Favourite Doom Metal Albums

[Pethical]

We all knew that this was coming.



Mourning Beloveth - A Murderous Circus
Stone Wings - Bird of Stone Wings
Mournful Congregation - The Monad of Creation
Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along the Highway
My Dying Bride - All

 

[narcoleptic haze]

I think i've only heard one, but I really like it.

Catacombs - In The Depths Of R'yleh



unless ofcourse, Hyatari counts...? What genre are they anyway?

 

[NFU]

candlemass - epicus doomicus metallicus
solitude aeturnus - beyond the crimson horizon
esoteric - metamorphogenesis
katatonia - dance of december souls
the gault - even as all before us

 

[hibernal_dream]

In no particular order

Umbra Nihil - Gnoia
YOB - The Unreal never lived
Aarni - Duupeikon Paluu
Saturnus - Paradise belongs to you
Skepticism - Farmakon
Neurosis - Times of grace
Isis - Oceanic
MDB - Light at the end of the world

 

[arzachel]

nightfall - candlemass
the skull - trouble
as the flower withers - my dying bride
quietus - evoken
stormcrowfleet - skepticism

 

[FUBAR]

Cult of Luna and ISIS doom? I think not...

MDB - The Dreadful Hours

Forest Stream - Tears of Mortal Solitude

Daylight Dies - Dismanteling Devotion

Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

Poema Arcvanus - Iconclast

 

[hibernal_dream]

What are they then? (without coming up with some silly name like crust-sludge-doom-core)

 

["Because"]

Hello there, these would be my favourite Doom Metal albums:
Forest Stream - Tears of Mortal Solitude
Mourning Beloveth - A Murderous Circus
Novembers Doom - The Knowing
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
Katatonia - Discouraged Ones

 

[Pethical]

Cult of Luna and ISIS doom? I think not...

They aren't really doom yet they are probably closest to doom than any other genre. Bands like Isis, Neurosis, Cult of Luna and to a lesser extent Oceansize have basically created a style of their own.

 

[Dän]

Not into Doom much, do Like Cathedral though, in particualr Forest of Equlibruim, The Eternal Mirror and, although not so doomy, Carnival Bizzare

 

[Hypnos]

Candlemass - Nightfall
Morgion - Solinari
Unholy - Rapture
Skepticism - Lead & Aether
Evoken - Quietus
Esoteric - Subconscious Dissolution Into The Continuum
Void Of Silence - Human Atithesis
Mourning Beloveth - The Sullen Sulcus
Solitude Aeternus - Through The Darkest Hour
Dolorian - When All The Laughter Has Gone
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
Saturnus - Paradise Belongs To You

 

[opeth8]

Both Daylight Dies albums.

Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down

 

[CAIRATH]

Last Fair Deal Gone Down is not a doom album.

I'm not even going to bother with an all time favourites list because I have checked out way too many doom bands in the past few months and I still need to let it all sink in and see which ones I ultimately find the best.

But some of my current favourites are:

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Dolorian - When All The Laughter Has Gone
Esoteric - Subconscious Dissolution Into The Continuum
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day/Sounds of Decay
Reverend Bizarre - Crush The Insects
Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet
Solitude Aeternus - Through The Darkest Hour
Thergothon - Streams from the Heavens
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
YOB - The Illusion of Motion

And Neurosis and Isis are sludge, not doom.

 

[Lokasenna]

Swallow the Sun - The Morning Never Came
Swallow the Sun - Ghosts of Loss
Saturnus - Veronika Decides to Die
My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours
My Dying Bride- Like Gods of the Sun
Candlemass - Candlemass
Isole - Forevermore
Katatonia - Dance of December Souls
Grave Flowers-Incarcerated Sorrows
Reverend Bizarre - II Crush The Insects
Pantheist - Amartia
Forest of Shadows - Departure
Daylight Dies - No Reply
Forest Stream - Tears Of Mortal Solitude
While Heaven Wept - Sorrow Of The Angels
Shape of Despair - Illusion's Play

 

[Pethical]

sludge? right...

 

[CAIRATH]

You could call them something else but you'd be wrong.

 

[Netheral]

Evoken - Antithesis of Light
Esoteric - Metamorphogenesis
My Dying Bride - Light at the End of the World
Void of Silence - Human Antithesis (my highest recommendations for this one, with vocals of Nemtheanga of Primordial)
Shining - Angst (well it's some kinda black/doom)

 

[Hubster]

There are many to choose from, but right now, Ive been hammering Sahg: "I"

 

[Seance]

I haven't familiarized myself much with Katatonia yet... I imagine their earlier albums sound much different than modern?

 

[CAIRATH]

Quite. Everything up to and including Brave Murder Day is doom metal. Some of which features Mikael on vocals actually (Brave Murder Day apart from track 3, and the Sounds of Decay EP).

From Discouraged Ones on they are more melancholic rock music (though still edging on metal on some albums). For old Katatonia I'd recommend checking out Brave Murder Day and for new Katatonia I'd recommend Last Fair Deal Gone Down.