Within the gotha of black metal, in its various forms and declinations, condensed and churning like a massive black maelstrom. The staggering etched, 3-sided double LP touches almost fifty minutes in length with at least one of the four massive songs almost touching twenty minutes. #5 SHAIDAR LOGOTH Chapter III: The Void GodĬhapter III: The Void God sublimates the band’s cryptic and recluse black metal to heights and magnificence never seen before. I respect VIDE for not using the everyday tropes of Black Metal even when it comes to their record covers, instead they allow the music to speak for itself. I hate certain parts of humanity, but Hanging By The Bayou Light makes me remember that there is light inside of darkness. On the 14-minute long death hymn “It Would Be The Last Time,” VIDE manifests an insanely rad blackened D-Beat vibe that’s fucking on point, and this song is a journey that I don’t want to END. It’s the layers and textures of feral audio that makes me say, unholy fuck, this project is the fucking bomb. VIDE’s most recent project, Hanging By The Bayou Light, is their most grim to date, but in its own demented and morbid way melodic. What I love about it their songs is how they can harness their power, anguish, and pain into an addictive sonic force that makes me want to hear more each time. This mysterious project’s music is moving and grim beyond belief. VIDE is impressive and, over the course of a year, has released some of the most chilling and compelling Black Metal created. A truly dark record, somewhere between atmospheric black metal, black/doom and death/doom.FYI: VIDE doesn’t suck. I’m not a fan of super-long songs but The Ruins of Beverast still managed to lure me in with 2017’s “Exuvia”. It took me a long time to warm up to them but “V – Halmstad”, especially, is undeniably good. Shining is the most famous depressive black metal band (DSBM), and carry enough of doom metal aesthetic to fall under black/doom. Funny enough described as “cosmic doom black metal”. “The Fall of Hearts” review and track-by-track analysis ->Īustrian band that combines death/doom metal with atmospheric black metal. The desperate, yet melodic sound of the debut album “Dance of December Souls” shaped a lot of what was to come in future black/doom metal bands.Ĭountdown of the best Katatonia albums -> Katatonia’s early 90’s style was somewhere between death/doom and black/doom. It’s an absolute outburst of sorrow, while also featuring catchy and memorable songwriting. It takes the desperation and melodicism from Katatonia’s debut to a whole new level.
Combines traditional heavy metal influences with extreme tendencies.įorgotten Tomb’s first album “Songs to Leave” is probably my favorite black/doom metal album. Norwegian crossover between black metal and doom metal. Has a symphonic, almost Summoning-inspired edge, which I find quite interesting. Long-running Bulgarian black/doom metal project. The 2018 release “Iris” is one of my top releases of the year and that’s probably only the beginning. Altars of GriefĪltars of Grief is somewhere in between death/doom and black/doom. Genre borders in these subgenres are sketchy, but be sure these bands have elements of both doom metal and black metal. This is a list of the most popular black/doom metal bands, as well as some my personal favorites.
If you’re too lazy to read the whole thing, just hit up these bands instead:Įssential and important black/doom metal bands Shining and Forgotten Tomb are two obvious bands to mention, as well as early 90’s Katatonia. The black/doom metal genre spectrum is that one that’s often combined with other genres and subgenres like death/doom metal, depressive black metal, atmospheric black metal and blackgaze. Black/doom metal is a style of music that combines black metal and doom metal.