Best Death Doom Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Swallow the Sun 2000, Finland Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Songs From the North I, II & III (2015) #283 New Moon (2009) #599 The Morning Never Came (2003) #2245
2	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #972 Turn Loose the Swans (1993) #2570 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2814
3	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #615 The Plague Within (2015) #755 Tragic Idol (2012) #895
4	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #75 Universal (2013) [Live] #97 Judgement (1999) #300
5	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1008 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1762 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1893
6	Evoken 1992, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Death Metal	Antithesis of Light (2005) #1843 Embrace the Emptiness (1998) #4696 Quietus (2001)
7	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #1047 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
8	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1191 Dust (2001) #3449 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3528
9	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #125 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #718 Turning Season Within (2008) #1347
10	Spectral Voice 2012, United States Death Doom Metal, Death Metal	Eroded Corridors of Unbeing (2017) #2175 Sparagmos (2024) #3889 Spectral Voice (2014) [Demo]
11	Dragged into Sunlight 2006, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Death Metal, Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Hatred for Mankind (2009) #2047 WidowMaker (2012) Terminal Aggressor (2009) [EP]
12	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #734 Memorandum (1999) #1744 Burning: A Wish (2001) #3192
13	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #452 Codex Omega (2017) #508 Mystic Places of Dawn (1994) #535
14	Worm 2012, United States Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foreverglade (2021) #1318 Gloomlord (2020) #2361 Bluenothing (2022) [EP]
15	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #1898 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #3290 Paradise Belongs to You (1997) #3916
16	Winter 1988, United States Death Doom Metal	Into Darkness (1990) #5980 Eternal Frost (1994) [EP] Winter (1989) [Demo]
17	Slumber 2002, Sweden Death Doom Metal	Fallout (2004) #1810 Dreamscape (2002) [Demo] Seclusion (2003) [Demo]
18	1914 2014, Ukraine Death Doom Metal, Blackened Death Metal	Where Fear and Weapons Meet (2021) #4089 The Blind Leading the Blind (2018) #5153 Eschatology of War (2015) #6335
19	Within Temptation 1996, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Alternative Rock	The Unforgiving (2011) #1224 Mother Earth (2000) #1268 The Silent Force (2004) #1680
20	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #1988 Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #3018 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #3600
21	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) Exuvia (2017) #1592 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3366
22	Mar De Grises 2000, Chile Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Draining the Waterheart (2008) #3936 The Tatterdemalion Express (2004) #6482 Streams Inwards (2010)
23	Temple of Void 2013, United States Death Doom Metal	Lords of Death (2017) #2662 Summoning the Slayer (2022) #5586 The World That Was (2020)
24	Doom:VS 2004, Sweden Funeral Doom Metal	Earthless (2014) #2528 Aeternum Vale (2006) #5243 Dead Words Speak (2008) #5325
25	October Tide 1994, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Rain Without End (1997) #2391 Grey Dawn (1999) A Thin Shell (2010)
26	Novembers Doom 1992, United States Death Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	To Welcome the Fade (2002) #5978 The Knowing (2000) The Pale Haunt Departure (2005) #7188
27	On Thorns I Lay 1995, Greece Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	On Thorns I Lay (2023) Crystal Tears (1999) #5830 Aegean Sorrow (2018)
28	Unholy 1990, Finland Death Doom Metal	The Second Ring of Power (1994) #5118 From the Shadows (1993) #7263 Demo 11.90 (1990) [Demo]
29	Evadne 2003, Spain Death Doom Metal	The Shortest Way (2012) A Mother Named Death (2017) In the Bitterness of Our Souls (2004) [Demo]
30	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) Paradise Gallows (2016) #7311 Sky Burial (2013)
31	Ethir Anduin 2006, Russia Death Doom Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Loneliness of my Life (2018) Холод (2023) Глухомань (2024)
32	Silent Stream of Godless Elegy 1995, Czech Republic Folk Metal, Doom Metal	Osameli (2006) [EP] Relic Dances (2004) ... Amber Sea (1996) [Demo]
33	Eneferens 2016, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	The Bleakness of Our Constant (2018) #1663 In the Hours Beneath (2016) The Inward Cold (2016)
34	Mournful Congregation 1993, Australia Funeral Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	The Monad of Creation (2005) #1459 The Book of Kings (2011) The June Frost (2009)
35	Ophis 2001, Germany Death Doom Metal	Abhorrence in Opulence (2014) Stream of Misery (2007) Withered Shades (2010)
36	Gatecreeper 2013, United States Death Metal	Gatecreeper (2014) [EP] An Unexpected Reality (2021) [EP] Deserted (2019) #8553
37	Hanging Garden 2004, Finland Death Doom Metal	The Garden (2023) Inherit the Eden (2007) At Every Door (2013)
38	Dark Millennium 1989, Germany Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal	Ashore the Celestial Burden (1992) #2933 Acid River (2022) Diana Read Peace (1993)

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