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Genre
death doom
Parent Genre: metal

Death doom is a subgenre of doom metal that combines the slow, heavy sound of traditional doom with the harshness and brutality of death metal. It often features deep, guttural vocals and lyrics that explore themes of death, despair, and decay. The music is characterized by its slow, crushing riffs and atmospheric, melancholic melodies. It is a genre that is often associated with darkness and introspection, and is known for its ability to evoke strong emotions in listeners.


Top artists of death doom genre

1914
Incantation
Fires in the Distance
Shores Of Null
Ahab
Mournful Congregation
Mortiferum
Outer Heaven
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List of death doom artists

Here is a list of death doom artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the death doom genre. You can find out what death doom genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
1914
32 23 36 89 0 10 112 45877
2
Incantation
30 89 17 91 0 10 145 59779
3
Fires in the Distance
30 84 51 87 0 44 113 7115
4
Shores Of Null
27 73 36 93 0 10 127 6673
5
Ahab
26 78 37 45 1 6 117 36653
6
Mournful Congregation
21 75 18 38 13 12 118 16109
7
Mortiferum
19 82 19 90 0 12 116 17293
8
Outer Heaven
18 90 21 95 0 16 126 10247
9
Hooded Menace
18 83 20 83 0 11 137 23192
10
Dream Unending
17 79 30 63 11 14 113 5293
11
Krypts
17 85 15 69 0 15 120 16190
12
Evoken
17 72 21 57 12 7 104 19652
13
Eternal Rot
16 94 33 87 0 29 120 2086
14
Spectral Voice
15 81 14 68 0 10 101 20987
15
Temple of Void
15 78 21 91 0 15 122 15433
16
Innumerable Forms
14 87 19 87 0 14 128 5795
17
Disembowelment
14 68 27 76 4 8 112 10287
18
Tzompantli
13 79 36 82 0 9 147 4285
19
Rippikoulu
13 94 16 72 0 12 129 11263
20
Corpsessed
12 78 19 92 0 4 111 11489
21
Vastum
12 82 19 95 0 6 141 12158
22
Within the Fall
10 73 48 70 0 23 112 1905
23
Teeth
9 39 34 94 0 10 114 4787
24
Fossilization
9 85 17 77 1 4 105 3717
25
Holy Death
8 88 40 90 0 35 118 722
26
Vanhelgd
8 42 23 91 0 4 82 7285
27
Desolate Shrine
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8889
28
Druid Lord
8 47 20 66 1 7 102 1971
29
Jupiterian
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7122
30
WHARFLURCH
7 83 26 91 0 5 178 4172
31
Bog Body
7 86 24 64 0 16 140 3010
32
Rise to the Sky
6 59 13 28 13 4 160 1637
33
Void Rot
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3489
34
Static Abyss
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 926
35
Solothus
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2640
36
Majestic Downfall
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3406
37
Carcinoid
4 72 22 84 6 28 133 1226
38
Tethra
4 15 42 91 0 17 77 709
39
Ritual Necromancy
4 93 13 61 0 14 130 7057
40
Assumption
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1903
41
The Drowning
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2749
42
Funeral Leech
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2265
43
Burial
3 94 13 94 0 7 199 2108
44
Crust
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1531
45
Atavisma
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1165
46
Calliophis
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 733
47
Decaying Days
2 47 46 94 0 19 110 763
48
Grand Harvest
2 76 41 97 0 16 165 1469
49
Aphonic Threnody
2 63 30 57 10 6 130 1238
50
Inverloch
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2447
51
Convocation
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2078
52
Atramentus
2 90 12 37 46 5 90 1677
53
Woccon
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 758
54
Nephilim's Noose
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 418
55
Suffer Yourself
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 710
56
Cult Burial
1 5 45 90 0 26 100 496
57
Chaos Echoes
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1448
58
Okera
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 656
59
Bloodofjupiter
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 137
60
Bocc
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 416
61
Beyond Our Ruins
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136
62
Sorrowful
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 253
63
Nangilima
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113
64
Rites of Daath
0 79 24 87 0 8 155 326
65
FamishGod
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 344
66
Final Words of Sorrow
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
67
Keen Of The Crow
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255
68
Mournspire
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104
69
Endimion
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224
70
Torrens Conscientium
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 433
71
Apotelesma
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 264
72
Wishdoomdark
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 606
73
Lying Figures
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 248
74
Negative Voice
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 354
75
River of Souls
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254
76
Martyrdoom
0 74 20 95 0 7 140 183