Death-doom: Difference between revisions

The first signs of the death/doom genre originated in the mid-1980s when early progenitors like [[Dream Death]] began to mix traditional [[doom metal]] with the sounds of [[thrash metal|thrash]] and the nascent [[death metal]] scene.<ref name=terrorizerforgotten>Bardin, Olivier (May 2006). "Forgotten Doom: Raiders of the Lost Art", ''Terrorizer'' #144, p.56</ref> Early records in 1990s by such bands as [[Autopsy (band)|Autopsy]], [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]], [[Winter (American band)|Winter]], [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]], [[My Dying Bride]] and [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] ([[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]], [[My Dying Bride]] and [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] are also known as the Peaceville Three due to the fact all three were on [[Peaceville Records]] at the time) combined the doom sound of mid-1980s [[Celtic Frost]] and [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]] with the use of growling vocals, female vocals,<ref name = "Death Metal Music">{{cite book | last = Purcell | first = Nathalie J. | title = Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture | publisher = McFarland & Company | year = 2003 | pages = 23 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZErQs5hCUQC |accessdate= April 2008 | isbn = 0-7864-1585-1 }}</ref> keyboards and, in the case of My Dying Bride, violins. The influence of these bands has been acknowledged by the likes of gothic metal bands [[Within Temptation]], [[Lacuna Coil]], [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]], [[Celestial Season]] and [[Saturnus (band)|Saturnus]].<ref name=terrorizerdoom /><ref>''Metal Hammer #173''</ref> The tag of death/doom seemed to become less popular towards the end of the decade as many of the scene progenitors abandoned their early sound to embrace a more accessible or palatable direction.<ref name=terrorizerdoom /> However, the style persists in the form of [[Doom metal#Funeral doom|funeral doom]], a highly related genre that emerged in the mid-1990s, particularly in the form of Finnish bands such [[Thergothon]], [[Unholy (band)|Unholy]] and [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]].<ref name=terrorizerfuneral>Hinchcliffe, James (April 2006). "Funeral Doom / Dron Doom: Hearse Play", ''Terrorizer'' #143, pp.44-45.</ref>