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) #341 New Moon (2009) #722 The Morning Never Came (2003) #2926
2	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1019 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #3002 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #3049
3	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #587 The Plague Within (2015) #806 In Requiem (2007) #868
4	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #68 Universal (2013) [Live] #109 Judgement (1999) #398
5	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1623 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1675 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1957
6	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #1094 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
7	Evoken 1992, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Death Metal	Antithesis of Light (2005) #1903 Embrace the Emptiness (1998) #5050 A Caress of the Void (2007)
8	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1234 Dust (2001) #3680 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3774
9	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #140 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #758 Turning Season Within (2008) #1417
10	Spectral Voice 2012, United States Death Doom Metal, Death Metal	Eroded Corridors of Unbeing (2017) #2278 Sparagmos (2024) #4159 Spectral Voice (2014) [Demo]
11	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #779 Memorandum (1999) #1812 Burning: A Wish (2001) #3407
12	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #953 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #2219 Enter the Realm of Death (1999) #3497
13	Dragged into Sunlight 2006, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Death Metal, Dark Ambient, Atmospheric Sludge Metal	Hatred for Mankind (2009) #2128 WidowMaker (2012) Terminal Aggressor (2009) [EP]
14	Worm 2012, United States Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foreverglade (2021) #1081 Gloomlord (2020) #2454 Bluenothing (2022) [EP]
15	Septicflesh 1990, Greece Death Metal, Symphonic Metal	Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020) [Live] #435 Codex Omega (2017) #521 Communion (2008) #578
16	October Tide 1994, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Rain Without End (1997) #2494 Grey Dawn (1999) #5876 A Thin Shell (2010)
17	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #1964 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #3527 Paradise Belongs to You (1997) #4192
18	Winter 1988, United States Death Doom Metal	Into Darkness / Eternal Frost (1999) [Compilation] Into Darkness (1990) #6938 Eternal Frost (1994) [EP]
19	Slumber 2002, Sweden Death Doom Metal	Fallout (2004) #1868 Dreamscape (2002) [Demo] Seclusion (2003) [Demo]
20	1914 2014, Ukraine Blackened Death Metal, Doom Metal	Where Fear and Weapons Meet (2021) #3066 The Blind Leading the Blind (2018) #3342 Eschatology of War (2015) #5559
21	Mar De Grises 2000, Chile Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Draining the Waterheart (2008) #5504 The Tatterdemalion Express (2004) #6988 Streams Inwards (2010)
22	Within Temptation 1996, Netherlands Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Alternative Rock	The Unforgiving (2011) #1118 Mother Earth (2000) #1346 The Silent Force (2004) #1589
23	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal	A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #2061 Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #3196 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #4526
24	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) Exuvia (2017) #1663 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3604
25	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)
26	Temple of Void 2013, United States Death Doom Metal	Lords of Death (2017) #2992 Summoning the Slayer (2022) #6008 The World That Was (2020)
27	Doom:VS 2004, Sweden Funeral Doom Metal	Earthless (2014) #2650 Aeternum Vale (2006) #5651 Dead Words Speak (2008) #5746
28	Novembers Doom 1992, United States Death Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	To Welcome the Fade (2002) #6447 The Knowing (2000) The Pale Haunt Departure (2005) #7780
29	On Thorns I Lay 1995, Greece Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	On Thorns I Lay (2023) #6016 Crystal Tears (1999) #6303 Aegean Sorrow (2018)
30	Unholy 1990, Finland Death Doom Metal	The Second Ring of Power (1994) #5512 From the Shadows (1993) #7863 Gracefallen (1999)
31	Evadne 2003, Spain Death Doom Metal	The Shortest Way (2012) A Mother Named Death (2017) In the Bitterness of Our Souls (2004) [Demo]
32	Silent Stream of Godless Elegy 1995, Czech Republic Folk Metal, Doom Metal	Osameli (2006) [EP] Relic Dances (2004) ... Amber Sea (1996) [Demo]
33	Inter Arma 2006, United States Sludge Metal, Black Metal	Sulphur English (2019) #5996 New Heaven (2024) Paradise Gallows (2016) #7914
34	Eneferens 2016, United States Atmospheric Black Metal	The Bleakness of Our Constant (2018) #1727 In the Hours Beneath (2016) The Inward Cold (2016)
35	Mournful Congregation 1993, Australia Funeral Doom Metal	The Monad of Creation (2005) #1521 Tears from a Grieving Heart (1999) The Book of Kings (2011)
36	Ophis 2001, Germany Death Doom Metal	Abhorrence in Opulence (2014) Stream of Misery (2007) Withered Shades (2010)
37	Gatecreeper 2013, United States Death Metal	Gatecreeper (2014) [EP] An Unexpected Reality (2021) [EP] Dark Superstition (2024)
38	Hanging Garden 2004, Finland Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal, Gothic Metal	The Garden (2023) Inherit the Eden (2007) At Every Door (2013)
39	Dark Millennium 1989, Germany Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal	Ashore the Celestial Burden (1992) #2760 Acid River (2022) Diana Read Peace (1993)

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