Doom Metal · GenresWhat is doom metal?
Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that emerged during the former half of the 1980s. Generally, doom metal features very slow tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "denser" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres.
About doom metal
Both the music and the lyrics intend to evoke a sense of dread or impending doom, and often an atmosphere of despair. Musically, doom metal is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath.
From Last.fm, where 42,022 listeners have tagged music as doom metal.
Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Nightfall
Watching From A Distance
Relentless
Hiss Spun
The Great Cold Distance
Brave Murder Day
MonotheistDoom Metal songs
- Solitude by Candlemass
- Funeralopolis by Electric Wizard
- I Don't Wanna Be Me by Type O Negative
- Demons Gate by Candlemass
- Anesthesia by Type O Negative
- Footprints by Warning
- At the Gallows End by Candlemass
- Bleed Me an Ocean by Acid Bath
- Bewitched by Candlemass
- Pyretta Blaze by Type O Negative
Doom Metal on Risocast
When the Kite String PopsAcid Bath · 1994
Vol. 4 (2021 Remaster)Black Sabbath · 1972
What Kind of Blue Are You?Winter · 2022
Adult RomantixWinter · 2025
Elephant TreeElephant Tree · 2016
HyperdontiaCreepP, Ghost and Pals · 2016
Call Me Nihilistsally · 2023
TheiaElephant Tree · 2014
i love u so muchshambles · 2025
LuaWinter
Neighbouring genres
In the metal & heavy family. All genres
death metalblack metalalternative metaldeathcoredeath-doombrutal death metalblackened death metalcrossover thrashatmospheric black metalhardcore punkmetalavant-garde metalQuestions
- What is doom metal?
- Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that emerged during the former half of the 1980s. Generally, doom metal features very slow tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "denser" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres. Both the music and the lyrics intend to evoke a sense of dread or impending doom, and often an atmosphere of despair.
- Who are the best-known doom metal artists?
- By Last.fm listening: Type O Negative, Electric Wizard, Candlemass, Katatonia, Winter and Acid Bath.
- What genres are similar to doom metal?
- On Risocast it sits with death metal, black metal, alternative metal, deathcore, death-doom and brutal death metal.
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Updated 6 October 2026
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