The Batlord

Can't find any threads dedicated to one of the most bitchin' varieties of metal. To the stupid, death doom is doom metal with death metal influences (vocals, riffs, and general extremeness) or death metal with doom influences (slow pace, heaviness, need for a blunt). It all depends on which genre the band is originally coming from.

You've got sub-sub-genres as well, such as gothic doom, which more often than not contains a death metal influence, even though many bands end up dropping the DM after a few albums. Basically depressing doom with some influence that sounds gothy (such as symphonic elements, or actual goth rock). Notables include Katatonia, Paradise Lost, Saturnus, My Dying Bride, and Anathema.

You got funeral doom, which is like the death metal equivalent of drone metal. Really slow, really depressing, and really hard for the novice to appreciate since there is often zero dynamics. Just slow... slow... slow riffs. Notables include Thergothon, Skepticism, and Esoteric.

Then you just got regular ass death doom. Nothing fancy, just slow riffs and growling. Perhaps why the base genre is surprisingly underrepresented; as much as I love this **** it is kind of a limiting genre. On the more death metal side you've got Autopsy, Obituary, and Asphyx. On the doom tip you've got Winter, Acid Witch, and Coffins. Too in-between to be called either you've got diSEMBOWELMENT and Unholy.

Death doom is one of the sickest forms of metal out there. Often more abrasive than doom metal, and heavier than death metal, and the focus on atmosphere (different atmospheres for different sub-genres) makes death doom more engaging as well. Whether it's the stink of the grave from bands such as Obituary and Coffins, or the sorrow of My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost, or the nihilism of Esoteric and Skepticism, death doom is a metal genre that deals in feeling just as much as heaviness or brutality.

So you better be listening to this ****.

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