Greetings, I was wondering if MS could give me some doom metal album recommendations?

I love Candlemass and Dominion and was hoping to expand my fandom, I have no preference for vocal style but favour darker atmospheres to the more stoner side of the subgenre.

Holy balls. paging Doctor Marcel..

Written by blackwreath13 on 21.10.2017 at 02:29

Greetings, I was wondering if MS could give me some doom metal album recommendations?

I love Candlemass and Dominion and was hoping to expand my fandom, I have no preference for vocal style but favour darker atmospheres to the more stoner side of the subgenre.

Beyond that, start here. Some time ago I made a list of 25 albums, some from big acts, some from smaller, some traditional, some more on the 'extreme' end of things. Kept it to 25 as easier to digest.

From that list...

A Six Pack of those more on the traditional side of Doom:

Warning - Watching From A Distance (the album that got me in to doom, the one that really clicked)
40 Watt Sun - Inside Room - different band, but Pat Walker from Warning. Fuzzier, less bleak than WFAD above.
Anathema - Silent Enigma - before they turned into some modern day Pink Floyd offspring
Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre - Sabbath-like doom (Iommi guests on one track), vocals take getting used to.
Procession - Destroyers Of The Faith - great stuff, though I now prefer "To Reap The Heavens", the follow-up
Forsaken - After The Fall

And a Six Pack of the more "out there" or extreme (brought to you by Mountain Dewm) from the list:

Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea - though the follow-up, Divinity Of Oceans might be a little better with the inclusion of some post elements.
Evoken - Antithesis Of The Light
Faal - The Clouds Are Burning
Mar De Grises - Draining The Waterheart - Awesome stuff with some proggy bits, from Chile
Process of Guilt - Erosion - harsher stuff with some post-metal tossed in.
Profetus - Coronation of the Black Sun

ANd finally, two more ...

Esoteric - Maniacal Vale - if you enjoy Ahab, Faal and Evoken, give this monstrosity a listen. If you don't like those three, stay away.

Nortt - Gudsforladt - opposite end of the spectrum. Verges on ambient music, really.

From that post what catches your fancy and Marcel can probably post 5000 more bands, 570 of which have crashed in his cave apartment during the Dutch leg of some tour or other.

I highly recommend you check out Warning, as Bitter mentioned above^ Same with Esoteric, but you should only check them out if you like crushing funeral doom and even some small ambient and drone elements.

Given your nickname I recommend you Black Wreath from Denmark

Well since you like Candlemass maybe give Stone Magnum a chance. They have a similar vibe to them imo. Their last album (Holy Blessings To None) was a nice mix of doom and heavy metal elements and one of my favourite albums of last year.

Another one that I always recommend (and one of my favorite bands) is Heavenwood.

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 21.10.2017 at 16:13

Given your nickname I recommend you Black Wreath from Denmark

I thought you were going to start listing 1000s of bands

Written by [user id=159927] on 21.10.2017 at 17:51

I thought you were going to start listing 1000s of bands

He did that once already

Written by Maco on 21.10.2017 at 18:34

He did that once already

Oh yeah, I don't remember what thread that was

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 21.10.2017 at 16:13

Given your nickname I recommend you Black Wreath from Denmark

Haha! I was totally unaware of them, I got it from an Opeth song years ago. XD

Written by BitterCOld on 21.10.2017 at 08:25

Holy balls. paging Doctor Marcel..

Written by blackwreath13 on 21.10.2017 at 02:29

Greetings, I was wondering if MS could give me some doom metal album recommendations?

I love Candlemass and Dominion and was hoping to expand my fandom, I have no preference for vocal style but favour darker atmospheres to the more stoner side of the subgenre.

Beyond that, start here. Some time ago I made a list of 25 albums, some from big acts, some from smaller, some traditional, some more on the 'extreme' end of things. Kept it to 25 as easier to digest.

From that list...

A Six Pack of those more on the traditional side of Doom:

Warning - Watching From A Distance (the album that got me in to doom, the one that really clicked)
40 Watt Sun - Inside Room - different band, but Pat Walker from Warning. Fuzzier, less bleak than WFAD above.
Anathema - Silent Enigma - before they turned into some modern day Pink Floyd offspring
Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre - Sabbath-like doom (Iommi guests on one track), vocals take getting used to.
Procession - Destroyers Of The Faith - great stuff, though I now prefer "To Reap The Heavens", the follow-up
Forsaken - After The Fall

And a Six Pack of the more "out there" or extreme (brought to you by Mountain Dewm) from the list:

Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea - though the follow-up, Divinity Of Oceans might be a little better with the inclusion of some post elements.
Evoken - Antithesis Of The Light
Faal - The Clouds Are Burning
Mar De Grises - Draining The Waterheart - Awesome stuff with some proggy bits, from Chile
Process of Guilt - Erosion - harsher stuff with some post-metal tossed in.
Profetus - Coronation of the Black Sun

ANd finally, two more ...

Esoteric - Maniacal Vale - if you enjoy Ahab, Faal and Evoken, give this monstrosity a listen. If you don't like those three, stay away.

Nortt - Gudsforladt - opposite end of the spectrum. Verges on ambient music, really.

From that post what catches your fancy and Marcel can probably post 5000 more bands, 570 of which have crashed in his cave apartment during the Dutch leg of some tour or other.

Damn, thanks so much! This will keep me busy. \m/

Written by [user id=159927] on 21.10.2017 at 15:53

I highly recommend you check out Warning, as Bitter mentioned above^ Same with Esoteric, but you should only check them out if you like crushing funeral doom and even some small ambient and drone elements.

Excellent thank you, I am not opposed to drone and I'm not too familiar with funeral doom but it intrigues me. \m/

Written by tominator on 21.10.2017 at 17:29

Well since you like Candlemass maybe give Stone Magnum a chance. They have a similar vibe to them imo. Their last album (Holy Blessings To None) was a nice mix of doom and heavy metal elements and one of my favourite albums of last year.

Another one that I always recommend (and one of my favorite bands) is Heavenwood.

Thanks a lot I'll be sure to give them a listen. \m/

Aside from what others have said, here are more of my favourites that are not extreme.

While Heaven Wept (Power Doom)
Pallbearer (Epic/Traditional Doom)
Galadriel (Symphonic Doom)
Avatarium (Traditional Doom)
Empyrium (Neofolk Doom)
Uaral (Neofolk Doom)
Trees of Eternity (Atmospheric Doom)
Clouds (Atmospheric Doom)

Written by Dark Cornatus on 22.10.2017 at 01:17

Aside from what others have said, here are more of my favourites that are not extreme.

While Heaven Wept (Power Doom)
Pallbearer (Epic/Traditional Doom)
Galadriel (Symphonic Doom)
Avatarium (Traditional Doom)
Empyrium (Neofolk Doom)
Uaral (Neofolk Doom)
Trees of Eternity (Atmospheric Doom)
Clouds (Atmospheric Doom)

Thanks man.

I'm of course open to extreme ones too though.

Did I miss it or has no one recommended Reverend Bizarre yet? How can you be into trad doom and not recommend Reverend Bizarre first?

Anyway;
Age of Taurus - Desperate Souls of Tortured Times
Anything by The Gates of Slumber.
Funeral Circle's self titled album.
Pentagram - Relentless, Day of Reckoning and Be Forewarned.
Pale Divine - Cemetery Earth
Revelation - Salvation's Answer
Anything by Witch Mountain.
Anything by Pallbearer.

I'd also suggest:
The Slow Death - Ark
Alunah - White Hoarhound
Clouds - Doliu
Evig Natt - Evig Natt
Indesinence - Vessels Of Light And Decay
Omit - Repose
Enshine - Origin
Isole - Silent Ruins
Ixion - To The Void
Monarch - Omens
Kauan - anything, really
New Keepers Of The Water Towers - Cosmic Child
Rise Of Avernus - L'Appel Du Vide
Seidr - Ginnungagap
Shroud Of Bereavement - Alone Beside Her
Tempestuous Fall - The Stars Would Not Awake You
Thorr's Hammer - Dommedagsnatt
Virgin Black - Requiem - Fortissimo
Whispering Woods - Perditus Et Dea
Draconian - Turning Season Within
Darkest Era - The Last Caress Of Light
Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
Dread Sovereign - All Hell's Martyrs

Bell Witch

Nobody suggested Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II, III but this you probably know.

Here's a list of songs i think you should listen to. It gives a overall view of the evolution of doom metal throughout the years. Make a spotify playlist of wtv.
Below i put also a few album recommendations. Enjoy!

Tracklist:

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty (1982)
Trouble - The Tempter (1984)
Cirith Ungol - Finger of Scorn (1984)
Pentagram - Burning Savior (1985)
Saint Vitus - Dying Inside (1986)
Candlemass - Demons Gate (1986)
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1990)
Cathedral - Serpent Eve (1991)
Solitude Aeturnus - Black Castle (1992)
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (1993)
Crowbar - Will That Never Dies (1993)
Disembowelment - The Spirit of the Tall Hills (1993)
Esoteric - Bereft (1994)
Thergothon - Everlasting (1994)
Anathema - Sleepless (1994)
Katatonia - Murder (1996)
Morgion - The Serpentine Scrolls/Descent to Arawn (1999)
Dolorian - My Weary Eyes (1999)
Unholy - Of Tragedy (1999)
Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis (2000)
Sunn0))) - Mocking Solemnity (2002)
Swallow the Sun - Deadly Nightshade (2003)
Reverend Bizarre - Doom Over the World (2005)
Evoken - A Caress of the Void (2007)
While Heaven Wept - The Furthest Shore (2010)

Album suggestions:

Amebix - Arise! (1985)
Paramaecium - Exhumed Of The Earth (1994)
Visceral Evisceration - Incessant Desire For Palatable Flesh (1994)
Dusk - Majestic Thou In Ruin (1995)
My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River (1995)
Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You (1996)
Doomsword - Doomsword (1999)
Funeral - In Fields of Pestilence Grief (2002)
Sleep - Dopesmoker (2003)
Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell (2005)
Novembers Doom - The Pale Haunt Departure (2005)
Inborn Suffering - Wordless Hope (2005)
Catacombs - In the Depths Of R'lyeh (2006)
Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)
Mourning Beloveth - The Sullen Sulcus (2002)
Mourning Beloveth - A Disease For The Ages (2008)
Below - Under a Pale Horse (2017)
Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper (2017)

Hallatar.

Cheers to all, finding some great stuff!

Written by [user id=104220] on 26.10.2017 at 02:26

Here's a list of songs i think you should listen to. It gives a overall view of the evolution of doom metal throughout the years. Make a spotify playlist of wtv.
Below i put also a few album recommendations. Enjoy!

Tracklist:

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty (1982)
Trouble - The Tempter (1984)
Cirith Ungol - Finger of Scorn (1984)
Pentagram - Burning Savior (1985)
Saint Vitus - Dying Inside (1986)
Candlemass - Demons Gate (1986)
Paradise Lost - Gothic (1990)
Cathedral - Serpent Eve (1991)
Solitude Aeturnus - Black Castle (1992)
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (1993)
Crowbar - Will That Never Dies (1993)
Disembowelment - The Spirit of the Tall Hills (1993)
Esoteric - Bereft (1994)
Thergothon - Everlasting (1994)
Anathema - Sleepless (1994)
Katatonia - Murder (1996)
Morgion - The Serpentine Scrolls/Descent to Arawn (1999)
Dolorian - My Weary Eyes (1999)
Unholy - Of Tragedy (1999)
Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis (2000)
Sunn0))) - Mocking Solemnity (2002)
Swallow the Sun - Deadly Nightshade (2003)
Reverend Bizarre - Doom Over the World (2005)
Evoken - A Caress of the Void (2007)
While Heaven Wept - The Furthest Shore (2010)

Oh now that's cool, I'll get on this.

I recommend the band Daylight Dies if you're into death/doom metal. If Katatonia were to continue on with their Brave Murder Day style sound, this wouldn't be too far off from that actually. Good stuff all around.

I'm sure you've already heard the classic albums of Candlemass (seeing as they're one of the bigger names in Doom), but they have a new EP coming out towards the end of May, though it's too early to determine if it's an overall good EP, they just released the title-track recently and I'm impressed. So I would keep an eye out for that one.

Since you mentioned Candlemass, check out Altar of Oblivion, Below, Krux, and Crypt Sermon. You could also check out Abysmal Grief, Black Oath, Black Pyramid, or Argus. I'd also recommend Khemmis, Cough, Pallbearer, and Conan. That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

Candlemass Nightfall, the real masterpiece of doom with the first of the band