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Genre
doom metal
Parent Genre: metal

Doom metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its slow and heavy sound, often featuring downtuned guitars and a focus on creating a dark and melancholic atmosphere. It typically incorporates elements of both traditional heavy metal and more extreme subgenres like death metal and black metal. The lyrics often deal with themes of despair, depression, and the occult. Bands in this genre often use a variety of vocal styles, including clean singing, growls, and screams.


Top artists of doom metal genre

Katatonia
Paradise Lost
Alcest
Electric Wizard
Entombed
Candlemass
Witchcraft
Sleep
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
Ulver
Crowbar
Boris
Draconian
Woods Of Ypres
Swallow The Sun
Pentagram
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List of doom metal artists

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

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Katatonia
51 13 42 68 7 27 122 337612
2
Paradise Lost
48 25 44 84 0 28 114 288099
3
Alcest
46 82 31 64 12 16 121 246428
4
Electric Wizard
45 79 21 72 3 23 120 283182
5
Entombed
44 44 23 95 0 25 125 198224
6
Candlemass
43 12 24 80 1 25 111 199957
7
Witchcraft
42 6 38 70 19 42 119 128841
8
Sleep
42 48 26 67 4 26 108 255202
9
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
42 73 32 82 25 37 126 174668
10
Ulver
41 55 42 51 33 17 109 152936
11
Crowbar
41 15 34 80 1 29 121 145199
12
Boris
40 59 22 71 11 18 118 125827
13
Draconian
40 19 33 73 2 15 117 128406
14
Woods Of Ypres
40 27 40 78 9 26 118 76615
15
Swallow The Sun
39 35 38 65 2 17 120 128324
16
Pentagram
39 9 34 81 9 48 126 84289
17
Agalloch
39 53 30 70 17 17 119 151807
18
Weedeater
38 60 24 81 5 27 113 84671
19
Eyehategod
38 51 24 74 9 24 118 111155
20
My Dying Bride
37 32 28 63 8 15 117 153447
21
OM
36 77 44 42 24 18 120 116468
22
Windhand
36 70 23 75 5 22 120 88610
23
Sólstafir
36 43 30 63 16 14 117 133734
24
Blood Ceremony
35 7 31 74 8 40 138 52605
25
Monolord
35 77 30 57 1 21 111 83121
26
Bongzilla
34 79 27 88 5 37 116 73647
27
Empyrium
34 76 36 41 43 17 113 56590
28
Saturnus
33 67 39 49 13 18 116 52455
29
Acid King
33 72 26 66 2 23 119 85946
30
Neurosis
32 71 26 59 7 11 113 129970
31
Pallbearer
32 39 27 76 2 23 119 79978
32
Trees of Eternity
32 28 34 46 15 15 105 46407
33
sunn O)))
32 85 11 30 28 6 90 145019
34
Blood Incantation
32 85 21 81 11 12 128 68163
35
Conan
31 78 26 69 1 18 127 55633
36
Primordial
31 24 20 83 0 17 117 72223
37
Grand Magus
31 12 48 86 3 33 124 45895
38
YOB
31 61 29 70 4 18 123 87305
39
Bongripper
30 83 21 74 0 18 106 62687
40
Wolves In The Throne Room
30 80 16 73 8 9 128 98989
41
Cathedral
30 21 30 89 0 28 124 65213
42
Bell Witch
30 78 26 27 38 11 101 58650
43
Trouble
29 4 29 74 1 28 99 34776
44
Novembers Doom
29 21 37 71 7 18 127 53076
45
Primitive Man
29 88 20 79 0 19 96 40204
46
Orchid
29 17 37 73 8 40 127 33193
47
The Obsessed
29 13 38 79 2 48 111 36122
48
Witchfinder General
29 5 31 73 14 50 129 43633
49
Saint Vitus
28 3 33 59 12 27 114 66788
50
Acid Witch
28 26 34 88 0 30 125 30148
51
Daylight Dies
28 36 36 65 10 10 123 27545
52
Dopelord
28 54 35 65 0 27 117 38601
53
Avatarium
28 7 33 76 0 31 112 21903
54
Mountain Witch
28 55 33 83 3 37 130 20298
55
Church Of Misery
27 9 25 84 4 34 113 53445
56
Triptykon
27 24 38 61 3 15 118 47005
57
The Foreshadowing
26 36 36 74 3 18 124 12908
58
Ahab
26 78 37 45 1 6 117 36736
59
Ufomammut
26 80 26 69 3 21 120 49670
60
Cirith Ungol
25 36 32 89 1 43 131 36851
61
Pagan Altar
24 65 29 84 1 36 128 28681
62
Warning
23 0 17 51 8 22 124 15809
63
Solitude Aeturnus
23 22 29 74 0 29 108 26253
64
Cough
23 59 17 69 0 21 113 39721
65
Reverend Bizarre
23 45 32 70 1 20 122 30628
66
Novembre
23 40 26 78 8 22 121 33837
67
Belzebong
23 68 21 87 0 26 100 37957
68
October Tide
23 22 34 83 2 21 122 33892
69
Shape Of Despair
22 79 24 46 1 8 95 29862
70
Buzzov•en
22 56 28 73 6 22 127 16826
71
Mourning Beloveth
22 43 27 52 14 16 128 10994
72
Mournful Congregation
22 75 18 38 13 12 118 16187
73
Grief
21 47 26 74 1 16 95 24917
74
Spirit Caravan
21 12 36 83 0 50 93 20579
75
40 Watt Sun
21 2 44 36 39 13 108 15756
76
Funeral
20 29 25 62 2 18 106 14878
77
Purple Hill Witch
19 39 21 72 0 37 125 14397
78
Count Raven
19 0 39 76 0 35 123 15671
79
Crypt Sermon
18 4 27 86 0 21 116 16934
80
Ogre
18 86 59 86 0 31 128 2162
81
Salem's Pot
17 39 22 70 0 31 122 13246
82
Hooded Menace
17 81 26 79 0 14 148 23235
83
Forest of Shadows
17 79 40 56 1 12 114 14154
84
Beastmaker
17 0 43 84 0 42 120 12218
85
Evoken
17 72 21 57 12 7 104 19684
86
Isole
16 2 32 65 0 17 103 8542
87
Disembowelment
14 68 27 76 4 8 112 10329
88
Hour Of 13
14 0 40 87 0 35 137 7607
89
Lord Vicar
14 3 31 68 0 21 115 10766
90
Officium Triste
14 67 29 64 5 15 102 7958
91
Hamferð
14 35 36 63 14 9 123 12108
92
Spiritus Mortis
13 3 39 64 0 12 113 10295
93
Esoteric
13 88 17 57 3 7 109 14220
94
Thorr's Hammer
13 94 35 88 0 14 113 11049
95
Doomsword
12 40 49 92 0 31 116 9172
96
Skepticism
12 83 12 28 30 12 96 13265
97
Thergothon
11 89 16 19 0 8 122 10948
98
Wino
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 8596
99
The Gates Of Slumber
9 27 27 67 2 25 107 9905
100
Mar de Grises
8 4 42 83 2 16 113 9551
101
Place of Skulls
8 22 32 58 2 32 100 5578
102
Paul Chain
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 7261
103
Sons of Otis
6 90 28 51 12 20 124 6445
104
Dawn Of Winter
5 0 50 69 0 14 110 3607
105
Warning
4 90 80 82 7 49 126 892
106
Internal Void
4 4 30 51 0 38 92 3051
107
Serpentcult
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 824
108
Place Of Skull
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 202
109
Doom:VS
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13686
110
November's Doom
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 508