Black Doom
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Black Doom
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| Development phase: | Mid 1990s |
| Place of origin: | Finland |
| Stylistic precursors | |
| Doom Metal · Death Doom · Black Metal | |
| Pioneers | |
| Barathrum · Unholy | |
| Instruments typical of the genre | |
| Electric guitar · electric bass · drums | |
| Stylistic successor | |
| Dark metal | |
| Pioneer | |
| Celtic Frost · Samael | |
Black Doom , sometimes called Blackened Doom , is a music sub-genre that emerged in the 1990s through the mutual influence of Black Metal and Doom Metal .
Musical classification
Black Doom is mostly characterized by the slowdown of the Scandinavian style known in the wake of the second wave of Black Metal . Through the slow play of Doom Metal, the representatives from the Black and Pagan Metal environment succeeded in "bringing out the harsh atmosphere of their songs [...] better." In particular, the typical screaming singing and the highly distorted and bright guitar sound is " combined with the thick basic sound of Doom Metal and thus creates a whole new world of sound. ”Since the Black Doom interpreters originated from Black Metal, the satanic stance as the ideological superstructure of Black Doom was retained, but the lyrical focus, especially of later performers, is different.
"High volumes, absolute blackness and topics such as depression , nihilism and nature define this style."
history
Both Unholy and Barathrum mainly refer to interpreters of the forerunners of Black Metal. In particular, Celtic Frost is mentioned by Janne Sova (Barathrum) and Jarrko Toivonen (Unholy) as an important influence.
"I have always been more into older bands, such as Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer / Celtic Frost, Samael, Necromantia, etc when we are speaking of black-metal."
"I've always been into older bands like Venom , Bathory , Hellhammer / Celtic Frost , Samael , Necromantia etc. when we talk about Black Metal."
“Old Celtic Frost, Voivod, Possessed, Kreator, and Slayer were the bands we were listening to before we decided to form Holy Hell. Of course, the creators of heavy metal themselves, Black Sabbath, were a crucial influence, especially the first four albums. We wanted to do everything more extreme and original compared to the bands that I just mentioned. "
“Early Celtic Frost, Voivod , Possessed , Kreator and Slayer were bands we heard before we decided to start Holy Hell. Of course, Black Sabbath , the inventors of heavy metal themselves, were also a major influence, especially the first four albums. We just wanted to make everything more extreme and original compared to the bands mentioned. "
Hellhammer and the subsequent Celtic Frost played a Venom-inspired Thrash Metal , especially on Morbid Tales , but with influences of Doom Metal and a clear seriousness in the occult and misanthropic song lyrics, which should be formative for Black Metal. Tom G. "Warrior" stated about Morbid Tales himself to favor slow pieces, as they could take up more space to unfold, and referred to Black Sabbath for this. Both Unholy and Barathrum were also oriented towards reducing the tempo and intensified the idea, like the Samael also named by Sova in 1991 on Worship Him , which also referred to Celtic Frost, and among others with the Death Doom band Asphyx were compared. The American Death Doom band Goatlord can be regarded as another forerunner of Black Doom , whose demo recordings and studio releases are based on Hellhammer and Saint Vitus , among others , but whose releases had little influence on the development of the genre. Katatonia in 1992 with Dance of December Souls and Tiamat in 1991 with The Astral Sleep moved in a similar stylistic transition between Death Doom and Black Doom .
Unholy and Barathrum, already active at the beginning of the 1990s and known with demo recordings, released their first official studio albums in 1993 and 1995 and, with their enormously slowed-down Black Metal, finally defined Black Doom as a genre.
"Barathrum \ 's music has always been involved with doom, thrash, black, heavy, etc styles of metal. After all I want Barathrum to sound unique and I think I succeed pretty well with that. "
“Barathrum's music has always been associated with Doom, Thrash, Black, Heavy and other styles of metal. I've always wanted Barathrum to sound unique, and I think I've been pretty successful with it. "
Parallel to Barathrum and Unholy, Bethlehem and Deinonychus became active with a simultaneous mixture of Doom Metal and the stylistic peculiarities of Black Metal, but without showing the satanic reference of Black Metal, which is why their releases are referred to as Dark Metal after a Bethlehem album . This modification of the music with mainly suicidal lyrics is considered an important forerunner of Depressive Black Metal .
Other bands like the early Moonspell or Dolorian and partly the Pagan Metal band In the Woods ... showed themselves to be influenced by Black Doom in the following years and took up the style at least temporarily. To the present day, performers such as the Japanese band Gallhammer or the British Dragged into Sunlight orient themselves from different directions in the area of Black Doom, which is still considered a commercially unsuccessful and unpopular genre.
Well-known bands
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wesley: The Faces of Doom. the Metal Observer, accessed March 29, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Thorsten Zahn & Petra Schurer: Emotions in slow motion. Rolling Stone, archived from the original on November 12, 2014 ; accessed on March 30, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Arne Eber: Aesthetics of Doom .
- ↑ a b DJ In Extremis: Interview: Barathrum. Spirit of Metal, accessed April 2, 2014 .
- ↑ Hail n Kill: Unholy Interview with Jarrko. Metal Center, accessed April 1, 2014 .
- ^ J. Bennet: Procreation of the Wicked. In: Albert Mudrian: Precious Metal. Cambridge 2009, ISBN 978-0-306-81806-6 , p. 31.
- ^ Bennet, J .: Procreation of the Wicked. In Mudrian, Albert: Precious Metal. Cambridge 2009. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-306-81806-6
- ↑ Samael "Eternal Black Trip". Metal Glory, accessed April 2, 2014 .
- ^ Frank Albrecht: Samael - Worship Him. Rock Hard, accessed April 2, 2014 .
- ↑ xDemoNx: Goatlord Interview. Orthodox Black Metal, accessed April 2, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d History of Doom. (No longer available online.) Trajam, archived from the original on March 11, 2014 ; Retrieved April 2, 2014 .
- ^ Dayal Patterson: Black Metal . The Cult Never Dies Vol. 1. Index Verlag, Wittlich 2017, ISBN 978-3-936878-30-1 , Bethlehem, p. 328 .