Best Doom Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Estatic Fear 1994, Austria Symphonic Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	A Sombre Dance (1999) #130 Somnium Obmutum (1996) #912
2	Candlemass 1984, Sweden Doom Metal	Nightfall (1987) #338 Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) #349 The Curse of Candlemass (2005) [Video]
3	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #142 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #739 Turning Season Within (2008) #1399
4	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #579 The Plague Within (2015) #787 In Requiem (2007) #852
5	Swallow the Sun 2000, Finland Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Songs From the North I, II & III (2015) #333 New Moon (2009) #629 Hope (2007) #2711
6	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1010 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2948 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #2990
7	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #68 Universal (2013) [Live] #105 Judgement (1999) #395
8	Ophelia 2003, Korea Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Shoegaze	당신의 환상을 동정하라 (2010) #146
9	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #416 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #464 Queen of Time (2018) #484
10	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1044 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1943 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #2001
11	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2856 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP] #3151 The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #3266
12	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #761 Memorandum (1999) #1789 Burning: A Wish (2001) #3351
13	Colosseum 2007, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Chapter 2: Numquam (2009) #434 Chapter 3: Parasomnia (2011) #1150 Chapter 1: Delirium (2007) #2880
14	Type O Negative 1990, United States Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Alternative Metal	October Rust (1996) #904 Bloody Kisses (1993) #3367 Dead Again (2007) #4495
15	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #610 Witchcult Today (2007) #3531 We Live (2004)
16	Novembre 1993, Italy Progressive Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Ursa (2016) #2532 Classica (1999) #3747 The Blue (2007) #3819
17	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #1018 The Sciences (2018) #1920 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #2672
18	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #664 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1799 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8684
19	Forest of Shadows 1997, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal	Where Dreams Turn to Dust (2001) [EP] #403 Among the Dormant Watchers (2018) Six Waves of Woe (2008) #4705
20	Asphyx 1987, Netherlands Death Metal, Doom Metal	Last One on Earth (1992) #1519 The Rack (1991) #2052 Necroceros (2021) #2597
21	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #939 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #2200 Enter the Realm of Death (1999) #3437
22	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #12 Heaven and Hell (1980) #20 Black Sabbath (1970) #45
23	Solitude Aeturnus 1987, United States Doom Metal	Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991) #1498 Alone (2006) #2365 Beyond the Crimson Horizon (1992) #3830
24	Lake of Tears 1992, Sweden Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	Forever Autumn (1999) #1203 Moons and Mushrooms (2007) #3890 A Crimson Cosmos (1997) #4590
25	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Trouble (1990) #1617 The Skull (1985) #2198 Run to the Light (1987) #2199
26	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal	A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #2041 Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #3145 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #3784
27	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #796 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
28	Ahab 2004, Germany Funeral Doom Metal	The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006) #1279 The Giant (2012) The Divinity of Oceans (2009) #7417
29	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #3693 Lillie: F-65 (2012) Saint Vitus (2019)
30	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #1949 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #3469 Paradise Belongs to You (1997) #4099
31	While Heaven Wept United States Power Metal, Doom Metal	Of Empires Forlorn (2003) #2367 Fear of Infinity (2011) #2916 Suspended at Aphelion (2014) #3401
32	人間椅子 1987, Japan Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	桜の森の満開の下 (1991) 怪談そして死とエロス (2016) #6686 無頼豊饒 (2014)
33	Shape of Despair 1998, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Angels of Distress (2001) #1321 Monotony Fields (2015) #1863 Shades of... (2000) #3967
34	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1228 Dust (2001) #3630 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3712
35	The Gathering 1989, Netherlands Alternative Rock, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Art Rock, Atmospheric Rock	Home (2006) #1174 Mandylion (1995) #1205 Nighttime Birds (1997) #1426
36	Forgotten Tomb 1999, Italy Black Metal, Doom Metal	Songs to Leave (2002) #3734 Obscura Arcana Mortis (2000) [EP] Love's Burial Ground (2004) #7806
37	The Sins Of Thy Beloved 1996, Norway Symphonic Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	Lake of Sorrow (1998) #1572 Perpetual Desolation (2000) #8953 All Alone (1997) [EP]
38	Bell Witch 2010, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Four Phantoms (2015) #2219 Mirror Reaper (2017) #3326 Stygian Bough Volume I (2020)
39	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #5186 Day of Reckoning (1987) #5558 Last Rites (2011)
40	Desire 1994, Portugal Doom Metal, Death Metal	Locus Horrendus - the Night Cries of a Sullen Soul (2002) #740 Pentacrow (1998) [EP] Infinity... a Timeless Journey Through an Emotional Dream (1996) #7153
41	Theatre of Tragedy 1993, Norway Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal, Electropop, Industrial Rock	Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) #467 Aégis (1998) #703 Theatre of Tragedy (1995) #2127
42	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #1077 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
43	Evoken 1992, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Death Metal	Antithesis of Light (2005) #1895 Embrace the Emptiness (1998) #4947 Quietus (2001)
44	Coffins Japan Doom Metal, death metal	Buried Death (2008) #3589 Beyond the Circular Demise (2019) Sinister Oath (2024)
45	Elegeion 1997, Australia Atmospheric Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	Through the Eyes of Regret (2001) #1628 The Last Moment (2005) #5485 Induction to Eternal Rest... (1996) [Demo]
46	The Third and the Mortal 1992, Norway Melodic Doom Metal, Experimental, Pop, Industrial	Tears Laid in Earth (1994) #2244 Painting on Glass (1996) #7121 Sorrow (1994) [EP] #7227
47	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2886 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3657 Isolation Songs (2009) #4971
48	Cirith Ungol 1972, United States Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	Dark Parade (2023) Paradise Lost (1991) #6592 One Foot in Hell (1986) #6886
49	Avatarium 2012, Sweden Doom Metal	Avatarium (2013) #2544 Hurricanes and Halos (2017) #4181 The Fire I Long For (2019)
50	Doom:VS 2004, Sweden Funeral Doom Metal	Earthless (2014) #2617 Aeternum Vale (2006) #5536 Dead Words Speak (2008) #5624

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