Doom!

The best doom band I've heard in the last couple of years is Nomad Son from Malta. Two albums so far, both excellent. They have a unique sound with driving (not atmospheric) keyboards and a vocalist that sometimes reminds me of Udo or Bobby Blitz. They also have a lot of Christian content, but not preachy. I think Ult would love them.

some doomy bands i like that havent been mentioned yet (because i usually just like entire discographies in most bands cases):
visceral evisceration/as i lay dying
forsaken
virgin black!

Candlemass (2005) and Death Magic Doom (2009) are two outstanding newer Candlemass CDs.

rawr! wrote:

virgin black!

Virgin Black are doom? Always thought they were a 'goth' band with symphonic elements.

ultmetal wrote:

rawr! wrote:

virgin black!

Virgin Black are doom? Always thought they were a 'goth' band with symphonic elements.

Yeah, I don't see them as doom at all.

Eyesore wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

rawr! wrote:

virgin black!

Virgin Black are doom? Always thought they were a 'goth' band with symphonic elements.

Yeah, I don't see them as doom at all.

They also have black metal elements in them as well.

they are gothic metal mixed with doom metal with symphonic elements i would say. its hard to nail down their sound, but i feel some doom is involved.

I also like Crowbar. They are not pure doom but have a heavy doom influence... Some have called them "Doomcore" but they are usually referred to as Sludge.

Troublezone wrote:

I also like Crowbar. They are not pure doom but have a heavy doom influence... Some have called them "Doomcore" but they are usually referred to as Sludge.

there is not much core left in their sound these days

I also really like the 1st Pyogenesis album before they became a pop punk type band. Their 1st album was called Waves of Erotasia. Really killer death doom!

Lurideath wrote:

I also really like the 1st Pyogenesis album before they became a pop punk type band. Their 1st album was called Waves of Erotasia. Really killer death doom!

That's actually their third release. Or third official release, I guess. Their first official release was the Ignis Creatio EP, which is even better.

Such a great band on those first few releases, though. And then...God, who knows what happened. How a band can go from doom-death to pop-punk is beyond me.

Eyesore wrote:

Lurideath wrote:

I also really like the 1st Pyogenesis album before they became a pop punk type band. Their 1st album was called Waves of Erotasia. Really killer death doom!

That's actually their third release. Or third official release, I guess. Their first official release was the Ignis Creatio EP, which is even better.

Such a great band on those first few releases, though. And then...God, who knows what happened. How a band can go from doom-death to pop-punk is beyond me.

They wanted to make enough money to eat.

S.D. wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Lurideath wrote:

I also really like the 1st Pyogenesis album before they became a pop punk type band. Their 1st album was called Waves of Erotasia. Really killer death doom!

That's actually their third release. Or third official release, I guess. Their first official release was the Ignis Creatio EP, which is even better.

Such a great band on those first few releases, though. And then...God, who knows what happened. How a band can go from doom-death to pop-punk is beyond me.

They wanted to make enough money to eat.

Why not change the name, though? They were never that popular.







Pyogenesis is even a bad pop-punk name.

mc666 wrote:

Troublezone wrote:

I also like Crowbar. They are not pure doom but have a heavy doom influence... Some have called them "Doomcore" but they are usually referred to as Sludge.

there is not much core left in their sound these days

How would you refer to them these days? Do you still like 'em?

oh yeah, i still like them a lot. i would just call them doom these days though. the punk edge is still there at times, but it's only in traces these days. i actually wish it was a little more prominent again. i'd say less than 10% of the tracks on the more recent albums have that influence.