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Poll Question: Vote for all your fave doom metal bands
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
25 [35.71%]
5 [7.14%]
4 [5.71%]
2 [2.86%]
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4 [5.71%]
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1 [1.43%]
1 [1.43%]
3 [4.29%]
3 [4.29%]
9 [12.86%]
1 [1.43%]
7 [10.00%]
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    Posted: December 19 2023 at 13:17

just the '70s Black Sabbath
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I wonder what the poll results would have been if Black Sabbath had not been in the poll. I would not even call them "doom metal". Yes, they more or less invented the sound, but they were also so much more. 
I would've voted for Anathema if Black Sabbath weren't in the poll, although most Doom Metal is an anathema to me. Confused

Anathema stopped being Doom Metal once we entered the new millenium, the last such album being Judgement in 1999 . They did a series of alternative rock albums but then went on hiatus for a good few years before coming back with the rather superb albums We Are Here Because We're Here and Weather Systems. This is more coming from a post rock, maybe even post metal direction and not afraid to deal with deeply spiritual themes and even the odd duet here and there! The last 2 albums Distant Satellites and The Optimist showed a consolidation of ideas rather than any progression. They were to record a new album in 2020 but then announced that they were on hiatus again.
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I've been on a bit of a doom metal kick lately and listened to Reverend Bizarre a lot so a vote for them. I've voted (and commented) earlier already, but OP said to vote as many as you like. 



Is this an anthem or what?!??!
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I wonder what the poll results would have been if Black Sabbath had not been in the poll. I would not even call them "doom metal". Yes, they more or less invented the sound, but they were also so much more. 
I would've voted for Anathema if Black Sabbath weren't in the poll, although most Doom Metal is an anathema to me. Confused
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I wonder what the poll results would have been if Black Sabbath had not been in the poll. I would not even call them "doom metal". Yes, they more or less invented the sound, but they were also so much more. 
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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

70's Black Sabbath. Smile

Another vote for Black Sabbath although I'm doomed if I can name any other Doom Metal bands. Embarrassed
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70's Black Sabbath. Smile
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slow bump like a doom song Big smile
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Not really a doom metal fan. Anathema - The Silent Enigma was the only doom metal album that had a huge impact on me. 

There's an obsure doom metal album: Sobre Nocturne - Serpentine Dreamweaver. Cool symphonic doom metal album.
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Voted Sabbath first of course and TON second.

Lots of other good choices there as well and lots more greatness has come up in discussion.

My two cents: if you can stomach black and/or death metal type vocals, I recommend Skepticism, Thergothon, Wormphlegm, Unholy and Worship. Slow and painful. Some call them "funeral doom".

edit: I only just realized this poll and discussion is years old!    Kudos for the bump, Cristi!

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good poll!
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^ Solitude Aeturnus are great. 
also Count Raven
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I like doom metal quite a lot. 
From the list some bands are not plain doom, because they're overlapping doom with either death or gothic metal as: My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, Anathema and Type O' Negative (they are much more gothic than doom). I much prefer typical doom bands than those bands. 
On that list I voted: early Black Sabbath (Master of Reality is my fave metal album of all time), then Candlemass (their debut is phenomenal), Electric Wizard (Come My Fanatics and Dopethrone kick ass), Reverend Bizzare and St. Vitus. 
These bands(that I dig) could have been on the list: Trouble, Sleep and Solitude Aeturnus. Pentagram, Witchfinder General and Pagan Altar too, although I don't care for them. 
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Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

The singer in Warning is either the brother or cousin of Solstice's guitarist by the way, surprised you did not bring that up.


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The singer in Warning is either the brother or cousin of Solstice's guitarist by the way, surprised you did not bring that up.
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^ the influence I hear in the faster songs is Maiden rather than Manowar. But whatever...
Anyway, good to see them mentioned here, they are a great band, let's leave it at that.

Another band that deserves to be mentioned here is Warning, a British band that released only one album - Watching from a Distance in 2007. As they disbanded, their songwriter made another project called 40 Watt Sun, great band as well, similar sound, but definitely great songwriting.

other bands worth checking out:

The 3rd and the Mortal
Memento Mori
Pagan Altar (so underrated)
Yearning (Finnish band, interesting gothic-doom)
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I think the influence is more apparent in Solstice's faster songs.







Maybe the inspiration is more "ideological", though, with the entire mythological epic angle to traditional metal songwriting, than regarding around specifically going for a Manowar "sound".
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Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Solstice have covered Manowar, so they're obviously fans even if their aesthetic isn't anywhere as cartoony.



the fact that they covered them does not mean they are influenced by them, it's like saying Iron Maiden has FM influnces because IM covered an FM song.
I just don't see any Manowar in Solstice music.
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Solstice have covered Manowar, so they're obviously fans even if their aesthetic isn't anywhere as cartoony.
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Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

A shout out must also be given to the British cult band Solstice, who hover somewhere in the grey zone between Candlemass-style epic doom metal and Manowar-esque heavy metal with quite a few modern touches. They've also got a fantastic way of working in British folk music, but in an exceptionally subtle way that's nonetheless integral to creating the entire "pre-Christian Dark Ages Britain" aesthetic of their music.



nice to see Solstice mentioned here, they're a great band; I disagree to that manowar-esque influences, i don't see any.

Also, nice to see Trouble mentioned as well, great band, their 80s albums especially are amazing.
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