Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres. Both the music and the lyrics intend to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom.The genre is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath, who formed a prototype for doom metal with songs such as "Black Sabbath", "Electric Funeral" and "Into the Void".

During the first half of the 1980s, a number of bands from England (Pagan Altar, Witchfinder General), the United States (Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Trouble) and Sweden (Candlemass, Count Raven) defined doom metal as a distinct genre.

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• Policies

Policies aren't metal, but since a tiny percentage of you are intolerable, troll-ass scum fucks, we (the mods) reserve the right to ban any user and delete any comment or post at our discretion (which is pretty goddamn lenient). Doom on.

• FAQ

• Can I post something if it's not doom metal? Yes! We like proto-doom, sludge, stoner rock, heavy psych, and other "low an' slow" stuff from bands that aren't considered doom metal.

• How should I tag my post? Tag it how ever you want, but this is what we think works best. "Artist - Song Title [style, country, year]" (without the quotes)

• I can't see my post. What happened? It was probably caught by the spam filter. Click here to send us a message and we'll fish it out for you.

• Do you have link flairs? Yep! Here's the list.

• Doommetal Chronology

• Intro

• 70s

• 80s

• 90s

• 00s and 10s

• Useful Links

• All Time Top Submissions

• A Beginner's Guide to Doom Metal

• Required Listening

• r/doommetal Chronology (created by the community in 2013!)

• Doom Metal Chronology (created 2011 by mods)

• Relatives Of Doom: Final semi-chronology recap, and bonuses!

• Deathofthesuns Comment

• Cryptidjen_'s thread - female-fronted doom metal bands

• Collaborative Spotify playlist

• Google Play Music playlist

• Raddit playlist

• r/Doommetal top weekly posts Spotify playlist

• Doom Related Subs

• /r/atmosphericmetal

• /r/blacksabbath

• /r/deathdoom

• /r/doommetalspedup

• /r/doomshows

• /r/drone

• /r/epicdoommetal

• /r/funeraldoommetal

• /r/gothicmetal

• /r/metal

• /r/monsterfuzz

• /r/occultrock

• /r/psychedelicrock

• /r/sludge

• /r/stonermetal

• /r/stonerrock

• /r/yob

• Other Subreddits

• /r/ambient

• /r/blackmetal

• /r/catholicmetal

• /r/classicmetal

• /r/deathmetal

• /r/folkmetal

• /r/heavyvinyl

• /r/industrialmusic

• /r/LadiesofMetal

• /r/MelodicDeathMetal

• /r/melodicmetal

• /r/metal101

• /r/MetalNews

• /r/metaltrade

• /r/nwobhm

• /r/osdm

• /r/powermetal

• /r/progmetal

• /r/progrock

• /r/rock

• /r/spacerock

• /r/speedmetal

• /r/technicaldeathmetal

• /r/thrashmetal

• /r/truemetal

• The Green List

• About the Green List

• Acid King - Busse Woods

• Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

• Black Sabbath - All

• Bongripper - Reefer Sutherland, - Satan Worshipping Doom

• Electric Wizard - All

• Sleep - All

• Warning - Watching From A Distance

• Weedeater - Jason the Dragon

• Note - If something is marked "All," new releases, covers, and rare/previously unreleased tracks will not fall under the Green List.