Stoner Doom
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Stoner Doom
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| Development phase: | Beginning of the 1990s |
| Place of origin: | California |
| Stylistic precursors | |
| Doom Metal · Grunge · Psychedelic Rock | |
| Pioneers | |
| The Melvins · Sleep · Earth | |
| Instruments typical of the genre | |
| Electric guitar · electric bass · drums | |
| Stylistic successor | |
| Stoner rock · Drone Doom | |
Stoner Doom , sometimes also called Space Doom , is a music subgenre that emerged in the early 1990s through an increased inclusion of elements of psychedelic rock in Doom Metal .
Musical classification
The interpreters of Stoner Doom grab loud All Music, the "ultra-hard" riffs of doom metal - and psychedelic rock -Bands as Black Sabbath , Blue Cheer , Blue Öyster Cult and Hawkwind on and complement the Metal from psychedelic and acid rock to the humming sound of the early grunge artists of the Sub Pop label . Eber denotes the change between quiet passages and rock as well as typical wah solos, Jaminterludes and pieces over 20 minutes and longer.
“The music has more psychedelic elements. Excessive song passages, memorable rhythm structures and a bass-heavy sound go hand in hand and can put listeners in a meditative mood. "
In addition to the rhythm, the guitar has a special meaning in stoner doom. This is tuned lower and played through bass amplifiers "so that the tones squeeze out of the speakers like a thick mass". The drums are often played with a clatter, while the vocals are usually presented clearly, but can also be rough, as can be seen in Sleep, for example.
history
In addition to the early releases of Doom Metal and Psychedelic Rock, The Melvins defined between 1986 and 1991 a rhythm-dominated, sluggish metal that was to have a lasting effect on grunge, sludge and stoner. Between 1991 and 1993 Sleep and Earth released albums with the style that should particularly shape the Stoner Doom.
Already in a short time, the already groove- oriented Kyuss eliminated large parts of the heavy and raw metal and thus shaped the stoner rock of the Palm Desert scene , while Earth, based on the recent releases of The Melvins, did without the drums and the vocals and so on initiated the Drone Doom .
Meanwhile, with Acid King , Electric Wizard , Cathedral , Grand Magus , Weedeater followed within a few years a number of interpreters who were based on Stoner Doom. With the success of grunge, stoner rock in particular experienced significant successes as part of alternative metal with artists such as Fu Manchu , Monster Magnet and Kyuss , which however, after the end of the grunge boom of the early 1990s and the emergence of early rap metal Performers such as Body Count , Rage Against the Machine and Clawfinger did not continue.
The stoner doom experienced an intensification through the sleep album Jerusalem and, in contrast to stoner rock, its final definition to a raw and harsh sound, which was picked up in the 2000s by bands like Ufomammut or Dark Buddha Rising and sometimes even into the The limit range of Drone Doom has been expanded. The Sleep album, which was recorded in 1995, was not released until 1999 because London Records refused to release an album that consisted of only an hour-long song. Nevertheless, Jerusalem , or Dopesmoker , as the album's original title was, gained great popularity in tape trading circles and is considered the "definitive landmark" of the genre known as Stoner Doom.
Well-known bands
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Stoner Metal. AllMusic, accessed April 3, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Arne Eber: Aesthetics of Doom. (No longer available online.) ResettWorld, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on March 28, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine: the Melvins. AllMusic, accessed April 5, 2014 .
- ^ A b c Ian Christe: Sound of the Beast. The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. HarperEntertainment, New York NY 2003, pp. 347f ISBN 0-380-81127-8
- ↑ Wesley: The Faces of Doom. the Metal Observer, accessed April 6, 2014 .
- ↑ J.Bennett - High Times. In Albert Mudrian (Ed.): Precious Metal. Decibel presents the Stories behind 25 extreme Metal Masterpieces. Da Capo Press, * Philadelphia PA 2009, pp. 292ff ISBN 978-0-306-81806-6
