Heavy metal branch
Doom metal
Heavy metal › Doom metal
- Emerged
- 1980
- Origin
- UK / USA
- Subgenres
- 7
The branch most faithful to Black Sabbath: slow tempos, thick riffs and crushing atmosphere. The weight comes from space, not speed.
- Heaviness
- 9
- Speed
- 2
- Melody
- 7
Key acts
- Black Sabbath
- Candlemass
- Saint Vitus
- Pentagram