# Need some doom metal recommendations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-doom-metal-recommendations/223692 "2004-01-09T18:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-doom-metal-recommendations/223692/1 "2004-01-09T18:52:29Z")
I consider myself a pretty decent metalhead, and I find that my tastes run along the lines of the other metalheads here, but for some reason I’ve never really gotten into doom metal. Just for shits and giggles, I’d like to do a little digging. Who are the major artists, and what albums should I look for? ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-doom-metal-recommendations/223692/2 "2004-01-10T06:51:47Z")
**Cathedral**? I have _The Etheral Mirror_ and I think it’s a decent offering. This band was founded by Lee Dorian formerly of **Napalm Death**. I think **Candelmass** are considered a doom powerhouse but I never got into their stuff. **The Gathering** and **Rain Fell Within** both feature female vocals and I like both bands for what they’re worth. Not my faves but worth my time. Anything by **Katatonia** is excellent. I find myself listening to _Tonights Decision_ the most, more clean vocals on this release. Honestly, this is my favorite band of the genre. Not pick-me-up music by any means. I can also recommend you avoid **Theatre of Tragedy** , I unwisely spent some hard earned $$$ on _Musique_ and could barely make it through two listens. Might find some useful information at [doom-metal.com](http://www.doom-metal.com/). Hails. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-doom-metal-recommendations/223692/3 "2004-01-10T07:15:07Z")
I’ll definitely second **Katatonia**. I’ve no idea if they’re considered in-genre or not, but **Anathema** is roughly on the same wrist-slitting wavelength. Softer sound, though–vaguely less metal, more rock-ish. Even more genre-bending–their sound wanders from doom to death to acoustic to funk to folk, frequently within the same track–but very, very good is pretty much everything by a band by name of **Opeth**. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-doom-metal-recommendations/223692/4 "2004-01-10T18:49:39Z")
Thanks for the info, guys. I checked out that site and it looks like a pretty good resource. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-doom-metal-recommendations/223692/5 "2004-01-10T19:31:16Z")
Another band to check out is **Shape of Despair**. It’s got the guy who does the clean vocals for **Amorphis** doing some pretty evil sounding stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Cyrokk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Cyrokk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrokk)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-doom-metal-recommendations/223692/6 "2004-01-10T19:41:40Z")
Also check out _Further_ from **Solace**. Cy ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-doom-metal-recommendations/223692/7 "2004-01-10T21:34:28Z")
I recommend a BFG 9000 and a suit of megaarmor. Both made of metal, and both quite effective. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-doom-metal-recommendations/223692/8 "2004-01-11T01:44:00Z")
And along the lines of **tracer’s** tip, I’ll point out that [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) has **Doom Music** for sale. If you want some BFG-gunnin’ horror while driving down the freeway, that’s the CD for ya. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Headcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@Headcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headcoat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-doom-metal-recommendations/223692/9 "2004-01-11T04:02:01Z")
All the metal/grindcore folks seem to be in love with Converge. ---
**Author:** ![Snake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Snake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2004, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-doom-metal-recommendations/223692/10 "2004-01-11T08:40:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lockfist \* > \*\ ***The Gathering** and **Rain Fell Within** both feature female vocals and I like both bands for what they’re worth. Not my faves but worth my time. > > I can also recommend you avoid **Theatre of Tragedy** , I unwisely spent some hard earned $$$ on _Musique_ and could barely make it through two listens. Yeah man, Rain Fell Within is quite good. Also try Without Face. You’re also right about TOT’s Musique, its a complete piece of shit and sounds nothing like their previous works. Check out TOT’s Velvet Darkness They Fear. Now THAT is a good cd.