Doom Metal
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Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres. Both the music and the lyrics intend to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom. The genre is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath, who formed a prototype for doom metal with songs such as "Black Sabbath", "Children of the Grave", "Electric Funeral" and "Into the Void". During the first half of the 1980s, a number of bands from England (Pagan Altar, Witchfinder General), the United States (Pentagram, Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, Trouble) and Sweden (Candlemass, and later, Count Raven) defined doom metal as a distinct genre.
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Solitude Aeturnus
- United States
- 1988-2011
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Trouble
- United States
- 1979-present
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The Puritan
- Finland
- 2005-present
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Bedemon
- United States
- 1973-1974, 1979, 1986, 2001-present