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When The Kite String Pops
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Sludge band from Louisiana fronted by Dax Riggs, known for albums featuring artwork painted by serial killers.
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Acid Bath
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The Call Of The Wretched Sea
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Nautical-themed German doom band whose colossal riffs and epic sound evoke the scale and weight of Moby-Dick.
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Ahab
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Serenades
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English doom-death band from Liverpool, featuring the Cavanagh brothers; one of the "Peaceville Three."
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Anathema
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Paranoid
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Legendary UK band widely considered the progenitors of heavy metal, featuring vocalist Ozzy Osbourne & guitarist Tony Iommi.
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Black Sabbath
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Absolutego
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Japanese experimental/doom band with heavy, slow riffs and avant-garde influences.
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Boris
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Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
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Swedish epic doom pioneers, featuring Messiah Marcolin's operatic vocals; part of the "Big Four" of classic doom.
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Candlemass
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The Ethereal Mirror
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UK doom band formed by Lee Dorrian after Napalm Death; distinctive retro doom sound.
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Cathedral
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Master Of Brutality
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Japanese doom metal band known for their serial killer-themed lyrics.
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Church Of Misery
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King Of The Dead
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US epic doom band with sword-and-sorcery themed lyrics; named after a mountain pass leading into Mordor in LOTR.
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Cirith Ungol
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Odd Fellows Rest
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New Orleans sludge band led by Kirk Windstein; famously mocked on Beavis and Butthead for being as "heavy" as their music.
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Crowbar
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Come My Fanatics
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English doom band from Dorset, led by husband and wife duo Jus Oborn and Liz Buckingham.
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Electric Wizard
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Dopesick
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Misanthropic Louisiana sludge pioneers, known for Mike IX Williams’ tortured vocals and Jimmy Bower’s Sabbathy, Dixie-fried guitar.
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Eyehategod
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Blues From The Red Planet
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Influential desert-stoner band featuring Brant Bjork and Josh Homme.
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Kyuss
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Houdini
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US band led by Buzz Osborne, combining sludge, doom, and experimental rock; major influence on grunge and doom scenes.
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Melvins
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Turn Loose The Swans
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Halifax doom-death pioneers, part of the “Peaceville Three,” famed for Aaron Stainthorpe’s mournful vocals & themes of macabre romance.
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My Dying Bride
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The Pale Haunt Departure
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US death-doom band from Chicago; their name evokes the bleakness of late autumn and winter.
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Novembers Doom
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Brother Blue Steel
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Pioneering Maryland doom/stoner metal band fronted by Scott "Wino" Weinrich.
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The Obsessed
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Time Travelling Blues
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Retro sounding UK stoner-doom band named after a mischievous mythical creature, but usually green.
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Orange Goblin
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Draconian Times
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Halifax doom-death pioneers, named after Milton’s epic poem, known for their gothic, melancholic sound; part of the “Peaceville Three.”
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Paradise Lost
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Virginia doom pioneers fronted by meme-famous "doom wizard" Bobby Liebling.
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Pentagram
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Born Too Late
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LA epic doom band named after a Christian saint; their slow, mournful sound helped define US classic doom.
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Saint Vitus
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Dopesmoker
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California stoner doom band famous for this single-hour song album; influenced countless stoner acts.
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Sleep
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Beyond the Crimson Horizon
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Epic US doom band from Texas, fronted by Rob Lowe; known for melodic, heavy riffs and classic 80s/90s epic doom.
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Solitude Aeturnus
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In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
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Finnish trio playing slow and heavy traditional doom with dramatic vocals.
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Reverend Bizarre
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Age of Winters
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Modern Texas doom band wielding riffs as sharp as their sword-and-sorcery inspired name.
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The Sword
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Psalm 9
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Veteran US epic doom pioneers, known for spiritual lyrics contrasting evil-sounding bands; part of the "Big Four."
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Trouble
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October Rust
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New York gothic doom band fronted by Peter Steele, whose towering presence and deep, resonant vocals defined their dark, romantic sound.
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Type O Negative
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God Luck and Good Speed
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North Carolina sludge trio fronted by Dixie Dave Collins, known for crushing riffs and a raw, “caveman metal” approach.
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Weedeater
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Firewood
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Swedish retro doom band conjuring 70s Sabbath vibes, true to their mystical, occult-inspired name.
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Witchcraft
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Burning A Sinner
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Cult UK doom band from the NWOBHM era; also occult themed & prone to featuring scantily clad women on their album covers.
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Witchfinder General
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