How to Be Doom Metal

You probably haven't heard much about doom metal at all, but in fact the first metal band ever (pretty much), Black Sabbath, was also an early form of doom metal.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Doom metal CDs
• Jeans
• An interest in metal
• Band shirts

1. 

   Of course you're going to have some of the classic albums from the classic bands, such as Black Sabbath, Saint Vitus, Pentagram, Witchfinder General, Trouble, Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus.

2. 

   Once you have the classic stuff covered, go for the sub-genres and see which ones interest you most. Personally my favorite sub-genres of doom are death-doom (such as Novembers Doom, My Dying Bride etc), stoner doom (Electric Wizard, Sleep) and funeral doom (Esoteric, Skepticism, Evoken). Each has a fairly distinct sound that can be very enjoyable for some.

3. 

   Now that you have the CDs, try finding some awesome band shirts and hoodies. Some bands will have some very extravagant art on the shirts, and some will just have a simple logo.

4. 

   Finally, try and go to concerts when you can, and support the bands you enjoy by buying their merchandise (and its best to buy directly from them, as opposed from some random place) and going to their shows.

Tips & Warnings

• Always try and find new bands, whether its in a magazine, on myspace or anywhere really.
• You can always use Metal Archives and Doom-Metal.com as good resources for more info on bands.

Resources

• Metal Archives
• Doom-Metal.com

[sunshine11219]

on 11/25/2008 cool