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) #65 Universal (2013) [Live] #103 Judgement (1999) #383
2	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #885 Discouraged Ones (1998) #1189 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1585
3	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Gothic (1991) #866 Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #915 In Requiem (2007) #1037
4	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #139 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #896 Turning Season Within (2008) #949
5	Theatre of Tragedy 1993, Norway Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal, Electropop, Industrial Rock	Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) #391 Aégis (1998) #641 Theatre of Tragedy (1995) #2667
6	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #1324 Turn Loose the Swans (1993) #1768 Songs of Darkness, Words of Light (2004) #2704
7	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #554 Memorandum (1999) #2131 Burning: A Wish (2001) #2453
8	Bethlehem 1991, Germany Depressive Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Dictius te necare (1996) #497 Bethlehem (2016) #1694 Dark Metal (1994) #2878
9	Lake of Tears 1992, Sweden Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	Forever Autumn (1999) #1309 Moons and Mushrooms (2007) #3212 A Crimson Cosmos (1997) #3830
10	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #687 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #2986 Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #3508
11	Novembers Doom 1992, United States Death Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	To Welcome the Fade (2002) #3848 The Pale Haunt Departure (2005) #5012 The Knowing (2000)
12	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #1561 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #2735 For the Loveless Lonely Nights (1998) [EP]
13	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #668 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
14	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1097 Dust (2001) #2836 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #2913
15	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Exuvia (2017) #1527 Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3164 Unlock the Shrine (2004) #3660
16	Purtenance 1991, Finland Death Metal, Death Doom Metal	Member of Immortal Damnation (1992) #2730 ...to Spread the Flame of Ancients (2015) Awaken from Slumber (2013) #6408
17	Mournful Congregation 1993, Australia Funeral Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	The Monad of Creation (2005) #1313 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) #1960 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	October Tide 1994, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal	Rain Without End (1997) Grey Dawn (1999) A Thin Shell (2010)
21	Winter 1988, United States Death Doom Metal	Into Darkness (1990) #2071 Winter (1989) [Demo] Eternal Frost (1994) [EP]
22	Nightfall 1991, Greece Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Athenian Echoes (1995) Eons Aura (1995) [EP] Diva Futura (1999)
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) #4875 Within the Ancient Forest (1995)
26	Slumber 2002, Sweden Death Doom Metal	Fallout (2004) #4076 Dreamscape (2002) [Demo] Seclusion (2003) [Demo]
27	Spectral Voice 2012, United States Death Doom Metal, Death Metal	Eroded Corridors of Unbeing (2017) #1673 Spectral Voice (2014) [Demo] Necrotic Doom (2015) [Demo]
28	On Thorns I Lay 1995, Greece Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Crystal Tears (1999) #4073 Orama (1997) Threnos (2020)
29	Deinonychus 1992, Netherlands Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Ark of Thought (1997) #5145 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) #5946 At Every Door (2013) TEOTWAWKI (2009)

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