Talk:Doom metal
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Additions
Sorry, I know this is pedantic, but I added a couple of things. Firstly, a bit on Stephen O'Malley's influence on drone - this is something of an understatement actually, as it was O'Malley who arguably created drone with either Burning Witch or Sunn O))) (depending on who you ask), and there has not been a notable drone band since that he hasn't in some way been involved with. He's the godfather of the (sub)genre really.
Secondly, I added sludge doom to the "Stylistic Divisions..." section. Whether or not it can be classified as doom metal is a highly contentious issue, but doom-metal.com lists it as so, and reviews albums by sludge bands, so I'm going with it.
Lastly, a small touch: I removed Esoteric from the "Psychedelic Doom" subsection on account of them being more funeral doom in terms of song length and lyrical content, and due to their apparent hatred of the world and everything in it. I can see why they were down as psychedelic doom though; their songs are very "spacey", and the band members openly admit to taking psychotropics listening to their own music, but I don't feel you can have them next to the "groove" of Electric Wizard, Grand Magus, etc. -- Viro
Cemetary
Is the band named Cemetary or Cemetery? -- Zoe
- Cemetary (according to allmusic.com). -- Notheruser 00:33 16 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- Neither metal-archives.com nor doom-metal.com list them as a doom metal band. I haven't heard them personally though. --Thomas 23:56, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Halo?
Never heard of them, and metal-archives doesn't list them either. I'm reluctant to remove it though because the other bands added at the same time were all fine. Can anybody shed any light?
- There are two bands that go by the name of Halo: one playing modern rock and the other a strange hybrid of industrial and doom metal. Their sound is somewhat comparable to that of Fall of the Grey-Winged One, Torture Wheel and other similar artists signed to NULLL Records. I would deem them suitable for inclusion on the list, as they share the aesthetic of many doom bands, and are linked on doom-metal.com's bandlist page. Their website seems to be down at the moment, but here's their Relapse Records band page (http://shop.relapse.com/artist/artist.aspx?ArtistID=10051). -- Viro
Rewrite
I just rewrote the whole thing, in an attempt to make it more complete. I removed the band list, but instead have given a number of typical examples for each style within the doom metal genre. I think this should be fairly complete now when it comes to the essentials.