Top 35 doom metal albums
If you disagree just argue like a civilized human being, it would be cool. |
| 35 |  | Sleep
Sleep's Holy Mountain
Inspired by Jodorowsky's movie, this stoner doom album is like audio acid |
| 34 |  | Floor
Floor
Doom with short songs? Ok. |
| 33 |  | Black Hole
Land of Mystery
This is Ghost before Ghost existed, Italian psychedelic doom |
| 32 |  | Supuration
The Cube
Prog death doom, lots of experimental material |
| 31 |  | Cirith Ungol
King of the Dead
Accessible even to non doom fans |
| 30 |  | Saint Vitus
Born Too Late
I think this is a little bit overrated but still awesome |
| 29 |  | Warning
Watching from a Distance
It took time to appreciate this, the title track is one of the gloomiest love songs ever, one of my favorite doom tracks |
| 28 |  | The Obsessed
Lunar Womb
Versatile and catchy but still dark |
| 27 |  | Pallbearer
Foundations of Burden
Modern doom at his best |
| 26 |  | SubRosa
More Constant Than The Gods
Doom sludge with very creative female vocals, original and unique |
| 25 |  | Sirrah
Acme
Go to check this hidden experimental gem |
| 24 |  | Draconian
Arcane Rain Fell
Atmospheric Goth doom with a great atmospheric sound |
| 23 |  | diSEMBOWELMENT
Transcendence into the Peripheral
Slow dark doom alternated to brutally fast beats |
| 22 |  | Bell Witch
Longing
Maybe my favorite funeral death doom ever, not for everyone |
| 21 |  | Estatic Fear
A Sombre Dance
Symphonic and goth meets doom, great combination of growls and female vocals |
| 20 |  | Witchfinder General
Death Penalty
Doom with lots of Nwobhm in it, a must have |
| 19 |  | Tiamat
Wildhoney
Tiamat managed to create their own sound with this |
| 18 |  | My Dying Bride
Turn Loose the Swans
Dark, depressing, heavy yet so elegant and well structured |
| 17 |  | Swallow the Sun
The Morning Never Came
Hold this woe is highly underrated, a great melodeath doom effort |
| 16 |  | Slumber
Fallout
Speaking about underrated doom melodeath this one takes the cake |
| 15 |  | Scald
Will of the Gods is Great Power
True Viking metal |
| 14 |  | Electric Wizard
Dopethrone
Sludge/stoner/ doom combined in one of the most unique albums ever yet not accessible to everyone.
It will be higher in a stoner metal list |
| 13 |  | Empyrium
Songs of Moors and Misty Fields
Folk and black metal combined to doom in one of the most melancholic releases in the genre, pure atmosphere |
| 12 |  | Cathedral
The Ethereal Mirror
Cathedral released many great albuns but this one is the most technical and innovative they done, it never gets boring |
| 11 |  | Katatonia
Brave Murder Day
Anxious yet poetic, heavy yet sombre, introspective yet violent. One of the most unique releases in the doom death movement |
| 10 |  | Funeral
From These Wounds
Another underrated work, this barren skin contains some of the best guitar melodies they wrote |
| 9 |  | Reverend Bizarre
In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend
Pure doom metal |
| 8 |  | Trouble
Psalm 9
Great songwriting in this christian album |
| 7 |  | Solitude Aeturnus
Into the Depths of Sorrow
One of the best voices in doom, the drumming is awesome too |
| 6 |  | Solstice (UK)
New Dark Age
Sublime |
| 5 |  | Saturnus
Veronika Decides to Die
Inspired by the best novel by Coelho this melodeath doom contains some of the melancholic melodies ever, the use of the piano in "i long" is just perfect |
| 4 |  | Paradise Lost
Draconian Times
A timeless masterpiece, shadowkings renains their overlooked masterpiece |
| 3 |  | Type O Negative
Bloody Kisses
Nihilistic, self hatred, ironic and passionate. This album is unique, you can find many genres in here, even punk. Peter Steele was one hell of a songwriter, his deep voice and personality will be missed. |
| 2 |  | Candlemass
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
The definition of perfect pure doom metal, this will always be epic(us) |
| 1 |  | Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
The foundation of metal itself couldn't be here. Black Sabbath is still one of the darkest songs ever made. |
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