Best Doom Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Estatic Fear 1994, Austria Symphonic Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	A Sombre Dance (1999) #127 Somnium Obmutum (1996) #913
2	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #141 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #740 Turning Season Within (2008) #1396
3	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #635 The Plague Within (2015) #789 In Requiem (2007) #849
4	Candlemass 1984, Sweden Doom Metal	Nightfall (1987) #365 Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) #379 The Curse of Candlemass (2005) [Video]
5	Swallow the Sun 2000, Finland Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Songs From the North I, II & III (2015) #330 New Moon (2009) #627 The Morning Never Came (2003) #2298
6	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1006 Turn Loose the Swans (1993) #2642 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2926
7	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #68 Universal (2013) [Live] #103 Judgement (1999) #396
8	Ophelia 2003, Korea Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Shoegaze	당신의 환상을 동정하라 (2010) #143
9	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #414 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #458 Queen of Time (2018) #484
10	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1045 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1940 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1993
11	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2834 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP] #3136 The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #3246
12	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #762 Memorandum (1999) #1790 Burning: A Wish (2001) #3331
13	Colosseum 2007, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Chapter 2: Numquam (2009) #431 Chapter 3: Parasomnia (2011) #1150 Chapter 1: Delirium (2007) #2857
14	Type O Negative 1990, United States Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Alternative Metal	October Rust (1996) #904 Bloody Kisses (1993) #3346 Dead Again (2007) #4449
15	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #460 Witchcult Today (2007) #3500 We Live (2004)
16	Novembre 1993, Italy Progressive Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Ursa (2016) #2520 The Blue (2007) #3791 Materia (2006) #4653
17	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #1013 The Sciences (2018) #1918 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #2654
18	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) #4661
19	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #661 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1947 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8583
20	Asphyx 1987, Netherlands Death Metal, Doom Metal	Last One on Earth (1992) #1512 The Rack (1991) #2042 Necroceros (2021) #2584
21	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #939 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #2182 Enter the Realm of Death (1999) #3409
22	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #12 Heaven and Hell (1980) #19 Black Sabbath (1970) #41
23	Solitude Aeturnus 1987, United States Doom Metal	Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991) #1492 Alone (2006) #2352 Beyond the Crimson Horizon (1992) #3802
24	Lake of Tears 1992, Sweden Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	Forever Autumn (1999) #1210 Moons and Mushrooms (2007) #3859 A Crimson Cosmos (1997) #4545
25	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Trouble (1990) #1612 The Skull (1985) #2180 Run to the Light (1987) #2181
26	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal	A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #2030 Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #3130 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #3757
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) #1282 The Giant (2012) The Divinity of Oceans (2009) #7335
29	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #3659 Lillie: F-65 (2012) Saint Vitus (2019)
30	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #1945 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #3441 Paradise Belongs to You (1997) #4064
31	While Heaven Wept United States Power Metal, Doom Metal	Of Empires Forlorn (2003) #2354 Fear of Infinity (2011) #2898 Suspended at Aphelion (2014) #3378
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) #6614 無頼豊饒 (2014)
33	Shape of Despair 1998, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Angels of Distress (2001) #1316 Monotony Fields (2015) #1865 Shades of... (2000) #3755
34	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1234 Dust (2001) #3599 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3680
35	The Gathering 1989, Netherlands Alternative Rock, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Art Rock, Atmospheric Rock	Home (2006) #1175 Mandylion (1995) #1212 Nighttime Birds (1997) #1419
36	Forgotten Tomb 1999, Italy Black Metal, Doom Metal	Songs to Leave (2002) #3706 Obscura Arcana Mortis (2000) [EP] Love's Burial Ground (2004) #7719
37	The Sins Of Thy Beloved 1996, Norway Symphonic Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	Lake of Sorrow (1998) #1564 Perpetual Desolation (2000) #8848 All Alone (1997) [EP]
38	Bell Witch 2010, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Four Phantoms (2015) #2201 Mirror Reaper (2017) #3305 Stygian Bough Volume I (2020)
39	Desire 1994, Portugal Doom Metal, Death Metal	Locus Horrendus - the Night Cries of a Sullen Soul (2002) #741 Pentacrow (1998) [EP] Infinity... a Timeless Journey Through an Emotional Dream (1996) #7076
40	Theatre of Tragedy 1993, Norway Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal, Electropop, Industrial Rock	Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) #463 Aégis (1998) #700 Theatre of Tragedy (1995) #2116
41	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #1079 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
42	Evoken 1992, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Death Metal	Antithesis of Light (2005) #1892 Embrace the Emptiness (1998) #4901 Quietus (2001)
43	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Day of Reckoning (1987) #5499 Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #5652 Be Forewarned (1994) #7608
44	Coffins Japan Doom Metal, death metal	Buried Death (2008) #3557 Beyond the Circular Demise (2019) Sinister Oath (2024)
45	Elegeion 1997, Australia Atmospheric Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	Through the Eyes of Regret (2001) #1623 The Last Moment (2005) #5428 Induction to Eternal Rest... (1996) [Demo]
46	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2864 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3625 Isolation Songs (2009) #4923
47	Cirith Ungol 1972, United States Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	Dark Parade (2023) Paradise Lost (1991) #6519 One Foot in Hell (1986) #6816
48	Avatarium 2012, Sweden Doom Metal	Avatarium (2013) #2530 Hurricanes and Halos (2017) #4149 The Fire I Long For (2019)
49	Doom:VS 2004, Sweden Funeral Doom Metal	Earthless (2014) #2604 Aeternum Vale (2006) #5477 Dead Words Speak (2008) #5565
50	The Third and the Mortal 1992, Norway Melodic Doom Metal, Experimental, Pop, Industrial	Tears Laid in Earth (1994) #2003 Painting on Glass (1996) #7048 Sorrow (1994) [EP] #7150

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