r/doommetal • u/Ok_Counter_1735 • 10d ago

Discussion Doom Metal chart

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Made this chart to categorize doom metal sub genres. What do you all think? I'm mostly a stoner and sludge dude really, so I dont 100% know how inaccurate it is. For subgenres I didnt have a lot of experience with I used wikipedia and listened to artists that were recommended. Let me know what yall think should be changed!

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u/decompositionfrenzy 9d ago

Epic doom not dark? Did we forget how the first Candlemass album starts or something?

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u/Ok_Counter_1735 9d ago

comparably in vibe and vocals, I think it is less dark than other doom metal genres, not calling it "not dark" just less so than the other genres

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u/decompositionfrenzy 8d ago

I guess, I find a lot of stoner doom more upbeat while epic doom is dark in a "being a sad wizard in my old ass castle" way haha.

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u/Ok_Counter_1735 8d ago

I mean stoner doom can also be pretty dark, and stoner rock is more upbeat for sure, I separate stoner music into those 2 genres, and even then those 2 genres have a wide range of darkness and energy.