I have listened to very little Doom, and would like to know more about it. Can you recommend me which are the best and "basic" Doom metal albums? Like Reign In Blood and Bonded By Blood are for thrash or Altars Of Madness and Legion are for death metal. Preferably with clean vocals.
I listened to Candlemass' Nightfall and Draconian's Arcane Rain Fell and love those albums. As well as Sabbath's old stuff (if that counts as Doom)

Here are my recommendations:

Paradise Lost --> Shades of God, Draconian Times, Gothic, Icon.
Katatonia --> Dance of December Souls, Brave Murder Day.
Anathema --> The Silent Enigma, Eternity, Alternative 4, Judgement.
Type O Negavite --> Bloody Kisses, October Rust.
Saturnus --> Veronika decides to die.
Cult of Luna --> Salvation
Cathedral --> The carnival bizarre

I don't know if this album can be considered doom, in this page is tagged as "Melodic Death" but let's promote the discussion

Amorphis --> Tales From the thousand lakes.


I could tell you about more bands like My Dying bride, for example, but I haven't listened much to them so I can't tell you any album.

I hope you enjoy it.

I think you should also try the early Cathedral albums, such as "Forest of Equilibrium" or "The Ethereal Mirror". Also be sure to listen to My Dying Bride's "The Angel and the Dark River" and "Like Gods of the Sun". I would reccommend their other albums but these ones are with only clean vocals and are really good. When it comes to the classic doom I can reccommend trying out Saint Vitus and Pentagram. That's the first that comes to mind...

Trouble - Psalm 9
Pagan Altar - Volume 1
Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus, Born Too Late
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
Also Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, if you haven't already checked it out.
Also,

Written by immortal83 on 25.01.2011 at 10:23

I don't know if this album can be considered doom, in this page is tagged as "Melodic Death" but let's promote the discussion

Amorphis --> Tales From the thousand lakes.

I can see how you might think this would qualify, but it would have to be doom-death at the very least due to the vocals. Music-wise however, the simple, catchy riffs and relatively basic drumming could well qualify this as a 'classic doom' sounding album. IMHO

What is basic whqt do you mean whit it, each band who plays doom relise doom albums and you shood figure out what is doom abnd what is disco in Paradise Lost ....

For non-extreme doom (although Marcel is better with this, as he is way more familiar with traditional doom...)

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River
The Obsessed - The Obsessed
Pentagram - Be Forewarned
Solitude Aeturnus - Into the Depths of Sorrow
Trouble - Trouble
Warning - Watching From a Distance
While Heaven Wept - Sorrow of the Angels

I'm not a fan of all those albums myself and I'm a big doom listener (mostly extreme), but a lot of those albums embody "accessible" and/or "basic" doom. Hope that helps!

Written by Bad English on 25.01.2011 at 11:46

What is basic whqt do you mean whit it, each band who plays doom relise doom albums and you shood figure out what is doom abnd what is disco in Paradise Lost ....

He's looking for what would be considered as doom classics. Master of Puppets is a classic thrash album, A Blaze in the Northern Sky is a classic black metal album, Clandestine is a classic death metal album, Somewhere Far Beyond is a power metal classic, etc.

There is hard to ansver this quasten because there is many doom supgenres and I say such classoc dont exist
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise
Winter - Into Darkness
ToN - ToN

I'm a big fan of doom and there are many great bands to mention.

Shape Of Despair
Swallow The Sun
Slumber
Wine From Tears
Draconian
Mar De Grises
Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die
Lethian Dreams
Forest Of Shadows
Autumnia

I hope this can help.

I think they mentioned some good bands. . . but about the best ones I think Kauan's works are really unique in doom metal . really great stuffs u can listen to . and BTW why u prefer clear vocals? i see the beauty of doom in growls. . .

Try also Cathedral - Soul Sacrifice (EP), which is one of the essential works of doom metal from 90's, then also Solitude Aeturnus should do, especially their debut album.

Written by immortal83 on 25.01.2011 at 10:23

Here are my recommendations:

Paradise Lost --> Shades of God, Draconian Times, Gothic, Icon.
Katatonia --> Dance of December Souls, Brave Murder Day.
I could tell you about more bands like My Dying bride, for example, but I haven't listened much to them so I can't tell you any album.

This, specially the bold one, that's my all-time favorite Doom album.
Yeah, MDB are (or were) awesome, specially "Angel And The Dark River".

But, from the OP, I'm guessing you want classic Doom, and I just can't help there.
Might want to check out Warning's "Watching From A Distance", this site's biggest Doomster calls it the best metal album ever. I didn't like it at first, but it's growing on me, fast.

People I've introduced into doom metal tend to like Swallow the Sun and Daylight Dies. If you like Draconian, you'll probably like early Tristania. Even though those bands both have rough vocals, they still enjoyed them a lot. Definitely Katatonia too. I'm sure you'll like the song "Last Alone" by Daylight Dies. We all have our preferences of course, but try not to be closed off from dabbling in rough vocals. It truly opens new doorways and it's one more musical element you can appreciate. My Dying Bride is the first doom band I listened to and I still listen to them today more than any doom band. If you want classic doom, early MDB is definitely that. I do enjoy MDB's entire collection from As The Flower Withers to For Lies I Sire though.

Swallow the Sun
Daylight Dies
Novembre
Katatonia

Swallow the Sun - All of their albums, but start with "The Morning Never Came"
Anathema - Alternative 4 and Judgement
Katatonia - for harsh vocals, Brave Murder Day. For clean vocals, Night is the New Day (it's not really doom, but incredible nonetheless)
Draconian - Arcane Rane Fell
October Tide - Rain Without End and Grey Dawn
My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River
Candlemass - Nightfall
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

Those are some of my top picks. There are many other great albums out there too though

Warning - Watching From A Distance
Candlemass first three are classics
Solitude Aeturnus
While Heaven Wept
Procession
Trouble first two are staples
Saint Vitus both with Reagers and Weinrich
Solstice (UK)
The Obsessed
Place Of Skulls
Pagan Altar
Age Of Taurus
Crowned In Earth
Unorthodox
Reverend Bizarre
Pentagram
The 11th Hour
Caskets Open
Count Raven
Revelation
Iron Man
The Lamp Of Thoth
Ogre
Dawn Of Winter
The Gates Of Slumber
Goatsnake though bordering on stoner
Las Cruces
Scald
Pale Divine
Isole
Unsilence
Apostle Of Solitude
Mourn
Memory Garden
Taak
Tefra
Mirror Of Deception
Faith
Kursk
Dantesco
Semlah
Forsaken
Nomad Son
Lord Vicar
Griftegard
Spiritus Mortis
Krux
Witchfinder General
Doomraiser
The Wizar'd
Capilla Ardiente
Lamented Souls
Isen Torr though more epic heavy metal
Akelei
Argus
Sinister Realm
Altar Of Oblivion
Wall Of Sleep not the 2010 album
Jack Frost
Northwinds
The River
Funeral Circle
Rote Mare
Valkyrie bordering on classic heavy metal
Witchcraft
Hour Of 13
Nightbitch
Seamount
Vastel Claret
Memento Mori
Leather Nun
World Below
Reino Ermitano
Orodruin
Dreaming
Iron Hearse
Merca
Hands Of Arlac
Wooden Stake
Elliott's Keep
Maligno
Millarca
Atlantean Kodex
Minotauri
Hooded Priest
Skumring
The Bottle Doom Lazy Band
Wheel
Magma Rise
Briton Rites
Stone Ship
The Wandering Midget
Cauchemar
Spirit Descent
Orchid (USA)
Garden Of Worm
Fall Of The Idols
Mortalicum
Iron Void

I forgot quite a few but these were the ones that sprung to mind when thinking of classic/epic/traditional doom. Only clean vocals here though.
For bands who play a more extreme kind of doom I will get back to you. This list will give you plenty of work

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 25.01.2011 at 17:10

Fucking looooooooooooooooong list

Did you copy the names from one website or did you actually write every name? O___O

Written by X-Ray Rod on 25.01.2011 at 17:19

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 25.01.2011 at 17:10

Fucking looooooooooooooooong list

Did you copy the names from one website or did you actually write every name? O___O

wrote them. if I had copied the list would be way longer

and these are the ones that sprung to mind which I have original cd's or vinyl from

damn, forgot to metion
Rituals Of The Oak
Alantic Tide
Mountain Throne
Church Of Misery
Black Oath
Condenados
Tortured Spirit
Mannhai
Midryasi

when I am home I'd better check which others I forgor.

Rather than overwhelm you with a giant list, I'll recommend five albums that really got me into traditional doom.

Reverend Bizarre - In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus
Pentagram - Pentagram
The Obsessed - The Church Within

Get your feet wet with these and if you like what you hear then start in on Marcel's intimidating (yet very high quality) list.

Depends on what kind of doom you want, I'm just going to highlight some of my favorites:

with clean vocals: Reverend Bizarre, Candlemass, The Wandering Midget, old Black Sabbath, Grand Magus, Eternal Elysium, Anathema, Pagan Altar, While Heaven Wept, DoomSword, Krux, Novembre, Wheel, Fenriz' Red Planet, ...


with other type of vocals: Katatonia, Mournful Congregation, Ahab, My Dying Bride, Swallow The Sun, Mar De Grises, Sons Of Otis, Empyrium, Black Sun Aeon, How Like A Winter, Mourning Beloveth, Galadriel, Draconian, Rapture, In Ruins, ...

I certainly forget a lot, but that's all I can think of right now

BLACK SABBATH - Black Sabbath
BLACK SABBATH - Paranoid
BLACK SABBATH - Master of Reality
COFFINWORM - When All Became None
TYPE O NEGATIVE - Bloody Kisses
TYPE O NEGATIVE - Life Is Killing Me

Wow, shitload of answers. I'm listening to Pentagram - Be Forewarned right now, and it's great, really digging it. Reminds me of Sabbath, really old school, so thanks guy for recommending it!

Written by Troy Killjoy on 25.01.2011 at 11:58

Written by Bad English on 25.01.2011 at 11:46

What is basic whqt do you mean whit it, each band who plays doom relise doom albums and you shood figure out what is doom abnd what is disco in Paradise Lost ....

He's looking for what would be considered as doom classics. Master of Puppets is a classic thrash album, A Blaze in the Northern Sky is a classic black metal album, Clandestine is a classic death metal album, Somewhere Far Beyond is a power metal classic, etc.

Exactly!

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is about as classic and "mandatory" as it gets, although I slightly prefer their follow-up, Nightfall.

go there next.

Nothing to add... On the contrary I would like to know better some bands mentioned here by Marcel
On March 26th Saturnus will play near my home with The Foreshadowing, Jack Frost, Midryasi, Black Oath and Tethra. It's nice to know that you mentioned three of this bands as classics, now I'm incredibly more interested to go to this festival! I admit I only know Saturnus and The Foreshadowing now, and this will be a very good chance to improve my Doom knowledge

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath, Master of Reality, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Paranoid
Pentagram - Day of Reckoning
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, Nightfall
Warning - Watching From A Distance (for the modern version of basic doom)
Trouble - Psalm 9, Trouble
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
My Dying Bride - Like Gods of The Sun, The Angel and The Dark River
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
Funeral - Tragedies, From These Wounds (The Basics for Funeral Doom Metal)

In my humble opinion, here are some that can't be missed.

Black Sabbath: First four albums (Black Sabbath-Volume 4)
Candlemass: First four albums (Epicus Doomicus Metallicus-Tales of Creation)
Electric Wizard: Come My Fanatics & Dopethrone
Pentagram: Day of Reckoning, although Relentless is really good too.
Saint Vitus: Born Too Late
Sleep; Sleep's Holy Mountain. Check out Jerusalem and Dopesmoker too if ya want, but be warned: they're both composed of one hour+ song.
Kyuss: Blues For the Red Sun
Trouble: Psalm 9, The Skull
Acid King: Zoroaster

Enjoy and doom on, my friend

My opinions of the albums I've listened so far that were recommended:

Trouble - Psalm 9: Awesome, really like this type of doom. Great guitar riffs.
My Dying Bride - The Angel And The Dark River: It's ok I guess. I didn't found it special or anything, but I'll give it a few more listenings.
Warning - Watching From A Distance: Wow, this is great. Really depressing, powerfull stuff.
Katataonia: I had listened to some of their recent stuff and didn't like it. But this is pretty good.
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metalicus: Great, probably my favourite Doom band so far.
Electric Wizard: I already knew this band, but I thought they were suppoused to be Stoner. Anyway, I like their first album, but really dislike Dopethrone which apparently it's suppoused to be their best.

Thanks everyone for the recommendations!

Hi, check this albums:
- Tales Of Dark... - "Fragile Monuments"
- Tales Of Dark... - "Perdition Calls"
- Tristania - "Widow's Weeds"
- Theatre Of Tragedy - "Velvet Darkness They Fear"
- Theatre Of Tragedy - "Theatre Of Tragedy"
There are my favourite albums

I have nothing new to recommend, but I can't emphasize Saint Vitus enough. For me, they just crystallize the traditional doom metal sound.

Early Candlemass (Epicus Doomicus Metallicus and Nightfall) is a must, I guess. As for a "modern classic", check out Reverend Bizarre's I and II albums. "II - Crush the insects" is the album that introduced ME to doom, it's accessible and still a very traditional doom record.

Bands like My Dying Bride, on the other side, sound very different to me, and you will perhaps prefer one of these kinds of doom over the other.

Anathema is a great way to start a doom career!