlLeW9kFfsg Sunn O)))]] as well.
* TearJerker - Funeral doom, as a whole.

SoYeah, although doom is not well-known in the mainstream, it's had quite a history.

At the beginning of the nineties, the band Cathedral released their debut album ''Forest of Equilibrium'', which fused doom metal with more aesthetics from extreme metal, making doom slower and heavier. Cathedral themselves later moved onto a more uptempo, groove-oriented style, but their early material resulted in doom metal gaining more recognition. By now, there were a couple of doom metal subgenres: "epic doom", which fused traditional doom with operatic vocals and (often) HeavyMithril; and "sludge metal", which fused doom with HardcorePunk and in some cases southern rock, and started off in [[TheBigEasy New Orleans]]. In the early-to-mid nineties, doom metal diversified, and quite a few new subgenres were created, including "[[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs stoner metal]]", "[[DeathMetal death/doom]]", "[[BlackMetal black doom]]", "[[TearJerker funeral doom]]" and "[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel drone doom]]".

Evolving from death/doom (particularly due to the death/doom band Disembowelment), funeral doom can be described equally as "death/doom BeyondTheImpossible" or "doom + dark ambient". It is played at a very slow tempo (even for doom), 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 consist of mournful chants or growls and are often in the background. Needless to say, it's among the most depressing music ever created.

* Depressed Mode (first album; afterwards they became "symphonic death/doom")
* Disembowelment (not truly a part of the subgenre, but heavily influential in its formation)

* Esoteric

* Funeral (TropeNamer, though only their early material was funeral doom; later work is straight-up doom with some [[GothicMetal gothic]] tendencies)

* Thergothon (TropeMaker, possible UrExample if you exclude Disembowelment)

* Until Death Overtakes Me (the guy behind this project has twelve others, variably related to Doom: Beyond Black Void, Fall Of The Grey-Winged One, Dreams Of Dying Stars etc and plays bass in In Somnis too)

A fusion of doom metal and drone music, also taking influence from ambient and minimalist music. Typically, the electric guitar is performed with a large amount of reverb or audio feedback, while vocals, if present, are usually growled or screamed. Songs often lack beat or rhythm in the traditional sense and are typically very long. The genre was started by the band Earth, though the most well-known drone doom band is Sunn O))), who modelled themselves after Earth (their name is even a reference to Earth, as well as to the Sunn amplifier brand). This genre could be described as doom taken UpToEleven; it's minimalistic and brutal, and ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel extremely fucking creepy]]''.