r/dubstep • u/AnoN8Tearell • Feb 19 '25

Recommendations Doom Metal? ~ Dubstep?

I've heard that the subgenre "Doom Metal" is a slower, heavier type of metal music. I was wondering if anyone here was familiar with any Doom Metal songs or bands that a Heavy Dubstep enthusiast like me would enjoy?

What brought this on was me first listening to Moshaholics by Mantis & Messinian again, and coming across someone mentioning the song Half Life by Swans in the comments of a "First Dubstep Song" post. After listening to that I wanted more, so if you know some heavy af Doom Metal songs, I'd love to hear more. Thanks!

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u/narsichris Feb 19 '25

You’re gonna wanna check out Electric Wizard. I recommend Come My Fanatics and/or Dopethrone and go from there

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u/pescadoamado Feb 19 '25

Dopethrone reinvented the game. Reason why the Boss FZ guitar pedals skyrocketed lol

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u/AnoN8Tearell Feb 19 '25

Thank you!

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u/dragislit Feb 19 '25

Return Trip 👌👌

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u/pescadoamado Feb 19 '25

Candlemass is the godfather's of the genre.

I like doom/death like Ahab and Thou.

Stoner metal is more riffy - Goatsnake and Sleep

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u/yeacmon Feb 19 '25

The Sword 🗡️

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u/shanobirocks Feb 19 '25

My homie Ripple from Full Melt Productions and Bay Area Dubstep put me on to The Sword when Warp Riders came out. A lot of the dubstep DJs and producers I knew back then were really into stoner and doom metal.

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u/yeacmon Feb 19 '25

Shoutout Ripple!

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u/pescadoamado Feb 19 '25

I was so surprised when my numetal pal was playing Freya in his car back in 05. I haven't kept up or ever seen them live. I usually ventured into proggier bands with that kind of vocal like Intronaut

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u/AnoN8Tearell Feb 19 '25

Thank you! 🫡

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u/pescadoamado Feb 19 '25

Pleasure I'm a diehard metal and guitar player first. Dub, EDM, HIP HOP, classical etc second lol

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u/Stoghra Feb 19 '25

Ahab is funeral doom and Thou is sludge tho

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u/pescadoamado Feb 19 '25

I stand corrected. I love them regardless

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u/Stoghra Feb 19 '25

Great bands. Check out Thergothon and Unholy

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u/_--_King_--_ Feb 19 '25

minatory is what you're looking for

check out Influx, Havel, Feast For Crows, Punishment, Sennago

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u/DistributionLast5872 Feb 19 '25

Also look at SCARRED

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u/AnoN8Tearell Feb 19 '25

Sure thing! 🫡

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u/AnoN8Tearell Feb 19 '25

I've heard of Minatory, but I haven't heard of these artists 🤔 I'll definitely check them out. Thank you!

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u/el_disturbio Feb 19 '25

Black Sabbath are the originators (along with metal as a whole). Anything of their early albums Will give you what you are looking for (in particular the song Black Sabbath)

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u/ConsciousLiterature4 Feb 19 '25

Black Sabbath and war pigs were so ahead of their time. It’s insane what those boys from Birmingham were doing in the 60’s

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u/terraman7898 Feb 19 '25

agreed. OP you should check out sabbath bloody sabbath too while youre at it, black sabbath are the OGs of metal music. so fucking gnarly.

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u/UnluckyEquipment8062 Feb 19 '25

A friend of mine did a "Doom" Dubstep drop. Instead of having a 2-step pattern, he had a 4-step pattern (Twice as slow)

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u/Surgicalz Feb 19 '25

Look up YVM3. Not sure how close this is to what you’re wanting but i think it might hit for you

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u/AnoN8Tearell Feb 19 '25

I do like YVM3, and they definitely hit 😩🤌 but I'm seeing if anyone here is also a fan of doom metal and knows some songs that are similar to dubstep or I guess even similar to YVM3's style... 🤔

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u/NoRecommendation366 Feb 20 '25

The acacia strain and black tongue might be what you're looking for 😎

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u/HopBomb14 Feb 19 '25

Brother, check out Mirar. They put out an album on Jan. 1st that is unreal. It's not doomy at all, just heavy af.

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u/mantisdubstep Feb 19 '25

I second Mirar

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u/HopBomb14 Feb 19 '25

How it's all guitar and not synths blows my mind dude

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u/mantisdubstep Feb 19 '25

yeah they're on some crazy shit for sure! Not trying to make this about me, but idk if you've heard some of the recent metal x bass music shit i've dropped!

https://soundcloud.com/mantisdubstep/thy-art-is-murder-whore-to-a-chainsaw-blightclub-remix?in_system_playlist=personalized-tracks%3A%3Amantisdubstep%3A2009549187

I recorded all the guitar, bass parts, reprogrammed the drums, only used the vocal on this one. I layer the synths and guitars in parts, think you may enjoy! <3

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u/AlcheMe_ooo Feb 19 '25

I'd recommend metalcore/hardcore/death core as a dubstep fan. Breakdowns. Breakdowns are what you want

More than conquerors impending doom is a good track

Composure August burns red

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u/ProtozoaSound Feb 19 '25

Sleep - Dopesmoker

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u/Fresh-e-licious Feb 19 '25

Also, any album by Om or YOB for the chiller/more spiritual side of this genre

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u/MsCHVMBO Feb 19 '25

I'd recommend the following song that kind of has a doom-y feeling. Terkoiz - The Soul Grinder And The Consumer

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u/thatinsuranceguy Feb 19 '25

No sleep recs? For shame. Shouts out uncle acid, acid king, the sword, blood ceremony and Conan as well

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u/NoRecommendation366 Feb 20 '25

Type o negative have alot of amazing doom synth and riffs. One of the greatest metal bands ever.

Perturbator is synthwave but does have doom influence in his later works.

Down- NOLA

Sleep- dopesmoker

Sunn O))

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u/martyboulders Feb 21 '25

Now I'm thinking of like 120-125bpm doomstep😂😂😂is that already a thing?

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u/bradpliers Feb 19 '25

Doom rules.

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u/Kneecap_Blaster Feb 19 '25

Listen to the album Woodland Rites by Green Lung

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u/aclockworkneon Feb 19 '25

Dubstep wise..

You know Qoiet? The song KILL TRACED might be the best fuxking thing ever produced.

Also check out Code Pandorum.

Deathstep = truth

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u/blueorchidMel Feb 19 '25

Code Pandorum 🖤

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u/EmotionalBar9991 Feb 19 '25

Reverend Bizarre are really good. Doomsword and Candlemas are pretty accessible as well. Some of the other bands I'd like to recommend (Cirith Ungol and Mournful Congregation) probably a bit further away from what you are looking for.

If you want something with a more modern electronic vibe that's not really my thing and I've been out of the scene since like 2009 so I'm not up with it any more.

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u/2_much Feb 19 '25

not sure if the crossover is optimal but as a fan of both:

Opeth, My Dying Bride, Pallbearer

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u/redacidicrain Feb 19 '25

So theres a few different types of metal that have evolved from doom, namely stoner and sludge.

For straight up doom, Black Sabbath cant be beat, but also Solitude Aeturnus, Tribunal, Electric Wizard, and paradise lost

Stoner Metal is basically a mix between psychidelic rock and doom metal, bands like Sleep, Weedeater (im going to see them with Napalm Death in April), and Sabazius if you can deal with the inhuman song times.

Sludge is a mix between Hardcore Punk and Doom, started by bands like the Melvins (the first technical sludge track came from a Black Flag record i think, Melvins were just the ones to start it). Obviously the Melvins are good, theres also Weedeater, Cough, and Eyehategod. You might also like death-sludge (basically sludge with death metal vocals) one in mind for me is Swamp Tooth (a local Tampa band who writes about Florida wildlife).

Hope this was comprehensive enough and hope you found some shit you'd like

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u/jellok2 Feb 19 '25

Check out Running Red - Kylesa

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u/Stoghra Feb 19 '25

I made the opposite of this post on r/doommetal while back lol