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Doom metal is a form of Heavy Metal that emerged as a recognised subgenre in the mid-1980s. It is slow and heavy and intended to evoke an atmosphere of darkness, despair and melancholy. It is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath , and a number of early Black Sabbath tracks, such as " Black Sabbath ", are often considered embryonic or prototypical doom metal songs. HISTORY OF DOOM METAL Although in the beginning of the 1970s both Black Sabbath and the American Pentagram performed a kind of music that can be considered proto-doom, neither band is generally considered as an actual doom metal band. From the late 1970s to mid 1980s, bands such as Trouble , Saint Vitus and Witchfinder General contributed much to the formation of doom metal as a distinct genre. The form of music played by these artists can be described as being rooted in both the music of Black Sabbath and, especially in the case of Witchfinder General , the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal . The slowness of their music is often also seen as a reaction to the constantly increasing speed of contemporary Thrash Metal and Speed Metal . Doom metal first became widely popular with Sweden's Candlemass , who are hailed in the mainstream metal press as one of the most important and influential doom metal bands; their 1986 album ''Epicus Doomicus Metallicus'' is considered a genre-defining release (at least within the epic subgenre of doom metal). According to the proponents of the classic doom metal style, the most prototypical doom metal band would be Saint Vitus , who released their self-titled debut album in 1984 - two years before doom metal as a genre was recognised in the mainstream metal press. Doom metal developed further in the early 1990s, when a number of bands started combining the slow, melancholic, doom metal style that was pioneered in the 1980s with influences from , My Dying Bride and Anathema . Nowadays, the original brand of doom metal with clean vocals is usually labelled "classic doom", whereas the later developed styles which involve growled vocals are commonly called "doomdeath" or "death/doom". During the 1990s the doom metal genre developed further styles, although classic doom and death/doom have remained central to the present. A number of bands, such as and Earth respectively. It has been argued that a nexus exists between doom metal, aims for a groovy and psychedelic sound. A number of doom metal bands, however, such as (later) Cathedral and Electric Wizard , have combined doom metal with psychedelic influences, thereby creating a style which can be considered a hybrid form of doom metal and Psychedelic Rock . |
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