Doom Metal
Doom metal can be described with a single word -- slow.
Ponderous, ultra-heavy riffing and (usually) melodic vocals
dominate this form of metal.
Black Sabbath
are, of course, the fathers of metal in general,
but their early work concentrated on slow riffing and thus is the
primary influence on doom metal bands.
Candlemass
deserves mention for rejuvenating the genre in the eighties,
and their first four albums are regarded as classics in the field.
Recent subgenres include
funeral doom
and
drone,
both of which slow down the pace even more.
