Best Death Doom Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #70 Universal (2013) [Live] #133 Judgement (1999) #361
2	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #974 The Plague Within (2015) #1051 Gothic (1991) #1077
3	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #944 Discouraged Ones (1998) #1270 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1676
4	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #127 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #559 Turning Season Within (2008) #1014
5	Theatre of Tragedy 1993, Norway Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal, Electropop, Industrial Rock	Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) #436 Aégis (1998) #693 Theatre of Tragedy (1995) #3059
6	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #610 Memorandum (1999) #2245 Burning: A Wish (2001) #2328
7	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1419 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #2865 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2926
8	Bethlehem 1991, Germany Depressive Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Dictius te necare (1996) #434 Bethlehem (2016) #1784 Dark Metal (1994) #2552
9	Lake of Tears 1992, Sweden Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	Forever Autumn (1999) #1397 Moons and Mushrooms (2007) #3914 A Crimson Cosmos (1997) #4046
10	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #2386 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #3176 Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #3715
11	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #1696 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #2895 For the Loveless Lonely Nights (1998) [EP]
12	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Exuvia (2017) #1438 Rain upon the Impure (2006) #3118 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3370
13	Novembers Doom 1992, United States Death Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	To Welcome the Fade (2002) #4063 The Pale Haunt Departure (2005) #5301 The Knowing (2000)
14	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #716 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
15	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1160 Dust (2001) #3015 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3099
16	Purtenance 1991, Finland Death Metal, Death Doom Metal	Member of Immortal Damnation (1992) #4420 Awaken from Slumber (2013) #6798 ...to Spread the Flame of Ancients (2015) #6811
17	Mournful Congregation 1993, Australia Funeral Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	The Monad of Creation (2005) #1405 The Book of Kings (2011) The June Frost (2009)
18	Dragged into Sunlight 2006, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Hatred for Mankind (2009) #1669 WidowMaker (2012) NV (2015)
19	Celestial Season 1991, Netherlands Death Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Sonic Orb (1995) [EP] Lunchbox Dialogues (2000) Songs from the Second Floor (2001) [EP]
20	Nightfall 1991, Greece Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	At Night We Prey (2021) Athenian Echoes (1995) Eons Aura (1995) [EP]
21	October Tide 1994, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Rain Without End (1997) Grey Dawn (1999) A Thin Shell (2010)
22	Winter 1988, United States Death Doom Metal	Into Darkness (1990) #3619 Winter (1989) [Demo] Eternal Frost (1994) [EP]
23	Ophis 2001, Germany Death Doom Metal	Abhorrence in Opulence (2014) Stream of Misery (2007) Withered Shades (2010)
24	Eye of Solitude 2010, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	Canto III (2013) Cenotaph (2016) The Ghost (2011)
25	Paramæcium Australia Death Doom Metal	Echoes from the Ground (2004) Exhumed of the Earth (1993) #5160 Within the Ancient Forest (1995)
26	On Thorns I Lay 1995, Greece Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Crystal Tears (1999) #4310 Orama (1997) Threnos (2020)
27	Slumber 2002, Sweden Death Doom Metal	Fallout (2004) #4313 Dreamscape (2002) [Demo] Seclusion (2003) [Demo]
28	Spectral Voice 2012, United States Death Doom Metal, Death Metal	Eroded Corridors of Unbeing (2017) #1768 Spectral Voice (2014) [Demo] Necrotic Doom (2015) [Demo]
29	Deinonychus 1992, Netherlands Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Ark of Thought (1997) #5461 The Silence of December (1995) The Weeping of a Thousand Years (1996)
30	Evadne 2003, Spain Death Doom Metal	The Shortest Way (2012) A Mother Named Death (2017) In the Bitterness of Our Souls (2004) [Demo]
31	Hanging Garden 2004, Finland Death Doom Metal	Inherit the Eden (2007) #6317 At Every Door (2013) TEOTWAWKI (2009)

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