Drone Doom

[Manbient]

I couldn't find a thread specifically on this, so i thought i'd make one. Who likes this style? What are some of your favorite bands?

Obviously Sunn O))) is the big name associated with the style right now, but there's a whole shitload of other bands doing something similar that are really quite good. My absolute favorite right now is probably Nadja, but they are more melodic than most and don't entirely fit in. Another one i've been really into lately is Campbell Kneale's drone doom project Black Boned Angel. The second track on Supereclipse is possibly the best drone doom song i've heard. Hjarnidaudi's album is pretty solid as well. I'm not so interested in sludge, which is often mentioned in the same breath as some of these bands... it's too "rock" for me or something, i dunno.

 

[ohiogrinder]

Boris is probably my favorite...can't really get into Sunn 0)))

 

[Scourge of Malice]

Earth

 

[DoomLordDTR]

drone overlaps with alot of atmospheric and funeral doom 2
moonn d))))
skepticism
buried at sea

 

[ohiogrinder]

drone overlaps with alot of atmospheric and funeral doom 2
moonn d))))
skepticism
buried at sea

Skepticism is the shit

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Boris were only drone doom on one CD: ABSOLUTEGO (which is pretty "meh" after all that)...Amp Worship is like half-drone that goes to sludge, stoner doom type stuff, etc...

Listen to:
Black Boned Angel
Hjarnidaudi/Hlidolf
Godgrind
Growing (more ambient than metal, but still)
Moonn
Nadja
Cicadashrine
etc,

 

[Manbient]

Growing is pretty good. I just bought their latest, His Return, but i haven't heard it yet. Apparently it's a departure for them... cool band though. Kinda funny they are signed to Kranky.

 

[Mort Divine]

Ginnungagap are pretty good drone, but as a whole I prefer Earth to most all drone.

 

[Thasis]

I'm not realy familiar with Drone Doom. What is the general sound like? And please don't flame me for my lack of knowledge, I never realy got into it. I'm actualy intressted in what it sounds like to see if I want to get into it.

 

[Mort Divine]

The general sound is:

BWOOOOAAMMMMM!

 

[Thasis]

Sounds cool (not even joking). But more seriously. What type of vocals can they be comapred to. I'm guessing low and dragging out the words. But I just got that from the whole Drone thing.

 

[Mort Divine]

It differs, Kurt Cobain has done vocals on an Earth song. Sunn have had a bunch of black metal vocalists on their Black1 album.

It really differs from band to band, of what I have heard, but the thing is typically you will not find anything like power metal vocals and the like.

Alot of the time, you can expect pure instrumentals.

 

[Manbient]

yeah, a ton of it is purely instrumental. The general concept i guess is huge walls of sound, particularly bass-heavy as well. In a lot of ways it's characteristically closer to ambient music than metal.

 

[MetalHeadMarc]

Oh no, not you guys too. I volunteer/dj at my college radio station and they love the shit. I can't stand it. It's absolutely mindless. There is no melody and its just continual and annoying. I'd rather plug my guitar in and turn up the gain and just throw my guitar on the ground and let the noise ring out. Now just extend this for 7-15 min and you have drone doom, or as the rest of the world knows it, total shit.

 

[ohiogrinder]

Oh no, not you guys too. I volunteer/dj at my college radio station and they love the shit. I can't stand it. It's absolutely mindless. There is no melody and its just continual and annoying. I'd rather plug my guitar in and turn up the gain and just throw my guitar on the ground and let the noise ring out. Now just extend this for 7-15 min and you have drone doom, or as the rest of the world knows it, total shit.

listen to Khanate and you will change your mind.

 

[Life Sucks]

Yes, sludge is too rock-ish and bluesy for me, too. But as for drone doom, I could never get into it, either, but for different reasons. Bands like Sun O))) are so slow that I can't even make out the riffs. Thergothon is the slowest band I will listen to.

 

[Death Aflame]

Drone has been a tough genre for me to crack I admit (been trying on and off for about a year). I keep trying with Sunn O)))'s Flight of the Behemoth and the Grimmrobe demos but I am having a tough time. I think I am improving slightly though as some of the riffs and ambience is beginning to come more apparent with me.

Could anyone give some me some more accessable drone (if there is such a thing)?

 

[ohiogrinder]

Yes, sludge is too rock-ish and bluesy for me, too. But as for drone doom, I could never get into it, either, but for different reasons. Bands like Sun O))) are so slow that I can't even make out the riffs. Thergothon is the slowest band I will listen to.

Grief aren't very bluesy...they're very minimalist...besides they formed from the ashes of crust-punk legends Disrupt.

 

[MasterOLightning]

The only drone I've heard is Sunn O)))'s The Grimmrobe Demos, which didn't inspire me enough to check out other drone.

Is there a difference between drone and drone doom?

 

[Lyle]

Boris is probably my favorite...can't really get into Sunn 0)))

boris are fantastic but they only played drone really on the album absolutego which is also their worst!!!