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Doom metal is a genre that sharply contrasts with thrash metal's pace. Thrash metal emphasized speed, but doom metal kept a slow, heavy pace. The Doom metal genre was heavily influenced by the band Black Sabbath. The slow pace and melancholy lyrics of doom metal combine to create a sorrowful atmosphere.

Doom metal is referring to a type of heavy metal music that came about and is seen as a type of metal around the eighties. It is a rather slow type of music. It seems to be a heavy and very gloomy, despairing, miserable, and dark type of song. Black Sabbath is the most notable band that is known for starting into this type of doom metal. Black Sabbath was generally not the only band that played Doom metal. Many years after Black Sabbath decided to start with this type of music, others followed along with their own bands. In the nineties, the band Cathedral started playing doom metal. They are still together after all these years.

Doom metal incorporates the same type of instruments that any other metal does. You will find the combination of regular guitar, bass guitar, a loud, low tune guitar, and drums, all added to the vocals of the song. There are a few bands that have risen up in recent years that may add a little keyboard to the mix. You can find that the vocals of doom metal will also be different from one group to the next. You may find one group that prefers clean and flowing sounding vocals like Ozzy Osbourne sings or you may find that the vocals are loud, shouting, grunting, and growling sounds like you will find in more of the death metal and black metal songs. It is also more popular to find a slower tempo with doom metal songs instead of a faster tempo like with other types of metal.

Doom metal may be a little of a different type of music. You can be absolutely certain that you will always hear a large mix of different types of guitars. That is what gives doom metal its very unique sound.