How many of you consider Opeth a doom metal band?

[batmura]

Even many people who think they're prog death also consider part of their music doom metal. I never see it that way. Slow riffs don't mean doom after all.

Any ideas?

 

[Sadguru]

There's definitely a doomish influence in some of their tunes (i.e. Dirge For November, A Fair Judgement etc.) and it's especially true with the Grand Conjuration song. However, Opeth isn't doomy enough to be labeled as a doom metal band IMO.

 

[Profanity]

Yes, I think they are.

The bleak atmosphere created on Blackwater Park is very much Doom.

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

opeth = [NOTNO]Doom

 

[NeverIsForever]

agreed.

 

[NFU]

occasional doomish parts and doomy riffs do not make them a doom band.

and especially not from bwp profanity.

 

[Maggot9]

Opeth is death metal with doom influences

 

[shark22]

They have a very dark sound, so yeah I say they are doom.

 

[nizzon]

Way, way too fast to be called Doom. Bands like Novembers Doom, Saturnus,Anathema (old), Draconian or Rapture arent even called Doom in the doom-community, but Death/Doom or Goth/Doom.

Doom-metal is slooooooow. So, no! Dark-metal would be a better name.

 

[err]

i thought they were fuckin heavy metal, and that's about it

 

[Sadguru]

i thought they were fuckin heavy metal, and that's about it

I hate that term.

 

[Melinda's Lover]

Extreme Progressive Metal.

 

[IAmTheAntichrist]

Didn't before, but if the new album sounds consistently like the Grand Conjuring I'd say YES - they are for this album. The keyboards could get a little annoying if they over-do it. I doubt they will, but nothing would surprise me at this stage.

 

[Pseud0]

[QUOTE="melinda's lover]Extreme Progressive Metal.[/QUOTE]

yeap

 

[NFU]

Doom-metal is slooooooow. So, no! Dark-metal would be a better name.

not all doom is slow. get your facts straight.


go listen to candlemass, solitude aeturnus, saint vitus, and trouble...and then tell me all doom is "slooooooow".

:Smug:

 

[Melinda's Lover]

Does everybodu absolutely love Solitude Aeturnus? I don't like 'em, although I'm a huge Doom fan.

 

[nizzon]

not all doom is slow. get your facts straight.


go listen to candlemass, solitude aeturnus, saint vitus, and trouble...and then tell me all doom is "slooooooow".

:Smug:

You are right, but those are traditional oldschool doom-bands with lots of rock&roll influense, and even if they play faster songs they also have more slower songs. I guess this can be debatted forever since the doom-genre is pretty wide and has many sub-genres, though most of them are pretty slow. (death/doom, funeral, drone etc)

And I didnt say "all doom is slow". I meant in genral.

 

[Sadguru]

Qth, your avatar is fucking great!

 

[BRI]

Extreme Progressive Metal w/ Death growls.

 

[Shadows Skulk]

this isn't gonna turn into another 'ridiculously overprecise genre' thread is it

Opeth is progressive death metal, period.