Best Doom Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Estatic Fear 1994, Austria Symphonic Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	A Sombre Dance (1999) #130 Somnium Obmutum (1996) #817
2	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #125 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #718 Turning Season Within (2008) #1347
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	Candlemass 1984, Sweden Doom Metal	Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) #390 Nightfall (1987) #431 Chapter VI (1992) #2292
5	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
6	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
7	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Death Doom Metal, Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #75 Universal (2013) [Live] #97 Judgement (1999) #300
8	Ophelia 2003, Korea Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Shoegaze	당신의 환상을 동정하라 (2010) #129
9	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #400 Live at Helsinki Ice Hall (2021) [Live] #503 Queen of Time (2018) #517
10	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2732 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP] #3025 The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #3122
11	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #734 Memorandum (1999) #1744 Burning: A Wish (2001) #3192
12	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
13	Type O Negative 1990, United States Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Alternative Metal	October Rust (1996) #860 World Coming Down (1999) #2094 Bloody Kisses (1993) #3208
14	Colosseum 2007, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Chapter 2: Numquam (2009) #412 Chapter 3: Parasomnia (2011) #1172 Chapter 1: Delirium (2007) #2757
15	Novembre 1993, Italy Progressive Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Ursa (2016) #2455 The Blue (2007) #3640 Materia (2006) #4479
16	Forest of Shadows 1997, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal	Where Dreams Turn to Dust (2001) [EP] #391 Among the Dormant Watchers (2018) Six Waves of Woe (2008) #4489
17	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #585 We Live (2004) Witchcult Today (2007) #3822
18	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #643 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1900 Shatter (2010) [EP] #8202
19	Asphyx 1987, Netherlands Death Metal, Doom Metal	Last One on Earth (1992) #1846 The Rack (1991) #2492 Necroceros (2021) #2512
20	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #11 Heaven and Hell (1980) #20 Black Sabbath (1970) #40
21	Solitude Aeturnus 1987, United States Doom Metal	Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991) #1828 Alone (2006) Beyond the Crimson Horizon (1992) #3652
22	Lake of Tears 1992, Sweden Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	Forever Autumn (1999) #1152 Moons and Mushrooms (2007) #3713 A Crimson Cosmos (1997) #4376
23	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
24	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #979 The Sciences (2018) #1876 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #6060
25	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #761 Myopia (2022) V (שמם) (2012) [Single]
26	Ahab 2004, Germany Funeral Doom Metal	The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006) #1233 The Giant (2012) The Coral Tombs (2023)
27	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #881 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) Moon of the Chaos Eclipse (2002)
28	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
29	While Heaven Wept United States Power Metal, Doom Metal	Of Empires Forlorn (2003) #2302 Fear of Infinity (2011) #2792 Suspended at Aphelion (2014) #3238
30	人間椅子 1987, Japan Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	桜の森の満開の下 (1991) 怪談そして死とエロス (2016) #6317 無頼豊饒 (2014)
31	Shape of Despair 1998, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Angels of Distress (2001) #1260 Monotony Fields (2015) #1820 Shades of... (2000) #3350
32	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Run to the Light (1987) #1685 Trouble (1990) #2054 The Skull (1985) #2126
33	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1191 Dust (2001) #3449 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3528
34	The Gathering 1989, Netherlands Alternative Rock, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Art Rock, Atmospheric Rock	Home (2006) #1138 Mandylion (1995) #1171 Nighttime Birds (1997) #1373
35	Forgotten Tomb 1999, Italy Black Metal, Doom Metal	Songs to Leave (2002) #3552 Obscura Arcana Mortis (2000) [EP] Love's Burial Ground (2004) #7366
36	The Sins Of Thy Beloved 1996, Norway Symphonic Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	Lake of Sorrow (1998) #1529 Perpetual Desolation (2000) #8473 All Alone (1997) [EP]
37	Bell Witch 2010, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Four Phantoms (2015) #2142 Mirror Reaper (2017) #3172 Stygian Bough Volume I (2020)
38	Desire 1994, Portugal Doom Metal, Death Metal	Locus Horrendus - the Night Cries of a Sullen Soul (2002) #722 Pentacrow (1998) [EP] Infinity... a Timeless Journey Through an Emotional Dream (1996) #6767
39	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #1047 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
40	Evoken 1992, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Death Metal	Antithesis of Light (2005) #1843 Embrace the Emptiness (1998) #4696 Quietus (2001)
41	Elegeion 1997, Australia Atmospheric Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	Through the Eyes of Regret (2001) #1553 The Last Moment (2005) #5195 Induction to Eternal Rest... (1996) [Demo]
42	Theatre of Tragedy 1993, Norway Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal, Electropop, Industrial Rock	Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) #449 Aégis (1998) #720 Theatre of Tragedy (1995) #2066
43	Ghost Brigade 2005, Finland Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal, Depressive Rock	IV - One with the Storm (2014) #2762 Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011) #3478 Isolation Songs (2009) #4716
44	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #4148 Lillie: F-65 (2012) Saint Vitus (1984) #8194
45	Doom:VS 2004, Sweden Funeral Doom Metal	Earthless (2014) #2528 Aeternum Vale (2006) #5243 Dead Words Speak (2008) #5325
46	The Third and the Mortal 1992, Norway Melodic Doom Metal, Experimental, Pop, Industrial	Tears Laid in Earth (1994) #1953 Painting on Glass (1996) #6739 Sorrow (1994) [EP] #6833
47	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
48	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
49	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #6073 Day of Reckoning (1987) #6112 Be Forewarned (1994) #7265
50	Green Carnation 1990, Norway Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Gothic Metal	Light of Day, Day of Darkness (2001) #886 The Acoustic Verses (2006) #3685 A Blessing in Disguise (2003)

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