Doom Metal

Doom Metal is a very slow and dark style of Metal and stands out for heavy and slow riffs. The lyrics are about melancholy, sorrow, apocalyptic mood, desire, despair and death. As founder of Doom Metal stands Black Sabbath especially with their first 4 albums. Furthermore there are a lot more bands who can be numbered among to this time like Pentagram, Blue Cheers and Black Widow. Candlemass and Saint Vitus are the most influential bands today.