Gawd, I love Doom Metal...

Oh man, I just found this thread. I love doom too. I used to play in a doom band a few years ago. Possibility the best band I've ever played in. Relaxed, humorous attitude and great music.

I have recently spun the last Warhorse album released on Southern Lord Records - it's great!

Still impressed how much cross over fans of doom metal work into their music playing taste. I see Sabbath, Wizzard, Sleep and King Diamond patches creeping into peoples play lists all the time.

Anyone know the UK band Conan?

New Ides of Gemini!

I love Ides of Gemini!

Dr8breed74 wrote:

Still impressed how much cross over fans of doom metal work into their music playing taste.  I see Sabbath, Wizzard, Sleep and King Diamond patches creeping into peoples play lists all the time.

Anyone know the UK band Conan?

Yeah they're solid, I've never heard anything by them that blew my socks off though.

While we are on the subject of U.K doom, have you checked these guys out?



I got this record when it came out and it blew me away, I've tried pimping them on here but no takers!!

choosemetal wrote:

The Oath. There releasing there debut album very soon!

Remember all of the hype about these guys? What I didn't realise was that they released their debut album at the end of March and had split a month later!!  By June singer Johanna Sadonis had formed her new band Lucifer.



They are currently recording their debut 7" so lets hope that they can stay together until it's released!

Boris2008 wrote:

choosemetal wrote:

The Oath. There releasing there debut album very soon!

Remember all of the hype about these guys? What I didn't realise was that they released their debut album at the end of March and had split a month later!!  By June singer Johanna Sadonis had formed her new band Lucifer.



They are currently recording their debut 7" so lets hope that they can stay together until it's released!

The other female (whose name escapes me at the moment) that was in The Oath is now in the band Beastmilk.

Boris2008 wrote:

Dr8breed74 wrote:

Still impressed how much cross over fans of doom metal work into their music playing taste.  I see Sabbath, Wizzard, Sleep and King Diamond patches creeping into peoples play lists all the time.

Anyone know the UK band Conan?

Yeah they're solid, I've never heard anything by them that blew my socks off though.

While we are on the subject of U.K doom, have you checked these guys out?



I got this record when it came out and it blew me away, I've tried pimping them on here but no takers!!

I know the Monolith Cult by sight, but not the music. For some reason, they have evaded me for some time. Stupidly, I think it's the cover that has put me off.

Boris2008 wrote:

choosemetal wrote:

The Oath. There releasing there debut album very soon!

Remember all of the hype about these guys? What I didn't realise was that they released their debut album at the end of March and had split a month later!!  By June singer Johanna Sadonis had formed her new band Lucifer.



They are currently recording their debut 7" so lets hope that they can stay together until it's released!

Lucifer as a band name is sooooo original . At least Beastmilk is a bit better.

Beastmilk rule! ten times the band that The Oath ever were.

Boris2008 wrote:

Beastmilk rule! ten times the band that The Oath ever were.

What songs would you suggest?

The whole of the Climax album. It's not metal as such, more post punk with goth and slight black metal influences, so if you want that it may not be for you, but it's gone down amazingly well with metal audiences.

This is a good place to start

Just been playing some Church of Misery, Bongzilla and Weedeater. I feel like my Xmas spirit has been excelling itself in good cheer playing these album.

Um...yes, please.

Some recent acquisitions:





Wheel is more traditional doom than Argus, but both are quite good. Wheel is great, actually. Argus mixes doom with a kind of classic heavy metal style. Well worth checking out.

I've been meaning to check out Wheel for a while. Wish that I had sooner, that really is great! (listening to the record now)

I'm not sure about this. It's good but awfully generic and takes pretty heavily from Snowblind. Hope there are better songs on the album.

Boris2008 wrote:

I'm not sure about this. It's good but awfully generic and takes pretty heavily from Snowblind. Hope there are better songs on the album.

Wow! You ain't kidding. Damn. It's good, I guess, but I guess that's expected since it's "Snowblind." Haha.

Eyesore wrote:

That was good!!!

nevermore wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

That was good!!!

It is good, I can't work out what just isn't clicking with me though. 

Boris2008 wrote:

nevermore wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

That was good!!!

It is good, I can't work out what just isn't clicking with me though. 

I wasn't sold the first time I heard it. I first thought, this is a power metal band trying doom. I don't think that's quite accurate, of course, but I do think these guys are a bit different. It's doomy, but there's a heavy dose of German heavy metal in there, I think.

Anyway, I love it now. Interesting history on the band, too. They formed way back in the early to mid-80s, released some demos, and then split up for like 30 years before getting back together.

This is not what I was expecting from this album cover, they look like hippies!



I'm guessing that they are not hippies!

Picked this up a few weeks ago, i really like it. NSFW (Unless your boss really likes boobs! In which case, it might get you a promotion 

Yeah, this is very good! 

New Mist EP streaming here

http://www.occultrock.com/2015/05/exclusive-stream-mysts-new-ep-inan-today.html

I like it, gonna pick it up but will wait for the new Demon Eye LP (they are both Soulseller releases)