Out of all the sub-genres of metal, DOOM is the one I'm least acquinted with. Coming from someone who loves Dying Fetus/Misery Index, Carcass, Cryptopsy, Morbid Angel.....what bands should I start out listening to?

I've heard parts of the new Ocean cd and love it, but I can't really stomach High on Fire or Soilent Green. I just don't find them memorable/enjoyable. Is there actually "catchy" Doom out there?

www.myspace.com/sinofangels

high on fire and soilent green arent doom !

go listen to buried at sea !

come to grief

he's got you there.....thats pretty much doom !

http://www.myspace.com/shroudofbereavement

http://www.oceanofdoom.com

DreamingInExile said:


Good to see that shameless self promotion is running rampant here.

Just kidding, Shroud kicks ass, even though tr00 doom metallers would call them "SloDeath" and not tr00 doom.

actually i'd call them opera - doom !

but they're missing the violins so i wont

shrapnel ! said:

give it time...

haha oh man, i'd go for a cello before you thru in the violins.

cellos rules !!!!!!!!!

shrapnel ! said:

like I said... give it time ;)

i actually cant wait till the o'breins show, i havent seen shroud since we played with you folks waaaaaaaaaaaaay back in what March i think. that show will be most enjoyable.

ocean, sin of angels, shroud what more could you ask for. Ha Grief and Conifer sorry it had to be said !

Just checked out what Conifer audio samples
were available on the net and i MUST add them to my favorites! Thanks for the suggestion.

thorr's hammer is an excellent death/doom band featuring a 17 year old norwegain girl as their singer; she can growl as good as any man, check them out.....disembowelment is supposed to be an excellent death/doom band as well, though i've never heard them for myself.....burning witch, graves at sea, grief, eyehategod.....place of skulls is a great sabbath-style doom band....if you're interested in doom with more melodic/gothic influence, as mentioned above, our own Shroud of bereavement is definitely worth hearing, My Dying bride is awesome as well, older anathema....paradise lost and cathedral are 2 more doom pioneers but i haven't listened to either of those yet....if you can find a copy(try ebay.com), Upsidedown Cross is very cool also.....just a few suggestions, as i am also sort of new to the doom scene, i've only been into it for a few months; as you can tell i still haven't heard some of the bigger names in doom.....but hey, good luck in your quest for good music!

electric wizard
brainoil
indian
sweet cobra
st. vitus
swans
oroku
the body

Where can I find Grief song samples/mp3s?

shrapnel ! said:

actually man, we have full violin sections and cello parts all over our new album.

i too am excited about the show at o'brians this month


\m/

saddly i havent heard the new record

5ive
bongzilla
crowbar
cult of luna
goatsblood
goatsnake
the hidden hand
early isis
keelhaul
melvins
noosebomb
om
secret order of the tusk
pelican
stinking lizaveta
unsane


haha im just naming bands off now Ha ! \mm/

shrapnel ! said:

sadly none of us do yet... it should be out sometime before the turn of the century

yob, deadbird, uneathly trance

come to see Grief, Sin of Angels and Hellblock6 Nov 15th @ the middle east....if you dont like them just wait for Exhumed.

haha

Why not start with the basic bands and then work your way forward...

Black Sabbath (early albums)
Saint Vitus
Candlemass
Cathedral
Paradise Lost
My Dying Bride
Electric Wizard
Neurosis (as your intro to that whole Isis/Cult of Luna scene)

I don't really think a lot of bands people listed here qualify as 'doom'. Some of 'em, but not a lot.

Is it pretty hard to distinguish between some Stoner Rock and Doom bands?

Ryan_M said:

eheh for some reason theres only three doom bands im into and there all local....ocean...conifer....and shroud.....i tend to listen to shroud alot more than the others but thats because i have stuff on disc form them and i listned to it like every damn night before i went to bed when i got it plus kellys voice makes me happy

^^^ me

not related at all...but I was at Northeastern University today and some dude giving a tour showed my friend a part of the campus where all of the architecture was modeled after the game "DOOM"

nevermind.

DrinkHardThrashHard said:

best post in this thread. i can't believe it took that long for someone to mention mdb

while you're at it, check out old katatonia (brave murder day), and daylight dies.

morgion

Thanks for all the help guys. I went down to my local record store; they usually have a varied selection, as they are an independently owned operation. Anyways, they didn't have a single copy of Cathedral or My Dying Bride. I was able to pick up Electric Wizard's "We Live" and I have to say it's pretty decent so far.

dreadkill said:

actually if you read all the entries someone mentioned them while talking about shroud.

Grind My Gonads! said:

shape of despair
evoken
keen of the krow
reclusiam
necare
swallow the sun
panthiest
theatre of tragedy
anathema
mourning beloveth
paramecium
saturnus
tristitia
the third and the mortal
disembowelment
ataraxie
oficium trisre
the phrophecy

oooooooooooh yeah twilight and thrones are good to check out too !

Hey sean, isn't it past your bed time?

dwellingsickness said:

i never sleep and aren't i older then you !

the phrophecy
is this pronounced frofesee?

Worship
Warhorse

church of misery? boris?

Dusk
dISEMBOWELMENT
Paradise Lost
My Dying Bride
November's Doom
Evoken
Majesty
Skepticism

I have to say my favorite track from We Live is "Another Perfect Day?". Anyone else love that song?

Grind My Gonads! said:

thats a cool record, yes....but i still say go get dopethrone or dopesmoker

Disembowelment
Evoken
Tumulus Seraphim
Warhorse
Suicide Dream

Allllll in due time. Hopefully my local Newbury Comics will have other E.W. cd's along with many other doom bands that you've all selected. If not, it's time to order off the net.

I was able to find Dopethrone, I hope it lives up to all the "hype".

if you liked we live, then i wouldnt be able to understand how you wouldnt fall in love with the bass and drone of dopethrone !!!

fucking awesome

now go see either weedeater and jumbo's killcrane or earth and tides on nov 21st and be well !