The Doom Thread

CosmicGypsy · Post by **CosmicGypsy** » Sunday Sep 30, 2012

I wanna hear what all you Rockpagers think about the metal sub-genre that is doom!

Favorite band(s) and album(s)?

I think Sabbath (one of my all-time favorite bands) is an obvious choice...

I myself particularly enjoy the bands Electric Wizard and Sleep. Sleep's Holy Mountain is some of the most groovy, psychedelic doom I've heard. I think Electric Wizard's entire discography is fucking awesome, but my favorite records would have to be Come My Fanatics (also some crazy psyed-out doom) and Witchcult Today, the aural equivalent of a 60s B-horror film (Satanic Rites of Drugula... need I say more??) as well as a good soundtrack to any H.P. Lovecraft story.

Also, the N.W.O.B.H.M. bands Witchfinder General, Pagan Altar and Angel Witch all had some kick-ass doom tunes. And the Swedish band Witchcraft (who released their debut in 2004) have an awesome sound which would lead one to believe they were recorded in 1970.

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Sunday Sep 30, 2012

Love it! my fav bands in that genre are Solitude Aeturnus and Candlemass, and Pentagram.
check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1x_UZ6_ ... re=related

StumbleFingers · Post by **StumbleFingers** » Monday Oct 01, 2012

This is a great topic for Halloween!

Doom and stoner metal are great... there's something so primitive and primal about that fuzzed-out sound. I'd love to do an original project in that style.

Kyuss is maybe more stoner than doom, but they did some great stuff. Tool has covered this one:

Kyuss - Demon Cleaner

There are some other great psychedelic metal bands from Sabbath's day too. Some of them are pretty well known, like Blue Cheer or Iron Butterfly. Here's a freaking great 1970 doom song by Bloodrock:

Bloodrock - DOA

Here's a real oddity... a female-fronted Satanic rock band that released a song called Black Sabbath a year before Black Sabbath did!

Coven - Black Sabbath

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Monday Oct 01, 2012

This documentary features a lot of the desert rock that came out of the West. A must see if you dig Kyuss, Sleep, and St. Vitus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-njKCr6ieKE

Killjingle · Post by **Killjingle** » Monday Oct 01, 2012

Cathedral's Forest of Equilibrium and old Trouble are mainstays for me.

CosmicGypsy · Post by **CosmicGypsy** » Thursday Oct 11, 2012

Nice input everyone!

doom to all!!! Hahaha

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Thursday Oct 11, 2012

nakedtwister · Post by **nakedtwister** » Thursday Oct 11, 2012

Does GWAR fall into this category? If so, my pick.

metalchurch · Post by **metalchurch** » Friday Oct 12, 2012

nakedtwister wrote:Does GWAR fall into this category? If so, my pick.

Not so much, but they gwar good in their own right.

I've been playing alot of slow/sludgy type stuff lately. Mostly in C#, cause that's my Sabbath tuning also. Im pretty sure that alot of Doom Metal in in D standard, but there's also some dropped d, and even 440 tuning as well.

I was just eyeballing an SG Standard online last night and today. I'm thinking about grabbing one up to put an Iommi pup in it and tune it down to use strictly for Doom/Sabbath type stuff. (Yeah, Sabbath is it's own genre)

It's funny how alot of (early//real) Doom bands get their inspiration from Sabbath/Rainbow/Dio/Deep Purple, so to try and emulate those bands, who are trying to copy Sabbath is actually quite funny if you think about it.
Kinda makes you wanna cut out the middle man.

Actually alot of Doom is very musical and melodic, which sort of reminds me of Sabbath/Floyd in a sense. Most Doom songs are atleast 5-6minutes long, and being it's a very slow/grinding pace musically, they really think their note placement out and make every note count.

Some bands do bore me, especially if the riff really isnt that good, yet they pound it to death for 6 minutes straight.
There's a fine line between interesting and monotonous.

+1 on Cathedral and Trouble, that's some classic stuff. They belong on the mount rushmore without a doubt.

CosmicGypsy · Post by **CosmicGypsy** » Sunday Oct 21, 2012

What I love about doom, and slowier, more atmospheric genres, is the fact that even though it may not be as technically complex, like metal church said, every note counts. It evokes a mood, or an atmosphere. And that's funny you brought that up about Sabbath and Floyd. I would love to combine the sludgy, heaviness of Sabbath with the experiment, psychedelic wanderings of Floyd, particularly their early stuff. That'd be my ideal band

Lowender · Post by **Lowender** » Saturday Oct 27, 2012

I've been listening to Red Fang a lot lately. Not sure why, but they got stuck in my head in a good way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... QPfQvLIseA

Gallowglass · Post by **Gallowglass** » Sunday Oct 28, 2012

Big Doom fan here. A lot of the music we've been making with Black Sun has a huge Doom quality and influence to it, but we play in standard and there are certainly lots of other elements that creep in as well. How can anyone who cut their teeth on Sabbath not love bringing the Doom?

My biggest criticism is when Doom bands stick too often to the formula, then it can get a bit monotonous. What made classic Doom bands like Sabbath, Cathedral, Celtic Frost, Trouble, Candlemass, etc. so great is that they were able to kick it up a notch when it was time and get the blood pumping. They also had their own identities too, which is vital.

Lately I've been checking out a Blackened/Doomish Canadian band called "Woods of Ypres". A friend from the Belgian Doom band SerpentCult suggested I check them out and they've got some killer stuff. Unfortunately, the main writer/singer/guitarist was killed in an auto accident last December. Check out SerpentCult too, they kicked major ass.