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) #308 New Moon (2009) #702 The Morning Never Came (2003) #2065
2	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #941 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2626 Like Gods of the Sun (1996) #2918
3	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #592 The Plague Within (2015) #811 In Requiem (2007) #937
4	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1651 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1689 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1811
5	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #72 Universal (2013) [Live] #114 Judgement (1999) #414
6	Worm 2012, United States Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal	Foreverglade (2021) #1117 Gloomlord (2020) #2300 Necropalace (2026) #2195
7	Evoken 1992, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Death Metal	Antithesis of Light (2005) #1935 Hypnagogia (2018) Embrace the Emptiness (1998) #6619
8	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #1502 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
9	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #131 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #734 Turning Season Within (2008) #903
10	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1540 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3860 Dust (2001) #4648
11	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #1193 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #3641 Moon of the Chaos Eclipse (2002)
12	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #815 Memorandum (1999) #2003 Burning: A Wish (2001) #3472
13	Spectral Voice 2012, United States Death Doom Metal, Death Metal	Eroded Corridors of Unbeing (2017) #2969 Sparagmos (2024) #4294 Spectral Voice (2014) [Demo]
14	Dragged into Sunlight 2006, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Death Metal, Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Hatred for Mankind (2009) #1978 WidowMaker (2012) Terminal Aggressor (2009) [EP]
15	1914 2014, Ukraine Blackened Death Metal, Doom Metal	Where Fear and Weapons Meet (2021) #2759 The Blind Leading the Blind (2018) #3849 Eschatology of War (2015) #5804
16	October Tide 1994, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Rain Without End (1997) #2023 Grey Dawn (1999) #5950 A Thin Shell (2010)
17	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #286 Codex Omega (2017) #475 Communion (2008) #515
18	Within Temptation 1996, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Alternative Rock	Mother Earth (2000) #1118 The Unforgiving (2011) #1169 The Silent Force (2004) #1434
19	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #2219 Paradise Belongs to You (1997) #4996 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #3659
20	Slumber 2002, Sweden Death Doom Metal	Fallout (2004) #2705 Dreamscape (2002) [Demo] Seclusion (2003) [Demo]
21	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Doom Metal	Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) Exuvia (2017) #1599 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3662
22	Mar De Grises 2000, Chile Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Demo-2002 (2002) [Demo] Draining the Waterheart (2008) #5739 The Tatterdemalion Express (2004) #7972
23	Unholy 1990, Finland Death Doom Metal	The Second Ring of Power (1994) #7048 From the Shadows (1993) #8507 Gracefallen (1999)
24	Winter 1988, United States Death Metal, Doom Metal	Into Darkness / Eternal Frost (1999) [Compilation] Into Darkness (1990) #7431 Eternal Frost (1994) [EP]
25	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal	A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #4589 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #4669 Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #5702
26	Asphodelus 2016, Finland Death Doom Metal	Stygian Dreams (2019) #3973 Dying Beauty & the Silent Sky (2016) [EP] Promo EP 2016 (2016) [Demo]
27	Ethir Anduin 2006, Russia Death Doom Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Funeral Doom Metal	Loneliness of my Life (2018) Холод (2023) Pathway to Eternity. The Agony (2020)
28	Temple of Void 2013, United States Death Doom Metal	Lords of Death (2017) #3065 The Crawl (2026) Summoning the Slayer (2022) #6337
29	Doom:VS 2004, Sweden Funeral Doom Metal	Earthless (2014) #2718 Aeternum Vale (2006) #5928 Dead Words Speak (2008) #6071
30	Novembers Doom 1992, United States Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Major Arcana (2025) #5486 To Welcome the Fade (2002) #6774 The Knowing (2000)
31	On Thorns I Lay 1995, Greece Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	On Thorns I Lay (2023) #6347 Aegean Sorrow (2018) Crystal Tears (1999) #7139
32	Evadne 2003, Spain Death Doom Metal	The Shortest Way (2012) A Mother Named Death (2017) In the Bitterness of Our Souls (2004) [Demo]
33	Silent Stream of Godless Elegy 1995, Czechia Death Doom Metal, Folk Metal, Doom Metal	Osameli (2006) [EP] Relic Dances (2004) ... Amber Sea (1996) [Demo]
34	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) #6322 Sky Burial (2013) New Heaven (2024)
35	Mournful Congregation 1993, Australia Funeral Doom Metal	The Monad of Creation (2005) #1262 Tears from a Grieving Heart (1999) The June Frost (2009)
36	Eneferens 2016, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	The Bleakness of Our Constant (2018) #1748 In the Hours Beneath (2016) The Inward Cold (2016)
37	Ophis 2001, Germany Death Doom Metal	Abhorrence in Opulence (2014) Stream of Misery (2007) Withered Shades (2010)
38	Gatecreeper 2013, United States Death Metal	Gatecreeper (2014) [EP] An Unexpected Reality (2021) [EP] Dark Superstition (2024)
39	Hanging Garden 2004, Finland Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Garden (2023) Isle of Bliss (2026) Inherit the Eden (2007)
40	Dark Millennium 1989, Germany Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal	Ashore the Celestial Burden (1992) #2836 Acid River (2022) Diana Read Peace (1993)

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