Doomology 101: Doom Metal Appreciation

Alamar · October 16, 2015, 6:24am

Cianide

Country of origin: United States
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Formed: 1988
Years active: 1988-present
Genre: Death Metal, Death/Doom Metal

Their earlier stuff was a bit more doom influenced, while their later stuff trended closer to a more standard death metal sound.

The Dying Truth (Full-length) (1992)

A Descent into Hell (Full-length) (1994)

Death, Doom and Destruction (Full-length) (1997)

Divide and Conquer (Full-length) (2000)

Hell's Rebirth (Full-length) (2005)

Gods of Death (Full-length) (2011)

Alamar · October 16, 2015, 6:32am

Divine Eye

Country of origin: United States
Location: Plano, Texas
Formed: 1992
Years active: 1992 (as Catharsis), 1992-1995, 2008-present
Genre: Doom/Death Metal

As the Angels Weep (EP) (1993)

Vengeful and Obstinate (EP) (2010)

Missing 2 tracks from the EP

Alamar · October 16, 2015, 6:35am

Delirium

Country of origin: Netherlands
Location: Hoorn, North Holland
Formed: 1988
Years active: 1988-?
Genre: Death/Doom Metal

Zzooouhh (Full-length) (1990)

Alamar · October 16, 2015, 6:41am

Triptykon

Country of origin: Switzerland
Location: Zurich
Formed: 2008
Years active: 2008-present
Genre: Gothic/Doom/Death/Black Metal

Formed by Tom G Warrior from Celtic Frost fame.

Eparistera Daimones (Full-length) (2010)

Shatter (EP) (2010)

Melana Chasmata (Full-length) (2014)

Alamar · October 17, 2015, 5:21am

Doom Snake Cult

Country of origin: United States
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Formed: 1987
Years active: 1987-?
Genre: Doom/Death Metal

Love, Sorrow, Doom (Full-length) (1992)

Missing a few tracks :(

Alamar · October 17, 2015, 5:36am

Derkéta

These ladys kick ass . . .

Country of origin: United States
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Formed: 1988
Years active: 1988-1991, 1997, 1999-present
Genre: Death/Doom Metal

The Unholy Ground (Demo) (1990)

Premature Burial (EP) (1990)

In Death We Meet (Full-length) (2012)

Darkness Fades Life (Single) (2014)

Alamar · October 17, 2015, 6:01am

The undisputed kings of drone metal. Great for terrifying your neighbors and just in time for Halloween :D

Sunn O)))

Since everyone usually asks - their name is simply pronounced "sun" :D

Country of origin: United States
Location: Seattle, Washington (early); Los Angeles, California / Paris, France (now)
Formed: 1998
Years active: 1996-1998 (as Mars), 1998-present
Genre: Drone/Doom Metal

ØØ Void (Full-length) (2000)

Flight of the Behemoth (Full-length) (2002)

White1 (Full-length) (2003)

White2 (Full-length) (2004)

Black One (Full-length) (2005)

Oracle (Full-length) (2007)

Monoliths & Dimensions (Full-length) (2009)

They are also known for having about 1 meeeeellion live recordings.

Alamar · October 17, 2015, 6:17am

Slomatics

Country of origin: United Kingdom
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Formed: 2004
Years active: 2004-present
Genre: Sludge/Doom Metal

Flooding the Weir (Full-length) (2005)

Missing a track from this one.

They have an album from 2007 called Kalceanna as well, but I was only able to find one track from it :(

A Hocht (Full-length) (2012)

Missing 3 tracks from this album. These guys' stuff is proving illusive on youtube.

Estron (Full-length) (2014) - really dig their sound on this one.

Alamar · October 17, 2015, 6:23am

Slabdragger

Country of origin: United Kingdom
Location: London, England
Formed: 2008
Years active: 2008-present
Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal

Regress (Full-length) (2011)

Rise of the Dawncrusher (Full-length) (2016)

Alamar · October 17, 2015, 6:38am

Sludge/Doom from Japan . . . in Spanish (and sometimes German)!

Corrupted

These guys focus on ambient sounds a lot, so their stuff usually starts off pretty slow and gradually progresses into more standard drone/doom at times. Definitely not enough headbanging for me, but some folks might dig it.

Country of origin: Japan
Location: Osaka
Formed: 1994
Years active: 1994-present
Genre: Sludge/Doom Metal

Paso Inferior (Full-length) (1997)

Llenandose de gusanos (Full-length) (1999)

Se hace por los sueños asesinos (Full-length) (2004)

El mundo frío (Full-length) (2005)

^ live version because studio version was removed from YT :(

Garten der Unbewusstheit (Full-length) (2011)

喪失：Loss (EP) (2015)

Alamar · October 27, 2015, 6:34am

Moar dooooooom. Just in time for halloween :)

Motherplant

Country of origin: United States
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Formed: 2012
Years active: 2012-present
Genre: Psychedelic Doom Metal

Motherplant (Full-length) (2015)

Alamar · October 27, 2015, 6:37am

Witchhelm

Country of origin: United States
Location: Akron, Ohio
Formed: N/A
Years active: N/A
Genre: Stoner/Doom Metal

Conjuring (Full-length) (2015)

Invocations (Full-length) (2015)

Jötunn (EP) (2016)

Lifted (Single) (2016)

Alamar · October 27, 2015, 6:47am

Suma

Country of origin: Sweden
Location: Malmö
Formed: 2001
Years active: 2001-present
Genre: Stoner/Doom Metal

Suma (Full-length) (2003)

Let the Churches Burn (Full-length) (2006)

Ashes (Full-length) (2010)

Alamar · October 27, 2015, 6:59am

Tombstones

Country of origin: Norway
Location: Oslo
Formed: 2006
Years active: 2006-present
Genre: Stoner/Doom Metal

Had some trouble finding their earlier albums, but here's what I was able to dig up.

Year of the Burial (Full-length) (2012)

Red Skies and Dead Eyes (Full-length) (2013)

Vargariis (Full-length) (2015)

Alamar · October 27, 2015, 7:07am

Mammoth Storm

Country of origin: Sweden
Location: Säffle
Formed: 2012
Years active: 2012-present
Genre: Stoner/Doom Metal

Rite of Ascension (EP) (2014)

Fornjot (Full-length) (2015)

Alamar · October 29, 2015, 9:44pm

Brothers of the Sonic Cloth

Country of origin: United States
Location: Seattle, Washington
Formed: 2007
Years active: 2007-present
Genre: Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal

Brothers of the Sonic Cloth (Full-length) (2015)

Alamar · October 29, 2015, 9:53pm

Buffalo Witch

Country of origin: United States
Location: Michigan
Formed: 2010
Years active: 2010-present
Genre: Stoner/Doom/Sludge Metal

Buffalo Witch (Full-length) (2011)

Buffalo Witch Vol. 2 (Full-length) (2012)

Alamar · October 29, 2015, 10:25pm

Ceremonium

Country of origin: United States
Location: New York City, New York
Formed: 1992
Years active: 1992-2003
Genre: Death/Doom Metal

Nightfall in Heaven (EP) (1993)

Into the Autumn Shade (Full-length) (1995)

No Longer Silent (Full-length) (2000)

Alamar · October 29, 2015, 10:37pm

Mmmmm. Tasty Doom/Death.

Dusk

Country of origin: United States
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Formed: 1993
Years active: 1993-1998
Genre: Doom/Death Metal

Dusk (EP) (1994)

...Majestic Thou in Ruin (Full-length) (1995)

Alamar · October 30, 2015, 7:51am

Indesinence

Country of origin: United Kingdom
Location: London, England
Formed: 2001
Years active: 2001-present
Genre: Doom/Death Metal

Noctambulism (Full-length) (2006)

Neptunian (EP) (2006)

Missing a track from this EP.

Vessels of Light and Decay (Full-length) (2012)

Missing 4 tracks from this one :(

III (Full-length) (2015)