Tough decision but Imma have to go for the first thing that comes to mind and say Candlemass' Nightfall. And I'm gonna throw in Trouble's debut just cover all my bases.
From 70's to present time if I'd spontaneously choose only one album per decade: 1970 - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 1984 - Trouble - Trouble (Psalm 9) 1991 - Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium 2000 - Eternal Elysium - Spiritualized D 2017 - The Obsessed - Sacred 2020 - Kirk Windstein - Dream in Motion
I think a stoner/doom album that gets people into Metal in general is Electric Wizard- Dopethrone, I know a lot of indie rockers who don’t even listen to metal but fuckin love that album
It kinda verges on sludge, is the thing. It's weirdly intense for a stoner record. Sort of like how most people call Acid Bath a sludge band but their second record straight up sounds like Sleep.
In reference to Solitude by Candlemass, “...that might have come across as silly and dated.” Meanwhile, I’ve been introducing everyone I know to doom metal using this specific song. I don’t regret my decision.
How Blayne did an entire primer on doom without even obliquely mentioning the unholy trinity/Peaceville three is a mystery. Maybe it's the challenge of trying to do a "Doom for Dummies" while still maintaining the hipster street cred. Things did get... dance-y for PL and MDB around the turn of the century before they came back to their roots, and Anathema has been purely prog rock for more than 20 years now. Still, the first half of the 90s was crushing from those three bands.
The band that got me into doom, even though they’re not a doom band, is Alice In Chains. They were the first band I heard that emphasized the slow and heavy.
What got me into the the genre was Pallbearer and the album heartless. Fantastic album. Also, not really room but I love Crowbar. One of my top favorite bands of all time.
Crowbar, Down, Fu Manchu, Clutch, Nebula, Elder, Monster Magnet, Spiritual Beggars, Orange Goblin, YOB, Eyehategod; Black Cobra, Sheavy, Goatsnake, Pallbearer, Sun and Sail Club, Corrosion of Conformity, ASG..... it’s all good Baby!
Yeah Crowbar, candlemass, sleep, sunn O))) and Electric Wizard are my favorite Doom/Stoner/NOLA/sludge and drone Metal bands. Doom Metal is f**king great especially now with the controversy in Thrash Metal around David Ellefson. That whole controversy made me love Doom Metal more.
The enthusiasm Blayne introduced Wormphlegm by saying "if were gonna get weird, LET'S GET WEIRD" was positively endearing. That's why I love his videos! The band that got me into doom was definitely Candlemass. Their first two records just blew my mind as budding metalhead. I was probably 19ish when I first heard them.
I knew they were going to be his pick from the moment he skipped past Mournful Congregation and Bell Witch. Immediately, I thought, "He's going to need to mention Wormphlegm," and then he started talking about short-lived bands and I was like, "OH SHIT IT'S HAPPENING." Their stuff is so *evil.*
@@ConvincingPeoplethey’re the only funeral doom band that crosses the line from being overwhelmingly depressing into being the most menacing, hateful, evil thing I’ve heard. It’s made to SCARE people and it sure as fuck did for me lmfaooo
Personally, I think Eyehategod would've been a better mention for Sludge, the first three albums are what Morbid Angel and Darkthrone is to death metal and black metal respectively, The Unholy Trinity of Sludge Metal.
@Matt T. the new album is kinda hit or miss with me, feels kinda like Confederacy of Ruined Lives Pt. II, higher production values, underwhelming songwriting, it kinda lacks that crushing atmosphere and emotion that they were famous/infamous for. Or like in the self-titled album of 2014, lacks the sense of fun, energy and replay value.
Eyehategod is what you play when you want scare people off from sludge! Even if you get them to groove to the riffs, Mike Williams' vocals are fucking harrowing on the best of days, and borderline unlistenable on the worst! I'd have picked Down or Crowbar myself
I grew up where Sleep and Neurosis are from and was a gothy teenager at the time, so yeah, that's how I got into it. You couldn't walk for more than 5 minutes downtown without stumbling into a Neurosis show.
Definitely needed the addition of Death/Doom and Gothic Doom. Needed to mention Electric Wizard, Crowbar and of course Paradise Lost, Katatonia, My Dying Bride and Anathema too. I would’ve also added the band Funeral when talking about Funeral Doom. But of course this is just a short video so you can’t cover everything
@@Homm3dude88 Again, I feel my comments are not coming across the way they are meant. You’re exactly right and what you said is exactly what I meant. It’s hard to express things via text.
Black Sabbath and Candlemass got me into doom. I would argue that Ghost are actually a modern take on traditional doom, and though their most recent album, Prequell, strayed away from the doom side a little, the modern classic "Secular Haze" is a brilliant way to introduce doom. You have helped me expand my interest to Death Doom with Hooded Menace, Solitude Eternus and Eternal Rot. But if there is one epic doom band that does not get enough love, it's Godthrym. Their 2020 release "Reflections" was one of my favourite of the year. Slow, crushing, and powerful! I need to listen to more Funeral Doom bands, but the band that got me interested was, of course, Ahab. Though currently I need to find more bands like Shades of Deep Water. If you want something that's slow, heavy and perfect for a funeral march, then "Death's Threshold" is the album for you!
That first Ghost album definitely counts, I think. Very much 70's, Sabbath-inspired, occult doom. The songs had a poppy edge, but they were slow, heavy, and atmospheric. Year Zero also counts, though it's more experimental. I think by Meliora though, they'd morphed beyond the boundaries of doom into just a great heavy metal band. (That's also the point it became obvious that each album was going to be a little different by exploring a different era of metal on each one. The first was early-70's Sabbath, the second was mid-70's meta, Meliora was the start of the 80's influence coming in, while Prequelle was like sticking all the 80's into one album. There's Motley Crue. There's Mercyful Fate. There's Trouble. There's freaking Foreigner on Miasma with its AOR synths and screaming sax solo, there's freaking Meat Loaf! That album is nuts and that's why I love it!)
Windhand has been my go to for months now. I feel like he should've mentioned Electric Wizard. Not my favorite band, but it's almost always one of the first bands mentioned for Doom/Stoner. Also no mention of Drone. Hm.
Yeah, zero mention of Electric Wizard OR Drone metal. I'm a massive E. Wiz fan, and they were one of the most important Stoner Doom bands. Plus, Drone has some insane bands like The Angelic Process and Sunn O))).
What got me into Doom was all the Doom/Stoner/Sludge Metal Channels that RUclips was suggesting me years ago like 666MrDoom, MrStonebeliever and Stoned Meadow Of Doom
666MrDoom is an absolute hero of doom. I've spent so much money through Bandcamp thanks to that channel ahaha. If you haven't listened to it already, the "Satanic Smoke Ceremony" album by Stone Angels they uploaded last week is fantastic!
666MrDoom and MrStoneBeliever are awesome individuals and killer channels. I used to follow Stoned Meadow of Doom but after all the shit I found out about the owner Clint Beed I stopped following him. Even Truckfighters told him to stop using the cover art for their Gravity X album as his profile pic. Dude is a racist and misogynistic piece of shit.
@@satanicaleve Fascinating... I stopped following Stoned Meadow a couple of years ago after glancing at their recommended channels. Racist and misogynist about sums it up so that's unfortunately no surprise and sounds like some controversy I'll have to read into.
@@satanicaleve So I looked into Stoned Meadow Of Doom and there one video on RUclips that dives into what you are saying that he a racist and so on I personally don't care if he a racist or whatever because to me it does not affect me directly and I am only there on his channel for the music he post on there so I can find out about new bands As a person no one should be a racist or misogynist because it not right at all and I don't stand for that shit also he should never get paid from RUclips because of the kind of person he his which is my personal opinion but now if a band wants to give him money to post their music that on them but I would never do that knowing that he a racist and misogynistic
Power Metal and Doom are my two favorite sub genres and to find out a band like Crypt Sermon exists *chef's kiss* Keep doing videos like this, it was awesome!
I've been listening to matal for the better part of 18 years. I only started listening to Doom and Grind this past year really lol. What got me obsessed was Yob.
I consider Pentagram more a traditional heavy metal sound; they sounded like Black Sabbath but with a notable influence in sound from early psychedelic rock band Blue Cheer.
I had to come back hours after watching this video to thank you for introducing me to Crypt Sermon! I haven't been this blown away by a band on first listen for years. Thank you so much! I'll check out other doom and epic doom after them, but wow, what a winner.
I'm surprised I haven't seen a lot of Pallbearer in the comments, honest to god Heartless was one of my fav records of last decade. Epic in scale and plenty of Black Sabbath love and just enough melancholy to fit nice and snug in the Doom genre
The album that got me into Doom Metal was Beyond the Crimson Horizon by Solitude Aeturnus. It was about '92 and was a great time to get into the genre because I quickly picked up albums like Forest of Equilibrium by Cathedral which had come out a year earlier. For me bands like Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus, Saint Vitus, Cathedral, and Count Raven were my foundation in the genre. Cathedral and Solitude Aeturnus were my two favorites (at least during Cathedral's Forest of Equilibrium and Soul Sacrifice period). I basically followed the thank you notes in the sleeves of any band I was listening to (I knew about bands like Trouble and Witchfinder General from the sleeves but it was a bit of time before I found these bands albums anywhere).
Got into "not mainstream" metal thanks to Sleep ! Indeed Doom is a great gateway. I would have put the Melvins real front and center of Sludge but Neurosis is also acceptable of course, they did everything! Also, is Opeth in Epic Doom ?? I'd say so. Damn I love the 2011 album. And Ghost? ... Seems real blurry to me. Next : slow it down even more and talk DRONE. Boris, SUNN and all ! Maybe an episode with a bunch of the really weird genres ...
Honestly no idea why they weren't mentioned, but Bongripper opened the way of doom for me. Heard Terminal for the first time while while looking for music while stoned af with my best bud, was like "yo ive heard the name before, lets try it", never looked back. Super dope band. Also really enjoy Bell Witch and their Mirror Reaper, that album is phenomenal, and Warning's Watching from a Distance hits the spot for me as well. Really depressive both of them, tho.
My first experience with doom was Primitive Man’s album Caustic. It’s slow, distorted and coated in anguish. I was definitely intrigued but hadn’t looked much further than Primitive Man, I only wanted other bands that sounded just like them. Later on however I simultaneously fell in love with black metal and doom metal. I got into doom through Sarah’s band Smoulder which opened the gates for me in multiple directions, it got me into epic doom metal, traditional doom, heavy metal, it seriously is such an important album to me. Around the same time was when Atramentus released their brutishly slow and crushingly heavy album Stygian. This alongside The Funeral Orchestra’s Negative Evocation Rites (suggested by Blaine on Metal Monthly) really got me into doom metal and I highly recommend all of the bands/albums mentioned
Aside from the Sabbath, Eyehategod's song Crimes Against Skin really pulled me in. I heard it when I was just beginning to explore music on my own and the riff never left my mind.
Fun story. I saw Neurosis opening for Gwar back in 1994. Epic concert with lots of songs from Enemy of the Sun. I first heard them through the wall of my neighbour at the time. Had to walk over the hall and ask him what he played. I am sure expected me too complain about the infernal racket… :D
I remember picking up a copy of Dopesmoker after reading an album review in the back of a metal magazine. They had me at, "Slow, turgid and heavier than shifting tectonic plates."
The way I got into Doom was first listening to Into the Void by Black Sabbath and I went, “hey, this is freaking heavy, I want more of this!” So I then went to stoner doom and I found some of the heaviest bands in the world, with Blayne’s shirt presenting in my opinion the 2nd heaviest band on earth! Electric Wizard Dopethrone and Come My Fanatics also being favorites of mine.
Bongripper and bell witch got me into doom, I've never seen anyone talk about the former though, they have great albums like The Great Barrier Reefer and Miserable, my personal favorites
Love the shout out to Crypt Sermon, such a good album. Bands like Swallow the Sun, Woods of Ypres, Draconian, Ghost Brigade, and Katatonia. An underrated gem is Beastmaker
Such a delicious genre to get into. I sometimes wish I'd forget everything I know about doom/stoner metal just to have the bliss of getting into it all over again. Start from Down. Then, after the inevitable dissapointment with Phil Anselmo's antics, you can move on to Sasquatch, Orange Goblin, Kyuss and Blind Dog. Sleep is the obvious next step. If after this first voyage you find yourself more drawn to the 70s nostalgia & psychedelic side, you should then check out Graveyard, Witchcraft, Capricorn, Weird Owl, Red Fang, Nebula and 1000mods. If, however, you're a spooky scary skelleton type of person, then you're ready for Doom. Candlemass, Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Witchfinder General, Reverend Bizarre, Lucifer, Cathedral and of course the all mighty Black Sabbath. If you really love candlemass, and you want more of it, then check out Solitude Aeternus and the first record from Avatarium. Now if you find yourself craving something that's more agressive, but still has that groovy vibe of stoner/doom, I got you covered. High on Fire, Crowbar, Corrosion of Conformity, Eyehategod and Bongzilla. After all that, if you just want to get weird, then look no furhter than Neurosis, Om, Earth, Pelican, The Melvins and Isis.
Feels like there really are at least two main directions of sludge. To me examples of genre defining bands are Eyehategod, Melvins (Lysol, Bullhead, Gluey PT, Eggnog), Meth drinker, Fister, Grief, Noothgrush, some electric wizard and Primitive Man - even if they're are little extreme. Much more exemplary to me then Baroness, Kylesa and Neurosis.
Great video! You missed that standard Sludge in my opinion is Melvins, Eyehategod, Crowbar and Acid Bath. Neurosis are a divergence that turned into another subgenre. Same with Kylesa, Baroness and Mastodon.
This is probably one of the most succinct explanations of Doom, et. al that I've heard. Well done, sir. I am often trying to defend my love of Metal to others and I think Doom is a great gateway. It's analogous to listening to the surf break on some foggy Maine shore. Heavy, repetitive, dank. Love it. Melvins' "Stoner Witch" was a biggie for me, but I cannot get enough of Monolord's "No Comfort" and Messa's "Feast For Water". Beautiful stuff, man. - CB
For me it would have to be the Melvin's. The first time I heard them I thought man I've never heard anything like this. They are still one of my favorite bands. There are so many great bands mentioned here though. Doom is a genre where I'm constantly finding new cool stuff.
Got really into it when Pallbearer dropped their debut, went down the rabbit hole after that, hitting the classics and modern hits, but Bell Witch will eternally be the best example of how doom has evolved as a genre. Mirror Reaper may be the best doom metal album ever written. It’s dark, it’s soothing, it’s anthemic, it’s slow, it’s both terrifying as fuck and beautiful. Never has an album moved me to tears that hard. Cried at things like posthumous records and dedications to others in the form of albums from many a genre/subgenre, but none has made me wail in the way that album did.
Actually AIC Sludge Factory got me started. I loved the slow crunchy sound. I started searching more of it out and discovered Candlemass. From there I discovered Pallbearer. Finally I came across Acid Bath’s Dr Seuss is Dead and I’ve been phkd ever since! I was a total recluse with music for a couple decades. When I ventured into the underground, I was set free! Still love AIC but I mostly go to underground shows anymore.
Finally, a Doom video! Great job. I highly recommend Black Capricorn and the first two Black Pyramid albums for some good stoner doom, and Wandering Midget for some EPIC DOOM.
Excellent video as always Blane. I was hoping for a mention of my favorite Doom subgenre; Drone Metal. A healthy dose of Sunn O))) is good for the soul.
Death-doom metal: Paradise Lost: Lost Paradise/Gothic My Dying Bride: As The Flowers Withers Anathema: Serenades Funeral Doom: Evoken: Hypnagogia Shape of Despair: Angel of Distress Skepticism: Stormcrowfleet Thergothon: Streams Of the Heaven Black doom metal: Bethlehem: Dictius Te Necare Nortt: Gudsforladt (this is a sort of Dsbm and Funeral doom) Here there some albums about my favourite doom metal bands (with album suggests) ever 🤘🤘🤘 All started with Black Sabbath rimember☠🤘🤘
Been trying to understand and get into metal for a long time, I usually just find the odd band I like. This approach to explaining it is exactly what I was after. I haven’t looked, but I hope you’ve got more of this type of video ✌️
For me it was Black Sabbath and Cathedral. I went through a Black Sabbath/Cathedral phase in high school. As I've gotten older, I've come back to it and discovered Sleep and Pentagram. To get a stranger into it, I'd start with "Relentless" by Pentagram. Very accessible and if you don't like that, you probably won't like doom. Great video, btw!!
Great lesson on how to get into Doom Metal Blayne, which reminds me of some other amazing bands that push it into skull crushing levels of furious gloom; case in point: 💀 😉 1. Draconian(one of the best Gothic Doom Metal bands to ever come out in the last few years ) 2. While Heaven Wept( Arguably the Most Awesome Epic Doom Metal band to come out of the USA)🇺🇸 😎 👏
Why is not Cathedral in this video? Or did I miss it? Their first demo In Memorium or the first album Forest of Equilibrium. Just a must in any Doom collection.
Solitude Aeturnus is one of the greatest doom bands of all-time and criminally underrated. Everyone talks about Candlemass, but Solitude's output is just better. They left on possibly the highest note of their career with "Alone", arguably their best record. Wish they would put out some new music.
Whats your favorite Doom album?
BTW we covered Death/Doom in the Death Metal episode here: ruclips.net/video/4Jp6ACa3YDo/видео.html
Tough decision but Imma have to go for the first thing that comes to mind and say Candlemass' Nightfall. And I'm gonna throw in Trouble's debut just cover all my bases.
Candlemass' two firsts album, Epicus and Nightfall, are just doom metal perfection.
Any Reverend Bizarre album.
"Our Raw Heart" by mighty YOB
From 70's to present time if I'd spontaneously choose only one album per decade:
1970 - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1984 - Trouble - Trouble (Psalm 9)
1991 - Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium
2000 - Eternal Elysium - Spiritualized D
2017 - The Obsessed - Sacred
2020 - Kirk Windstein - Dream in Motion
I think a stoner/doom album that gets people into Metal in general is Electric Wizard- Dopethrone, I know a lot of indie rockers who don’t even listen to metal but fuckin love that album
Yeah it's probably the most popular and influential stoner doom album next to Sleep's Holy Mountain
It kinda verges on sludge, is the thing. It's weirdly intense for a stoner record. Sort of like how most people call Acid Bath a sludge band but their second record straight up sounds like Sleep.
Dragonaut by Sleep me into doom and its my most delved into genre by far
The previous album Come My Fanatics is also a great record to get people into Electric Wizard and Stoner Doom. Return Trip from that is legendary.
Electric Wizard has had great crossover success. Weed IS a gateway drug... to DOOM METAL.
Doom is easily my favourite metal genre. Slow, hard, and deep; just the way I like it
Type O?
Ayy lmao
Fnar Fnar
Mmmmmm
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In reference to Solitude by Candlemass, “...that might have come across as silly and dated.”
Meanwhile, I’ve been introducing everyone I know to doom metal using this specific song.
I don’t regret my decision.
Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema were my gateway in to most things Doom.
this is correct
Mine too
UK in the 90s was producing amazing doom bands.
How Blayne did an entire primer on doom without even obliquely mentioning the unholy trinity/Peaceville three is a mystery. Maybe it's the challenge of trying to do a "Doom for Dummies" while still maintaining the hipster street cred. Things did get... dance-y for PL and MDB around the turn of the century before they came back to their roots, and Anathema has been purely prog rock for more than 20 years now. Still, the first half of the 90s was crushing from those three bands.
When I was teen a copied in oil painting the serenades album cover. I miss old anathema.
The band that got me into doom, even though they’re not a doom band, is Alice In Chains. They were the first band I heard that emphasized the slow and heavy.
Hey man, good point! Alice in Chains is super tight. And yeah, I can see them giving you a little hit of Doom to get ya hooked!
Very dark and doom...
That is a good point. Like, Junkhead, Rooster, or Dirt. Or many others
What got me into the the genre was Pallbearer and the album heartless. Fantastic album. Also, not really room but I love Crowbar. One of my top favorite bands of all time.
YES. Best band ever
Crowbar, Down, Fu Manchu, Clutch, Nebula, Elder, Monster Magnet, Spiritual Beggars, Orange Goblin, YOB, Eyehategod; Black Cobra, Sheavy, Goatsnake, Pallbearer, Sun and Sail Club, Corrosion of Conformity, ASG..... it’s all good Baby!
Yeah Crowbar, candlemass, sleep, sunn O))) and Electric Wizard are my favorite Doom/Stoner/NOLA/sludge and drone Metal bands. Doom Metal is f**king great especially now with the controversy in Thrash Metal around David Ellefson. That whole controversy made me love Doom Metal more.
@@Highrollinhunter what controversy? I'm not familiar with that D:
@@arthuraguirrejr.9500 David Ellefson supposingly was talking to an underage girl
@@Highrollinhunter she wasnt underage, look it up
@@maulalex08 I know but still he cheated on his wife which is a sin.
The enthusiasm Blayne introduced Wormphlegm by saying "if were gonna get weird, LET'S GET WEIRD" was positively endearing. That's why I love his videos!
The band that got me into doom was definitely Candlemass. Their first two records just blew my mind as budding metalhead. I was probably 19ish when I first heard them.
I knew they were going to be his pick from the moment he skipped past Mournful Congregation and Bell Witch. Immediately, I thought, "He's going to need to mention Wormphlegm," and then he started talking about short-lived bands and I was like, "OH SHIT IT'S HAPPENING." Their stuff is so *evil.*
@@ConvincingPeoplethey’re the only funeral doom band that crosses the line from being overwhelmingly depressing into being the most menacing, hateful, evil thing I’ve heard. It’s made to SCARE people and it sure as fuck did for me lmfaooo
Sleep , Monolord, Windhand = the trifecta of Great Modern Doom REPEAT> Sleep, Monolord, Windhand & YOB
Sleep, Monolord, Windhand, YOB, and Pallbearer.
If they do not lower me to my grave with Candlemass epicly blasting through the entire town then I don't wanna die
Personally, I think Eyehategod would've been a better mention for Sludge, the first three albums are what Morbid Angel and Darkthrone is to death metal and black metal respectively, The Unholy Trinity of Sludge Metal.
@Matt T. the new album is kinda hit or miss with me, feels kinda like Confederacy of Ruined Lives Pt. II, higher production values, underwhelming songwriting, it kinda lacks that crushing atmosphere and emotion that they were famous/infamous for. Or like in the self-titled album of 2014, lacks the sense of fun, energy and replay value.
Eyehategod is what you play when you want scare people off from sludge! Even if you get them to groove to the riffs, Mike Williams' vocals are fucking harrowing on the best of days, and borderline unlistenable on the worst! I'd have picked Down or Crowbar myself
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality. Half of these genres are on that one album, if in embryonic form.
Thank goodness Neurosis got mentioned! The GOAT.
Hell yeah! I got to see them awhile back in the early 2000's and it was fucking insane. Easily the loudest and most intense band I have seen live
Pallbearer is one of my absolute favorite doom bands! Also worth checking are Conan and Primitive Man who create some badass sludge and doom.
I grew up where Sleep and Neurosis are from and was a gothy teenager at the time, so yeah, that's how I got into it. You couldn't walk for more than 5 minutes downtown without stumbling into a Neurosis show.
Both amazing bands
Oak-LAND!!!
Neurosis fucking slays
Bro, how did you find your way home through all that reefer
so fucking jealous of you
Listen to Reverend Bizarre, people. The Hour of Death is a great track to start, you'll get everything great you need in your doom.
I know Sarah certainly agrees with you!
Definitely needed the addition of Death/Doom and Gothic Doom. Needed to mention Electric Wizard, Crowbar and of course Paradise Lost, Katatonia, My Dying Bride and Anathema too. I would’ve also added the band Funeral when talking about Funeral Doom. But of course this is just a short video so you can’t cover everything
To be fair, he covered death-doom and its ties to Gothic doom in the death metal episode a bit back, so you could always watch that! :3
It's funny he's wearing a Bongripper shirt and he did not mention them
Sabbath...then Trouble...then Witchfinder General...then Cathedral...
No pentagram?
@@skeven0 I got a couple vying for that fifth spot.
You didn’t mention Death/Doom and somehow made it through a video without mentioning Hooded Menace
Blane put Death/Doom in the How to get into Death Metal video, and he did talk a lot about Hooded Menace
I know...... I fear the art of sarcasm may be lost in the internet.
@@ursus9982 Dude... You can't write something "sarcastic" and expect people to notice when it's just text.. Sarcasm works with the voice.
@@Homm3dude88 yeah sure, its definitely not possible to communicate tone through context and punctuation...
@@Homm3dude88 Again, I feel my comments are not coming across the way they are meant. You’re exactly right and what you said is exactly what I meant. It’s hard to express things via text.
Black Sabbath and Candlemass got me into doom. I would argue that Ghost are actually a modern take on traditional doom, and though their most recent album, Prequell, strayed away from the doom side a little, the modern classic "Secular Haze" is a brilliant way to introduce doom. You have helped me expand my interest to Death Doom with Hooded Menace, Solitude Eternus and Eternal Rot.
But if there is one epic doom band that does not get enough love, it's Godthrym. Their 2020 release "Reflections" was one of my favourite of the year. Slow, crushing, and powerful! I need to listen to more Funeral Doom bands, but the band that got me interested was, of course, Ahab. Though currently I need to find more bands like Shades of Deep Water. If you want something that's slow, heavy and perfect for a funeral march, then "Death's Threshold" is the album for you!
That first Ghost album definitely counts, I think. Very much 70's, Sabbath-inspired, occult doom. The songs had a poppy edge, but they were slow, heavy, and atmospheric. Year Zero also counts, though it's more experimental. I think by Meliora though, they'd morphed beyond the boundaries of doom into just a great heavy metal band. (That's also the point it became obvious that each album was going to be a little different by exploring a different era of metal on each one. The first was early-70's Sabbath, the second was mid-70's meta, Meliora was the start of the 80's influence coming in, while Prequelle was like sticking all the 80's into one album. There's Motley Crue. There's Mercyful Fate. There's Trouble. There's freaking Foreigner on Miasma with its AOR synths and screaming sax solo, there's freaking Meat Loaf! That album is nuts and that's why I love it!)
norwegian band Funeral is my all time favorite doom band! Really underappreciated and the most heartwrenching music i've ever heard
I'm loving this series.....just wish the episodes were a little longer.... The host Blyane is so perfect for this. Keep them coming BANGER!! 🤘🤘
Windhand has been my go to for months now.
I feel like he should've mentioned Electric Wizard. Not my favorite band, but it's almost always one of the first bands mentioned for Doom/Stoner.
Also no mention of Drone. Hm.
Yeah, zero mention of Electric Wizard OR Drone metal.
I'm a massive E. Wiz fan, and they were one of the most important Stoner Doom bands. Plus, Drone has some insane bands like The Angelic Process and Sunn O))).
Thank you, *Saint Vitus* for showing me the door.
Saint Vitus = love of my life.
Saint Vitus ARE doom!!
What got me into Doom was all the Doom/Stoner/Sludge Metal Channels that RUclips was suggesting me years ago like 666MrDoom, MrStonebeliever and Stoned Meadow Of Doom
666MrDoom is an absolute hero of doom. I've spent so much money through Bandcamp thanks to that channel ahaha. If you haven't listened to it already, the "Satanic Smoke Ceremony" album by Stone Angels they uploaded last week is fantastic!
666MrDoom and MrStoneBeliever are awesome individuals and killer channels. I used to follow Stoned Meadow of Doom but after all the shit I found out about the owner Clint Beed I stopped following him. Even Truckfighters told him to stop using the cover art for their Gravity X album as his profile pic. Dude is a racist and misogynistic piece of shit.
@@satanicaleve Did not know that about him
@@satanicaleve Fascinating... I stopped following Stoned Meadow a couple of years ago after glancing at their recommended channels. Racist and misogynist about sums it up so that's unfortunately no surprise and sounds like some controversy I'll have to read into.
@@satanicaleve So I looked into Stoned Meadow Of Doom and there one video on RUclips that dives into what you are saying that he a racist and so on
I personally don't care if he a racist or whatever because to me it does not affect me directly and I am only there on his channel for the music he post on there so I can find out about new bands
As a person no one should be a racist or misogynist because it not right at all and I don't stand for that shit also he should never get paid from RUclips because of the kind of person he his which is my personal opinion but now if a band wants to give him money to post their music that on them but I would never do that knowing that he a racist and misogynistic
Power Metal and Doom are my two favorite sub genres and to find out a band like Crypt Sermon exists *chef's kiss* Keep doing videos like this, it was awesome!
Out Of The Garden is easily one of the best albums of 2015. The Ruins Of Fading Light is a beast as well
I've been listening to matal for the better part of 18 years. I only started listening to Doom and Grind this past year really lol. What got me obsessed was Yob.
Doom and Stoner.. so close to each other. I love all of it. “Malfiore,” Electric Wizard, “Grey Garden” Windhand, “Mariguanaut’s Theme” Sleep. So good.
Pentagram is the band that introduced it all for me
I consider Pentagram more a traditional heavy metal sound; they sounded like Black Sabbath but with a notable influence in sound from early psychedelic rock band Blue Cheer.
I would even say it's like Black Sabbath but with darker lyrics
I had to come back hours after watching this video to thank you for introducing me to Crypt Sermon! I haven't been this blown away by a band on first listen for years. Thank you so much! I'll check out other doom and epic doom after them, but wow, what a winner.
Ahab, pallbearer are the only ones i have in my collection so this vid is very much welcome
Ahab is probably the best funeral doom band I've ever heard. Very depressing but God damn is that good music.
No doom talk is complete without Warning’s “Watching From A Distance”.
Agreed, that album is fantastic
Fuck yes
"let's get a taste!"
"SITTI~" the ad starts playing
got a chuckle of me, that did:D
Solstice - New Dark Age. Absolute classic epic doom
I'm surprised I haven't seen a lot of Pallbearer in the comments, honest to god Heartless was one of my fav records of last decade. Epic in scale and plenty of Black Sabbath love and just enough melancholy to fit nice and snug in the Doom genre
The album that got me into Doom Metal was Beyond the Crimson Horizon by Solitude Aeturnus. It was about '92 and was a great time to get into the genre because I quickly picked up albums like Forest of Equilibrium by Cathedral which had come out a year earlier. For me bands like Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus, Saint Vitus, Cathedral, and Count Raven were my foundation in the genre. Cathedral and Solitude Aeturnus were my two favorites (at least during Cathedral's Forest of Equilibrium and Soul Sacrifice period). I basically followed the thank you notes in the sleeves of any band I was listening to (I knew about bands like Trouble and Witchfinder General from the sleeves but it was a bit of time before I found these bands albums anywhere).
For me it was bands like Melvins and Earth that got me into the genre. Such a variety of music in 1 category
The best CHANNEL in the world.....
Spiritus Mortis' The Year Is One, along with Candlemass' The Door to Doom define the genre for me.
Got into "not mainstream" metal thanks to Sleep ! Indeed Doom is a great gateway.
I would have put the Melvins real front and center of Sludge but Neurosis is also acceptable of course, they did everything!
Also, is Opeth in Epic Doom ?? I'd say so. Damn I love the 2011 album. And Ghost? ... Seems real blurry to me.
Next : slow it down even more and talk DRONE. Boris, SUNN and all ! Maybe an episode with a bunch of the really weird genres ...
First time I heard “Empress Rising” by Monolord I got goosebumps - I’d never heard anything like that before
Doom+Sludge= my daily dose of misery!
Startin' your day of right!
I bet you love Bongripper's Misirable
Tracks are
Endless
Descent
Into ruin
Honestly no idea why they weren't mentioned, but Bongripper opened the way of doom for me. Heard Terminal for the first time while while looking for music while stoned af with my best bud, was like "yo ive heard the name before, lets try it", never looked back. Super dope band.
Also really enjoy Bell Witch and their Mirror Reaper, that album is phenomenal, and Warning's Watching from a Distance hits the spot for me as well. Really depressive both of them, tho.
Blayne, thanks a lot for the Crypt Sermon recommendation. Never heard of them til this vid and they're awesome!
My first experience with doom was Primitive Man’s album Caustic. It’s slow, distorted and coated in anguish. I was definitely intrigued but hadn’t looked much further than Primitive Man, I only wanted other bands that sounded just like them. Later on however I simultaneously fell in love with black metal and doom metal. I got into doom through Sarah’s band Smoulder which opened the gates for me in multiple directions, it got me into epic doom metal, traditional doom, heavy metal, it seriously is such an important album to me. Around the same time was when Atramentus released their brutishly slow and crushingly heavy album Stygian. This alongside The Funeral Orchestra’s Negative Evocation Rites (suggested by Blaine on Metal Monthly) really got me into doom metal and I highly recommend all of the bands/albums mentioned
Spotify recommended Windhand to me, and they quickly became one of my favorite metal bands.
Eyehategod or Crowbar!!!! Nola native here showing some love.
"The power of the riff compels me!" ⚜️
Aside from the Sabbath, Eyehategod's song Crimes Against Skin really pulled me in. I heard it when I was just beginning to explore music on my own and the riff never left my mind.
Fun story. I saw Neurosis opening for Gwar back in 1994. Epic concert with lots of songs from Enemy of the Sun. I first heard them through the wall of my neighbour at the time. Had to walk over the hall and ask him what he played. I am sure expected me too complain about the infernal racket… :D
I remember picking up a copy of Dopesmoker after reading an album review in the back of a metal magazine. They had me at, "Slow, turgid and heavier than shifting tectonic plates."
Draconian and When Nothing Remains are my go to bands. Love the piano pieces in Funeral Doom
'Profetus - As all seasons die' is my all time favourite funeral doom album. Its just epic
The way I got into Doom was first listening to Into the Void by Black Sabbath and I went, “hey, this is freaking heavy, I want more of this!” So I then went to stoner doom and I found some of the heaviest bands in the world, with Blayne’s shirt presenting in my opinion the 2nd heaviest band on earth! Electric Wizard Dopethrone and Come My Fanatics also being favorites of mine.
Longing for Dawn was my introduction to Funeral Doom. Incredible band.
Spectacular video! this shit is written in a sublime way! captivating and humorous from start to finish! 🤘
That's the goal! Glad I hit it. I'm pretty dumb after all...
Ahab, Pallbearer, and Evoken are worth mentioning
Doom Metal was my first time ever listening to metal music, I'll never forget the day, best day of my life \m/
Candlemass - Ancient Dreams. Picked this up in 1988 after reading about it. Excellent gateway album.
That transition from stoner metal to dungeons n dragons style nerd metal without actually saying all that was nicely done.
I was not aware about Crypt Sermon's existence and thanks to Blayne I have a new favorite band. Thank you so much Blayne, you rule.
Bongripper and bell witch got me into doom, I've never seen anyone talk about the former though, they have great albums like The Great Barrier Reefer and Miserable, my personal favorites
Love the shout out to Crypt Sermon, such a good album. Bands like Swallow the Sun, Woods of Ypres, Draconian, Ghost Brigade, and Katatonia. An underrated gem is Beastmaker
Punk, metal, rock n roll, doom, stoner it is all wonderful and gifted to us by god given musicians
Can't have Doom without some Ripping and Tearing. But jokes aside, my favorite doom band is Khemmis and their track Above the Water is incredible.
That whole album is fantastic.
The Bereaved by Khemmis is in my top 5-10 favorite songs
@@Grom-rl8bm oh yes... When the vocals hit after that long intro: chills engaged.
Seeing Windhand in concert is what did it for me.
Reverend Bizarre got me into Doom. To this day they're on of my favoite Bands ever.
Such a delicious genre to get into. I sometimes wish I'd forget everything I know about doom/stoner metal just to have the bliss of getting into it all over again.
Start from Down. Then, after the inevitable dissapointment with Phil Anselmo's antics, you can move on to Sasquatch, Orange Goblin, Kyuss and Blind Dog. Sleep is the obvious next step. If after this first voyage you find yourself more drawn to the 70s nostalgia & psychedelic side, you should then check out Graveyard, Witchcraft, Capricorn, Weird Owl, Red Fang, Nebula and 1000mods.
If, however, you're a spooky scary skelleton type of person, then you're ready for Doom. Candlemass, Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Witchfinder General, Reverend Bizarre, Lucifer, Cathedral and of course the all mighty Black Sabbath.
If you really love candlemass, and you want more of it, then check out Solitude Aeternus and the first record from Avatarium.
Now if you find yourself craving something that's more agressive, but still has that groovy vibe of stoner/doom, I got you covered. High on Fire, Crowbar, Corrosion of Conformity, Eyehategod and Bongzilla.
After all that, if you just want to get weird, then look no furhter than Neurosis, Om, Earth, Pelican, The Melvins and Isis.
Feels like there really are at least two main directions of sludge.
To me examples of genre defining bands are Eyehategod, Melvins (Lysol, Bullhead, Gluey PT, Eggnog), Meth drinker, Fister, Grief, Noothgrush, some electric wizard and Primitive Man - even if they're are little extreme.
Much more exemplary to me then Baroness, Kylesa and Neurosis.
Love the background art. Love this show!
thanks!
Great video! You missed that standard Sludge in my opinion is Melvins, Eyehategod, Crowbar and Acid Bath. Neurosis are a divergence that turned into another subgenre. Same with Kylesa, Baroness and Mastodon.
What a nice discovery Crypt Sermon is! THANKS!!!
Nightfall by Candlemass is probably one of my favorite Doom albums, followed closely by Serenades from Anathema.
This is probably one of the most succinct explanations of Doom, et. al that I've heard. Well done, sir. I am often trying to defend my love of Metal to others and I think Doom is a great gateway. It's analogous to listening to the surf break on some foggy Maine shore. Heavy, repetitive, dank. Love it. Melvins' "Stoner Witch" was a biggie for me, but I cannot get enough of Monolord's "No Comfort" and Messa's "Feast For Water". Beautiful stuff, man. - CB
For me it would have to be the Melvin's. The first time I heard them I thought man I've never heard anything like this. They are still one of my favorite bands. There are so many great bands mentioned here though. Doom is a genre where I'm constantly finding new cool stuff.
Sleep, Electric wizard, Black Sabbath and Boris.
Those are what made me get into this genre.
Neurosis and kyuss remain my favorites.
Ahab-The Call of The Wretched Sea
Evoken-Antithesis of Light
Esoteric-The Maniacal Vale
Bell Witch-Mirror Reaper
Holy shit these are good
This is my favorite show on youtube.
DAMN DUDE! Made my day!
Pretty sure it was Bongripper that really made me get into this genre! Pretty ready to try Crypt Sermon now tho, that's such a good pitch!
Got really into it when Pallbearer dropped their debut, went down the rabbit hole after that, hitting the classics and modern hits, but Bell Witch will eternally be the best example of how doom has evolved as a genre. Mirror Reaper may be the best doom metal album ever written. It’s dark, it’s soothing, it’s anthemic, it’s slow, it’s both terrifying as fuck and beautiful. Never has an album moved me to tears that hard. Cried at things like posthumous records and dedications to others in the form of albums from many a genre/subgenre, but none has made me wail in the way that album did.
Actually AIC Sludge Factory got me started. I loved the slow crunchy sound. I started searching more of it out and discovered Candlemass. From there I discovered Pallbearer. Finally I came across Acid Bath’s Dr Seuss is Dead and I’ve been phkd ever since! I was a total recluse with music for a couple decades. When I ventured into the underground, I was set free! Still love AIC but I mostly go to underground shows anymore.
Genuinely surprised that Blayne didn't put a clip of Bell Witch on funeral doom
If you're going to push the envelope, Wormphlegm are obligatory.
I'm worried if I mention them too much they'll realize I have a crush on them.
Beastwars from New Zealand and Domkraft from Sweden consistently putting out great and approachable albums. Definitely give them a spin.
Beastwars are awesome
Finally, a Doom video! Great job. I highly recommend Black Capricorn and the first two Black Pyramid albums for some good stoner doom, and Wandering Midget for some EPIC DOOM.
Wandering Midget is amazing
That Nerosis hat is awesome!! 🤘
Excellent video as always Blane.
I was hoping for a mention of my favorite Doom subgenre; Drone Metal. A healthy dose of Sunn O))) is good for the soul.
Black Sabbath, Sleep, and Cathedral were early intros for me. But I really got into doom when I discovered stuff like Bongripper, Boris and Ufomammut.
My Dying Bride, Electric Wizard, and Bongripper. Holy hell do I love so many of Bongripper's albums.
The new album by Wheel is quickly becoming a "Doom classic" in my world.
Windhand was my intro and is now go to, electric wizard was my 2nd
Anguish from Uppsala,Sweden got me into Doom, one of my favorite bands
Death-doom metal:
Paradise Lost: Lost Paradise/Gothic
My Dying Bride: As The Flowers Withers
Anathema: Serenades
Funeral Doom:
Evoken: Hypnagogia
Shape of Despair: Angel of Distress
Skepticism: Stormcrowfleet
Thergothon: Streams Of the Heaven
Black doom metal:
Bethlehem: Dictius Te Necare
Nortt: Gudsforladt (this is a sort of Dsbm and Funeral doom)
Here there some albums about my favourite doom metal bands (with album suggests) ever
🤘🤘🤘
All started with Black Sabbath rimember☠🤘🤘
For death/doom Katatonia - Brave Murder Day and Slumber - Fallout are my 10/10's :)
Been trying to understand and get into metal for a long time, I usually just find the odd band I like. This approach to explaining it is exactly what I was after. I haven’t looked, but I hope you’ve got more of this type of video ✌️
I was a kid when my uncle be riffing out on Candelmass still remember it. Hearing Cry from the Crypt from that little shed he be dooming out of.
For me it was Black Sabbath and Cathedral. I went through a Black Sabbath/Cathedral phase in high school. As I've gotten older, I've come back to it and discovered Sleep and Pentagram.
To get a stranger into it, I'd start with "Relentless" by Pentagram. Very accessible and if you don't like that, you probably won't like doom. Great video, btw!!
Great lesson on how to get into Doom Metal Blayne, which reminds me of some other amazing bands that push it into skull crushing levels of furious gloom; case in point: 💀 😉
1. Draconian(one of the best Gothic Doom Metal bands to ever come out in the last few years )
2. While Heaven Wept( Arguably the Most Awesome Epic Doom Metal band to come out of the USA)🇺🇸 😎 👏
Watching from a Distance-Warning and Sorrow and Extinction-Pallbearer are the 2 albums that made me want to go out and explore for more Doom bands.
Into the Void for me got me into this genre of metal. What a great Black Sabbath song 🤘🏼
I concur!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is not Cathedral in this video? Or did I miss it? Their first demo In Memorium or the first album Forest of Equilibrium. Just a must in any Doom collection.
Killer Bongripper shirt. Hail Satin Worship Doom is an amazing album. And the hat! Times of Grace got me into Neurosis.
Solitude Aeturnus is one of the greatest doom bands of all-time and criminally underrated. Everyone talks about Candlemass, but Solitude's output is just better. They left on possibly the highest note of their career with "Alone", arguably their best record. Wish they would put out some new music.