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) #1048
2	Candlemass 1984, Sweden Doom Metal	Nightfall (1987) #340 Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) #388 The Curse of Candlemass (2005) [Video]
3	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #139 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #747 Turning Season Within (2008) #1399
4	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #581 The Plague Within (2015) #793 In Requiem (2007) #851
5	Swallow the Sun 2000, Finland Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Songs From the North I, II & III (2015) #336 New Moon (2009) #632 Hope (2007) #2731
6	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1009 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2969 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #3015
7	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #68 Universal (2013) [Live] #113 Judgement (1999) #392
8	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #414 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #463 Queen of Time (2018) #486
9	Ophelia 2003, Korea Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Shoegaze	당신의 환상을 동정하라 (2010) #145
10	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1102 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1589 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1949
11	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2877 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP] #3170 The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #3291
12	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #768 Memorandum (1999) #1798 Burning: A Wish (2001) #3375
13	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #476 We Live (2004) Witchcult Today (2007) #3935
14	Type O Negative 1990, United States Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Alternative Metal	October Rust (1996) #910 Bloody Kisses (1993) #3390 Dead Again (2007) #4530
15	Colosseum 2007, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Chapter 2: Numquam (2009) #432 Chapter 3: Parasomnia (2011) #1143 Chapter 1: Delirium (2007) #2900
16	Novembre 1993, Italy Progressive Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Ursa (2016) #2547 Classica (1999) #3778 The Blue (2007) #3858
17	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #773 The Sciences (2018) #1927 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #2853
18	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #664 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1808 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8748
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) #4745
20	Asphyx 1987, Netherlands Death Metal, Doom Metal	Last One on Earth (1992) #1416 Necroceros (2021) #1976 The Rack (1991) #2060
21	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #946 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #2215 Enter the Realm of Death (1999) #3463
22	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #13 Heaven and Hell (1980) #20 Black Sabbath (1970) #42
23	Solitude Aeturnus 1987, United States Doom Metal	Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991) #1494 Alone (2006) #2381 Beyond the Crimson Horizon (1992) #3868
24	Lake of Tears 1992, Sweden Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	Forever Autumn (1999) #1201 Moons and Mushrooms (2007) #3931 A Crimson Cosmos (1997) #4633
25	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Trouble (1990) #1623 The Skull (1985) #2213 Run to the Light (1987) #2214
26	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal	A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #2050 Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #3163 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #3818
27	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #801 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
28	Ahab 2004, Germany Funeral Doom Metal	The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006) #1275 The Giant (2012) The Divinity of Oceans (2009) #7484
29	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #3132 Lillie: F-65 (2012) Saint Vitus (2019)
30	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #1956 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #3496 Paradise Belongs to You (1997) #4137
31	While Heaven Wept United States Power Metal, Doom Metal	Of Empires Forlorn (2003) #2383 Fear of Infinity (2011) #2933 Suspended at Aphelion (2014) #3423
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) #6734 無頼豊饒 (2014)
33	Shape of Despair 1998, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Angels of Distress (2001) #1318 Monotony Fields (2015) #1872 Shades of... (2000) #4007
34	The Gathering 1989, Netherlands Alternative Rock, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Art Rock, Atmospheric Rock	Home (2006) #1168 Mandylion (1995) #1203 Nighttime Birds (1997) #1427
35	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1222 Dust (2001) #3653 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3740
36	Forgotten Tomb 1999, Italy Black Metal, Doom Metal	Songs to Leave (2002) #3761 Obscura Arcana Mortis (2000) [EP] Love's Burial Ground (2004) #7880
37	The Sins Of Thy Beloved 1996, Norway Symphonic Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	Lake of Sorrow (1998) #1572 Perpetual Desolation (2000) #9029 All Alone (1997) [EP]
38	Bell Witch 2010, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Four Phantoms (2015) #2233 Mirror Reaper (2017) #3349 Stygian Bough Volume I (2020)
39	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #4626 Day of Reckoning (1987) #5606 Last Rites (2011)
40	Desire 1994, Portugal Doom Metal, Death Metal	Locus Horrendus - the Night Cries of a Sullen Soul (2002) #748 Pentacrow (1998) [EP] Infinity... a Timeless Journey Through an Emotional Dream (1996) #7206
41	Theatre of Tragedy 1993, Norway Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal, Electropop, Industrial Rock	Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) #466 Aégis (1998) #709 Theatre of Tragedy (1995) #2139
42	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #1078 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
43	Evoken 1992, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Death Metal	Antithesis of Light (2005) #1901 Embrace the Emptiness (1998) #4991 Quietus (2001)
44	Coffins Japan Doom Metal, death metal	Buried Death (2008) #3611 Beyond the Circular Demise (2019) Sinister Oath (2024)
45	Elegeion 1997, Australia Atmospheric Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	Through the Eyes of Regret (2001) #1632 The Last Moment (2005) #5533 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) #2257 Painting on Glass (1996) #7174 Sorrow (1994) [EP] #7280
47	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2869 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3684 Isolation Songs (2009) #5015
48	Cirith Ungol 1972, United States Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	Dark Parade (2023) Paradise Lost (1991) #6642 One Foot in Hell (1986) #6944
49	Avatarium 2012, Sweden Doom Metal	Avatarium (2013) #2560 Hurricanes and Halos (2017) #4221 The Fire I Long For (2019)
50	Doom:VS 2004, Sweden Funeral Doom Metal	Earthless (2014) #2634 Aeternum Vale (2006) #5585 Dead Words Speak (2008) #5676

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