Ah, cool!

There's also Syrach - on the debut they mix both proper doom and death metal riffs with that strong nostalgic 90's flavor to it. Hell, 'As Years go By in Silence' almost sounds like Asphyx with more of a gothic ambiance!

Extraordinary jazz-tinged extreme doom metal. No vocals, alas for me, but on the whole, it's a tremendous effort. Reminds of Asunder's assertive drumplay and Orthodox too for the experimental aspects of it.

https://blightcasterdoom.bandcamp.com/a ... rsed-night

Really been digging the new album by Light Field Reverie and looking for more funeral doom with clean female singing either as main vocals or backup. I know Shape of Despair, Aeonian Sorrow, Red Moon Architect and a few others, but any more recommendations for this style? Thanks

Oh, I have a couple you may enjoy.

Frayle - "Dead Inside" (Witchy Doom)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M_E49v ... ayle-Topic

My wife and I had the pleasure of seeing Frayle live back in 2018 or 2019 I think it was. Show was amazing, excellent band.

There's also Thorr's Hammer, who is much older as a group, and now defunct I believe. I think Steven O'Malley (SunnO)))) was in the band.

Thorr's Hammer - "Norge"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYWGiNL ... =Freak0809

I'm not too familiar with Thorr's Hammer, so you may want to explore a bit to find some tracks you might like more than the one I sent.

Then there is, of course, Draconian. While not being "female fronted," there is a female singer who is quite prominent, and her vocal melodoes are beautiful. You'll see what I mean, check out her parts in this song:

Draconian - "She Dies"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW5CXvB ... ilioCrespo

Unfortunately, the song you linked is the only Thorr's Hammer song which features clean vocals. I say unfortunately because her way of chanting these vocals is otherworldly and I wish she did that in the other songs on the EP, and I wish more doom metal singers, male or female, would hit on that kind of chanting delivery. The only other one I know of that's close is Om.

Anyway, she can still growl with the best of them though.

And yes, Stephen O'Malley was indeed in the band.

I suggest you check the other projects Heike Langhan is part of. Not super fan of her myself. I can recommed ISON though where she's featured as well. Droney, blissed out, dreamy doom, very relaxing and simply beautiful.

Also this: https://coneforest.bandcamp.com/album/- -A certain Ann is doing the clean vocals and the whole is gorgeous.

A little bit late to the party, but is Draconian really worth mentioning? Light Field Reverie is Heike's project, so it would be weird if they didn't know about them.

I guess. I was just trying to help, I dunno.

Yeah, the recommendation totally fits, I just thought it was weird you were talking about them like they have nothing to do with the other band.
I myself can't really recommend anything to pbarb, because Light Field Reverie doesn't strike me as particularly funeral (actually nothing like funeral). They give me more of an alternative metal vibe, to be honest, with some sprinkles of doom and gothic. I don't really enjoy that project, I think ISON with Daniel was way better. Also slight offtopic, but I wonder how long Heike is going to stay with Mike before moving on to another guy.

Oh, I see what must've happened. I wasn't aware they had anything to do with another band, that's news to me.

Not funeral doom but Lacrimas Profundere has some clean female vocals throughout their early doom/death albums.

Thanks for the recs yall. Def gonna check em out. ISON sounds very interesting and I need to revisit the newer draconian albums. 100% agree Light Field Reverie isnt really funeral, more of a post rock-doom style. Anyway, any other recs for something similar is much appreciated. Also I forgot to mention Trees of Eternity and Lethian Dreams as other great examples of this style

This is a niche I'm pretty well-versed in. The first five bands are my essential go-to's for this kind of rec, whereas the others are newer acts.

Funeral


The Slow Death


Murkrat


Skumring


Omit


Vouna


Forlesen


Collapse of Light

^^^ awesome recs thank you!

I recommend this stunningly good debut album by the gothic doom duet Tribunal. Potent, modern, atmo and delicate; the very best the genre can offer:

https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/t ... emembrance

Looking for funeral doom in the vein of Mournful Congregation and Worm that places a large emphasis on emotive, melodic guitar leads and solos.
Something like what is present here:

[quote="MeavyHetal"]Looking for funeral doom in the vein of Mournful Congregation and Worm that places a large emphasis on emotive, melodic guitar leads and solos.


If you like lush mournful guitar parts in your Funeral Doom, listen to this:
https://sludgecrow.bandcamp.com/track/t ... ove-itself

Asphyx type stuff?

Most obvious picks would be Grand Supreme Blood Court and Soulburn.

Is there a reason this isn't a stickied thread? It's been floating around for so many years, would make sense to have it pinned at the top.

Honestly, I'm a supporter of the idea of merging both threads dedicated to doom.
With the little interest they gather and the reality of the scene where the genres tend to merge and new combos not givin a fuck about the style they play anyhow, the lines have become unclear.

Agreed.

I see people requesting doom death in the other thread every so often anyway.

I am far less familiar with doom metal than black metal but have a handful of albums that I love; based on those (below), could people offer recommendations for other doom metal bands that may be to my liking?
If I need to narrow things down I would say that I dislike acoustic, I generally dislike female vocals as anything other than background, I prefer blackened vocals to clean vocals or death growls, and I am a sucker for cello, organ, violin, harpsichord, or piano being used well in metal.

My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
Shape of Despair - Angels of Distress
Evoken - Quietus
Mourning Beloveth - Dust

Can't really say this fits your other criteria, but Abysmal Grief uses the fuck out of the organ. Black Hole's Land of Mystery also has a fair bit of organ used for fantastic effect, but it's much more trad doom oriented than your examples.

Dissolving of Prodigy's Lamentation of Innocents sounds similar to that MDB record.

I'm finding this tricky because your description and your examples seem to point two different directions. Example - you say no clean vocals, but there's a lot of cleans in those songs. You like black metal and black vocals but these are all rooted pretty firmly in death, not black.

- Divine Mantra
- Proven Existence - started black, became black/funeral doom (newest 2 songs). Has a full-length not currently on Bandcamp, I'll see if I can pester him to put it back up
- Zsolozsma
- Neversatan - some cleans, not many
- Docnargath - some cleans, not too many

Ankhagram is a SOD copycat. It's a one-man project, lots of keyboard effects to get round the lack of musicians, but the guy has the knack to build nice, catchy songs.
Celestial Season's Forever Scarlet Passion is super inspired by TLTS. Black Forest's Sadness also, but it's done right with a genuine apposite gothic vibe, it's better than Celestail Season.
https://youtu.be/YhmArZDSbJs

Yea, I guess my general preferences really do contradict what my favourite doom metal albums actually are; they really are exceptions, as I can only think of one other metal band (Primordial) besides My Dying Bride and Mourning Beloveth that I like that uses clean vocals, and I cannot think of a single other band that I like besides Shape of Despair that uses female vocals. As for black metal vs death metal, it is really just a preference for the vocal style, I like death-doom guitar equally well.



Do you have recommendations that are not Christian?

And thank you DoomMetalAlchemist, colin040, and Morphine1873 for the recommendations so far;

Black Hole is definitely too trad doom for my taste, though Abysmal Grief, though not really what I was looking for, are enjoyably fun.

Dissolving of Prodigy, Ankhagram, Celestial Season, and Black Forest do certainly fit with my examples, though I am just not feeling it with them personally (not crazy about the vocals in Ankhagram and Celestial Season or the high guitar tone in Black Forest). Perhaps I should be more specifically looking for bands that have the kind of deep heavy layered sound (I do not know what else to call it?) that grabbed me with tracks like these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_mnmQL2s7g

particularly 4:30-5:35 and 6:30-7:45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGLw5mV ... rt_radio=1

P.S. another doom metal album that I have stumbled across while browsing the forums, and that I am liking the sound of, is Abstract Spirit's Tragedy and Weeds.

Abstract Spirit is a whole other beast!
If you like them, I suggest you give a try to Comatose Vigil, then to Septic Mind, and then to Esoteric, which are mandatory.

Also, If you're looking for something similar to Dust by Mourning beloveth, you could listen to Helllight's As We Slowly Fade. it's more funerary-sounding, which make them an interesting link between Mourning Beloveth and Shape of Despair.

I like Comatose Vigil best of those first three so far, but it has not hooked me like the other bands that I like; is there a specific album of Esoteric's that you would recommend listening to? Speaking of mandatory, has anyone posted a list of essential death-doom and funeral doom albums somewhere on the forum, similar to the one on the Newbie Introduction Thread (which, sadly, only contains a traditional doom list)?

Hellight's As We Slowly Fade reminds me not only of Mourning Beloveth but a bit of My Dying Bride as well, and the clean vocals make me think of A. Nemtheanga from Primordial.

I've always had a soft spot for Metamorphogenesis. But they all have their merits. Some more atmospheric, some have more edge, some are more convoluted, some are clearer.