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) #69 Universal (2013) [Live] #97 Judgement (1999) #310
2	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #912 Discouraged Ones (1998) #1381 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1530
3	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Gothic (1991) #960 Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #1000 In Requiem (2007) #1017
4	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #127 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #684 Turning Season Within (2008) #1030
5	Theatre of Tragedy 1993, Norway Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal, Electropop, Industrial Rock	Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) #566 Aégis (1998) #739 Theatre of Tragedy (1995) #3115
6	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1269 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2790 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #3170
7	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #752 Memorandum (1999) #1610 Burning: A Wish (2001) #3114
8	Bethlehem 1991, Germany Depressive Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Dictius te necare (1996) #494 Bethlehem (2016) #2433 Dark Metal (1994) #2824
9	Lake of Tears 1992, Sweden Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	Forever Autumn (1999) #1870 A Crimson Cosmos (1997) #3927 Moons and Mushrooms (2007) #4303
10	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #1969 Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #2867 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #3054
11	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) Exuvia (2017) #1581 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3255
12	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1208 Dust (2001) #3329 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3411
13	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #1883 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #3206 For the Loveless Lonely Nights (1998) [EP]
14	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #919 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
15	Novembers Doom 1992, United States Death Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	To Welcome the Fade (2002) #4456 The Pale Haunt Departure (2005) #5783 The Knowing (2000)
16	Dragged into Sunlight 2006, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Death Metal, Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Hatred for Mankind (2009) #1533 WidowMaker (2012) NV (2015)
17	Mournful Congregation 1993, Australia Funeral Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	The Monad of Creation (2005) #1448 The Book of Kings (2011) The June Frost (2009)
18	Purtenance 1991, Finland Death Metal, Death Doom Metal	Member of Immortal Damnation (1992) #4842 Awaken from Slumber (2013) #7389 ...to Spread the Flame of Ancients (2015) #7403
19	On Thorns I Lay 1995, Greece Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Crystal Tears (1999) #5593 Aegean Sorrow (2018) Orama (1997) #5944
20	October Tide 1994, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Rain Without End (1997) #4502 Grey Dawn (1999) A Thin Shell (2010)
21	Celestial Season 1991, Netherlands Death Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Sonic Orb (1995) [EP] Lunchbox Dialogues (2000) Songs from the Second Floor (2001) [EP]
22	Temple of Void 2013, United States Death Doom Metal	Lords of Death (2017) #2637 Summoning the Slayer (2022) #5355 The World That Was (2020)
23	Winter 1988, United States Death Doom Metal	Into Darkness (1990) #4040 Winter (1989) [Demo] Eternal Frost (1994) [EP]
24	Nightfall 1991, Greece Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	At Night We Prey (2021) Athenian Echoes (1995) Eons Aura (1995) [EP]
25	Spectral Voice 2012, United States Death Doom Metal, Death Metal	Eroded Corridors of Unbeing (2017) #1632 Spectral Voice (2014) [Demo] Necrotic Doom (2015) [Demo]
26	1914 2014, Ukraine Death Doom Metal, Blackened Death Metal	Where Fear and Weapons Meet (2021) #4754 Eschatology of War (2015) The Blind Leading the Blind (2018)
27	Ophis 2001, Germany Death Doom Metal	Abhorrence in Opulence (2014) Stream of Misery (2007) Withered Shades (2010)
28	Eye of Solitude 2010, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	Canto III (2013) The Ghost (2011) Awoken By Crows (2012) [EP]
29	Paramæcium Australia Death Doom Metal	Echoes from the Ground (2004) Exhumed of the Earth (1993) #5643 Within the Ancient Forest (1995)
30	Slumber 2002, Sweden Death Doom Metal	Fallout (2004) #4076 Dreamscape (2002) [Demo] Seclusion (2003) [Demo]
31	Worm 2012, United States Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Gloomlord (2020) Foreverglade (2021) Bluenothing (2022) [EP]
32	Unholy Finland Death Doom Metal	Rapture (1998) The Second Ring of Power (1994) #4889 From the Shadows (1993)
33	Deinonychus 1992, Netherlands Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Ark of Thought (1997) #5957 The Silence of December (1995) The Weeping of a Thousand Years (1996)
34	Evadne 2003, Spain Death Doom Metal	The Shortest Way (2012) A Mother Named Death (2017) In the Bitterness of Our Souls (2004) [Demo]
35	Pyogenesis 1991, Germany Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Twinaleblood (1995) #6075 Ignis Creatio (1992) [EP] Sweet X-Rated Nothings (1994)
36	Hanging Garden 2004, Finland Death Doom Metal	Inherit the Eden (2007) #6869 At Every Door (2013) TEOTWAWKI (2009)

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