A Guide to Doom Metal & Its Subgenres

When heavy metal was born in Birmingham, Black Sabbath were also pioneering a sound that would later be known as doom metal. Let's explore how doom became its own style of metal, and how that style has branched off into a variety of diverse sub-genres since then. We'll look at the style's origins, key bands from the 80's through the '00s, and will cover some basics of epic doom, death doom, sludge metal, stoner metal, and drone.

Artists included or discussed:
Acid Bath, Black Sabbath, Black Widow, Blue Cheer, Boris, Candlemass, Comus, Coven, Cream, Crowbar, Down, Earth, Iron Butterfly, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Elder, Electric Wizard, Eyehategod, Katatonia, Melvins, My Dying Bride, Opeth, Pagan Altar, Paradise Lost, Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Sleep, Solitude Aeturnus, Soundgarden, Sunn O))), Trouble, Winter, Witchfinder General

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Chapters:
00:00 Fascinating Intro
01:34 Origins of Doom
04:33 Sabbath's Descendants
11:53 Death Doom
16:08 Sludge Metal
21:18 Stoner Metal
23:20 Drone Metal

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#metal #doommetal #blacksabbath #metalmusic #sludgemetal #stonermetal #musichistory #underratedmusic #underratedmusicgenres #musicgenrehistory