Best Doom Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Candlemass 1984, Sweden Doom Metal	Nightfall (1987) #335 Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) #646 King of the Grey Islands (2007)
2	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #580 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1289 Shatter (2010) [EP]
3	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #1090 V (שמם) (2012) [Single] Hell / מזמור (2014) [Split]
4	Dark Quarterer Italy Doom Metal, Heavy Metal	Dark Quarterer (1987) #512 The Etruscan Prophecy (1988) Dark Quarterer - XXV Anniversary (2012)
5	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Carnival Bizarre (1995) The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2327 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP]
6	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #463 Come My Fanatics... (1997) Witchcult Today (2007)
7	Desire 1994, Portugal Doom Metal, Death Metal	Locus Horrendus - the Night Cries of a Sullen Soul (2002) #424 Infinity... a Timeless Journey Through an Emotional Dream (1996) Pentacrow (1998) [EP]
8	Solitude Aeturnus 1987, United States Doom Metal	Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991) #1571 Downfall (1996) Beyond the Crimson Horizon (1992)
9	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #1216 Hallow's Victim (1985) Mournful Cries (1988)
10	Virgin Black 1995, Australia Doom Metal, Gothic Metal, Symphonic Metal	Requiem - Mezzo Forte (2007) #1447 Requiem - Fortissimo (2008) Sombre Romantic (2001)
11	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Day of Reckoning (1987) Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #3370 Be Forewarned (1994)
12	Solstice 1990, United Kingdom Doom Metal	Lamentations (1994) Solstice / Twisted Tower Dire (1997) [Split] MCMXCII (1992) [Demo]
13	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Manic Frustration (1992) Plastic Green Head (1995) The Distortion Field (2013)
14	SubRosa 2005, United States Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal	More Constant Than the Gods (2013) #1218 For This We Fought the Battle of Ages (2016) No Help for the Mighty Ones (2011)
15	Catharsis 1996, Russia Doom Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal	Wings (2005) Dea (2001) #3429 Imago (2002)
16	Celestial Season 1991, Netherlands Doom Metal, Death Metal, Stoner Metal	Sonic Orb (1995) [EP] Lunchbox Dialogues (2000) Songs from the Second Floor (2001) [EP]
17	Trees of Eternity 2009, International Doom Metal, Ambient	Hour of the Nightingale (2016) #1929 Black Ocean (2013) [Demo]
18	Void of Silence 1999, Italy Doom Metal, Dark Ambient	Toward the Dusk (2001) Human Antithesis (2004) Criteria ov 666 (2002)
19	Avatarium 2012, Sweden Doom Metal	Avatarium (2013) #2251 All I Want (2014) [EP] Hurricanes and Halos (2017)
20	Pallbearer 2008, United States Doom Metal	Sorrow and Extinction (2012) Foundations of Burden (2014) Heartless (2017)
21	Khemmis 2012, United States Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Hunted (2016) Desolation (2018) Absolution (2015)
22	The Wounded Kings 2005, United Kingdom Doom Metal	Curse of Chains (2014) [EP] An Introduction to the Black Arts (2010) [Split] Consolamentum (2014)
23	Place of Skulls 2000, United States Doom Metal	Nailed (2002) With Vision (2003) The Black Is Never Far (2006)
24	Deinonychus 1992, Netherlands Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Doom Metal	Ark of Thought (1997) The Silence of December (1995) The Weeping of a Thousand Years (1996)
25	Witchfinder General 1979, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	Death Penalty (1982) #3560 Resurrected (2008) Friends of Hell (1983)
26	Ordog Finland Doom Metal	Remorse (2011) Crow and the storm (2006) III (2007) [Demo]
27	Diabolique 1995, Sweden Doom Metal, Gothic Metal	The Black Flower (1999) Butterflies (2000) [EP] The Green Goddess (2001)

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