Best Death Doom Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Swallow the Sun 2000, Finland Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Songs From the North I, II & III (2015) #332 New Moon (2009) #629 Hope (2007) #2698
2	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1011 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2938 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #2980
3	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #638 The Plague Within (2015) #790 In Requiem (2007) #852
4	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #68 Universal (2013) [Live] #104 Judgement (1999) #396
5	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1048 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1945 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1999
6	Evoken 1992, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Death Metal	Antithesis of Light (2005) #1895 Embrace the Emptiness (1998) #4934 Quietus (2001)
7	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #1083 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
8	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1235 Dust (2001) #3625 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3705
9	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #142 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #741 Turning Season Within (2008) #1399
10	Spectral Voice 2012, United States Death Doom Metal, Death Metal	Eroded Corridors of Unbeing (2017) #2247 Sparagmos (2024) #4062 Spectral Voice (2014) [Demo]
11	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #940 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #2190 Enter the Realm of Death (1999) #3429
12	Dragged into Sunlight 2006, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Death Metal, Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Hatred for Mankind (2009) #2099 WidowMaker (2012) Terminal Aggressor (2009) [EP]
13	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #763 Memorandum (1999) #1792 Burning: A Wish (2001) #3347
14	Worm 2012, United States Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foreverglade (2021) #1367 Gloomlord (2020) #2421 Bluenothing (2022) [EP]
15	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #429 Codex Omega (2017) #505 Communion (2008) #576
16	October Tide 1994, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Rain Without End (1997) #2460 Grey Dawn (1999) #5726 A Thin Shell (2010)
17	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #1950 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #3462 Paradise Belongs to You (1997) #4091
18	Winter 1988, United States Death Doom Metal	Into Darkness / Eternal Frost (1999) [Compilation] Into Darkness (1990) #6770 Eternal Frost (1994) [EP]
19	Slumber 2002, Sweden Death Doom Metal	Fallout (2004) #1855 Dreamscape (2002) [Demo] Seclusion (2003) [Demo]
20	1914 2014, Ukraine Death Doom Metal, Blackened Death Metal	Where Fear and Weapons Meet (2021) #4300 The Blind Leading the Blind (2018) #4509 Eschatology of War (2015) #5436
21	Mar De Grises 2000, Chile Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Draining the Waterheart (2008) #5388 The Tatterdemalion Express (2004) #6825 Streams Inwards (2010)
22	Within Temptation 1996, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Alternative Rock	The Unforgiving (2011) #1145 Mother Earth (2000) #1329 The Silent Force (2004) #1582
23	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal	A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #2037 Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #3141 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #3780
24	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) Exuvia (2017) #1649 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3537
25	Temple of Void 2013, United States Death Doom Metal	Lords of Death (2017) #2480 Summoning the Slayer (2022) #5869 The World That Was (2020)
26	Doom:VS 2004, Sweden Funeral Doom Metal	Earthless (2014) #2608 Aeternum Vale (2006) #5517 Dead Words Speak (2008) #5603
27	Novembers Doom 1992, United States Death Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	To Welcome the Fade (2002) #6289 The Knowing (2000) The Pale Haunt Departure (2005) #7573
28	On Thorns I Lay 1995, Greece Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	On Thorns I Lay (2023) #5877 Crystal Tears (1999) #6144 Aegean Sorrow (2018)
29	Unholy 1990, Finland Death Doom Metal	The Second Ring of Power (1994) #5397 From the Shadows (1993) #7656 Gracefallen (1999)
30	Ethir Anduin 2006, Russia Death Doom Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Loneliness of my Life (2018) Холод (2023) Pathway to Eternity. The Agony (2020)
31	Evadne 2003, Spain Death Doom Metal	The Shortest Way (2012) A Mother Named Death (2017) In the Bitterness of Our Souls (2004) [Demo]
32	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) New Heaven (2024) Paradise Gallows (2016) #7709
33	Coffins Japan Doom Metal, death metal	Buried Death (2008) #3580 Beyond the Circular Demise (2019) Sinister Oath (2024)
34	Silent Stream of Godless Elegy 1995, Czech Republic Folk Metal, Doom Metal	Osameli (2006) [EP] Relic Dances (2004) ... Amber Sea (1996) [Demo]
35	Eneferens 2016, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	The Bleakness of Our Constant (2018) #1718 In the Hours Beneath (2016) The Inward Cold (2016)
36	Mournful Congregation 1993, Australia Funeral Doom Metal	The Monad of Creation (2005) #1513 The Book of Kings (2011) Tears from a Grieving Heart (1999)
37	Ophis 2001, Germany Death Doom Metal	Abhorrence in Opulence (2014) Stream of Misery (2007) Withered Shades (2010)
38	Gatecreeper 2013, United States Death Metal	Gatecreeper (2014) [EP] An Unexpected Reality (2021) [EP] Deserted (2019) #8979
39	Hanging Garden 2004, Finland Death Doom Metal	The Garden (2023) Inherit the Eden (2007) At Every Door (2013)
40	Dark Millennium 1989, Germany Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal	Ashore the Celestial Burden (1992) #2710 Acid River (2022) Diana Read Peace (1993)

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