r/doommetal

Somebody recommended the bands candlemass, cathedral, and electric wizard. I didn’t really gel with Candlemass at all, I recognise the extraordinary musicianship but it felt too campy and melodramatic for my tastes. But I absolutely loved cathedral and to a slightly lesser extent electric wizard. I guess what I’m asking is is that a surprising reaction given that it’s all doom metal? Maybe I should persevere with Candlemass. I just listened to the first three albums. Does anyone have any recommendations of other bands with the a Cathedral vibe? thank you.

I know they're technically not doom metal, but they're undeniably doom. I've been listening to this album non stop for a week now, it's so good. Also recommend their live performances

Il start, personally I think David Bowie, specifically how he sounds on space oddity would be cool on a funeral doom metal album

Since the start of 2026, the music world has changed
AI Music has now made up at least 28% up to 40% of daily uploads onto these platforms, and a decent chunk belongs to people pushing out AI music solely for profit over any form of creativity
 
With the addition of Spotify "carefully" labeling real musicians who do not use AI Generation, their requirements have left many musicians who don’t use any AI Generation and just below this requirement in the dust.

 
I feel that two additions to both of these platforms will let users / listeners who use these music platforms daily be able to fully understand in a complete transparent way on WHO they are listening to and WHAT they are listening to.
 
If there is enough evidence to show that the artist on this platform is AI Generated and not a real-life musician, it should have an "May Contain AI Generation" label on the artist profile itself, similar to how Spotify now has "Verified By Spotify" so the listener understands that the person behind the songs they are listening to with full transparency.
If there is enough evidence to show that the song on this platform is AI Generated, it should be listed next to the artist name on these platforms with "May Contain AI Generation", so if a listener finds the song on a "Mix" or a "Radio" they are listening to, they are able to view that the song could have AI Generation involved with it.
Considering that both of these platforms have allowed AI Generated Music to be put on the platform and have started to implement a crude method to verify musicians who don’t use AI at all, we need to at least have full transparency that the track was either made by a real human or made by an AI or an Hybrid AI/Human track

Fourth full length by Restless Spirit! We will be going on tour with Gozu who also just released a new album. Check out a show if it hits your city.

I always liked Black Sabbath's older albums, the slow and repetitive riffs n' stuff, funky but heavy. Every now and then i would occasionally listen to Acid Mammoth too, so recently i came to the conclusion that i really want to get deeper into the genre but i ran into a problem when listening to more "modern" sounding bands.

I really loved Sleep's Holy Mountain, so a friend recommended Dopesmoker and it was WAY too droney for my taste, i'm running into the same problem with most of the modern doom metal bands i know of, it's just way too atmospheric for my taste.
I would really appreciate if someone could recommend me more riff-driven and dynamic-sounding albums similar to Holy Mountain.

The Doomed and Stoned Show - Approaching Doom (S12E4) by Doomed & Stoned on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/7mkxzcJK5MpiZksGI2

Amanita's debut album mixed and mastered by Duane Simoneaux of OCD Recording.