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{{Short description|Subgenre of heavy metal music}}
{{Short description|Subgenre of heavy metal music}}
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| name = Doom metal
| name = Doom metal
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]|[[blues]]<ref name="Bandcamp">{{cite web |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/02/02/doom-metal-a-brief-timeline/ |title=Doom Metal: A Brief Timeline |work=Bandcamp daily |first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|date=2 February 2017|access-date=30 June 2018}}</ref>}}<!-- don't add any origins without providing a source -->
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]|[[blues]]<ref name="Bandcamp">{{cite web |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/02/02/doom-metal-a-brief-timeline/ |title=Doom Metal: A Brief Timeline |work=Bandcamp daily |first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|date=2 February 2017|access-date=30 June 2018}}</ref>}}<!-- don't add any origins without providing a source -->
| cultural_origins = Early to mid 1970s, United Kingdom and United States<ref name="Allmusic" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.masterclass.com/articles/doom-metal-music-guide | title=Doom Metal Music Guide: 11 Doom Metal Bands |quote=Unlike Sabbath, who initially viewed itself as a blues act, Pentagram is considered a founder of the doom metal genre, along with contemporaries Trouble, Saint Vitus, and Candlemass.}}</ref>
| cultural_origins = Early to mid 1970s, United Kingdom and United States<ref name="Allmusic" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.masterclass.com/articles/doom-metal-music-guide | title=Doom Metal Music Guide: 11 Doom Metal Bands |quote=Unlike Sabbath, who initially viewed itself as a blues act, Pentagram is considered a founder of the doom metal genre, along with contemporaries Trouble, Saint Vitus, and Candlemass. |work=[[MasterClass]] |date=1 September 2021}}</ref>
| derivatives = [[Post-metal]]<ref name="bandcamp">{{cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/08/04/a-brief-history-of-post-metal/|title=A Brief History of Post-Metal|publisher=Bandcamp|first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|date=4 August 2016|access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="fact">{{cite web | url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/06/24/40-best-post-metal/ | title=The 40 best post-metal records ever made | work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] | date=24 June 2015 | access-date=11 November 2017 | last=Jahdi | first= Robin | quote=The truth is post-metal takes in all of these elements without being entirely any one of them. So we’ll be featuring nothing totally proggy, like Ayreon; nor pure doom, like Electric Wizard; nor your modern black metal fellows like Leviathan, Wolves in the Throne Room, or Velvet Cacoon, though their peaks certainly coincided with post-metal}}</ref>
| derivatives = * [[Gothic metal]]{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
* [[post-metal]]<ref name="bandcamp">{{cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/08/04/a-brief-history-of-post-metal/|title=A Brief History of Post-Metal|publisher=Bandcamp|first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|date=4 August 2016|access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2023}}
| subgenres = * Epic doom
| subgenres = * Epic doom
* traditional doom
* traditional doom
| fusiongenres = * Black-doom (depressive suicidal black metal)
| fusiongenres = * Black-doom (depressive suicidal black metal)
* blackened death-doom
* blackened death-doom
* [[death-doom]] (funeral doom)
* [[death-doom]] ([[funeral doom]])
* [[drone metal]]
* [[drone metal]]
* gothic-doom
* gothic-doom
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* Washington D.C.
* Washington D.C.
| other_topics = * [[Extreme metal]]
| other_topics = * [[Extreme metal]]
* [[post-metal]]
* [[gothic metal]]
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'''Doom metal''' is an [[extreme metal|extreme]] subgenre of [[heavy metal music]] that typically uses slower [[tempo]]s, [[Down-tuned guitar|low-tuned guitars]] and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.<ref name="Extreme">K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' (Berg Publishers, 2007), {{ISBN|1-84520-399-2}}, p. 31.</ref> Both the music and the lyrics are intended to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom.<ref name="Allmusic" /> The genre is strongly influenced by the early work of [[Black Sabbath]],<ref name="Allmusic" /> who formed a prototype for doom metal. During the first half of the 1980s,<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=style|id=doom-metal-ma0000004496|pure_url=yes}} |title=Doom metal |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref> a number of bands such as [[Witchfinder General (band)|Witchfinder General]] and [[Pagan Altar]] from England, American bands [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]], [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]], [[the Obsessed]], [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]], and [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]], and Swedish band [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]] defined doom metal as a distinct genre. Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Trouble and Candlemass have been referred to as "the Big Four of Doom Metal".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/eric-wagner-lead-singer-of-doom-metal-legends-trouble-has-died-from-covid-19-11785165 | title=Eric Wagner, Lead Singer of Doom Metal Legends Trouble, Has Died from Covid-19 |journal=[[Houston Press]] |first=David |last=Rozycki |date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
'''Doom metal''' is an [[extreme metal|extreme]] subgenre of [[heavy metal music]] that typically uses slower [[tempo]]s, [[Down-tuned guitar|low-tuned guitars]] and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.<ref name="Extreme">K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' (Berg Publishers, 2007), {{ISBN|1-84520-399-2}}, p. 31.</ref> Both the music and the lyrics are intended to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom.<ref name="Allmusic" /> The genre is strongly influenced by the early work of [[Black Sabbath]],<ref name="Allmusic" /> who formed a prototype for doom metal. During the first half of the 1980s,<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=style|id=doom-metal-ma0000004496|pure_url=yes}} |title=Doom metal |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref> a number of bands such as [[Witchfinder General (band)|Witchfinder General]] and [[Pagan Altar]] from England, American bands [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]], [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]], [[the Obsessed]], [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]], and [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]], and Swedish band [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]] defined doom metal as a distinct genre. Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Trouble and Candlemass have been referred to as "the Big Four of Doom Metal".<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/eric-wagner-lead-singer-of-doom-metal-legends-trouble-has-died-from-covid-19-11785165 | title=Eric Wagner, Lead Singer of Doom Metal Legends Trouble, Has Died from Covid-19 |journal=[[Houston Press]] |first=David |last=Rozycki |date=24 August 2021}}</ref>


== Characteristics ==
== Characteristics ==
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=== Vocals ===
=== Vocals ===
Traditional doom metal vocalists favor clean vocals, which are often performed with a sense of despair, desperation, or pain; imitating the high-tone wails of [[Ozzy Osbourne]] ([[Black Sabbath]]),<ref name="doomSabbath"/> Frank Ferrara ([[Bang (American band)|Bang]]), Bobby Liebling ([[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]]),<ref name=PhD/> and Zeeb Parkes ([[Witchfinder General (band)|Witchfinder General]]). So-called "epic doom" vocalists often take it a step further, singing in an [[opera]]tic style. Doom metal bands influenced by other extreme metal genres often use growled or screamed vocals, as is the case of [[death-doom]], [[Doom metal#Black-doom|black-doom]], and [[Doom metal#Funeral doom|funeral doom]].
Traditional doom metal vocalists favor clean vocals, which are often performed with a sense of despair, desperation, or pain; imitating the high-tone wails of [[Ozzy Osbourne]] ([[Black Sabbath]]),<ref name="doomSabbath"/> Frank Ferrara ([[Bang (American band)|Bang]]), Bobby Liebling ([[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]]),<ref name=PhD/> and Zeeb Parkes ([[Witchfinder General (band)|Witchfinder General]]). So-called "epic doom" vocalists often take it a step further, singing in an [[opera]]tic style. Doom metal bands influenced by other extreme metal genres often use growled or screamed vocals, as is the case of [[death-doom]], [[Doom metal#Black-doom|black-doom]], and [[funeral doom]].


=== Lyrical themes ===
=== Lyrical themes ===
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=== Development (1980s) ===
=== Development (1980s) ===
During the early-mid-1980s, bands from England and the United States<ref name="Allmusic" /> contributed much to the formation of doom metal as a distinct genre. In 1982, English pioneers [[Witchfinder General (band)|Witchfinder General]] released their debut album ''[[Death Penalty (album)|Death Penalty]]''. During 1984, two American pioneers also released their debuts—[[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]] released their [[Saint Vitus (album)|eponymous album]] and [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]] released ''[[Psalm 9 (album)|Psalm 9]]''. That same year, American band [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] (formed in 1971) released their second studio album, ''[[King of the Dead (album)|King of the Dead]]''—regarded by many as an early influence on doom.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/03/northwest-terror-fest-2019-lineup/ | title = Northwest Terror Fest 2019 lineup: Pig Destroyer, Wolfbrigade, Cirith Ungol, and more to crush Seattle | access-date = 30 March 2019 | last = Kaufman | first = Spencer | work = Consequence of Sound | date = March 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.vcreporter.com/2018/10/out-with-a-bang-robert-garven-and-jarvis-leatherby-talk-frost-and-fire-iv-before-the-metalfest-takes-its-final-bow/ | title = OUT WITH A BANG &#124; Robert Garven and Jarvis Leatherby talk Frost and Fire IV before the metalfest takes its final bow | access-date = 30 March 2019 | last = Lackey Shaffer | first = Nancy D. | work = Ventura County Reporter | date = 4 October 2018 }}</ref> The following year, American band [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] would go on to release their debut, ''[[Relentless (Pentagram album)|Relentless]]''. The Swedish [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]] would also prove influential with their first record ''[[Epicus Doomicus Metallicus]]'' in 1986, from which [[#Epic doom|epic doom metal]] takes its name.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ludwig |first1=Jamie |title=Swedish doom-metal pioneers Candlemass celebrate their epic sounds in Chicago |url=https://chicagoreader.com/music/swedish-doom-metal-pioneers-candlemass/ |website=[[Chicago Reader]] |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>
During the early-mid-1980s, bands from England and the United States<ref name="Allmusic" /> contributed much to the formation of doom metal as a distinct genre. In 1982, English pioneers [[Witchfinder General (band)|Witchfinder General]] released their debut album ''[[Death Penalty (album)|Death Penalty]]''. During 1984, two American pioneers also released their debuts—[[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]] released their [[Saint Vitus (album)|eponymous album]] and [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]] released ''[[Psalm 9 (album)|Psalm 9]]''. That same year, American band [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] (formed in 1971) released their second studio album, ''[[King of the Dead (album)|King of the Dead]]''—regarded by many as an early influence on doom.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/03/northwest-terror-fest-2019-lineup/ | title = Northwest Terror Fest 2019 lineup: Pig Destroyer, Wolfbrigade, Cirith Ungol, and more to crush Seattle | access-date = 30 March 2019 | last = Kaufman | first = Spencer | work = Consequence of Sound | date = March 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.vcreporter.com/2018/10/out-with-a-bang-robert-garven-and-jarvis-leatherby-talk-frost-and-fire-iv-before-the-metalfest-takes-its-final-bow/ | title = OUT WITH A BANG &#124; Robert Garven and Jarvis Leatherby talk Frost and Fire IV before the metalfest takes its final bow | access-date = 30 March 2019 | last = Lackey Shaffer | first = Nancy D. | work = Ventura County Reporter | date = 4 October 2018 }}</ref> The following year, American band [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] would go on to release their debut, ''[[Relentless (Pentagram album)|Relentless]]''. The Swedish [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]] would also prove influential with their first record ''[[Epicus Doomicus Metallicus]]'' in 1986, from which [[#Epic doom|epic doom metal]] takes its name.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ludwig |first1=Jamie |title=Swedish doom-metal pioneers Candlemass celebrate their epic sounds in Chicago |url=https://chicagoreader.com/music/swedish-doom-metal-pioneers-candlemass/ |website=[[Chicago Reader]] |date=18 April 2022 |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>


Some doom metal bands were also influenced by the underground [[gothic rock]] and [[post-punk]] scene of the 1980s, showing similarities with the dark themes addressed through lyrics and the atmosphere both music styles deal with. A doom metal band like [[Mindrot (band)|Mindrot]] was often described as a cross-over between [[death metal]] and gothic rock.
Some doom metal bands were also influenced by the underground [[gothic rock]] and [[post-punk]] scene of the 1980s, showing similarities with the dark themes addressed through lyrics and the atmosphere both music styles deal with. A doom metal band like [[Mindrot (band)|Mindrot]] was often described as a cross-over between [[death metal]] and gothic rock.
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=== Finnish doom metal ===
=== Finnish doom metal ===
In one of the greatest doom metal outputs, Finnish groups focus more on the depressive mood of the genre, evoking an intense grieving feeling.<ref name="Grief">{{cite web |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/interview.php?interview_id=137 |title=Swallow The Sun interview (10/2005) |work=[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]] |author=DerRozzengarten |access-date= 6 January 2013}}</ref> The bands play with very slow tempos and melodic tones, creating an atmosphere of darkness and melancholia.<ref name="Grief" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://themoscownews.com/arts/20110324/188521655.html |title=Russian doom, Finnish-style |work=The Moscow News |author=Vladimir Kozlov |access-date=6 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110202504/http://themoscownews.com/arts/20110324/188521655.html |archive-date=10 January 2014 }}</ref> This scene was kick-started by the band [[Spiritus Mortis|Rigor Mortis]] (which, due to an older US band with the same name, changed their name to Spiritus Mortis), which originated in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/finland/alavus/spiritus+mortis |title=SPIRITUS MORTIS |work=MusicMight |author=DerRozzengarten |access-date=6 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110201441/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/finland/alavus/spiritus+mortis |archive-date=10 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Mortis">{{cite web |url=http://www.femforgacs.hu/interju/473/Spiritus_Mortis_interview |title=Spiritus Mortis interview |work=Fémforgács |date=6 October 2009 |access-date= 6 January 2013}}</ref> Notable bands include [[Reverend Bizarre]],<ref name="RevBiz">{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/bestfinnishmetalbands.htm |title=Best Finnish Heavy Metal Bands |work=About.com |author=Marsicano, Dan |access-date= 6 January 2013}}</ref> [[Minotauri]],<ref name="Mortis" /> [[Dolorian]],<ref name="Grief" /> [[Shape of Despair]],<ref name="Grief" /> [[Thergothon]],<ref name="Grief" /> [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]],<ref name="Grief" /> and [[Unholy (band)|Unholy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peaceville.com/news/?date=2011-08 |title=The Second Ring of Power – CD&DVD edition coming in October |work=[[Peaceville Records]]'s Official site |access-date= 6 January 2013}}</ref>
In one of the greatest doom metal outputs, Finnish groups focus more on the depressive mood of the genre, evoking an intense grieving feeling.<ref name="Grief">{{cite web |url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/interview.php?interview_id=137 |title=Swallow The Sun interview (10/2005) |work=[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]] |author=DerRozzengarten |access-date= 6 January 2013}}</ref> The bands play with very slow tempos and melodic tones, creating an atmosphere of darkness and melancholia.<ref name="Grief" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://themoscownews.com/arts/20110324/188521655.html |title=Russian doom, Finnish-style |work=The Moscow News |author=Vladimir Kozlov |access-date=6 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110202504/http://themoscownews.com/arts/20110324/188521655.html |archive-date=10 January 2014 }}</ref> This scene was kick-started by the band [[Spiritus Mortis|Rigor Mortis]] (which, due to an older US band with the same name, changed their name to Spiritus Mortis), which originated in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/finland/alavus/spiritus+mortis |title=SPIRITUS MORTIS |work=MusicMight |author=DerRozzengarten |access-date=6 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110201441/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/finland/alavus/spiritus+mortis |archive-date=10 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Mortis">{{cite web |url=http://www.femforgacs.hu/interju/473/Spiritus_Mortis_interview |title=Spiritus Mortis interview |work=Fémforgács |date=6 October 2009 |access-date= 6 January 2013}}</ref> Notable bands include [[Reverend Bizarre]],<ref name="RevBiz">{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/bestfinnishmetalbands.htm |title=Best Finnish Heavy Metal Bands |work=About.com |author=Marsicano, Dan |access-date=6 January 2013 |archive-date=24 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524115212/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/bestfinnishmetalbands.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Minotauri]],<ref name="Mortis" /> [[Dolorian]],<ref name="Grief" /> [[Shape of Despair]],<ref name="Grief" /> [[Thergothon]],<ref name="Grief" /> [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]],<ref name="Grief" /> and [[Unholy (band)|Unholy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peaceville.com/news/?date=2011-08 |title=The Second Ring of Power – CD&DVD edition coming in October |work=[[Peaceville Records]]'s Official site |access-date= 6 January 2013}}</ref>


=== Louisiana doom metal ===
=== Louisiana doom metal ===
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=== Washington D.C. doom metal ===
=== Washington D.C. doom metal ===
{{See also|Music of Maryland#Popular music}}
{{See also|Music of Maryland#Popular music}}
This scene formed in the early 1970s and was kickstarted by [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] and [[the Obsessed]].<ref name=DC>{{cite web |url=http://www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-1194.html |title=Review: V/A – Doom Capital Maryland / DC |work=Metal Invader |last=Pamfilos |first=Themis |url-status=dead |date=23 July 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110034624/http://www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-1194.html |archive-date=10 November 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Doom Capital">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/doom-capital-maryland-dc-heavy-rock-underground-mw0000209044 |title=Doom Capital: Maryland DC Heavy Rock Underground |last=Henderson |first=Alex |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref> Various doom/[[Stoner rock|stoner]] bands, mostly from [[Washington, D.C.]] and its [[Washington metropolitan area|metropolitan area]] on [[Maryland]] and [[Virginia]] (thus also being labelled ''"Maryland doom sound"''<ref name=DC/>), formed in this region being heavily influenced by early [[hard rock]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] bands, like [[UFO (band)|UFO]], [[Blue Cheer]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] and [[Sir Lord Baltimore]].<ref name="Doom Capital" /><ref name="virginiadoom">{{cite web|url=http://www.farmageddonrecordsmusicfestival.com/artists/pentagram.html |title=Pentagram |author=Tschetter, Michelle |work=Farmageddon Records |access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref> This scene is also known as ''"Hellhound sound"'' for being closely related to the late [[Hellhound Records]],<ref name=DC/> who signed with many important bands of the scene like [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]],<ref name="wash">{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/11/01/for-northern-virginia-metal-band-salome-not-all-hope-lies-in-doom/ |title=For Northern Virginia Metal Band Salome, Not All Hope Lies in Doom |author=Brandon, Wu |work=[[Washington City Paper]] |date=November 2010 |access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=Hellhound>{{Cite news|url=http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/tag/hellhound-records/|title=Hellhound Records Archives – The Obelisk|website=The Obelisk|language=en-US|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref> [[Internal Void]],<ref name=Hellhound/><ref name="virginiadoom" /> [[Iron Man (band)|Iron Man]],<ref name=Hellhound/> [[Revelation (band)|Revelation]],<ref name=Hellhound/> [[Wretched (doom metal band)|Wretched]]<ref name=Hellhound/> and [[Unorthodox (band)|Unorthodox]].<ref name=Hellhound/> Other notable bands include [[Evoken]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rockshowmagazine.com/v2i3/bios/evoken.html |title=New Jersey Doom Metal |work=Rock Show Magazine |access-date=20 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125081047/http://www.rockshowmagazine.com/v2i3/bios/evoken.html |archive-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Spirit Caravan]],<ref name="Doom Capital" /><ref name="virginiadoom" /> [[Earthride]],<ref name="Doom Capital" /> and [[The Hidden Hand (band)|the Hidden Hand]].<ref name="wash" />
This scene formed in the early 1970s and was kickstarted by [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] and [[the Obsessed]].<ref name=DC>{{cite web |url=http://www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-1194.html |title=Review: V/A – Doom Capital Maryland / DC |work=Metal Invader |last=Pamfilos |first=Themis |url-status=dead |date=23 July 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110034624/http://www.metal-invader.com/db/reviews-1194.html |archive-date=10 November 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Doom Capital">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/doom-capital-maryland-dc-heavy-rock-underground-mw0000209044 |title=Doom Capital: Maryland DC Heavy Rock Underground |last=Henderson |first=Alex |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref> Various doom/[[Stoner rock|stoner]] bands, mostly from [[Washington, D.C.]] and its [[Washington metropolitan area|metropolitan area]] on [[Maryland]] and [[Virginia]] (thus also being labelled ''"Maryland doom sound"''<ref name=DC/>), formed in this region being heavily influenced by early [[hard rock]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] bands, like [[UFO (band)|UFO]], [[Blue Cheer]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] and [[Sir Lord Baltimore]].<ref name="Doom Capital" /><ref name="virginiadoom">{{cite web |url=http://www.farmageddonrecordsmusicfestival.com/artists/pentagram.html |title=Pentagram |author=Tschetter, Michelle |work=Farmageddon Records |access-date=23 May 2013 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319073512/http://www.farmageddonrecordsmusicfestival.com/artists/pentagram.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> This scene is also known as ''"Hellhound sound"'' for being closely related to the late [[Hellhound Records]],<ref name=DC/> who signed with many important bands of the scene like [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]],<ref name="wash">{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/11/01/for-northern-virginia-metal-band-salome-not-all-hope-lies-in-doom/ |title=For Northern Virginia Metal Band Salome, Not All Hope Lies in Doom |author=Brandon, Wu |work=[[Washington City Paper]] |date=November 2010 |access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=Hellhound>{{Cite news|url=http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/tag/hellhound-records/|title=Hellhound Records Archives – The Obelisk|website=The Obelisk|language=en-US|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref> [[Internal Void]],<ref name=Hellhound/><ref name="virginiadoom" /> [[Iron Man (band)|Iron Man]],<ref name=Hellhound/> [[Revelation (band)|Revelation]],<ref name=Hellhound/> [[Wretched (doom metal band)|Wretched]]<ref name=Hellhound/> and [[Unorthodox (band)|Unorthodox]].<ref name=Hellhound/> Other notable bands include [[Evoken]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rockshowmagazine.com/v2i3/bios/evoken.html |title=New Jersey Doom Metal |work=Rock Show Magazine |access-date=20 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125081047/http://www.rockshowmagazine.com/v2i3/bios/evoken.html |archive-date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Spirit Caravan]],<ref name="Doom Capital" /><ref name="virginiadoom" /> [[Earthride]],<ref name="Doom Capital" /> and [[The Hidden Hand (band)|the Hidden Hand]].<ref name="wash" />


=== Pacific Northwest doom metal ===
=== Pacific Northwest doom metal ===
The [[Pacific Northwest]] region – primarily [[Oregon]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], and [[British Columbia]] – has been host to a growing scene of doom, sludge,<ref>{{cite magazine|date=September 2009|title=Sludge Special - Part 2|magazine=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]|issue=188|pages=40–57|issn=1350-6978}}</ref> and stoner metal<ref name="PNW">{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/08/09/139239063/the-mix-a-pacific-northwest-metal-goldmine|title=The Mix: A Pacific Northwest Metal Goldmine|newspaper=NPR|date=10 August 2011|last1=Levin|first1=Hannah}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cvltnation.com/crushing-cascadia-earworthy-metal-of-the-pacific-northwest|title=Crushing Cascadia: Earworthy Metal of the Pacific Northwest -|date=28 January 2013|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615024101/http://www.cvltnation.com/crushing-cascadia-earworthy-metal-of-the-pacific-northwest/|archive-date=15 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> since the 1990s. It is influenced by the geographical origin of [[grunge]] music and a sound pioneered in part by the Washington band [[Melvins]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal|last1=Bukszpan|first1=Daniel|publisher=Sterling, New York|year=2012|pages=192–193|isbn=978-1402792304|url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=WiQKuAAACAAJ|page=192}}}}</ref><ref name="Allmusic" /> Common visual themes include the region's cold, rainy, forested climate, and many bands utilize psychedelic imagery influenced by bands like [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]], Karp and Harkonen.<ref name="PNW" /> Musical styles often share crossover features with [[Ambient black metal|atmospheric/ambient black metal]], [[drone metal]], and [[post-metal]] as seen in Oregon's [[Yob (band)|YOB]], [[Agalloch]], [[Witch Mountain (band)|Witch Mountain]], and [[Red Fang]]; Washington's [[Earth (American band)|Earth]], and [[Sunn O)))]]; and Vancouver's [[Anciients]], Astrakhan,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://astrakhanofficial.bandcamp.com|title=Reward in Purpose, by Astrakhan}}</ref> and [[Aaron Turner]] project [[Sumac (band)|Sumac]], among various others.
The [[Pacific Northwest]] region – primarily [[Oregon]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], and [[British Columbia]] – has been host to a growing scene of doom, sludge,<ref>{{cite magazine|date=September 2009|title=Sludge Special - Part 2|magazine=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]|issue=188|pages=40–57|issn=1350-6978}}</ref> and stoner metal<ref name="PNW">{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/08/09/139239063/the-mix-a-pacific-northwest-metal-goldmine|title=The Mix: A Pacific Northwest Metal Goldmine|newspaper=NPR|date=10 August 2011|last1=Levin|first1=Hannah}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cvltnation.com/crushing-cascadia-earworthy-metal-of-the-pacific-northwest|title=Crushing Cascadia: Earworthy Metal of the Pacific Northwest -|date=28 January 2013|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615024101/http://www.cvltnation.com/crushing-cascadia-earworthy-metal-of-the-pacific-northwest/|archive-date=15 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> since the 1990s. It is influenced by the geographical origin of [[grunge]] music and a sound pioneered in part by the Washington band [[Melvins]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal|last1=Bukszpan|first1=Daniel|publisher=Sterling, New York|year=2012|pages=192–193|isbn=978-1402792304|url={{Google books|plainurl=yes|id=WiQKuAAACAAJ|page=192}}}}</ref><ref name="Allmusic" /> Common visual themes include the region's cold, rainy, forested climate, and many bands utilize psychedelic imagery influenced by bands like [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]], Karp and Harkonen.<ref name="PNW" /> Musical styles often share crossover features with [[Ambient black metal|atmospheric/ambient black metal]], [[drone metal]], and [[post-metal]] as seen in Oregon's [[Yob (band)|YOB]], [[Agalloch]], [[Witch Mountain (band)|Witch Mountain]], and [[Red Fang]]; Washington's [[Earth (American band)|Earth]], and [[Sunn O)))]]; and Vancouver's [[Anciients]], Astrakhan,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://astrakhanofficial.bandcamp.com|title=Reward in Purpose, by Astrakhan}}</ref> and [[Aaron Turner]] project [[Sumac (band)|Sumac]], among various others.

In 2021, 2022 and 2023 Rain City Doom Festival was held in Seattle featuring local Doom Metal bands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/raincitydoomfest/|title=Rain City Doom Fest Instagram page}}</ref>


=== Palm Desert Scene===
=== Palm Desert Scene===
{{main|Palm Desert Scene}}
{{main|Palm Desert Scene}}
[[Palm Desert, California]], hosts a thriving desert rock and stoner metal scene, drawing heavy influences from [[psychedelia]], [[blues]] and [[hardcore punk]], often featuring distinctive repetitive drum beats, a propensity for free-form [[Jam session|jamming]], and "trance-like" or "sludgy" [[Groove (music)|grooves]].<ref name=mtv>{{cite web|last1=Vanhorn|first1=Teri|title=Queens Of The Stone Age At Home In Desert|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/503529/queens-of-the-stone-age-at-home-in-desert/|website=mtv.com|publisher=MTV|access-date=22 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=yawningman>{{cite web|last1=Prato|first1=Greg|title=Normadic Pursuits – Yawning Man|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nomadic-pursuits-mw0002024035|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=laweekly>{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/10/22/queens-of-the-stone-ages-josh-homme-is-our-last-real-rock-star?page=3|title=Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme Is Our Last Real Rock Star|author=Steve Appleford|date=22 October 2014|work=L.A. Weekly}}</ref> Because of their integration, the term "stoner rock" is sometimes used interchangeably with the term "desert rock".<ref name=part>{{cite news | title= News: StonerRock.com and MeteorCity Part Ways | url= http://www.bravewords.com/news/13824 | publisher= Bravewords.com | date= 19 May 2004 | access-date= 26 August 2011 | archive-date= 9 October 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121009112910/http://www.bravewords.com/news/13824 | url-status= dead }}</ref> Notable bands include [[Kyuss]],<ref name="Morris">{{Citation | last = Morris | first = Chris | title = Kyuss lands on its feet and keeps climbing | newspaper =[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | page =1 | date =15 January 1994}}</ref><ref name=guardian>{{cite web|last1=Lynskey|first1=Dorian|title=Kyuss: Kings of the stoner age|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/25/kyuss-stoner-queens-stone-age|work=The Guardian|date=25 March 2011|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref> [[Queens of the Stone Age]],<ref name=mtv/> [[Dali's Llama]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fessier|first1=Bruce|title=Zach Huskey offering variety show of desert sound|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/2014/06/30/zach-huskey-hick-ups-dunebilly/11817963/|newspaper=The Desert Sun|date=30 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402224524/http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/2014/06/30/zach-huskey-hick-ups-dunebilly/11817963/|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> [[Slo Burn]],<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/slo-burn-mn0001625569#wre "Slo Burn"]. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref> and [[Brant Bjork]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-16/10-essential-stoner-rock-albums|last=Dome|first=Malcolm|magazine=Metal Hammer|date=16 October 2016|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref>
[[Palm Desert, California]], hosts a thriving desert rock and stoner metal scene, drawing heavy influences from [[psychedelia]], [[blues]] and [[hardcore punk]], often featuring distinctive repetitive drum beats, a propensity for free-form [[Jam session|jamming]], and "trance-like" or "sludgy" [[Groove (music)|grooves]].<ref name=mtv>{{cite web|last1=Vanhorn|first1=Teri|title=Queens Of The Stone Age At Home In Desert|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/503529/queens-of-the-stone-age-at-home-in-desert/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102105829/http://www.mtv.com/news/503529/queens-of-the-stone-age-at-home-in-desert/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 January 2015|website=mtv.com|publisher=MTV|access-date=22 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=yawningman>{{cite web|last1=Prato|first1=Greg|title=Normadic Pursuits – Yawning Man|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nomadic-pursuits-mw0002024035|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref><ref name=laweekly>{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/10/22/queens-of-the-stone-ages-josh-homme-is-our-last-real-rock-star?page=3|title=Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme Is Our Last Real Rock Star|author=Steve Appleford|date=22 October 2014|work=L.A. Weekly}}</ref> Because of their integration, the term "stoner rock" is sometimes used interchangeably with the term "desert rock".<ref name=part>{{cite news | title= News: StonerRock.com and MeteorCity Part Ways | url= http://www.bravewords.com/news/13824 | publisher= Bravewords.com | date= 19 May 2004 | access-date= 26 August 2011 | archive-date= 9 October 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121009112910/http://www.bravewords.com/news/13824 | url-status= dead }}</ref> Notable bands include [[Kyuss]],<ref name="Morris">{{Citation | last = Morris | first = Chris | title = Kyuss lands on its feet and keeps climbing | newspaper =[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | page =1 | date =15 January 1994}}</ref><ref name=guardian>{{cite web|last1=Lynskey|first1=Dorian|title=Kyuss: Kings of the stoner age|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/25/kyuss-stoner-queens-stone-age|work=The Guardian|date=25 March 2011|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref> [[Queens of the Stone Age]],<ref name=mtv/> [[Dali's Llama]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fessier|first1=Bruce|title=Zach Huskey offering variety show of desert sound|url=http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/2014/06/30/zach-huskey-hick-ups-dunebilly/11817963/|newspaper=The Desert Sun|date=30 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402224524/http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/2014/06/30/zach-huskey-hick-ups-dunebilly/11817963/|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> [[Slo Burn]],<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/slo-burn-mn0001625569#wre "Slo Burn"]. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref> and [[Brant Bjork]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-16/10-essential-stoner-rock-albums|last=Dome|first=Malcolm|magazine=Metal Hammer|date=16 October 2016|access-date=21 May 2017|archive-date=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231148/http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-10-16/10-essential-stoner-rock-albums|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Stylistic divisions ==
== Stylistic divisions ==
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==== Depressive suicidal black metal ====
==== Depressive suicidal black metal ====
Pioneered by black-doom bands like [[Ophthalamia]], [[Katatonia]], [[Bethlehem (band)|Bethlehem]], [[Forgotten Tomb]], and [[Shining (Swedish band)|Shining]], depressive suicidal black metal, also known as suicidal black metal, depressive black metal, or DSBM, is a style that melds the [[Black metal#Second wave|second wave]]-style of black metal with doom metal,<ref name=DSBD>{{cite thesis |last=Yavuz |first=Mehmet Selim |date=September 2015 |title=Dead is dead: Perspectives on the Meaning of Death in Depressive Suicidal Black Metal Music through Musical Representations |type=MMus |institution= University of London |url=https://hcommons.org/deposits/download/hc:12942/CONTENT/mselimyavuznamedfinal.pdf/ |access-date=18 August 2018}}</ref> with lyrics revolving around themes such as depression, self-harm, misanthrophy, suicide, and death.<ref name=Vein>{{cite journal|last1=Sil|first1=Janet|editor1-last=Ishmael|editor1-first=Amelia|editor2-last=Price|editor2-first=Zareen|editor3-last=Stephanou|editor3-first=Aspasia|editor4-last=Woodward|editor4-first=Ben|title=Open a Vein: Suicidal Black Metal and Enlightenment|journal=Helvete: A Journal of Black Metal Theory|date=2013|issue=1|pages=5–19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNR9GGaUkTQC&pg=PA5|publisher=Punctum Books|location=Brooklyn|isbn=9780615758282|issn=2326-683X}}</ref><ref name=Feral>{{cite book|last1=Patterson|first1=Dayal|title=Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult|date=2013|publisher=Feral House|location=Port Townsend|isbn=9781936239757|page=351|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-kIxCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA351}}</ref> DSBM bands draw the [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]] recording and highly distorted guitars of black metal, while employing the usage of acoustic instruments and non-distorted electric guitar's timbres present in doom metal, interchanging the slower, doom-like, sections with faster [[tremolo picking]].<ref name=DSBD/> Vocals are usually high-pitched like in black metal, but lacking of energy, simulating feelings like hopelessness, desperation, and plea.<ref name=DSBD/> The presence of one-man bands is more prominent in this genre compared to others.<ref name=DSBD/> Examples of bands include [[Xasthur]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Luedtke|first1=Christopher|title=Essential Black Metal Listening: XASTHUR Nocturnal Poisoning|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/black-metal-chronicles/black-metal-listening/essential-black-metal-listening-xasthur-nocturnal-poisoning|website=Metal Injection|access-date=12 June 2017|date=2 February 2016}}</ref> [[Leviathan (musical project)|Leviathan]],<ref name=DSBD/> [[Strid (band)|Strid]],<ref name=DSBD/> [[Silencer (band)|Silencer]],<ref name=Vein/><ref name=Feral/> Make a Change... Kill Yourself,<ref name=DSBD/> and [[I Shalt Become]].<ref name=Vein/><ref name=Feral/>
Pioneered by black-doom bands like [[Ophthalamia]], [[Katatonia]], [[Bethlehem (band)|Bethlehem]], [[Forgotten Tomb]], and [[Shining (Swedish band)|Shining]], depressive suicidal black metal, also known as suicidal black metal, depressive black metal, or DSBM, is a style that melds the [[Black metal#Second wave|second wave]]-style of black metal with doom metal,<ref name=DSBD>{{cite thesis |last=Yavuz |first=Mehmet Selim |date=September 2015 |title=Dead is dead: Perspectives on the Meaning of Death in Depressive Suicidal Black Metal Music through Musical Representations |type=MMus |institution=[[Royal Holloway, University of London]] |url=https://hcommons.org/deposits/objects/hc:12942/datastreams/CONTENT/content |doi=10.17613/M67D4Z |access-date=18 August 2018}}</ref> with lyrics revolving around themes such as depression, self-harm, misanthrophy, suicide, and death.<ref name=Vein>{{cite journal|last1=Sil|first1=Janet|editor1-last=Ishmael|editor1-first=Amelia|editor2-last=Price|editor2-first=Zareen|editor3-last=Stephanou|editor3-first=Aspasia|editor4-last=Woodward|editor4-first=Ben|title=Open a Vein: Suicidal Black Metal and Enlightenment|journal=Helvete: A Journal of Black Metal Theory|date=2013|issue=1|pages=5–19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNR9GGaUkTQC&pg=PA5|publisher=Punctum Books|location=Brooklyn|isbn=9780615758282|issn=2326-683X}}</ref><ref name=Feral>{{cite book|last1=Patterson|first1=Dayal|title=Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult|date=2013|publisher=Feral House|location=Port Townsend|isbn=9781936239757|page=351|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-kIxCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA351}}</ref> DSBM bands draw the [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]] recording and highly distorted guitars of black metal, while employing the usage of acoustic instruments and non-distorted electric guitar's timbres present in doom metal, interchanging the slower, doom-like, sections with faster [[tremolo picking]].<ref name=DSBD/> Vocals are usually high-pitched like in black metal, but lacking of energy, simulating feelings like hopelessness, desperation, and plea.<ref name=DSBD/> The presence of one-man bands is more prominent in this genre compared to others.<ref name=DSBD/> Examples of bands include [[Xasthur]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Luedtke|first1=Christopher|title=Essential Black Metal Listening: XASTHUR Nocturnal Poisoning|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/black-metal-chronicles/black-metal-listening/essential-black-metal-listening-xasthur-nocturnal-poisoning|website=Metal Injection|access-date=12 June 2017|date=2 February 2016}}</ref> [[Leviathan (musical project)|Leviathan]],<ref name=DSBD/> [[Strid (band)|Strid]],<ref name=DSBD/> [[Silencer (band)|Silencer]],<ref name=Vein/><ref name=Feral/> Make a Change... Kill Yourself,<ref name=DSBD/> and [[I Shalt Become]].<ref name=Vein/><ref name=Feral/>


=== Blackened death-doom ===
=== Blackened death-doom ===
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==== Funeral doom ====
==== Funeral doom ====
{{Main|Funeral doom}}
Funeral doom is a genre that crosses [[death-doom]] with [[Dirge|funeral dirge music]].<ref name="Dirge">{{cite news |author=Davis, Cody |title=Funeral Doom Friday: FUNERAL MOURNING's Blackened, Deadly Inertia of Dissonance (A Sermon in Finality) |url=http://www.metalinjection.net/av/funeral-doom-friday/funeral-mournings-blackened-deadly-inertia-of-dissonance-a-sermon-in-finality |work=Metal Injection |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref> It is played at an extremely slow tempo, and places an emphasis on evoking a sense of emptiness and despair.<ref name="Bandcamp"/> Typically, electric guitars are heavily distorted and [[dark ambient]] aspects such as [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]] or [[synthesizer]]s are often used to create a "dreamlike" atmosphere.<ref Name=AE/> Vocals consist of mournful chants or growls and are often in the background.<ref Name=AE/> Funeral doom was pioneered by [[Mournful Congregation]],<ref name="Bloodaxe">{{cite web |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20121126213400/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/122322/20121127-0834/www.voltagemedia.com.au/news/2011/07/27/mournful-congregation-unspoken-hymns.html |url=http://www.voltagemedia.com.au/news/2011/07/27/mournful-congregation-unspoken-hymns.html |title=Mournful Congregation – ''The Unspoken Hymns'' |last=Bloodaxe |first=Mathias |work=VoltageMedia |archive-date=26 November 2012 |date=27 July 2011 |access-date=24 August 2017}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Esoteric (band)|Esoteric]], [[Evoken]], [[Funeral (band)|Funeral]], [[Thergothon]],<ref name=terrorizerfuneral>Hinchcliffe, James (April 2006). "Funeral Doom / Dron Doom: Hearse Play", ''Terrorizer'' #143, pp.44–45.</ref> and [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]].<ref>James Minton, Kim Kelly, and Jenn Selby, "Filth Parade", ''Terrorizer'' #188, September 2009, p. 56.</ref>
Funeral doom is a genre that crosses [[death-doom]] with [[Dirge|funeral dirge music]].<ref name="Dirge">{{cite news |author=Davis, Cody |title=Funeral Doom Friday: FUNERAL MOURNING's Blackened, Deadly Inertia of Dissonance (A Sermon in Finality) |url=http://www.metalinjection.net/av/funeral-doom-friday/funeral-mournings-blackened-deadly-inertia-of-dissonance-a-sermon-in-finality |work=Metal Injection |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref> It is played at an extremely slow tempo, and places an emphasis on evoking a sense of emptiness and despair.<ref name="Bandcamp"/> Typically, electric guitars are heavily distorted and [[dark ambient]] aspects such as [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]] or [[synthesizer]]s are often used to create a "dreamlike" atmosphere.<ref Name=AE/> Vocals consist of mournful chants or growls and are often in the background.<ref Name=AE/> Funeral doom was pioneered by [[Mournful Congregation]],<ref name="Bloodaxe">{{cite web |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20121126213400/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/122322/20121127-0834/www.voltagemedia.com.au/news/2011/07/27/mournful-congregation-unspoken-hymns.html |url=http://www.voltagemedia.com.au/news/2011/07/27/mournful-congregation-unspoken-hymns.html |title=Mournful Congregation – ''The Unspoken Hymns'' |last=Bloodaxe |first=Mathias |work=VoltageMedia |archive-date=26 November 2012 |date=27 July 2011 |access-date=24 August 2017}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Esoteric (band)|Esoteric]], [[Evoken]], [[Funeral (band)|Funeral]], [[Thergothon]],<ref name=terrorizerfuneral>Hinchcliffe, James (April 2006). "Funeral Doom / Dron Doom: Hearse Play", ''Terrorizer'' #143, pp.44–45.</ref> and [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]].<ref>James Minton, Kim Kelly, and Jenn Selby, "Filth Parade", ''Terrorizer'' #188, September 2009, p. 56.</ref>


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=== Epic doom ===
=== Epic doom ===
Epic doom has a heavy [[classical music|classical]] influence. One of the main characteristics are the vocals; vocalists typically employ [[clean vocals|clean]], [[opera]]tic, and [[choir|choral]] singing, accompanied by keyboarding and drumming performed in a bombastic fashion in order to evoke an "epic" sensation.<ref Name=AE/><ref>{{cite web |author=Hayes, Craig |title=Witch Mountain – Cauldron Of The Wild Review |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/witchmountain/fr/Witch-Mountain-Cauldron-Of-The-Wild-Review.htm |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=6 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609083852/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/witchmountain/fr/Witch-Mountain-Cauldron-Of-The-Wild-Review.htm |archive-date=9 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=FoI>{{cite web |author=Henderson, Alex |title=Fear of Infinity |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/fear-of-infinity-mw0002121528 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> Lyrics and imagery are typically inspired by [[fantasy]] or [[mythology]].<ref Name=AE/> Examples of prominent epic doom bands include [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Rivadavia, Eduardo |title=Candlemass |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/candlemass-mn0000648407 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> [[Solitude Aeturnus]],<ref name="secrethistory">Santos, José Carlos (2012). "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus". In ''[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]''{{'}}s ''Secret History of Doom Metal'', pp. 60–62, {{ISSN|2041-2142}}<!-- was EAN-format issn = 977-2041-214-00-5 --></ref> [[Solstice (doom metal band)|Solstice]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=VIRTANEN |first1=MIIKA |title=SOLSTICE ANNOUNCE NEW VOCALIST |url=http://www.ztmag.com/blog/news/solstice-announce-new-vocalist/ |website=[[Zero Tolerance (magazine)|Zero Tolerance]] |date=27 June 2011 |access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref> [[While Heaven Wept]],<ref name=FoI/> and [[Doomsword]].<ref>{{cite web |title=DOOMSWORD To Release New Album In June |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/doomsword-to-release-new-album-in-june/ |website=[[Blabbermouth]] |access-date=12 August 2018 |date=1 May 2007}}</ref>
Epic doom has a heavy [[classical music|classical]] influence. One of the main characteristics are the vocals; vocalists typically employ clean, [[opera]]tic, and [[choir|choral]] singing, accompanied by keyboarding and drumming performed in a bombastic fashion in order to evoke an "epic" sensation.<ref Name=AE/><ref>{{cite web |author=Hayes, Craig |title=Witch Mountain – Cauldron Of The Wild Review |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/witchmountain/fr/Witch-Mountain-Cauldron-Of-The-Wild-Review.htm |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=6 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609083852/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/witchmountain/fr/Witch-Mountain-Cauldron-Of-The-Wild-Review.htm |archive-date=9 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=FoI>{{cite web |author=Henderson, Alex |title=Fear of Infinity |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/fear-of-infinity-mw0002121528 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> Lyrics and imagery are typically inspired by [[fantasy]] or [[mythology]].<ref Name=AE/> Examples of prominent epic doom bands include [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Rivadavia, Eduardo |title=Candlemass |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/candlemass-mn0000648407 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> [[Solitude Aeturnus]],<ref name="secrethistory">Santos, José Carlos (2012). "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus". In ''[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]''{{'}}s ''Secret History of Doom Metal'', pp. 60–62, {{ISSN|2041-2142}}<!-- was EAN-format issn = 977-2041-214-00-5 --></ref> [[Solstice (doom metal band)|Solstice]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=VIRTANEN |first1=MIIKA |title=SOLSTICE ANNOUNCE NEW VOCALIST |url=http://www.ztmag.com/blog/news/solstice-announce-new-vocalist/ |website=[[Zero Tolerance (magazine)|Zero Tolerance]] |date=27 June 2011 |access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref> [[While Heaven Wept]],<ref name=FoI/> and [[Doomsword]].<ref>{{cite web |title=DOOMSWORD To Release New Album In June |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/doomsword-to-release-new-album-in-june/ |website=[[Blabbermouth]] |access-date=12 August 2018 |date=1 May 2007}}</ref>


=== Gothic-doom ===
=== Gothic-doom ===
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=== Sludge metal ===
=== Sludge metal ===
{{Main|Sludge metal}}
{{Main|Sludge metal}}
Sludge metal (also known as sludge doom<ref name=PhD/><ref Name=RS>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.de/das-archiv/article237260/print/emotionen-in-zeitlupe.html|title=Emotionen in Zeitlupe |author1=Zahn, Thorsten |author2=Schurer, Petra |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=1 June 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112141913/http://www.rollingstone.de/das-archiv/article237260/print/emotionen-in-zeitlupe.html|archive-date=12 November 2014|access-date=18 August 2018|language=de}}</ref>) is a style that combines doom metal and [[hardcore punk]].<ref name=PhD/><ref Name=RS/><ref name="Allmusic" /><ref name=DoomDOC/> Many sludge bands compose slow and heavy songs that contain brief hardcore passages.<ref name="AMG-Eyehategod" /><ref name="AMG-Crowbar">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p12635|pure_url=yes}} |title=Crowbar |author=Huey, Steve |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 July 2008}}</ref> However, some bands emphasise fast tempos throughout their music.<ref name="AMG-Buzzoven">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p37696|pure_url=yes}} |title=Buzzov*en |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 July 2008}}</ref> The string instruments are heavily [[distortion (music)|distorted]] and are often played with large amounts of [[audio feedback|feedback]] to produce an abrasive, sludgy sound.<ref name=AMG-Dopesick>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=dopesick-mw0000187490|pure_url=yes}} |title=Eyehategod – ''Dopesick'' |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=12 September 2008}}</ref><ref name=AMG-IntheNameofSuffering/> Drumming is often performed in typical doom metal fashion,{{Citation needed|reason=source?|date=December 2020}} but drummers may employ hardcore [[d-beat]] or double-kick drumming during faster passages. Vocals are usually shouted or screamed, and lyrics often focus on suffering, drug abuse, politics and anger towards society. The style was pioneered in the early late 1980s by the [[Melvins]], and in the 1990s by bands such as [[Eyehategod]],<ref name="AMG-Eyehategod" /> [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]],<ref name="AMG-Crowbar" /> [[Buzzov*en]],<ref name="AMG-Buzzoven" /> [[Acid Bath]],<ref name="AMG-AcidBath">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p44863|pure_url=yes}} |title=Acid Bath |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 June 2008}}</ref> and [[Grief (band)|Grief]].<ref name="AMG-Grief">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p205139|pure_url=yes}} |title=Grief |author=Henderson, Alex |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 June 2008}}</ref>
Sludge metal (also known as sludge doom<ref name=PhD/><ref Name=RS>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.de/das-archiv/article237260/print/emotionen-in-zeitlupe.html|title=Emotionen in Zeitlupe |author1=Zahn, Thorsten |author2=Schurer, Petra |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=1 June 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112141913/http://www.rollingstone.de/das-archiv/article237260/print/emotionen-in-zeitlupe.html|archive-date=12 November 2014|access-date=18 August 2018|language=de}}</ref>) is a style that combines doom metal and [[hardcore punk]].<ref name=PhD/><ref Name=RS/><ref name="Allmusic" /><ref name=DoomDOC/> Many sludge bands compose slow and heavy songs that contain brief hardcore passages.<ref name="AMG-Eyehategod" /><ref name="AMG-Crowbar">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p12635|pure_url=yes}} |title=Crowbar |author=Huey, Steve |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 July 2008}}</ref> However, some bands emphasise fast tempos throughout their music.<ref name="AMG-Buzzoven">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p37696|pure_url=yes}} |title=Buzzov*en |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 July 2008}}</ref> The string instruments are heavily [[distortion (music)|distorted]] and are often played with large amounts of [[audio feedback|feedback]] to produce an abrasive, sludgy sound.<ref name=AMG-Dopesick>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=dopesick-mw0000187490|pure_url=yes}} |title=Eyehategod – ''Dopesick'' |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=12 September 2008}}</ref><ref name=AMG-IntheNameofSuffering/> Drumming is often performed in typical doom metal fashion,{{Citation needed|reason=source?|date=December 2020}} but drummers may employ hardcore [[d-beat]] or double-kick drumming during faster passages. Vocals are usually shouted or screamed, and lyrics often focus on suffering, drug abuse, politics and anger towards society. The style was pioneered in the late 1980s by the [[Melvins]], and in the 1990s by bands such as [[Eyehategod]],<ref name="AMG-Eyehategod" /> [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]],<ref name="AMG-Crowbar" /> [[Buzzov*en]],<ref name="AMG-Buzzoven" /> [[Acid Bath]],<ref name="AMG-AcidBath">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p44863|pure_url=yes}} |title=Acid Bath |author=York, William |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 June 2008}}</ref> and [[Grief (band)|Grief]].<ref name="AMG-Grief">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p205139|pure_url=yes}} |title=Grief |author=Henderson, Alex |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=21 June 2008}}</ref>


==== Sludgecore ====
==== Sludgecore ====
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[[File:ElectricWizard by Christian Misje 02.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jus Oborn]] of [[Electric Wizard]]]]
[[File:ElectricWizard by Christian Misje 02.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jus Oborn]] of [[Electric Wizard]]]]
{{Main|Stoner rock}}
{{Main|Stoner rock}}
Stoner metal or stoner doom<ref name=stonervice>{{cite web|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/jpzpj3/10-stoner-metal-albums-ranked-by-a-metalhead-who-doesnt-smoke-weed-weedweek2017|title=10 Stoner Metal Albums Ranked by a Metalhead Who Doesn't Smoke Weed|author=Kelly, Kim|publisher=Noisey Vice|access-date=12 August 2018|date=19 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Revolver">{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-essential-stoner-metal-albums|title=10 ESSENTIAL STONER-METAL ALBUMS|publisher=Revolver Magazine|access-date=12 August 2018|date=20 April 2018}}</ref> describes doom metal that incorporates [[psychedelic rock]] and [[acid rock]] elements.<ref name=DoomDOC/><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6hDB4kV9s4C&q=Stoner+rock+subgenre&pg=PT267|title=Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists|author=Ellis, Iain|page=258|publisher=Soft Skull Press|year=2008|isbn=978-1-59376-206-3}}</ref><ref name="Buffalo News">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article25407.ece|title=Stoner age: Priestess marries metal and melody|newspaper=[[Buffalo News]]|access-date=27 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213171518/http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article25407.ece|archive-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> Stoner metal is often heavily [[Distortion (music)|distorted]], [[Groove (music)|groove]]-laden [[bass guitar|bass]]-heavy sound, making much use of [[guitar effects]] such as [[distortion (music)|fuzz]], [[phaser (effect)|phaser]], or [[flanging|flanger]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/california/palm+springs/kyuss |title=MusicMight – Kyuss biography |access-date=10 December 2007 |last=Sharpe-Young |first=Garry |publisher=MusicMight |quote=[Kyuss] almost single handed invented the phrase 'Stoner Rock'. They achieved this by tuning way down and summoning up a subterranean, organic sound...|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192246/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/california/palm+springs/kyuss |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> Stoner bands typically play in slow-to-mid [[tempo]], employing the usage of melodic vocals and "retro" production.<ref name="allmusic stoner metal">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=style|id=stoner-metal-ma0000011961|pure_url=yes}} |title=Stoner Metal |access-date=22 May 2009 |website=[[AllMusic]] |quote=Stoner metal could be campy and self-aware, messily evocative, or unabashedly retro.}}</ref> It was pioneered in the early–mid-1990s by bands such as [[Kyuss]],<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=kyuss-mn0000776011|pure_url=yes}} |title=Kyuss biography |access-date=10 December 2007 |author=Rivadavia, Eduardo |website=[[AllMusic]] |quote=...they are widely acknowledged as pioneers of the booming stoner rock scene of the 1990s...}}</ref> [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]],<ref name="allmusic sleep">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=sleep-mn0000021578|pure_url=yes}} |title=Sleep biography |access-date=21 July 2008|author = Rivadavia, Eduardo|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref name="TZ10ra" /> [[Acid King]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Lori from Acid King on Desertfest, doom and David Bowie|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2015-04-18/lori-from-acid-king-on-desertfest-doom-and-david-bowie|last=Dare|first=Tom|magazine=[[Metal Hammer]]|date=18 April 2015|access-date=2 February 2017|quote=Stoner metal pioneers Acid King emerged when the subgenre didn’t really exist yet.}}</ref><ref name="NV10">{{cite web|title=10 Stoner Metal Albums Ranked by a Metalhead Who Doesn't Smoke Weed|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/10-stoner-metal-albums-ranked-by-a-metalhead-who-doesnt-smoke-weed-weedweek2017|last=Kelly|first=Kim|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|date=20 April 2017|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref> [[Electric Wizard]],<ref name="OC10">{{cite news|title=The Top 10 Stoner Metal Bands|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/music/the-top-10-stoner-metal-bands-6603447|last=Distefano|first=Alex|newspaper=[[OC Weekly]]|date=2 April 2014|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="TZ10ra">{{cite web|title=10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums|url=http://www.treblezine.com/34799-10-best-stoner-rock-albums/|last1=Terich|last2=Blyweiss|first1=Jeff|first2=Adam |publisher=Treblezine|date=20 April 2017|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref> [[Orange Goblin]],<ref name="OC10" /> and [[Sons of Otis]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sons of Otis Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sons-of-otis-mn0000037617/biography|last=Anderson|first=Jason|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2 February 2017}}</ref>
Stoner metal or stoner doom<ref name=stonervice>{{cite web|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/jpzpj3/10-stoner-metal-albums-ranked-by-a-metalhead-who-doesnt-smoke-weed-weedweek2017|title=10 Stoner Metal Albums Ranked by a Metalhead Who Doesn't Smoke Weed|author=Kelly, Kim|publisher=Noisey Vice|access-date=12 August 2018|date=19 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Revolver">{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/10-essential-stoner-metal-albums|title=10 ESSENTIAL STONER-METAL ALBUMS|publisher=Revolver Magazine|access-date=12 August 2018|date=20 April 2018}}</ref> describes doom metal that incorporates [[psychedelic rock]] and [[acid rock]] elements.<ref name=DoomDOC/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6hDB4kV9s4C&q=Stoner+rock+subgenre&pg=PT267|title=Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists|author=Ellis, Iain|page=258|publisher=Soft Skull Press|year=2008|isbn=978-1-59376-206-3}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Buffalo News">{{cite news|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article25407.ece|title=Stoner age: Priestess marries metal and melody|newspaper=[[Buffalo News]]|access-date=27 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213171518/http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article25407.ece|archive-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> Stoner metal is often heavily [[Distortion (music)|distorted]], [[Groove (music)|groove]]-laden [[bass guitar|bass]]-heavy sound, making much use of [[guitar effects]] such as [[distortion (music)|fuzz]], [[phaser (effect)|phaser]], or [[flanging|flanger]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/california/palm+springs/kyuss |title=MusicMight – Kyuss biography |access-date=10 December 2007 |last=Sharpe-Young |first=Garry |publisher=MusicMight |quote=[Kyuss] almost single handed invented the phrase 'Stoner Rock'. They achieved this by tuning way down and summoning up a subterranean, organic sound...|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192246/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/california/palm+springs/kyuss |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> Stoner bands typically play in slow-to-mid [[tempo]], employing the usage of melodic vocals and "retro" production.<ref name="allmusic stoner metal">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=style|id=stoner-metal-ma0000011961|pure_url=yes}} |title=Stoner Metal |access-date=22 May 2009 |website=[[AllMusic]] |quote=Stoner metal could be campy and self-aware, messily evocative, or unabashedly retro.}}</ref> It was pioneered in the early–mid-1990s by bands such as [[Kyuss]],<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=kyuss-mn0000776011|pure_url=yes}} |title=Kyuss biography |access-date=10 December 2007 |author=Rivadavia, Eduardo |website=[[AllMusic]] |quote=...they are widely acknowledged as pioneers of the booming stoner rock scene of the 1990s...}}</ref> [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]],<ref name="allmusic sleep">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=sleep-mn0000021578|pure_url=yes}} |title=Sleep biography |access-date=21 July 2008|author = Rivadavia, Eduardo|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref name="TZ10ra" /> [[Acid King]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Lori from Acid King on Desertfest, doom and David Bowie|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2015-04-18/lori-from-acid-king-on-desertfest-doom-and-david-bowie|last=Dare|first=Tom|magazine=[[Metal Hammer]]|date=18 April 2015|access-date=2 February 2017|quote=Stoner metal pioneers Acid King emerged when the subgenre didn’t really exist yet.}}</ref><ref name="NV10">{{cite web|title=10 Stoner Metal Albums Ranked by a Metalhead Who Doesn't Smoke Weed|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/10-stoner-metal-albums-ranked-by-a-metalhead-who-doesnt-smoke-weed-weedweek2017|last=Kelly|first=Kim|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|date=20 April 2017|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref> [[Electric Wizard]],<ref name="OC10">{{cite news|title=The Top 10 Stoner Metal Bands|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/music/the-top-10-stoner-metal-bands-6603447|last=Distefano|first=Alex|newspaper=[[OC Weekly]]|date=2 April 2014|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="TZ10ra">{{cite web|title=10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums|url=http://www.treblezine.com/34799-10-best-stoner-rock-albums/|last1=Terich|last2=Blyweiss|first1=Jeff|first2=Adam |publisher=Treblezine|date=20 April 2017|access-date=21 May 2017}}</ref> [[Orange Goblin]],<ref name="OC10" /> and [[Sons of Otis]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sons of Otis Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sons-of-otis-mn0000037617/biography|last=Anderson|first=Jason|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2 February 2017}}</ref>


==== Desert rock ====
==== Desert rock ====
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=== Traditional doom ===
=== Traditional doom ===
Influenced by 70s and 80s [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]],<ref name="trad">{{cite web |url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/c_2/crowned_in_earth_.htm|title=Crowned In Earth|work=Metal Temple|author=Voutiriadou, Maria|access-date= 19 May 2013}}</ref> traditional doom metal bands more commonly use higher guitar tunings, and do not play as slow as many other doom bands.<ref Name=AE/> Traditional doom bands typically play slow to mid-tempo songs with a thick and heavy sound with the electric bass following the melody line, and sometimes employ the usage of keyboards, although assuming a secondary role on traditional doom metal songs.<ref name="doomSabbath">{{cite book |last=Irwin |first=William |date=September 2012 |title=Black Sabbath and Philosophy: Mastering Reality |publisher=John Wiley & Sons}}</ref> Vocals are usually clean with the occasional growl or scream.<ref Name=AE/> The lyrics in traditional doom usually are eerie and dark like other doom metal divisions. Some bands who play traditional doom metal are [[Orodruin (band)|Orodruin]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Nixon|first=Josh|url=https://bmamag.com/2019/11/04/orodruin-ruins-of-eternity/|title=Orodruin – Ruins of Eternity|work=[[BMA Magazine]]|date=4 November 2019|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/orodruin-to-release-debut|title=ORODRUIN To Release Debut|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=10 January 2003|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> [[Reverend Bizarre]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.decibelmagazine.com/magazine/god-forbid-13-%E2%80%93-nov-2005/reverend-bizarre/|title=Reverend Bizarre|work=[[Decibel Magazine]]|access-date= 20 May 2013}}</ref> [[Witchcraft (band)|Witchcraft]], [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]],<ref name="doomSabbath"/> and [[Count Raven]].<ref name="doomSabbath"/>
Influenced by 70s and 80s [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]],<ref name="trad">{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/c_2/crowned_in_earth_.htm|title=Crowned In Earth|work=Metal Temple|author=Voutiriadou, Maria|access-date=19 May 2013|archive-date=9 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709172715/http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/c_2/crowned_in_earth_.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> traditional doom metal bands more commonly use higher guitar tunings, and do not play as slowly as many other doom bands.<ref Name=AE/> Traditional doom bands typically play slow to mid-tempo songs with a thick and heavy sound with the electric bass following the melody line, and sometimes employ the usage of keyboards, although assuming a secondary role on traditional doom metal songs.<ref name="doomSabbath">{{cite book |last=Irwin |first=William |date=September 2012 |title=Black Sabbath and Philosophy: Mastering Reality |publisher=John Wiley & Sons}}</ref> Vocals are usually clean with the occasional growl or scream.<ref Name=AE/> The lyrics in traditional doom usually are eerie and dark like other doom metal divisions. Some bands who play traditional doom metal are [[Orodruin (band)|Orodruin]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Nixon|first=Josh|url=https://bmamag.com/2019/11/04/orodruin-ruins-of-eternity/|title=Orodruin – Ruins of Eternity|work=[[BMA Magazine]]|date=4 November 2019|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/orodruin-to-release-debut|title=ORODRUIN To Release Debut|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=10 January 2003|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> [[Reverend Bizarre]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.decibelmagazine.com/magazine/god-forbid-13-%E2%80%93-nov-2005/reverend-bizarre/|title=Reverend Bizarre|work=[[Decibel Magazine]]|access-date= 20 May 2013}}</ref> [[Witchcraft (band)|Witchcraft]], [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]],<ref name="doomSabbath"/> and [[Count Raven]].<ref name="doomSabbath"/>


== See also ==
== See also ==

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Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.[6] Both the music and the lyrics are intended to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom.[2] The genre is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath,[2] who formed a prototype for doom metal. During the first half of the 1980s,[2] a number of bands such as Witchfinder General and Pagan Altar from England, American bands Pentagram, Saint Vitus, the Obsessed, Trouble, and Cirith Ungol, and Swedish band Candlemass defined doom metal as a distinct genre. Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Trouble and Candlemass have been referred to as "the Big Four of Doom Metal".[7]

Characteristics

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Instrumentation

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The electric guitar, bass guitar, and drum kit are the most common instruments used to play doom metal (although keyboards are sometimes used), but its structures are rooted in the same scales as in blues.[1] Guitarists and bassists often down tune their instruments to very low notes and make use of large amounts of distortion, thus producing a very "thick" or "heavy" guitar tone, which is one of the defining characteristics of the genre.[8] Along with the usual heavy metal compositional technique of guitars and bass playing the same riff in unison, this creates a loud and bass-heavy wall of sound. Another defining characteristic is the consistent focus on slow tempos,[2] and minor tonality with much use of dissonance (especially in the form of the tritone), employing the usage of repetitive rhythms with little regard to harmonic progression and musical structure.[8]

Vocals

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Traditional doom metal vocalists favor clean vocals, which are often performed with a sense of despair, desperation, or pain; imitating the high-tone wails of Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath),[9] Frank Ferrara (Bang), Bobby Liebling (Pentagram),[8] and Zeeb Parkes (Witchfinder General). So-called "epic doom" vocalists often take it a step further, singing in an operatic style. Doom metal bands influenced by other extreme metal genres often use growled or screamed vocals, as is the case of death-doom, black-doom, and funeral doom.

Lyrical themes

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Lyrics in doom metal play a key role. Influenced by notable blues musicians like Robert Johnson and Son House,[1] normally they are gloomy and pessimistic,[9] including themes such as suffering, depression, fear, grief, dread, death, and anger. While some bands write lyrics in introspective and personal ways, others convey their themes using symbolism – which may be inspired by occult arts and literature.[1]

Some doom metal bands use religious themes in their music. Trouble, one of the genre's pioneers, were among the first to incorporate Christian imagery. Others have incorporated occult and pagan imagery.[10] For many bands, the use of religious themes is for aesthetic and symbolic purposes only. Examples include lyrics/imagery about the Last Judgment to invoke dread, or the use of crucifixes and cross-shaped headstones to symbolize death.

Furthermore, some doom metal bands write lyrics about drugs or drug addiction. This is most common among stoner doom bands, who often describe hallucinogenic or psychedelic experiences.

History

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Tony Iommi's guitar style greatly influenced and defined doom metal.

Origins (late 1960s–1970s)

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The first traces of doom in rock music could be heard as far back as the Beatles' 1969 track "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".[11][12] Black Sabbath are generally regarded as the progenitors of doom metal.[2] Black Sabbath's music is (in and of) itself stylistically rooted in blues, but with the deliberately doomy and loud guitar playing of Tony Iommi, and the then-uncommon dark and pessimistic lyrics and atmosphere, they set the standards of early heavy metal and inspired various doom metal bands.[8] In the early 1970s, both Black Sabbath and Pentagram (also as side band "Bedemon") composed and performed this heavy and dark music, which would in the 1980s begin to be known and referred to as doom metal by subsequent musicians, critics and fans.[1] Joe Hasselvander, Pentagram's drummer also cited bands like Black Widow, Toe Fat, Iron Claw, Night Sun, and Zior as pioneers of the doom metal sound.[13]

Aside from Pentagram and Black Sabbath, other groups from the 1970s would heavily influence the genre's development. Blue Cheer is often hailed as one of the first stoner metal bands. Through the use of loud amplifiers and guitar feedback, their debut Vincebus Eruptum created a template for other artists to follow.[14] Though lacking the pessimistic lyrical content of their contemporaries, Welsh heavy metal band Budgie would also produce heavy songs which were amongst the loudest of their day, stylistically influencing various doom metal acts.[15] Led Zeppelin's No Quarter is considered as one of the earliest examples of a doom metal song made by a rock band.[16] Early doom metal was also influenced by Japanese psychedelic rock albums, such as Kuni Kawachi & Friends' Kirikyogen and Flower Travellin' Band's Satori.[17] Bang's 1971 self-titled debut is considered an important forerunner to doom metal.[18][19] Other notable groups include Sir Lord Baltimore,[20] Buffalo,[21] Necromandus,[22] Lucifer's Friend,[22] and Leaf Hound.[23]

Development (1980s)

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During the early-mid-1980s, bands from England and the United States[2] contributed much to the formation of doom metal as a distinct genre. In 1982, English pioneers Witchfinder General released their debut album Death Penalty. During 1984, two American pioneers also released their debuts—Saint Vitus released their eponymous album and Trouble released Psalm 9. That same year, American band Cirith Ungol (formed in 1971) released their second studio album, King of the Dead—regarded by many as an early influence on doom.[24][25] The following year, American band Pentagram would go on to release their debut, Relentless. The Swedish Candlemass would also prove influential with their first record Epicus Doomicus Metallicus in 1986, from which epic doom metal takes its name.[26]

Some doom metal bands were also influenced by the underground gothic rock and post-punk scene of the 1980s, showing similarities with the dark themes addressed through lyrics and the atmosphere both music styles deal with. A doom metal band like Mindrot was often described as a cross-over between death metal and gothic rock.

Regional scenes

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Like other extreme metal genres, doom metal also has regionally based scenes, with their own particular characteristics:

Finnish doom metal

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In one of the greatest doom metal outputs, Finnish groups focus more on the depressive mood of the genre, evoking an intense grieving feeling.[27] The bands play with very slow tempos and melodic tones, creating an atmosphere of darkness and melancholia.[27][28] This scene was kick-started by the band Rigor Mortis (which, due to an older US band with the same name, changed their name to Spiritus Mortis), which originated in 1987.[29][30] Notable bands include Reverend Bizarre,[31] Minotauri,[30] Dolorian,[27] Shape of Despair,[27] Thergothon,[27] Skepticism,[27] and Unholy.[32]

Louisiana doom metal

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Regarded as sludge metal's birthplace by AllMusic,[2] this scene originated in New Orleans in the late 1980s.[33][34][35] The bands of this scene employ some punk influences, like harsh vocals, guitar distortion and downtuned sound.[36][37][38] This scene was pioneered by Exhorder, who was the first band to combine doom metal with a punk-influenced metal sound.[35] In the 90s, several sludge and stoner metal bands arose in the state, mainly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Melvins, also mixing their sound with genres like hardcore punk and Southern rock.[34][38][39][40] Notable bands include Eyehategod,[34] Down[39] Exhorder,[35] Crowbar,[38] and Acid Bath.[41][42]

Washington D.C. doom metal

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This scene formed in the early 1970s and was kickstarted by Pentagram and the Obsessed.[43][44] Various doom/stoner bands, mostly from Washington, D.C. and its metropolitan area on Maryland and Virginia (thus also being labelled "Maryland doom sound"[43]), formed in this region being heavily influenced by early hard rock and heavy metal bands, like UFO, Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep and Sir Lord Baltimore.[44][45] This scene is also known as "Hellhound sound" for being closely related to the late Hellhound Records,[43] who signed with many important bands of the scene like Saint Vitus,[46][47] Internal Void,[47][45] Iron Man,[47] Revelation,[47] Wretched[47] and Unorthodox.[47] Other notable bands include Evoken,[48] Spirit Caravan,[44][45] Earthride,[44] and the Hidden Hand.[46]

Pacific Northwest doom metal

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The Pacific Northwest region – primarily Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia – has been host to a growing scene of doom, sludge,[49] and stoner metal[50][51] since the 1990s. It is influenced by the geographical origin of grunge music and a sound pioneered in part by the Washington band Melvins.[52][2] Common visual themes include the region's cold, rainy, forested climate, and many bands utilize psychedelic imagery influenced by bands like Sleep, Karp and Harkonen.[50] Musical styles often share crossover features with atmospheric/ambient black metal, drone metal, and post-metal as seen in Oregon's YOB, Agalloch, Witch Mountain, and Red Fang; Washington's Earth, and Sunn O))); and Vancouver's Anciients, Astrakhan,[53] and Aaron Turner project Sumac, among various others.

Palm Desert Scene

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Palm Desert, California, hosts a thriving desert rock and stoner metal scene, drawing heavy influences from psychedelia, blues and hardcore punk, often featuring distinctive repetitive drum beats, a propensity for free-form jamming, and "trance-like" or "sludgy" grooves.[54][55][56] Because of their integration, the term "stoner rock" is sometimes used interchangeably with the term "desert rock".[57] Notable bands include Kyuss,[58][59] Queens of the Stone Age,[54] Dali's Llama,[60] Slo Burn,[61] and Brant Bjork.[62]

Stylistic divisions

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Black-doom

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Black-doom, also known as blackened doom, is a style that combines the slowness and thicker, bassier sound of doom metal with the shrieking vocals and heavily distorted guitar sound of black metal.[63][64][65] Black-doom bands maintain the Satanic ideology associated with black metal, while melding it with moodier themes more related to doom metal, like depression, nihilism, and nature.[63] They also use the slower pace of doom metal in order to emphasize the harsh atmosphere present in black metal.[66] Examples of black-doom bands include Barathrum,[67] Forgotten Tomb,[64] Woods of Ypres,[68] Deinonychus,[69] Shining,[70] Nortt,[71] Bethlehem,[72] early Katatonia,[73] Tiamat,[66] Dolorian,[66] October Tide,[66] and In the Woods...[66]

Depressive suicidal black metal

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Pioneered by black-doom bands like Ophthalamia, Katatonia, Bethlehem, Forgotten Tomb, and Shining, depressive suicidal black metal, also known as suicidal black metal, depressive black metal, or DSBM, is a style that melds the second wave-style of black metal with doom metal,[74] with lyrics revolving around themes such as depression, self-harm, misanthrophy, suicide, and death.[75][76] DSBM bands draw the lo-fi recording and highly distorted guitars of black metal, while employing the usage of acoustic instruments and non-distorted electric guitar's timbres present in doom metal, interchanging the slower, doom-like, sections with faster tremolo picking.[74] Vocals are usually high-pitched like in black metal, but lacking of energy, simulating feelings like hopelessness, desperation, and plea.[74] The presence of one-man bands is more prominent in this genre compared to others.[74] Examples of bands include Xasthur,[77] Leviathan,[74] Strid,[74] Silencer,[75][76] Make a Change... Kill Yourself,[74] and I Shalt Become.[75][76]

Blackened death-doom

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Blackened death-doom is a genre that combines the slow tempos and monolithic drumming of doom metal, the complex and loud riffage of death metal and the shrieking vocals of black metal.[78] Examples of blackened death-doom bands include Morast,[78] Faustcoven,[78] the Ruins of Beverast,[78] Bolzer,[78] Necros Christos,[78] Harvest Gulgaltha,[79] Dragged into Sunlight,[80] Hands of Thieves,[81] and Soulburn.[82]

Death-doom

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My Dying Bride at Frozen Rock Festival 2007

Death-doom is a style that combines the slow tempos and pessimistic atmosphere of doom metal with the deep growling vocals and double-kick drumming of death metal.[83] Influenced mostly by the early work of Hellhammer and Celtic Frost, the style emerged during the late 1980s and gained a certain amount of popularity during the 1990s.[83] Death-doom was pioneered by bands such as Winter,[84] Disembowelment,[84] Paradise Lost,[84] Autopsy, Anathema, My Dying Bride[84] and Novembers Doom.[85]

Funeral doom

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Funeral doom is a genre that crosses death-doom with funeral dirge music.[86] It is played at an extremely slow tempo, and places an emphasis on evoking a sense of emptiness and despair.[1] Typically, electric guitars are heavily distorted and dark ambient aspects such as keyboards or synthesizers are often used to create a "dreamlike" atmosphere.[63] Vocals consist of mournful chants or growls and are often in the background.[63] Funeral doom was pioneered by Mournful Congregation,[87] Esoteric, Evoken, Funeral, Thergothon,[88] and Skepticism.[89]

Drone metal

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Sunn O))) performing live

Drone metal (also known as drone doom) is a style of doom metal that is largely defined by drones; notes or chords that are sustained and repeated throughout a piece of music.[90][91][92] Typically, the electric guitar is performed with large amounts of reverb and feedback[90] while lacking the presence of drums and vocals.[63][93] Songs are often very long and lack beat or rhythm in the traditional sense.[63] Drone metal is generally influenced by drone music,[90] noise music,[90] and minimalist music.[90] The style emerged in the early 1990s and was pioneered by Earth,[94] Boris, and Sunn O))).[90]

Epic doom

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Epic doom has a heavy classical influence. One of the main characteristics are the vocals; vocalists typically employ clean, operatic, and choral singing, accompanied by keyboarding and drumming performed in a bombastic fashion in order to evoke an "epic" sensation.[63][95][96] Lyrics and imagery are typically inspired by fantasy or mythology.[63] Examples of prominent epic doom bands include Candlemass,[97] Solitude Aeturnus,[98] Solstice,[99] While Heaven Wept,[96] and Doomsword.[100]

Gothic-doom

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Gothic-doom, also known as doom-gothic, is a style that combines more traditional elements of doom metal with gothic rock.[101][102] Gothic-doom bands usually play at slow and mid-tempos and employ the usage of instruments that are more related to classical music, alongside traditional doom metal instruments, in order to create darker and meditative atmospheres.[101] Doom-gothic lyrics combines the dramatic and romantic elements of gothic rock with the sorrowness and melancholy present in doom metal, while being more introspective and focused on personal experiences such as love, grief, irreparable loss, loss of faith, etc.[101] Unlike in gothic metal and death-doom, gothic-doom bands prefer the use of cleaner vocals instead of employing death growls,[102] although some of them employ harsher vocals occasionally, and avoid the usage of death metal-like riffage.[101] Bands labelled as gothic-doom include Weeping Silence,[103] the Foreshadowing,[102] Grave Lines,[104] Artrosis,[105] Ava Inferi,[106] Draconian,[107] and Type O Negative.[108]

Progressive doom

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Progressive doom is a fusion genre that combines elements of progressive metal and doom metal.[109] Notable bands include King Goat,[109] Below the Sun,[110] Sierra,[111] Oceans of Slumber,[112] and Green Carnation.[113]

Sludge metal

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Sludge metal (also known as sludge doom[8][66]) is a style that combines doom metal and hardcore punk.[8][66][2][93] Many sludge bands compose slow and heavy songs that contain brief hardcore passages.[34][38] However, some bands emphasise fast tempos throughout their music.[114] The string instruments are heavily distorted and are often played with large amounts of feedback to produce an abrasive, sludgy sound.[115][36] Drumming is often performed in typical doom metal fashion,[citation needed] but drummers may employ hardcore d-beat or double-kick drumming during faster passages. Vocals are usually shouted or screamed, and lyrics often focus on suffering, drug abuse, politics and anger towards society. The style was pioneered in the late 1980s by the Melvins, and in the 1990s by bands such as Eyehategod,[34] Crowbar,[38] Buzzov*en,[114] Acid Bath,[116] and Grief.[117]

Sludgecore

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Sludgecore further combines sludge metal with hardcore punk, and possesses a slow pace, a low and dark pitch, and a grinding dirge-like feel.[118] Bands regarded as sludgecore include Acid Bath, Eyehategod, Soilent Green,[119][120] Black Sheep Wall, Admiral Angry, and The Abominable Iron Sloth.[121] Crowbar mixed "detuned, lethargic sludged-out metal with hardcore and southern elements".[122]

Stoner metal

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Jus Oborn of Electric Wizard

Stoner metal or stoner doom[123][124] describes doom metal that incorporates psychedelic rock and acid rock elements.[93][125][126] Stoner metal is often heavily distorted, groove-laden bass-heavy sound, making much use of guitar effects such as fuzz, phaser, or flanger.[127] Stoner bands typically play in slow-to-mid tempo, employing the usage of melodic vocals and "retro" production.[128] It was pioneered in the early–mid-1990s by bands such as Kyuss,[129] Sleep,[130][131] Acid King,[132][133] Electric Wizard,[134][131] Orange Goblin,[134] and Sons of Otis.[135]

Desert rock

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Desert rock combines the psychedelic elements of stoner metal with hard rock characteristics.[59][93] Bands of this style include Kyuss,[136] Fu Manchu,[136] Queens of the Stone Age,[137] Earthlings?[136] and Yawning Man.[136][137]

Traditional doom

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Influenced by 70s and 80s heavy metal,[138] traditional doom metal bands more commonly use higher guitar tunings, and do not play as slowly as many other doom bands.[63] Traditional doom bands typically play slow to mid-tempo songs with a thick and heavy sound with the electric bass following the melody line, and sometimes employ the usage of keyboards, although assuming a secondary role on traditional doom metal songs.[9] Vocals are usually clean with the occasional growl or scream.[63] The lyrics in traditional doom usually are eerie and dark like other doom metal divisions. Some bands who play traditional doom metal are Orodruin,[139][140] Reverend Bizarre,[141] Witchcraft, Saint Vitus,[9] and Count Raven.[9]

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