Any of you fine doom-minded (some ambient fans may want apply) gentleman up on this Velvet Robe nonsense? I read some buzzing about them on the NWN forums awhile back and just now caved to curiosity. There are a few samples on youtube. Seems to be really fucked up doom with some drone and ambient leanings. Utterly simple and primitive, going for pure mood above all else.

Predictably it was released as a "deluxe edition" tape to the number of 30 fucking copies. I'm keeping my eye on their labels website though, as I really want to snag a copy of the repress. I hope they choose to do a bigger run, even if it means leaving out the animal bones...

Velvet Robe - In Visible Shadow
Check it out if you're curious...I'm pretty sure a lot of people are going to hate it but something about this song is really working for me. Awesome sample usage.

Didn't expect them to have a bandcamp but here it is: http://velvetrobe.bandcamp.com Samples are teasing me further. I'm not too proud to admit that I may just want this because I can't have it right this second...but never the less I'd really like to snag a tape.

Just outta curiosity, is there any doom or stoner with a strong The Doors influence? Particularly vocals similar to Morrison's.

Not that I would call it strong but Fall of the Idols did have a certain Doors influence. The earlier stuff up until The Womb of the Earth. Check out that one and the compilation Ascension 2000-2007.

Just outta curiosity, is there any doom or stoner with a strong The Doors influence? Particularly vocals similar to Morrison's.

I think Witchcraft has some The Doors influences, very vintage doom, but you're probably aware of them already.

Probably these :

Verwustung : http://youtu.be/Up6mk8mi6rg
Verwustung (latest album) : http://youtu.be/KNsnDmKBuw4
Sieghetnar : http://youtu.be/ysvaHmGKry0
Petrychor : http://youtu.be/MUZtULEa8Ps

All their songs are long though, and have pretty long intro except for the last link I posted. Hopefully these are what you're looking for? Sorry if they aren't, because they're most probably Atmospheric BM.

Please for black metal or the likes, use the proper help thread.

For Witchfinder, I'll say that he's pretty unique, have you heard the latest Spiritus Mortis? But maybe the obvious ones like Count Raven, Solitude Aeternus or even Orodruin? I'll give more recs later, it's very late

SUP GUYS
I'm getting back into sludge metal and need more bands in the vein of EYEHATEGOD. I'm looking for something catchy, simple, bluesy, fucked up and badass. I also like Iron Monkey, Buzzoven, and Mike Williams' vocals a lot if that helps.
i really dont want weed themed shit tho.
so any bands I should look up?

You know about Outlaw Order right?

SUP GUYS
I'm getting back into sludge metal and need more bands in the vein of EYEHATEGOD. I'm looking for something catchy, simple, bluesy, fucked up and badass. I also like Iron Monkey, Buzzoven, and Mike Williams' vocals a lot if that helps.
i really dont want weed themed shit tho.
so any bands I should look up?

I recommend Iron Witch, Moloch (the one from the UK), Starve, as well as Brainoil. Find out if anything suits your fancy.

I'm looking for something as bleak and dark as Cathedral on Forest of Equilibrium

SUP GUYS
I'm getting back into sludge metal and need more bands in the vein of EYEHATEGOD. I'm looking for something catchy, simple, bluesy, fucked up and badass. I also like Iron Monkey, Buzzoven, and Mike Williams' vocals a lot if that helps.
i really dont want weed themed shit tho.
so any bands I should look up?

Any recs for doom metal similar to Cathderal's first album, Pilgrim, Reverend Bizarre... Bands that are very slow but don't approach funeral doom, fairly far removed from more uptempo doom like Pentagram, not as "epic" as Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus, not very stoner in nature, just pure doom?

Lord Vicar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx_67nL07gc
Spiritus Mortis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZuMnfc0 ... re=related
The Gates of Slumber - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-J2aivoqno
Procession - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr8eZEBSJlU
The Wounded Kings - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtgZjWCctk
The Lamp of Thoth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krxQo_Zy64o

Weird Light

Well you know, there's my band, everyone says it's pretty awesome, and the culture department of the city is planning on lifting a golden statue of my person, that's how good we are.

Jokes aside, check Bethlehem, the quintessential Black/Doom band in my opinion. Any of the first three albums, though Dark Metal is the best if you ask me.

Here's a sample from each of those first three albums. Each of them is quite different from the other, so you might not like one but love the other, give a try to all of them to be sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uet9Jhlareg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iiNuZmvjbQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTE7YINqcTk

ANNNND IM BACK
sup bitches?
i think i really like blackened doom metal. I like Coffinworm, and i recently found Nyarlathotep in the promotional forum and I've been enjoying them quite a bit... but that's about it, i have like no blackened doom bands :c
help me out?
(bonus points for bands that are distinct, catchy, memorable, etc)

EDIT: should this be in the black metal help thread too?

Try this, pretty awesome album!

Yeah, Barathrum definitely mix in a healthy doom influence. Their first album focuses almost purely on atmosphere, it has a really fucked up depraved sound. Good, but not catchy. The second album sees them tightening up just a tad and getting a lot catchier. The bass has a really nasty distortion and plays a lead role for most of the songs. Really cool stuff.

You might also get a kick out of WAIL. They have a doomy vibe creeping through their conceptual debut album. It's more by way of Celtic Frost's slower moments than anything Sabbath or Vitus though. Worth giving a spin.