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Discuss Doom Metal.
For those unfamiliar with the genre, it's basically heavy metal, with a focus on heaviness and lyrics usually covering...well...doom. Imagery and sound will usually be evil, dark, etc. and music will usually be slower than other forms of metal. Like most metal, it's all pretty cheesy, but it's fun when you're in the right mood for it. Not to mention that it can get pretty epic and atmospheric. It ranges from classic, epic-style material to more extreme stuff (either played faster or slower, and with growled or screamed lyrics). Pretty much all Doom Metal I'm familiar with traces its roots back to Black Sabbath, the quintessential metal band.
Some examples:
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Bastards Will Pay by Trouble
Seeds of the Desolate by Solitude Aeternus
[video=youtube;woe_4gkS4XU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woe_4gkS4XU[/video]
I have some selfish motives for making this thread. Recently I've been trying to get into Doom Metal. I've bought a Trouble album, a Solitude Aeternus album, and a couple of Candlemass ones (I've heard they were the pioneers, along with Black Sabbath, of course), and I really like what I hear, but I want to hear more. Are there any fans here? Any recommendations? I can't stand harsh vocals--I like 'em clean, though I don't mind some variation within songs.
In short, I want moar EPIC doom. More hard-hitting stuff like that Candlemass song.
For those unfamiliar with the genre, it's basically heavy metal, with a focus on heaviness and lyrics usually covering...well...doom. Imagery and sound will usually be evil, dark, etc. and music will usually be slower than other forms of metal. Like most metal, it's all pretty cheesy, but it's fun when you're in the right mood for it. Not to mention that it can get pretty epic and atmospheric. It ranges from classic, epic-style material to more extreme stuff (either played faster or slower, and with growled or screamed lyrics). Pretty much all Doom Metal I'm familiar with traces its roots back to Black Sabbath, the quintessential metal band.
Some examples:
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Bastards Will Pay by Trouble
Seeds of the Desolate by Solitude Aeternus
[video=youtube;woe_4gkS4XU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woe_4gkS4XU[/video]
I have some selfish motives for making this thread. Recently I've been trying to get into Doom Metal. I've bought a Trouble album, a Solitude Aeternus album, and a couple of Candlemass ones (I've heard they were the pioneers, along with Black Sabbath, of course), and I really like what I hear, but I want to hear more. Are there any fans here? Any recommendations? I can't stand harsh vocals--I like 'em clean, though I don't mind some variation within songs.
In short, I want moar EPIC doom. More hard-hitting stuff like that Candlemass song.