Whats your favorite Doom album? BTW we covered Death/Doom in the Death Metal episode here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4Jp6ACa3YDo.html
Tough decision but Imma have to go for the first thing that comes to mind and say Candlemass' Nightfall. And I'm gonna throw in Trouble's debut just cover all my bases.
From 70's to present time if I'd spontaneously choose only one album per decade: 1970 - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 1984 - Trouble - Trouble (Psalm 9) 1991 - Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium 2000 - Eternal Elysium - Spiritualized D 2017 - The Obsessed - Sacred 2020 - Kirk Windstein - Dream in Motion
I think a stoner/doom album that gets people into Metal in general is Electric Wizard- Dopethrone, I know a lot of indie rockers who don’t even listen to metal but fuckin love that album
It kinda verges on sludge, is the thing. It's weirdly intense for a stoner record. Sort of like how most people call Acid Bath a sludge band but their second record straight up sounds like Sleep.
How Blayne did an entire primer on doom without even obliquely mentioning the unholy trinity/Peaceville three is a mystery. Maybe it's the challenge of trying to do a "Doom for Dummies" while still maintaining the hipster street cred. Things did get... dance-y for PL and MDB around the turn of the century before they came back to their roots, and Anathema has been purely prog rock for more than 20 years now. Still, the first half of the 90s was crushing from those three bands.
In reference to Solitude by Candlemass, “...that might have come across as silly and dated.” Meanwhile, I’ve been introducing everyone I know to doom metal using this specific song. I don’t regret my decision.
The band that got me into doom, even though they’re not a doom band, is Alice In Chains. They were the first band I heard that emphasized the slow and heavy.
What got me into the the genre was Pallbearer and the album heartless. Fantastic album. Also, not really room but I love Crowbar. One of my top favorite bands of all time.
Crowbar, Down, Fu Manchu, Clutch, Nebula, Elder, Monster Magnet, Spiritual Beggars, Orange Goblin, YOB, Eyehategod; Black Cobra, Sheavy, Goatsnake, Pallbearer, Sun and Sail Club, Corrosion of Conformity, ASG..... it’s all good Baby!
Yeah Crowbar, candlemass, sleep, sunn O))) and Electric Wizard are my favorite Doom/Stoner/NOLA/sludge and drone Metal bands. Doom Metal is f**king great especially now with the controversy in Thrash Metal around David Ellefson. That whole controversy made me love Doom Metal more.
Personally, I think Eyehategod would've been a better mention for Sludge, the first three albums are what Morbid Angel and Darkthrone is to death metal and black metal respectively, The Unholy Trinity of Sludge Metal.
@Matt T. the new album is kinda hit or miss with me, feels kinda like Confederacy of Ruined Lives Pt. II, higher production values, underwhelming songwriting, it kinda lacks that crushing atmosphere and emotion that they were famous/infamous for. Or like in the self-titled album of 2014, lacks the sense of fun, energy and replay value.
Eyehategod is what you play when you want scare people off from sludge! Even if you get them to groove to the riffs, Mike Williams' vocals are fucking harrowing on the best of days, and borderline unlistenable on the worst! I'd have picked Down or Crowbar myself
The enthusiasm Blayne introduced Wormphlegm by saying "if were gonna get weird, LET'S GET WEIRD" was positively endearing. That's why I love his videos! The band that got me into doom was definitely Candlemass. Their first two records just blew my mind as budding metalhead. I was probably 19ish when I first heard them.
I knew they were going to be his pick from the moment he skipped past Mournful Congregation and Bell Witch. Immediately, I thought, "He's going to need to mention Wormphlegm," and then he started talking about short-lived bands and I was like, "OH SHIT IT'S HAPPENING." Their stuff is so *evil.*
@@ConvincingPeoplethey’re the only funeral doom band that crosses the line from being overwhelmingly depressing into being the most menacing, hateful, evil thing I’ve heard. It’s made to SCARE people and it sure as fuck did for me lmfaooo
I grew up where Sleep and Neurosis are from and was a gothy teenager at the time, so yeah, that's how I got into it. You couldn't walk for more than 5 minutes downtown without stumbling into a Neurosis show.
Definitely needed the addition of Death/Doom and Gothic Doom. Needed to mention Electric Wizard, Crowbar and of course Paradise Lost, Katatonia, My Dying Bride and Anathema too. I would’ve also added the band Funeral when talking about Funeral Doom. But of course this is just a short video so you can’t cover everything
@@Homm3dude88 Again, I feel my comments are not coming across the way they are meant. You’re exactly right and what you said is exactly what I meant. It’s hard to express things via text.
I consider Pentagram more a traditional heavy metal sound; they sounded like Black Sabbath but with a notable influence in sound from early psychedelic rock band Blue Cheer.
What got me into Doom was all the Doom/Stoner/Sludge Metal Channels that RU-vid was suggesting me years ago like 666MrDoom, MrStonebeliever and Stoned Meadow Of Doom
666MrDoom is an absolute hero of doom. I've spent so much money through Bandcamp thanks to that channel ahaha. If you haven't listened to it already, the "Satanic Smoke Ceremony" album by Stone Angels they uploaded last week is fantastic!
666MrDoom and MrStoneBeliever are awesome individuals and killer channels. I used to follow Stoned Meadow of Doom but after all the shit I found out about the owner Clint Beed I stopped following him. Even Truckfighters told him to stop using the cover art for their Gravity X album as his profile pic. Dude is a racist and misogynistic piece of shit.
@@satanicaleve Fascinating... I stopped following Stoned Meadow a couple of years ago after glancing at their recommended channels. Racist and misogynist about sums it up so that's unfortunately no surprise and sounds like some controversy I'll have to read into.
@@satanicaleve So I looked into Stoned Meadow Of Doom and there one video on RU-vid that dives into what you are saying that he a racist and so on I personally don't care if he a racist or whatever because to me it does not affect me directly and I am only there on his channel for the music he post on there so I can find out about new bands As a person no one should be a racist or misogynist because it not right at all and I don't stand for that shit also he should never get paid from RU-vid because of the kind of person he his which is my personal opinion but now if a band wants to give him money to post their music that on them but I would never do that knowing that he a racist and misogynistic
Windhand has been my go to for months now. I feel like he should've mentioned Electric Wizard. Not my favorite band, but it's almost always one of the first bands mentioned for Doom/Stoner. Also no mention of Drone. Hm.
Yeah, zero mention of Electric Wizard OR Drone metal. I'm a massive E. Wiz fan, and they were one of the most important Stoner Doom bands. Plus, Drone has some insane bands like The Angelic Process and Sunn O))).
Black Sabbath and Candlemass got me into doom. I would argue that Ghost are actually a modern take on traditional doom, and though their most recent album, Prequell, strayed away from the doom side a little, the modern classic "Secular Haze" is a brilliant way to introduce doom. You have helped me expand my interest to Death Doom with Hooded Menace, Solitude Eternus and Eternal Rot. But if there is one epic doom band that does not get enough love, it's Godthrym. Their 2020 release "Reflections" was one of my favourite of the year. Slow, crushing, and powerful! I need to listen to more Funeral Doom bands, but the band that got me interested was, of course, Ahab. Though currently I need to find more bands like Shades of Deep Water. If you want something that's slow, heavy and perfect for a funeral march, then "Death's Threshold" is the album for you!
That first Ghost album definitely counts, I think. Very much 70's, Sabbath-inspired, occult doom. The songs had a poppy edge, but they were slow, heavy, and atmospheric. Year Zero also counts, though it's more experimental. I think by Meliora though, they'd morphed beyond the boundaries of doom into just a great heavy metal band. (That's also the point it became obvious that each album was going to be a little different by exploring a different era of metal on each one. The first was early-70's Sabbath, the second was mid-70's meta, Meliora was the start of the 80's influence coming in, while Prequelle was like sticking all the 80's into one album. There's Motley Crue. There's Mercyful Fate. There's Trouble. There's freaking Foreigner on Miasma with its AOR synths and screaming sax solo, there's freaking Meat Loaf! That album is nuts and that's why I love it!)
The album that got me into Doom Metal was Beyond the Crimson Horizon by Solitude Aeturnus. It was about '92 and was a great time to get into the genre because I quickly picked up albums like Forest of Equilibrium by Cathedral which had come out a year earlier. For me bands like Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus, Saint Vitus, Cathedral, and Count Raven were my foundation in the genre. Cathedral and Solitude Aeturnus were my two favorites (at least during Cathedral's Forest of Equilibrium and Soul Sacrifice period). I basically followed the thank you notes in the sleeves of any band I was listening to (I knew about bands like Trouble and Witchfinder General from the sleeves but it was a bit of time before I found these bands albums anywhere).
Bongripper and bell witch got me into doom, I've never seen anyone talk about the former though, they have great albums like The Great Barrier Reefer and Miserable, my personal favorites
I've been listening to matal for the better part of 18 years. I only started listening to Doom and Grind this past year really lol. What got me obsessed was Yob.
I had to come back hours after watching this video to thank you for introducing me to Crypt Sermon! I haven't been this blown away by a band on first listen for years. Thank you so much! I'll check out other doom and epic doom after them, but wow, what a winner.
Fun story. I saw Neurosis opening for Gwar back in 1994. Epic concert with lots of songs from Enemy of the Sun. I first heard them through the wall of my neighbour at the time. Had to walk over the hall and ask him what he played. I am sure expected me too complain about the infernal racket… :D
Power Metal and Doom are my two favorite sub genres and to find out a band like Crypt Sermon exists *chef's kiss* Keep doing videos like this, it was awesome!
I'm surprised I haven't seen a lot of Pallbearer in the comments, honest to god Heartless was one of my fav records of last decade. Epic in scale and plenty of Black Sabbath love and just enough melancholy to fit nice and snug in the Doom genre
Aside from the Sabbath, Eyehategod's song Crimes Against Skin really pulled me in. I heard it when I was just beginning to explore music on my own and the riff never left my mind.
I remember picking up a copy of Dopesmoker after reading an album review in the back of a metal magazine. They had me at, "Slow, turgid and heavier than shifting tectonic plates."
Honestly no idea why they weren't mentioned, but Bongripper opened the way of doom for me. Heard Terminal for the first time while while looking for music while stoned af with my best bud, was like "yo ive heard the name before, lets try it", never looked back. Super dope band. Also really enjoy Bell Witch and their Mirror Reaper, that album is phenomenal, and Warning's Watching from a Distance hits the spot for me as well. Really depressive both of them, tho.
Got into "not mainstream" metal thanks to Sleep ! Indeed Doom is a great gateway. I would have put the Melvins real front and center of Sludge but Neurosis is also acceptable of course, they did everything! Also, is Opeth in Epic Doom ?? I'd say so. Damn I love the 2011 album. And Ghost? ... Seems real blurry to me. Next : slow it down even more and talk DRONE. Boris, SUNN and all ! Maybe an episode with a bunch of the really weird genres ...
My first experience with doom was Primitive Man’s album Caustic. It’s slow, distorted and coated in anguish. I was definitely intrigued but hadn’t looked much further than Primitive Man, I only wanted other bands that sounded just like them. Later on however I simultaneously fell in love with black metal and doom metal. I got into doom through Sarah’s band Smoulder which opened the gates for me in multiple directions, it got me into epic doom metal, traditional doom, heavy metal, it seriously is such an important album to me. Around the same time was when Atramentus released their brutishly slow and crushingly heavy album Stygian. This alongside The Funeral Orchestra’s Negative Evocation Rites (suggested by Blaine on Metal Monthly) really got me into doom metal and I highly recommend all of the bands/albums mentioned
Love the shout out to Crypt Sermon, such a good album. Bands like Swallow the Sun, Woods of Ypres, Draconian, Ghost Brigade, and Katatonia. An underrated gem is Beastmaker
I was waiting for Death Doom in this and it just never came. Which was stunning to me as that is my preferred kind of Doom Metal. Draconian, Paradise Lost, etc.
Such a delicious genre to get into. I sometimes wish I'd forget everything I know about doom/stoner metal just to have the bliss of getting into it all over again. Start from Down. Then, after the inevitable dissapointment with Phil Anselmo's antics, you can move on to Sasquatch, Orange Goblin, Kyuss and Blind Dog. Sleep is the obvious next step. If after this first voyage you find yourself more drawn to the 70s nostalgia & psychedelic side, you should then check out Graveyard, Witchcraft, Capricorn, Weird Owl, Red Fang, Nebula and 1000mods. If, however, you're a spooky scary skelleton type of person, then you're ready for Doom. Candlemass, Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Witchfinder General, Reverend Bizarre, Lucifer, Cathedral and of course the all mighty Black Sabbath. If you really love candlemass, and you want more of it, then check out Solitude Aeternus and the first record from Avatarium. Now if you find yourself craving something that's more agressive, but still has that groovy vibe of stoner/doom, I got you covered. High on Fire, Crowbar, Corrosion of Conformity, Eyehategod and Bongzilla. After all that, if you just want to get weird, then look no furhter than Neurosis, Om, Earth, Pelican, The Melvins and Isis.
Great video! You missed that standard Sludge in my opinion is Melvins, Eyehategod, Crowbar and Acid Bath. Neurosis are a divergence that turned into another subgenre. Same with Kylesa, Baroness and Mastodon.
I bet a lot of people found Doom thanks to Type O Negative. I also fell into early Anathema and then had the joy of watching them evolve and become almost not sad. While Neurosis was definitely there especially the album Through Silver in Blood, I gravitated more toward ISIS, with their more ethereal mood like on Oceanic. Boris was another band that caught my ear, for any Sabbath worshippers put on Heavy Friends, they should have no problem getting into it, but Boris also goes full drone and noise and hardcore, punk, even JPop. One of my favorites though is their album Flood which is more Post Rock, but it's one of the best full album encompassing experiences, it literally lulls you in to Doom. As a bonus feature for anyone looking for Doom that goes down smooth I'd recommend the album Liquid by 35007, it's 4 instrumental doom tracks, it's all about atmosphere and mood. If you want to dive deep into full on unrelenting doom, you gotta try Into Darkness by Winter. Far as getting your friends into it, catchy Doom might be just the ticket, making a playlist with Torche, Goblin Cock, you know songs like Easy Greasy by Goatsnake.
Really? Only the first Type O album really feels like Doom to me, and a lot of their fans like to forget that one exists. I actually got into Doom through My Dying Bride, then early Anathema.
Feels like there really are at least two main directions of sludge. To me examples of genre defining bands are Eyehategod, Melvins (Lysol, Bullhead, Gluey PT, Eggnog), Meth drinker, Fister, Grief, Noothgrush, some electric wizard and Primitive Man - even if they're are little extreme. Much more exemplary to me then Baroness, Kylesa and Neurosis.
My old roomate Lars and I used to play what we called the Shotgun game (rock-paper-scissors: win= 1 shotgun off the blunt; lose= 3 shotguns off the blunt) and then take a perfect hour long nap with Jerusalem turned up to 11. Simpler times ;)
For me it would have to be the Melvin's. The first time I heard them I thought man I've never heard anything like this. They are still one of my favorite bands. There are so many great bands mentioned here though. Doom is a genre where I'm constantly finding new cool stuff.
I've dabbled a lot in European mainland metal bands up until my late youth (~19 years) and we somehow don't have a lot of Doom over here. Power, Thrash and Folk Metal are much bigger over here. I think what got me into the Doom-realm in general were The Sword and Wolfmother. This was the point where something from outside Europe really clicked with me. Since then, Mastodon have become one of my favourite bands and I'm really into what I would call the "70s revival Doom", like Orchid or Witchcraft. I really dig Crypt Sermon, too, great recommendation!
The way I got into Doom was first listening to Into the Void by Black Sabbath and I went, “hey, this is freaking heavy, I want more of this!” So I then went to stoner doom and I found some of the heaviest bands in the world, with Blayne’s shirt presenting in my opinion the 2nd heaviest band on earth! Electric Wizard Dopethrone and Come My Fanatics also being favorites of mine.
Actually AIC Sludge Factory got me started. I loved the slow crunchy sound. I started searching more of it out and discovered Candlemass. From there I discovered Pallbearer. Finally I came across Acid Bath’s Dr Seuss is Dead and I’ve been phkd ever since! I was a total recluse with music for a couple decades. When I ventured into the underground, I was set free! Still love AIC but I mostly go to underground shows anymore.
This is probably one of the most succinct explanations of Doom, et. al that I've heard. Well done, sir. I am often trying to defend my love of Metal to others and I think Doom is a great gateway. It's analogous to listening to the surf break on some foggy Maine shore. Heavy, repetitive, dank. Love it. Melvins' "Stoner Witch" was a biggie for me, but I cannot get enough of Monolord's "No Comfort" and Messa's "Feast For Water". Beautiful stuff, man. - CB
Solitude Aeturnus is one of the greatest doom bands of all-time and criminally underrated. Everyone talks about Candlemass, but Solitude's output is just better. They left on possibly the highest note of their career with "Alone", arguably their best record. Wish they would put out some new music.
Been trying to understand and get into metal for a long time, I usually just find the odd band I like. This approach to explaining it is exactly what I was after. I haven’t looked, but I hope you’ve got more of this type of video ✌️
For me it was Black Sabbath and Cathedral. I went through a Black Sabbath/Cathedral phase in high school. As I've gotten older, I've come back to it and discovered Sleep and Pentagram. To get a stranger into it, I'd start with "Relentless" by Pentagram. Very accessible and if you don't like that, you probably won't like doom. Great video, btw!!
