Is Doom on the rise in the US?

[Black Milk]

I'm not sure if its just where I tend to find myself, but over the past year I feel like doom bands and bands with doom influence have been much more visible and active then in past years. I just got back from Destroyer Fest in tampa today, which also hosted Southern Darkness a few months ago, and talking to musicians from the area I seem to get the idea that the death metal scene has subsided a bit and created a vacuum for doom and sludge influenced bands like Holly Hunt, Shroud Eater, Orbweaver, Cosm etc. who seem to be flourishing. I'm not sure if its the same in other states and scenes but with bands like Bongripper and Electric Wizard becoming more popular than ever in the states and countless other newer bands using doom as a base for their various styles it seems to me that doom is, dare I say it, becoming the "cool" thing in metal. Thoughts?

[Sphincter face]

I sure as hell hope not that would be awful!!!

[deathstorm]

It's pretty cool

[Sphincter face]

Yea idk just had to throw it in there, as long as some sort of metal rises, I can dig it. Does anyone consider The Atlas Moth doom? An Ache For The Distance is tits, like big floppy Dolly Parton tits, love that album.

[BlutAusNerd]

Yea idk just had to throw it in there, as long as some sort of metal rises, I can dig it. Does anyone consider The Atlas Moth doom? An Ache For The Distance is tits, like big floppy Dolly Parton tits, love that album.

Sludge is another subgenre of doom, though some sludge bands are less on the doom side of the doom/hardcore spectrum than others. Not familiar with The Atlas Moth, so I can't comment on them specifically.

[Sphincter face]

Right on, personally think everything the atlas moth does is amazing, but cd I specifically brought up is my fave, so badass from beginning to end IMO

[BlutAusNerd]

Right on' date=' personally think everything the atlas moth does is amazing, but cd I specifically brought up is my fave, so badass from beginning to end IMO[/quote'] I remember liking the cover art of one of their albums, one of these days I'll get around to listening to it. As far as UK doom being on the rise, I don't know that it ever waned, they've always been big players in the doom scene, from the originators (Sabbath) to doom/death (Peaceville 3), stoner/doom (Cathedral), and newer bands (40 Watt Sun, The Wounded Kings, etc...).

[Black Milk]

Indeed, it just seems to me that American bands, doom and doom-hybrids, are really pouring in now and becoming driving forces behind many local scenes in numerous southern cities. I say southern cities because of my personal adventures down here in the past year or so, like I said not sure if its making the same waves in different parts of the country but I've noticed doom bands landing top tier spots on the bills of festivals all the way in California (day of the shred) and even MDF

[BlutAusNerd]

Indeed' date=' it just seems to me that American bands, doom and doom-hybrids, are really pouring in now and becoming driving forces behind many local scenes in numerous southern cities. I say southern cities because of my personal adventures down here in the past year or so, like I said not sure if its making the same waves in different parts of the country but I've noticed doom bands landing top tier spots on the bills of festivals all the way in California (day of the shred) and even MDF[/quote'] Traditional doom (well, the retro stuff mostly) and sludge especially seem to be getting more recognition, but I can't really say the same for doom/death or funeral doom. There have been some big new upstarts and some veterans getting more credit, but mostly those kinds of bands go largely unnoticed in the states.

[Don Q]

It is having intercourse with Stoner Rock and will soon create a Doom Rock baby

[dontrushurshot]

I would agree it definetly is. In fact, when many people who don't listen to metal regularly are thinking about it, they are usually thinking about the stoner/doom and related genres. Some newer bands that are riding the doom wave now include Pallbearer, Crypt Sermon, and Thorr-Axe.

[The Batlord]

I certainly don't know enough about the greater, worldwide doom scene in general to say for sure, but with the rise of the internet I imagine all genres are growing more than they would have otherwise. And considering that doom, as I understand it, has historically been largely ignored -- I guess because people throughout the eighties and nineties were looking for metal to get faster rather than slow down -- then it has a lot more room for growth than already bloated genres like death and black metal. It's certainly no coincidence that thrash made such a (unfortunate) comeback around the time that file sharing got big, so if doom is finally getting the same respect as all of the other sub-genres, then I can only give credit to the internet.

[HellKell]

it is just getting more attention lately, that is all. It has always had a strong presence. Now everyone is going crazy over the doom/folk movement with bands like Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Jess and The Ancient Ones, Jexx Toth, Demon Lung, Hexvessel, Blood Ceremony, etc...Which I personally do not care for cause they all sound like Coven, Black Sabbath, and Black Widow rip offs.

[RelentlessOblivion]

I can't speak for the US but there does seem to be a rise in doom bands down here. Unfortunately not many are all that impressive. Obviously we did give the doom world diSEMBOWELMENT. Mournful Congregation and Virgin Black are also home grown (quite literally both are from my home town). We've produced some unique bands there but not too many up and comers have taken inspiration from that source instead opting for rather generic sounding Sabbath and Pentagram worship with the occassional Crowbar clone. I aim to change that once my guitar playing is back up to speed though.

[GorboGorboze]

Tap into that rich core of antipodal doom ore Relentless and smelt out something truly heavy.

[RelentlessOblivion]

I've got a very clear idea in my head of what I want the music to sound like but right now I don't have the ability or understanding of song structures required to execute such complex ideas. The nearest I can come to describing what I hear in my head when I think about making my own music (and it's really not a great comparison) would be sort of like a blend between Dissection, Candlemass, and Morbid Angel. Like I said that's not a great comparison but its the best I can do.