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Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres. Both the music and the lyrics are intended to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom. [2]
- Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath. Obviously. Even though doom wasn’t a thing at the time – indeed, in the ’70s ‘heavy metal’ was an insult; something lumpen and downfacing – with this opening throw from their self-titled debut, Sabbath can be credited with not only drawing the line in the sand between heavy rock and the newer, more sinister sound of metal, but also defined a shadowy corner of it that would slowly bloom over the next half a century.
- Pagan Altar – Judgement Of The Dead. One thing you will learn from this list: many, many of the bands who would go on to become highly influential cornerstones of doom had to age and mature before finally getting the respect they deserve from a generation after their own, their names often surviving on bootlegs and the enthusiasm of a handful of dyed-in-the-wool doom maniacs.
- Witchfinder General – Witchfinder General. Straight outta Stourbridge, what Witchfinder General brought to the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was a sense of an older England, one where witches and magic lurked in every tavern, public executions were a good afternoon out and, um, where you sniffed up speed ‘through a biro case’ (as they sang on the drug-menu that was Free Country).
- Trouble – The Tempter. The legend goes that during a show with Chicago’s Trouble waaaaay back in the day, Metallica were so envious of guitarists Bruce Franklin and Rick Wartell’s guitar tones that they snuck onstage and wrote down their amp settings for themselves.
Doom metal is a slow style of metal music, often focused on heavy, downtuned guitars. The tempos are slow and the music tends to have a bleak atmosphere. The vocals can range from clean, operatic vocals to death metal growls or other extreme sounds. Black Sabbath is considered the first metal band, as well as the first doom metal band.
Jan 3, 2022 · Khemmis guitarist Ben Hutcherson picks the 10 most heartbreaking doom metal songs designed to consign you to the comforting arms of oblivion. (Image credit: Future) With its roots stretching back to Black Sabbath themselves, doom metal harkens back to the very origin of heavy metal, despairing wails and apocalyptic riffs setting a ...
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- Black Sabbath, 'Paranoid' (1970) Building off their now legendary self-titled debut, Black Sabbath truly arrived at their game-changing sound just a few months later on ‘Paranoid.’
- Candlemass, 'Epicus Doomicus Metallicus' (1986) Despite doom bowing at the altar of Black Sabbath, it seemed like forever before a new crop of bands sprung up, doing their best to top the masterful hands of Tony Iommi.
- Black Sabbath, 'Master of Reality' (1971) Sometimes accidents wind up being one of the best things that can happen. Such was the case with Black Sabbath’s ‘Master of Reality,’ which opens up with a resin-ating cough from Tony Iommi, signaling the beginning of the stoner anthem “Sweet Leaf.”
- Electric Wizard, 'Dopethrone' (2000) For over 20 years, Electric Wizard have served as one of doom’s pallbearers, wearing a mark of consistency that has come with an ever-rising status.
Mar 5, 2020 · Get a behind-the-scenes look at how composer Mick Gordon assembled heavy metal vocalists to help create the ferocious new soundtrack for DOOM Eternal. DOOM Eternal developed by id Software...
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Aug 13, 2023 · With doom metal having such a rich landscape of dark, horrible things, it can be hard to know where to dive in. Hopefully this will help. Below, Metal Hammer’s listed just five must-hear albums that sum up the history of metal’s saddest style.
