--- title: "Doom Metal" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom" bands: 6536 era: "early 1980s" --- # Doom Metal **Doom Metal** is a metal genre, formative in the early 1980s. TheMetalNet maps 6,536 bands and 15,657 albums under it. Doom metal is the slowest and heaviest of the foundational styles, built on thick, downtuned, Black Sabbath-derived riffs, crawling-to-mid tempos, and an atmosphere of gloom and dread. Black Sabbath created the blueprint in the early 1970s, and 1980s bands like Saint Vitus, Pentagram, and Trouble kept it raw while Sweden’s Candlemass added epic, operatic grandeur. Vocals are usually clean and mournful, though many offshoots use growls. It prizes weight, space, and foreboding over speed. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Doom Metal | | Level | Macro genre | | Formative era | early 1980s | | Bands | 6,536 | | Albums | 15,657 | | Formation span | 1960 to 2026 | ## Sub-genres - [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) (2,829 bands) - [Traditional Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/traditional-doom) (8 bands) - [Death-Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-doom) (131 bands) - [Funeral Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/funeral-doom) (247 bands) - [Stoner Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-metal) (1,306 bands) - [Stoner Rock](https://themetalnet.com/genre/stoner-rock) (2,709 bands) - [Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/sludge-metal) (1,008 bands) - [Atmospheric Sludge Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/atmospheric-sludge) (11 bands) - [Drone Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/drone-metal) (95 bands) - [Southern Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/southern-metal) (40 bands) - [Gothic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/gothic-metal) (573 bands) - [Doomgaze](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doomgaze) (42 bands) ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Queens of the Stone Age](https://themetalnet.com/band/queens-of-the-stone-age) (United States, 1996) - [Anathema](https://themetalnet.com/band/anathema-20aa23e3) (United Kingdom, 1990) - [HIM](https://themetalnet.com/band/him) (Finland, 1991) - [Lacuna Coil](https://themetalnet.com/band/lacuna-coil) (Italy, 1997) - [Butthole Surfers](https://themetalnet.com/band/butthole-surfers) (United States, 1982) - [Katatonia](https://themetalnet.com/band/katatonia) (Sweden, 1991) - [Boris](https://themetalnet.com/band/boris) (Japan, 1992) - [Melvins](https://themetalnet.com/band/melvins) (United States, 1983) - [Monster Magnet](https://themetalnet.com/band/monster-magnet) (United States, 1989) - [Paradise Lost](https://themetalnet.com/band/paradise-lost) (United Kingdom, 1988) - [Clutch](https://themetalnet.com/band/clutch) (United States, 1990) - [Moonspell](https://themetalnet.com/band/moonspell) (Portugal, 1989) - [My Dying Bride](https://themetalnet.com/band/my-dying-bride) (United Kingdom, 1990) - [Neurosis](https://themetalnet.com/band/neurosis-a9416fb3) (United States, 1985) - [Nirvana](https://themetalnet.com/band/nirvana) (United States, 1987) - [The 69 Eyes](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-69-eyes) (Finland, 1989) - [The Gathering](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-gathering) (Netherlands, 1989) - [Electric Wizard](https://themetalnet.com/band/electric-wizard) (United Kingdom, 1993) - [Fu Manchu](https://themetalnet.com/band/fu-manchu) (United States, 1990) - [Tiamat](https://themetalnet.com/band/tiamat) (Sweden, 1987) - [Candlemass](https://themetalnet.com/band/candlemass) (Sweden, 1984) - [Corrosion of Conformity](https://themetalnet.com/band/corrosion-of-conformity) (United States, 1982) - [Cult of Luna](https://themetalnet.com/band/cult-of-luna) (Sweden, 1998) - [Earth](https://themetalnet.com/band/earth-60dd41cf) (1990) - [Lacrimosa](https://themetalnet.com/band/lacrimosa) (Switzerland, 1990) - [Sunn O)))](https://themetalnet.com/band/sunn-o) (United States, 1998) - [Crematory](https://themetalnet.com/band/crematory) (Germany, 1991) - [Hole](https://themetalnet.com/band/hole) (United States, 1989) - [This Will Destroy You](https://themetalnet.com/band/this-will-destroy-you) (United States, 2005) - [High on Fire](https://themetalnet.com/band/high-on-fire) (United States, 1998) - [Orange Goblin](https://themetalnet.com/band/orange-goblin) (United Kingdom, 1995) - [Sirenia](https://themetalnet.com/band/sirenia) (Norway, 2001) - [The Black Angels](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-black-angels) (United States, 2004) - [Brant Bjork](https://themetalnet.com/band/brant-bjork) (United States, 1973) - [CKY](https://themetalnet.com/band/cky) (1998) - [Collide](https://themetalnet.com/band/collide) (United States, 1992) - [Crowbar](https://themetalnet.com/band/crowbar) (United States, 1988) - [Eagles of Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/band/eagles-of-death-metal) (United States, 1998) - [Lacrimas Profundere](https://themetalnet.com/band/lacrimas-profundere) (Germany, 1993) - [Motorpsycho](https://themetalnet.com/band/motorpsycho) (Norway, 1989) - [Nebula](https://themetalnet.com/band/nebula) (United States, 1997) - [Novembers Doom](https://themetalnet.com/band/novembers-doom) (United States, 1992) - [Autopsy](https://themetalnet.com/band/autopsy) (United States, 1987) - [Colour Haze](https://themetalnet.com/band/colour-haze) (Germany, 1994) - [Karma to Burn](https://themetalnet.com/band/karma-to-burn) (United States, 1994) - [Mondo Generator](https://themetalnet.com/band/mondo-generator) (United States, 1997) - [Theatres des Vampires](https://themetalnet.com/band/theatres-des-vampires) (Italy, 1994) - [Baroness](https://themetalnet.com/band/baroness) (United States, 2003) - [Cathedral](https://themetalnet.com/band/cathedral) (United Kingdom, 1989) - [Dead Meadow](https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-meadow) (United States, 1998) - [Eyehategod](https://themetalnet.com/band/eyehategod) (United States, 1988) - [Lake of Tears](https://themetalnet.com/band/lake-of-tears) (Sweden, 1992) - [Pentagram](https://themetalnet.com/band/pentagram) (United States, 1971) - [Saint Vitus](https://themetalnet.com/band/saint-vitus) (United States, 1980) - [Theatre of Tragedy](https://themetalnet.com/band/theatre-of-tragedy) (Norway, 1993) - [Tristania](https://themetalnet.com/band/tristania) (Norway, 1996) - [Type O Negative](https://themetalnet.com/band/type-o-negative) (United States, 1989) - [Ufomammut](https://themetalnet.com/band/ufomammut) (Italy, 1999) - [Bongzilla](https://themetalnet.com/band/bongzilla) (United States, 1995) - [Draconian](https://themetalnet.com/band/draconian) (Sweden, 1995) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 707 bands - [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 225 bands - [Finland](https://themetalnet.com/country/fi): 185 bands - [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 185 bands - [Sweden](https://themetalnet.com/country/se): 178 bands - [Italy](https://themetalnet.com/country/it): 168 bands - [France](https://themetalnet.com/country/fr): 144 bands - [Russia](https://themetalnet.com/country/ru): 131 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1960s | 11 | | 1970s | 24 | | 1980s | 111 | | 1990s | 618 | | 2000s | 1148 | | 2010s | 1820 | | 2020s | 292 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt