--- title: "Funeral Doom Metal" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/funeral-doom" parent: "Doom Metal" bands: 247 era: "early 1990s" --- # Funeral Doom Metal **Funeral Doom Metal** is a metal sub-genre, formative in the early 1990s. TheMetalNet maps 247 bands and 557 albums under it. Funeral doom is the slowest and heaviest form of doom metal, typically crawling below 50 beats per minute with thick, downtuned distortion and long, sustained chords that can ring out for half a minute. The style emerged in Finland in the early 1990s: Thergothon’s 1994 debut Stream from the Heavens is widely cited as the first funeral doom album, and Skepticism’s Stormcrowfleet established the genre’s organ-like keyboards and cavernous production. Vocals are usually deep growls or slow chants, and the drums move at a dirge-like crawl, serving atmosphere over aggression. Its themes center on grief, mortality, and despair. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Funeral Doom Metal | | Level | Sub-genre | | Parent genre | Doom Metal | | Formative era | early 1990s | | Bands | 247 | | Albums | 557 | | Formation span | 1979 to 2023 | ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Esoteric](https://themetalnet.com/band/esoteric) (United Kingdom, 1992) - [Mournful Congregation](https://themetalnet.com/band/mournful-congregation) (1993) - [Skepticism](https://themetalnet.com/band/skepticism) (Finland, 1991) - [Shape of Despair](https://themetalnet.com/band/shape-of-despair) (Finland, 1998) - [Nortt](https://themetalnet.com/band/nortt) (Denmark, 1995) - [Until Death Overtakes Me](https://themetalnet.com/band/until-death-overtakes-me) (Belgium, 1999) - [Pantheist](https://themetalnet.com/band/pantheist) (United Kingdom, 2000) - [The Howling Void](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-howling-void) (2007) - [The Funeral Orchestra](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-funeral-orchestra) (Sweden, 2002) - [My Shameful](https://themetalnet.com/band/my-shameful) (Finland, 1999) - [Void of Silence](https://themetalnet.com/band/void-of-silence) (Italy, 1999) - [Sadael](https://themetalnet.com/band/sadael) (Armenia, 1979) - [Rigor Sardonicous](https://themetalnet.com/band/rigor-sardonicous) (United States, 1988) - [Remembrance](https://themetalnet.com/band/remembrance) (France, 2004) - [Uaral](https://themetalnet.com/band/uaral) (Chile, 1996) - [Chaos Moon](https://themetalnet.com/band/chaos-moon) (United States, 2004) - [Ea](https://themetalnet.com/band/ea) (2005) - [Longing for Dawn](https://themetalnet.com/band/longing-for-dawn) (Canada, 2002) - [Loss](https://themetalnet.com/band/loss) (United States, 2004) - [Stabat Mater](https://themetalnet.com/band/stabat-mater) (Finland, 2001) - [Worship](https://themetalnet.com/band/worship-899e3112) (Germany, 1999) - [Bosque](https://themetalnet.com/band/bosque) (Portugal, 2005) - [Tyranny](https://themetalnet.com/band/tyranny) (Finland, 2001) - [Mistress of the Dead](https://themetalnet.com/band/mistress-of-the-dead) (Czechia, 2004) - [Abstract Spirit](https://themetalnet.com/band/abstract-spirit) (Russia, 2006) - [Falloch](https://themetalnet.com/band/falloch) (2010) - [Funeralium](https://themetalnet.com/band/funeralium) (France, 2003) - [Urna](https://themetalnet.com/band/urna-8d272162) (Italy, 2003) - [Imindain](https://themetalnet.com/band/imindain) (Europe, 2002) - [Asunder](https://themetalnet.com/band/asunder) (United States, 1998) - [Catacombs](https://themetalnet.com/band/catacombs) (United States, 2000) - [Celestiial](https://themetalnet.com/band/celestiial) (United States, 2004) - [Comatose Vigil](https://themetalnet.com/band/comatose-vigil) (2003) - [Funeral Mourning](https://themetalnet.com/band/funeral-mourning) (Australia, 2005) - [Fungoid Stream](https://themetalnet.com/band/fungoid-stream) (Argentina, 2003) - [Arcana Coelestia](https://themetalnet.com/band/arcana-coelestia) (Italy, 2006) - [Ethir Anduin](https://themetalnet.com/band/ethir-anduin) (Russia, 2006) - [Reido](https://themetalnet.com/band/reido) (Belarus, 2002) - [Black Wreath](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-wreath) (Denmark, 2002) - [Colosseum](https://themetalnet.com/band/colosseum) (Finland, 2006) - [Ego Depths](https://themetalnet.com/band/ego-depths) (Ukraine, 2007) - [Monument of Urns](https://themetalnet.com/band/monument-of-urns) (United States, 2004) - [Night of Suicide](https://themetalnet.com/band/night-of-suicide) (Netherlands, 2005) - [Persistence in Mourning](https://themetalnet.com/band/persistence-in-mourning) (United States, 2006) - [Profetus](https://themetalnet.com/band/profetus) (2006) - [Until My Funerals Began](https://themetalnet.com/band/until-my-funerals-began) (Ukraine, 2007) - [Abske Fides](https://themetalnet.com/band/abske-fides) (Brazil, 2003) - [Funeral Tears](https://themetalnet.com/band/funeral-tears) (2007) - [Kairi](https://themetalnet.com/band/kairi) (United Kingdom, 2002) - [The Slow Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-slow-death) (Australia, 2007) - [Towards Darkness](https://themetalnet.com/band/towards-darkness) (Canada, 2001) - [Consummatum Est](https://themetalnet.com/band/consummatum-est) (Italy, 2003) - [Hjarnidaudi](https://themetalnet.com/band/hjarnidaudi) (Norway, 2005) - [Skumring](https://themetalnet.com/band/skumring) (Norway, 2004) - [Thergothon](https://themetalnet.com/band/thergothon) (Finland, 1990) - [Lycus](https://themetalnet.com/band/lycus) (United States, 2008) - [Murkrat](https://themetalnet.com/band/murkrat) (Australia, 2006) - [Dictator](https://themetalnet.com/band/dictator-b66a87f5) (Cyprus, 2005) - [Funeral Moth](https://themetalnet.com/band/funeral-moth) (Japan, 2005) - [Septic Mind](https://themetalnet.com/band/septic-mind) (Russia, 2006) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 28 bands - [Finland](https://themetalnet.com/country/fi): 20 bands - [Russia](https://themetalnet.com/country/ru): 18 bands - [Italy](https://themetalnet.com/country/it): 14 bands - [Australia](https://themetalnet.com/country/au): 11 bands - [Canada](https://themetalnet.com/country/ca): 9 bands - [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 9 bands - [Belgium](https://themetalnet.com/country/be): 8 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1970s | 1 | | 1980s | 2 | | 1990s | 20 | | 2000s | 127 | | 2010s | 57 | | 2020s | 6 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/funeral-doom](https://themetalnet.com/genre/funeral-doom). 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