The Magazine

8 chapters

Doom Metal History

Doom, sludge and stoner went down the way everything goes into a tar pit, each layer sinking onto the last, starting from a single day in a London studio in 1969. From Black Sabbath and the eighties faithful through Cathedral, death doom, sludge, stoner, funeral doom and drone to the records of the 2020s, nothing that...

By Ilse Brandt · latest chapter Feb 8, 2026

1. The Slowest Music in Metal: Doom, Sludge and Stoner, from Black Sabbath to Now
2. Origins: Black Sabbath, Pentagram and the Decision to Slow Down
3. The Eighties: Saint Vitus, Trouble, Candlemass and Epic Doom
4. Stoner Metal: Kyuss, the Desert Generators and the Fuzz
5. Sludge Metal: New Orleans, the Melvins and the Ugly Half of Doom
6. Death Doom: Peaceville, Winter and the Slowest Extremity
7. Funeral Doom: Thergothon, Skepticism and Music at Walking Pace
8. Drone Doom: Earth, Sunn O))) and the Riff Held Until It Breaks

2 chapters

Death History

Britain came at death metal through grindcore, the Netherlands built four bands around one voice, and Poland assembled a scene inside a state with no record industry. Then Brazil, Chile and Japan got the signal last and answered it differently. What a genre becomes when it is exported to places that could not buy the r...

By Rafael Quintero with Andrzej Sawicki · latest chapter Feb 7, 2026

1. Britain, the Netherlands, Poland and the Rest of the World
2. The Revival: Old School, Caverns and the Modern Underground