Gawd, I love Doom Metal...

I've been a fan of Doom since around 1988 when I first heard "The Wish" from Trouble on Z-Rock Radio...I was 16. I soon bought all the Trouble I could get my hands on. Then I discovered Candlemass. I discovered Solitude Aeturnus when they released their first album 'Into The Depths Of Sorrow' & have loved them ever since.

Since then, I've latched onto other bands & have expanded my tastes into Funeral Doom, Classic Doom, Gothic Doom & even some Black Doom...I just love that slow, ominous vibe this music gives off. It gets under my skin & excites me. I feel like that, at nearly 37 years old with a normal life & a kid in high school, I should not get as excited as I do about it, but I can't help it. I mean, I'm not miserable and I don't want to die...I'm not evil, either... I just LOVE this stuff!!!

Some of my favorite bands:

Trouble, Solitude Aeturnus, Candlemass, Place Of Skulls, Evoken, St. Vitus, My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost, Anathema, Revelation & tons of others...newer bands like Evoken, The Foreshadowing, Daylight Dies...I just love it.

Just wanted to vent that...

Ever heard MEMENTO MORI - "Rhymes of Lunacy"? That's one of my faves.

I've heard MM in passing...I need to check them out more...thanks!

i love doom as well, so long as it's not got any synths or ambient type stuff.

mc666 wrote:

i love doom as well, so long as it's not got any synths or ambient type stuff.

Depends on the band for me with the synths & ambient passages...I don't get into all of it, but some of it's cool...

I went to Pandora.com & created a Doom station, so far (aside from the ones I've skipped) it's played:

Black Castle - Solitude Aeturnus
Dream Of Immortality - Solitude Aeturnus
Demon's Gate - Candlemass
Crystal Ball - Candlemass
Destiny Falls To Ruin - Solitude Aeturnus
Solitary Refinement - Daylight Dies
Your Shameful Heaven - My Dying Bride
The Abhorrent Rays - Draconian
Virtual Death - Black Sabbath
Daemonia 6 - Candlemass
Behemoth - Electric Wizard
Dream Of Immortality - Solitude Aeturnus (repeat)
Freya - The Sword

Doom slays. I love Veni Domine's mix of power metal with doom and Paramaecium's story telling doom. Trouble, POS and Candlemass are my faves and SA is right up there though they have some weaker stuff I didn't get into. Robert did a great job on the new CM though.
Have you checked out Orange Goblin?

Orange Goblin is cool, for sure...but more Stoner than my usual taste...tons of attitude though!

You know, someone should put together a message board dedicated to doom metal. Hmmmmm.....

spectrefate wrote:

You know, someone should put together a message board dedicated to doom metal. Hmmmmm.....

Yeah...good idea...

spectrefate wrote:

You know, someone should put together a message board dedicated to doom metal. Hmmmmm.....

those are fine, but then i'd have to go elsewhere to discuss Cro-Mags, Rotting Christ or Nile. i like it all in one place.

TrogDawn wrote:

I don't see the mighty PENTAGRAM on your list...

I shall remedy that with a special inclusion along with your TROGLODYTE DAWN order...

YOU are the freakin' TRAWG!!!!!

mc666 wrote:

spectrefate wrote:

You know, someone should put together a message board dedicated to doom metal. Hmmmmm.....

those are fine, but then i'd have to go elsewhere to discuss Cro-Mags...

There's a forum for that at The Cave too (among other things):

Punk/Hard-Core forum:
http://thecave.niceboard.com/punk-s-not-dead-f8/

Main page:
http://thecave.niceboard.com

Doom forum:
http://thecave.niceboard.com/doom-room-stoner-heights-f4/

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

YOU are the freakin' TRAWG!!!!!

But of course!

What would doom be without a Wino? He's amazing.

There's a great 3-part documentary on THE OBSESSED at their MySpace page...watched it today...

A lot of S bands...

Sheavy
Spiritual Beggars
Serpent
Serenity (from the 90's, not the current melodic band)

I like some dOOM and I have to be in a mood for it!

Wargod48

well this site is the biggest for doom fans and bands.
http://doom-metal.com/

I am huge into doom myself. Solitude Aeturnus, Candlemass, Morgion, Mindrot, Ataraxie, Momento Mori, Bethlehem, Cathedral and Trouble are a few of my favorites in the genre.

I love that site, Shannon...

I remember seeing Mindrot CD's back in the day...need to look into them...thanks for reminding me!

I love Candlemass

SAHB Healer wrote:

Sheavy

Awesome band!  One of my favorites!  

Loves me some Pentagram

dawm awn.....dawm'em all......