Best Doom Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Estatic Fear 1994, Austria Symphonic Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	A Sombre Dance (1999) #131 Somnium Obmutum (1996) #1058
2	Candlemass 1984, Sweden Doom Metal	Nightfall (1987) #343 Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) #391 The Curse of Candlemass (2005) [Video]
3	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #141 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #752 Turning Season Within (2008) #1414
4	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #585 The Plague Within (2015) #801 In Requiem (2007) #860
5	Swallow the Sun 2000, Finland Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Songs From the North I, II & III (2015) #339 New Moon (2009) #718 Hope (2007) #2737
6	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1020 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2982 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #3028
7	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #68 Universal (2013) [Live] #107 Judgement (1999) #394
8	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #416 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #466 Queen of Time (2018) #489
9	Ophelia 2003, Korea Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Shoegaze	당신의 환상을 동정하라 (2010) #173
10	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2886 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP] #3181 The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #3302
11	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1580 Dead End Kings (2012) #1624 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1952
12	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #775 Memorandum (1999) #1809 Burning: A Wish (2001) #3386
13	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #478 Witchcult Today (2007) #3960 We Live (2004) #5048
14	Colosseum 2007, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Chapter 2: Numquam (2009) #498 Chapter 3: Parasomnia (2011) #963 Chapter 1: Delirium (2007) #2874
15	Type O Negative 1990, United States Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Alternative Metal	October Rust (1996) #914 Bloody Kisses (1993) #3403 Dead Again (2007) #4574
16	Novembre 1993, Italy Progressive Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Ursa (2016) #2555 Classica (1999) #3794 The Blue (2007) #3876
17	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #782 The Sciences (2018) #1929 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #3819
18	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #665 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1798 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8815
19	Forest of Shadows 1997, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal	Where Dreams Turn to Dust (2001) [EP] #407 Among the Dormant Watchers (2018) Six Waves of Woe (2008) #4787
20	Asphyx 1987, Netherlands Death Metal, Doom Metal	Last One on Earth (1992) #1430 Necroceros (2021) #2020 The Rack (1991) #2066
21	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #951 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #2214 Enter the Realm of Death (1999) #3476
22	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #13 Heaven and Hell (1980) #20 Black Sabbath (1970) #44
23	Solitude Aeturnus 1987, United States Doom Metal	Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991) #1500 Alone (2006) #2387 Beyond the Crimson Horizon (1992) #3886
24	Lake of Tears 1992, Sweden Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	Forever Autumn (1999) #1204 Moons and Mushrooms (2007) #3956 A Crimson Cosmos (1997) #4680
25	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Trouble (1990) #1628 The Skull (1985) #2212 Run to the Light (1987) #2213
26	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal	A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #2055 Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #3174 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #4504
27	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #807 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
28	Ahab 2004, Germany Funeral Doom Metal	The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006) #1283 The Giant (2012) The Divinity of Oceans (2009) #7537
29	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #3140 Lillie: F-65 (2012) Saint Vitus (2019)
30	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #1959 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #3507 Paradise Belongs to You (1997) #4169
31	While Heaven Wept United States Power Metal, Doom Metal	Of Empires Forlorn (2003) #2389 Fear of Infinity (2011) #2948 Suspended at Aphelion (2014) #3435
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) #6786 無頼豊饒 (2014)
33	Shape of Despair 1998, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Angels of Distress (2001) #1330 Monotony Fields (2015) #1874 Shades of... (2000) #4033
34	The Gathering 1989, Netherlands Alternative Rock, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Art Rock, Atmospheric Rock	Home (2006) #1171 Mandylion (1995) #1206 Nighttime Birds (1997) #1440
35	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1225 Dust (2001) #3664 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3754
36	Forgotten Tomb 1999, Italy Black Metal, Doom Metal	Songs to Leave (2002) #3775 Obscura Arcana Mortis (2000) [EP] Love's Burial Ground (2004) #7940
37	The Sins Of Thy Beloved 1996, Norway Symphonic Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	Lake of Sorrow (1998) #1579 Perpetual Desolation (2000) #9094 All Alone (1997) [EP]
38	Bell Witch 2010, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Four Phantoms (2015) #2233 Mirror Reaper (2017) #3359 Stygian Bough Volume I (2020)
39	Cirith Ungol 1972, United States Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	Dark Parade (2023) Paradise Lost (1991) #6697 One Foot in Hell (1986) #6994
40	Coffins Japan Doom Metal, death metal	Sinister Oath (2024) #2460 Buried Death (2008) #3623 Beyond the Circular Demise (2019)
41	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #4672 Day of Reckoning (1987) #5651 Last Rites (2011)
42	Desire 1994, Portugal Doom Metal, Death Metal	Locus Horrendus - the Night Cries of a Sullen Soul (2002) #753 Pentacrow (1998) [EP] Infinity... a Timeless Journey Through an Emotional Dream (1996) #7260
43	Theatre of Tragedy 1993, Norway Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal, Electropop, Industrial Rock	Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) #469 Aégis (1998) #710 Theatre of Tragedy (1995) #2143
44	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #1084 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
45	Evoken 1992, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Death Metal	Antithesis of Light (2005) #1902 Embrace the Emptiness (1998) #5035 Quietus (2001)
46	Elegeion 1997, Australia Atmospheric Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	Through the Eyes of Regret (2001) #1638 The Last Moment (2005) #5579 Induction to Eternal Rest... (1996) [Demo]
47	The Third and the Mortal 1992, Norway Melodic Doom Metal, Experimental, Pop, Industrial	Tears Laid in Earth (1994) #2259 Painting on Glass (1996) #7226 Sorrow (1994) [EP] #7332
48	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2878 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3694 Isolation Songs (2009) #5061
49	Avatarium 2012, Sweden Doom Metal	Avatarium (2013) #2570 Hurricanes and Halos (2017) #4252 The Fire I Long For (2019)
50	Doom:VS 2004, Sweden Funeral Doom Metal	Earthless (2014) #2642 Aeternum Vale (2006) #5631 Dead Words Speak (2008) #5724

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