doom metal

English

Etymology

Perhaps from the 1986 album title Epicus Doomicus Metallicus or maybe from the 1970 Black Sabbath song "Hand of Doom".

Noun

doom metal (uncountable)

1. (music) A subgenre of heavy metal characterised by a slow tempo and low-tuned guitars, often emphasizing despairing lyrics.
   • 2016, Ronald Bogue, Deleuze's Way: Essays in Transverse Ethics and Aesthetics, Routledge, →ISBN, page 39:

     Devotees of doom metal often cite as early instances of the sub-genre mid-1980s albums by Saint Vitus and Candlemass, the title of Candlemass' 1986 Epicus Doomicus Metallicus perhaps inspiring the sub-genre's eventual designation.

Translations

heavy metal subgenre

• Dutch: doommetal m
• Esperanto: damna metalroko
• Georgian: დუმ მეტალი (dum meṭali)
• Marathi: डूम मेटल n (ḍūma meṭala)

See also

• doom rock