Best Doom Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Estatic Fear 1994, Austria Symphonic Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	A Sombre Dance (1999) #127 Somnium Obmutum (1996) #1038
2	Candlemass 1984, Sweden Epic Doom Metal	Nightfall (1987) #323 Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) #328 The Curse of Candlemass (2005) [Video]
3	Draconian 1994, Sweden Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Arcane Rain Fell (2005) #134 Under a Godless Veil (2020) #910 Turning Season Within (2008) #1422
4	Paradise Lost 1988, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us (2009) #590 The Plague Within (2015) #813 In Requiem (2007) #917
5	Swallow the Sun 2000, Finland Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Songs From the North I, II & III (2015) #353 New Moon (2009) #681 Plague of Butterflies (2008) [EP] #2212
6	My Dying Bride 1990, United Kingdom Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	The Dreadful Hours (2001) #925 The Angel and the Dark River (1995) #2581 Like Gods of the Sun (1996) #2950
7	Anathema 1990, United Kingdom Alternative Rock, Progressive Rock	Weather Systems (2012) #69 Universal (2013) [Live] #108 Judgement (1999) #405
8	Amorphis 1990, Finland Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Rock	Halo (2022) #378 Skyforger (2009) #369 Queen of Time (2018) #412
9	Cathedral 1989, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	The Ethereal Mirror (1993) #2890 Soul Sacrifice (1992) [EP] #3239 The Carnival Bizarre (1995) #3365
10	Katatonia 1991, Sweden Death Doom Metal, Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal	Dead End Kings (2012) #1635 The Great Cold Distance (2006) #1672 Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) #1791
11	Ophelia 2003, Korea Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Shoegaze	당신의 환상을 동정하라 (2010) #181
12	Electric Wizard 1993, United Kingdom Doom Metal, Stoner Metal	Dopethrone (2000) #411 Witchcult Today (2007) #4883 We Live (2004) #5682
13	Novembre 1993, Italy Progressive Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Metal	Ursa (2016) #2591 Novembrine Waltz (2001) #3181 Classica (1999) #3881
14	Lacrimas Profundere 1993, Germany Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock	La naissance d'un rêve (1997) #817 Memorandum (1999) #1981 Burning: A Wish (2001) #3703
15	Colosseum 2007, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Chapter 2: Numquam (2009) #514 Chapter 3: Parasomnia (2011) #975 Chapter 1: Delirium (2007) #2925
16	Asphyx 1987, Netherlands Death Metal, Doom Metal	Last One on Earth (1992) #1588 The Rack (1991) #2553 Necroceros (2021) #2593
17	Type O Negative 1990, United States Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Alternative Metal	October Rust (1996) #1449 Bloody Kisses (1993) #4503 Dead Again (2007) #4701
18	Sleep 1990, United States Stoner Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Dopesmoker (2003) #792 The Sciences (2018) #1941 Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992) #3980
19	Triptykon 2008, Switzerland Doom Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal	Melana Chasmata (2014) #716 Eparistera Daimones (2010) #1925 Shatter (2010) [EP] #9422
20	Forest of Shadows 1997, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Doom Metal	Where Dreams Turn to Dust (2001) [EP] #356 Among the Dormant Watchers (2018) Six Waves of Woe (2008) #4943
21	Black Sabbath 1969, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Doom Metal	Paranoid (1970) #10 Heaven and Hell (1980) #17 Master of Reality (1971) #49
22	Runemagick 1990, Sweden Death Metal, Doom Metal	Darkness Death Doom (2003) #962 The Supreme Force of Eternity (1998) #2245 Moon of the Chaos Eclipse (2002)
23	Esoteric 1992, United Kingdom Funeral Doom Metal	Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum (2004) #3233 A Pyrrhic Existence (2019) #4536 The Maniacal Vale (2008) #4611
24	מזמור United States Doom Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal, Drone Metal	Yodh (2016) #820 Cairn (2019) Myopia (2022)
25	Lake of Tears 1992, Sweden Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Death Doom Metal	Forever Autumn (1999) #1221 Moons and Mushrooms (2007) #4061 A Crimson Cosmos (1997) #4912
26	Solitude Aeturnus 1987, United States Doom Metal	Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991) #1522 Alone (2006) #2427 Beyond the Crimson Horizon (1992) #3992
27	Shape of Despair 1998, Finland Funeral Doom Metal	Monotony Fields (2015) #1869 Angels of Distress (2001) #1511 Return to the Void (2022) #4403
28	Ahab 2004, Germany Funeral Doom Metal	The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006) #1300 The Giant (2012) #7138 The Divinity of Oceans (2009) #8040
29	Trouble 1979, United States Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal	Trouble (1990) #1638 The Skull (1985) #2243 Run to the Light (1987) #2244
30	Saturnus 1991, Denmark Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal	Veronika Decides to Die (2006) #2184 Saturn in Ascension (2012) #3643 Paradise Belongs to You (1997) #4935
31	Saint Vitus 1980, United States Doom Metal	Born Too Late (1987) #3199 Lillie: F-65 (2012) Saint Vitus (2019)
32	Evoken 1992, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Death Metal	Antithesis of Light (2005) #1903 Hypnagogia (2018) Embrace the Emptiness (1998) #5677
33	Pentagram 1971, United States Doom Metal	Pentagram (Relentless) (1985) #5131 Day of Reckoning (1987) #5851 Be Forewarned (1994) #8224
34	While Heaven Wept United States Power Metal, Doom Metal	Of Empires Forlorn (2003) #2430 Fear of Infinity (2011) #3010 Suspended at Aphelion (2014) #3502
35	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) #7197 無頼豊饒 (2014)
36	Mourning Beloveth 1992, Ireland Death Doom Metal	The Sullen Sulcus (2002) #1233 A Disease for the Ages (2008) #3836 Dust (2001) #3728
37	Green Carnation 1990, Norway Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Gothic Metal	Light of Day, Day of Darkness (2001) #791 A Dark Poem Part I: The Shores of Melancholia (2025) #1055 The Acoustic Verses (2006) #3976
38	Cirith Ungol 1972, United States Heavy Metal, Doom Metal	Half Past Human (2021) [EP] Paradise Lost (1991) #7103 Dark Parade (2023)
39	The Sins Of Thy Beloved 1996, Norway Symphonic Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	Lake of Sorrow (1998) #1584 Perpetual Desolation (2000) #9834 All Alone (1997) [EP]
40	The Gathering 1989, Netherlands Alternative Rock, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal, Art Rock, Atmospheric Rock	Nighttime Birds (1997) #1452 Home (2006) #1287 Mandylion (1995) #1222
41	Disembowelment 1989, Australia Death Doom Metal	Transcendence Into the Peripheral (1993) #1127 Dusk (1992) [EP] Mourning September (1990) [Demo]
42	Forgotten Tomb 1999, Italy Black Metal, Doom Metal	Songs to Leave (2002) #3860 Obscura Arcana Mortis (2000) [EP] Love's Burial Ground (2004) #8460
43	Novembers Doom 1992, United States Melodic Doom Metal, Death Metal	Major Arcana (2025) #5433 To Welcome the Fade (2002) #6792 The Knowing (2000)
44	The Ruins of Beverast 2003, Germany Atmospheric Black Metal, Doom Metal	Exuvia (2017) #1580 Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009) Blood Vaults - the Blazing Gospel of Heinrich Kramer (2013) #3646
45	Bell Witch 2010, United States Funeral Doom Metal, Sludge Metal	Four Phantoms (2015) #2845 Stygian Bough Volume I (2020) Future's Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate (2023)
46	Coffins Japan Doom Metal, death metal	Sinister Oath (2024) #2498 Buried Death (2008) #3694 Beyond the Circular Demise (2019)
47	Tiamat 1989, Sweden Gothic Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal	Wildhoney (1994) #1239 Prey (2003) #2805 A Deeper Kind of Slumber (1997) #4049
48	Desire 1994, Portugal Doom Metal, Death Metal	Locus Horrendus - the Night Cries of a Sullen Soul (2002) #766 Pentacrow (1998) [EP] Infinity... a Timeless Journey Through an Emotional Dream (1996) #8087
49	The Third and the Mortal 1992, Norway Melodic Doom Metal, Experimental, Pop, Industrial	Tears Laid in Earth (1994) #2756 Sorrow (1994) [EP] #6563 Painting on Glass (1996) #6910
50	Theatre of Tragedy 1993, Norway Gothic Metal, Death Doom Metal, Electropop, Industrial Rock	Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) #496 Aégis (1998) #510 Theatre of Tragedy (1995) #2168

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