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atmospheric doom metal

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Description

Atmospheric doom metal blends the crushing weight and glacial tempos of doom with expansive, cinematic soundscapes that evoke vast emptiness and melancholic beauty. The style emphasizes mood and texture over aggression, often incorporating ethereal vocals, ambient passages, and progressive song structures that unfold like slow-motion emotional journeys. Born from the fusion of gothic and doom metal traditions in the 1990s, it creates immersive sonic worlds where despair meets transcendence.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
61		1991-06	Misery	Misery	alternative alternative metal alternative rock american atmospheric doom metal doom metal ethereal experimental metal experimental rock grunge metal no wave noise rock post-metal post-punk post-rock rock shoegaze sludge stoner metal	experimental metal # 52
38		1992	Skepticism	Towards My End	doom metal death doom metal
10		1993	Unholy	From the Shadows	death doom metal doom metal	death doom metal # 25
29		1993-11-11	Ras Algethi	Oblita Divinitas	doom metal funeral doom metal atmospheric doom metal
33		1994-01	Unholy	The Second Ring of Power	doom metal death doom metal
93		1994-10-21	The 3rd and the Mortal	Tears Laid in Earth	doom metal atmospheric doom metal	atmospheric metal # 26
32		1995	Stasis	A Stasis Was Born	alternative metal atmospheric doom metal doom metal experimental metal grindcore metal no wave noise rock post-metal post-punk post-rock rock sludge stoner metal
42		1995	As Divine Grace	Romantic Beatitude of Faded Dawn	atmospheric doom metal
46		1995	Ras Algethi	Oneiricon - The White Hypnotic	funeral doom metal doom metal
21		1995-08-28	The Gathering	Mandylion	progressive metal gothic metal atmospheric metal	progressive metal # 21 psychedelic metal # 46 gothic metal # 73 atmospheric metal # 100
14		1996-12	Saturnus	Paradise Belongs to You	doom metal	death doom metal # 33
12		1997	Stasis	Blue	alternative alternative metal alternative rock ambient american atmospheric doom metal black metal blackened death metal blues brutal death metal classic rock crust death metal doom metal dream pop ethereal experimental metal experimental rock funeral doom metal garage garage rock gothic metal grindcore grunge hard rock hardcore hardcore punk heavy metal indie pop indie rock industrial industrial metal industrial rock instrumental krautrock metal metalcore no wave noise noise pop noise rock nu metal old school death metal pop post-metal post-punk post-rock rock shoegaze sludge space rock stoner metal stoner rock usa worship
20		1997	Funeral	Demo '97	atmospheric doom metal funeral doom metal
25		1997	Stasis	Red	alternative metal atmospheric doom metal doom metal experimental metal grindcore metal no wave noise rock post-metal post-punk post-rock rock sludge stoner metal
9		1997-10	Stasis	White	doom metal post-metal post-punk sludge
5		1998	Unholy	Rapture	doom metal death doom metal metal
67		1998-02-26	Flowing Tears & Withered Flowers	Joy Parade	ambient atmospheric doom metal doom metal metal
52		1998-05-11	Theatre of Tragedy	Aégis	gothic metal	gothic rock # 15 gothic doom metal # 61 gothic metal # 65
24		1999	Necare	Ophelia	atmospheric doom metal doom metal
28		1999	Lament Christ	In Ventus est Dolor...	atmospheric doom metal death doom metal doom metal funeral doom metal
64		1999-01-01	Dolorian	When All the Laughter Has Gone	doom metal black metal	black doom metal # 71
74		2000-12-04	Theatre of Tragedy	Inperspective	gothic metal	gothic doom metal # 50
59		2001	Void of Silence	Toward The Dusk	funeral doom metal doom metal	funeral doom metal # 10 black doom metal # 12
88		2001-02-01	Dolorian	Dolorian	doom metal atmospheric doom metal
7		2001-09-25	Shape of Despair	Angels of Distress	funeral doom metal doom metal	doom metal # 40 funeral doom metal # 97
69		2002	Aarni	Duumipeikon paluu	atmospheric doom metal avant-garde metal doom metal experimental metal finland	finland # 30 experimental metal # 59
37		2002	Necare	Appassionata: Into the Vale of Rest	atmospheric doom metal doom metal
80		2002-09-26	Void of Silence	Criteria Ov 666	doom metal atmospheric doom metal funeral doom metal	black doom metal # 47
57		2004	Todesbonden	Stormbringer	atmospheric doom metal
66		2004	Somnium Mortuum	Eternal Sleep	atmospheric doom metal doom metal
90		2004-04-14	Void of Silence	Human Antithesis	doom metal atmospheric doom metal
30		2004-11-17	Aarni	Bathos	doom metal	experimental metal # 63
96		2006-04-30	Dolorian	Voidwards	atmospheric doom metal doom metal	atmospheric metal # 19
27		2006-05-03	Saturnus	Veronika Decides to Die	doom metal	death doom metal # 26 doom metal # 43
68		2007-01-05	The Fall of Every Season	From Below	doom metal
16		2008	Fetal Eatery	Bless by Gore	alternative alternative metal alternative rock ambient american atmospheric doom metal black metal blackened death metal blues brutal death metal classic rock crust death metal doom metal dream pop ethereal experimental metal experimental rock funeral doom metal garage garage rock gothic metal grindcore grunge hard rock hardcore hardcore punk heavy metal indie pop indie rock industrial industrial metal industrial rock instrumental krautrock metal metalcore no wave noise noise pop noise rock nu metal old school death metal pop post-metal post-punk post-rock rock shoegaze sludge space rock stoner metal stoner rock usa worship
36		2008	Nauthisuruz	State of Mind	atmospheric black metal atmospheric doom metal black metal death doom metal doom metal electronic funeral doom metal
75		2008-02-19	Aarni	Tohcoth	atmospheric doom metal avant-garde metal doom metal experimental metal finland metal	finland # 37 experimental metal # 67
41		2008-05-23	Dakrya	Monumento	doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal	gothic doom metal # 34
85		2009	Trees Of Eternity	Demo	atmospheric doom metal gothic doom metal gothic metal metal	gothic doom metal # 66
18		2009-04-20	Black Math Horseman	Wyllt	doom metal	atmospheric metal # 23
94		2009-08-11	Forest Stream	The Crown Of Winter	atmospheric doom metal doom metal symphonic black metal
17		2010	Ophelia	Sympathize With Your Phantasy	atmospheric doom metal doom metal ethereal gothic metal symphonic metal
22		2010	Dead Crown	midgard	atmospheric doom metal black metal french french black metal
31		2010-01-05	Void of Silence	The Grave of Civilization	doom metal
49		2010-01-11	The Wounded Kings	The Shadow Over Atlantis	doom metal
62		2010-03-15	Fungoid Stream	Oceanus	atmospheric doom metal
8		2010-10-10	Dom	I	atmospheric doom metal
51		2010-12-10	Обійми Дощу	Обійми Дощу	doom metal progressive rock
81		2011-02-28	Ixion	To the Void	atmospheric doom metal doom metal
84		2011-06-26	Kauan	Kuu..	post-rock
83		2011-07	Lethian Dreams	Just Passing By & Unreleased Requiems	atmospheric doom metal
58		2011-09-01	Dyskinesia	Dalla nascita	atmospheric doom metal dark ambient drone italian noise sludge
40		2011-10-11	Abigail	It Is The Night I Fear	atmospheric doom metal death metal doom metal progressive metal
73		2011-12-19	Mare Infinitum	Sea of Infinity	atmospheric doom metal
55		2012	The Devil	The Devil	atmospheric doom metal
65		2012-01-06	Lethian Dreams	Season of Raven Words	gothic doom metal	gothic doom metal # 88
50		2012-01-09	Majestic Downfall	The Blood Dance	atmospheric doom metal doom metal mexican
4		2012-06	Elegeion	For Blacker Things (EP)	atmospheric doom metal black doom metal gothic doom metal	black doom metal # 10
72		2013-02-15	The Flight of Sleipnir	Saga	atmospheric doom metal doom metal
13		2013-06	Into Decay	Feel The Solitude	atmospheric black metal atmospheric doom metal doom metal instrumental
44		2013-08-14	Nomadic Rituals	Holy Giants	atmospheric doom metal dark ambient doom metal drone drone metal funeral doom metal sludge metal stoner metal
47		2013-08-21	Slow	III - Gaïa	atmospheric doom metal funeral doom metal
56		2013-10-05	Seidr	Ginnungagap	atmospheric doom metal ritual ambient	ritual ambient # 2
2		2014-01-01	Broken Anatomy	The Lazarus Regret	atmospheric doom metal death doom metal funeral doom metal usa
71		2014-01-13	Ea	A Etilla	funeral doom metal	funeral doom metal # 19
3		2014-04-25	Plague	Plague	alternative alternative metal alternative rock ambient american atmospheric doom metal black metal blackened death metal blues brutal death metal classic rock crust death metal doom metal dream pop ethereal experimental metal experimental rock funeral doom metal garage garage rock gothic metal grindcore grunge hard rock hardcore hardcore punk heavy metal indie pop indie rock industrial industrial metal industrial rock instrumental krautrock metal metalcore no wave noise noise pop noise rock nu metal old school death metal pop post-metal post-punk post-rock rock shoegaze sludge space rock stoner metal stoner rock usa worship
97		2014-04-30	Lethian Dreams	Red Silence Lodge	atmospheric doom metal doom metal
91		2014-05-27	Clouds	Doliu	doom metal atmospheric doom metal
26		2014-07-09	Квіти Знедолених Берегів	За небокрай мрій	atmospheric doom metal
11		2014-09-15	Candlegoat	Tenebrosa	atmospheric doom metal death doom metal doom metal funeral doom metal
95		2014-11-04	Kauan	Muistumia	atmospheric black metal atmospheric doom metal
76		2014-11-24	Eye of Solitude	Dear insanity	atmospheric doom metal
48		2014-12-22	Stasis	Bloodhoney	alternative alternative metal alternative rock ambient american atmospheric doom metal black metal blackened death metal blues brutal death metal classic rock crust death metal doom metal dream pop ethereal experimental metal experimental rock funeral doom metal garage garage rock gothic metal grindcore grunge hard rock hardcore hardcore punk heavy metal indie pop indie rock industrial industrial metal industrial rock instrumental krautrock metal metalcore no wave noise noise pop noise rock nu metal old school death metal pop post-metal post-punk post-rock rock shoegaze sludge space rock stoner metal stoner rock usa worship	experimental metal # 24
78		2015	Shape of Despair	Monotony Fields	funeral doom metal	funeral doom metal # 91
19		2015-01-17	Without Dreams	Rejected by angel, betrayed by demon
35		2015-01-26	Shallow Rivers	The Leaden Ghost	atmospheric doom metal death doom metal russian
15		2015-04-13	Petrichor	No Silver Lining: A Return To Rain	atmospheric doom metal british doom metal english funeral doom metal
23		2015-10-20	Kauan	Sorni nai	post-rock
54		2016-01-22	Mourning Sun	Último Exhalario	atmospheric doom metal
86		2016-01-29	The Howling Void	The Triumph Of Ruin	atmospheric doom metal atmospheric metal	atmospheric metal # 83
100		2016-11-11	Trees Of Eternity	Hour of the Nightingale	atmospheric doom metal doom metal gothic doom metal	doom metal # 29 gothic doom metal # 92
98		2017-10-20	Hallatar	No Stars Upon The Bridge	atmospheric doom metal doom metal funeral doom metal	funeral doom metal # 79
34		2018	Nachtvorst	Verlies	ambient atmospheric doom metal doom metal drone dutch metal netherlands post-metal	netherlands # 4
89		2018	Forest of Shadows	Among the Dormant Watchers	atmospheric doom metal doom metal
87		2018-01-26	Ocean of Grief	Nightfall's Lament	atmospheric doom metal death doom metal	death doom metal # 1
70		2018-06-11	Void of Silence	The Sky Over	atmospheric doom metal dark ambient dark metal doom metal funeral doom metal
79		2018-08-14	Pantheist	Seeking Infinity	atmospheric doom metal funeral doom metal
6		2018-12-21	Eirð	Rituals	atmospheric doom metal
77		2018-12-28	Vanha	Melancholia	atmospheric doom metal death doom metal death metal doom metal
99		2019-03-22	Cellar Darling	The Spell	atmospheric doom metal progressive metal gothic doom metal	gothic doom metal # 90
53		2019-04-12	Hamferð	Ódn	atmospheric doom metal death doom metal doom metal
43		2019-04-19	Chalice Of Suffering	Lost Eternally	atmospheric doom metal death metal doom metal funeral doom metal
63		2021-01-08	Cellar Darling	Death	atmospheric doom metal doom metal progressive metal
92		2021-07-16	Clouds	Departe	atmospheric doom metal doom metal
45		2021-09-20	Анатомия Меланхолии	Мой бог	atmospheric doom metal doom metal instrumental metal	instrumental metal # 55
82		2021-12-03	Lethian Dreams	Last Echoes of Silence	atmospheric doom metal doom metal
39		2022-09-02	Schema	Pierwsze zauroczenie	atmospheric doom metal doom metal metal polish
60		2023-03-24	Aphotic	Abyssgazer	atmospheric doom metal death doom metal death metal metal
1		2023-04-21	Valentine Wolfe	Lullabies, Love Songs, and Laments

Related genres

• doom metal
• metal
• funeral doom metal
• post-metal
• post-punk
• stoner metal
• post-rock
• sludge
• experimental metal
• alternative metal