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Genre: doom metal

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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.


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Flute, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drum Kit, Vocals, Keyboard/Synthesizer, Double Bass, Keyboard/Piano, Synthesizer

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Dopesmoker
2022
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Legend
2012
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Dopethrone
2006
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Sky Void of Stars
2023
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Advaitic Songs
2012
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Sweet Evil Sun
2022
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The Mantle
2002
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Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light
2012
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Icon 30
2023
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Hour of the Nightingale
2016
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Under a Godless Veil
2020
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The Night Creeper
2015
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Mirror Reaper
2017
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Bergtatt
1994
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Moonflowers (Deluxe Edition)
2021
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God Luck and Good Speed
2007

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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.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 26 53010
2 31 61478
3 22 42877
4 34 92918
5 35 92091
6 20 13192
7 26 41582
8 28 67141
9 31 80637
10 30 68168
11 41 135618
12 23 19714
13 25 59754
14 45 312229
15 36 126638
16 29 93939
17 26 46255
18 35 97258
19 39 144226
20 41 274886
21 32 71980
22 36 93351
23 34 91762
24 30 40196
25 39 184473
26 27 56480
27 31 136825
28 34 45369
29 27 72744
30 43 225564
31 28 36010
32 26 22468
33 14 14016
34 22 35708
35 21 15330
36 31 108592
37 29 39756
38 39 126496
39 41 165319
40 15 13039
41 24 40542
42 20 21808
43 29 47483
44 34 85119
45 20 28566
46 50 371631
47 31 157978
48 39 166554
49 22 18751
50 6 6555
51 47 313273
52 22 31327
53 41 160287
54 11 12732
55 40 143024
56 31 52011
57 40 168183
58 35 140595
59 25 33952
60 40 84564
61 39 138614
62 32 78266
63 9 5972
64 20 17674
65 25 29862
66 27 14951
67 23 37071
68 21 32627
69 22 35664
70 28 57494
71 31 59360
72 24 23427
73 18 17109
74 28 48297
75 18 17918
76 14 15483
77 20 10724
78 32 62186
79 21 12546
80 19 17153
81 17 21094
82 27 41516
83 13 14566
84 13 10122
85 25 52459
86 11 12169
87 24 29094
88 17 16574
89 16 15638
90 22 33334
91 17 25042
92 17 18319
93 11 11164
94 21 13779
95 16 8379
96 14 12115
97 14 9047
98 10 10467
99 8 7916
100 13 6845

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