Gothic-doom is a subgenre of both doom metal and gothic metal.Gothic doom bands are overall characterised by their often equal, but highly mixed use of elements of gothic metal/rock, doom metal andmelodic death metal. Early bands like Paradise lost varying characteristics and aspects of doom metal with aspects of gothic metal, taking strong influence from doom-death bands. Some gothic doom bands such as Type O Negative and The Wounded have more atoned to following the patterns of early gothic doom bands, placing heavy emphasis on each part of their music, making each individual aspect highly distinguished from another, rather than letting them all blend into one conjoined sound. These bands also take some influence directly from gothic rock, incorporating prevalent characteristics of the genre directly into their music, such as minor chord usage. Doom-gothic lyrics combines the dramatic and romantic elements of gothic rock with the sorrowness and melancholy present in doom metal, while being more introspective and focused on personal experiences such as love, grief, irreparable loss, loss of faith, etc. Unlike in gothic metal and death-doom, gothic-doom bands prefer the use of cleaner vocals instead of employing death growls, although some of them employ harsher vocals occasionally, and avoid the usage of death metal-like riffage. Bands labelled as gothic-doom include Weeping Silence, the Foreshadowing, Grave Lines, Artrosis,Ava Inferi, Draconian, and Type O Negative.

funeral doom metal

Funeral doom is a genre that crosses death-doom with funeral dirge music. It is played at a very slow tempo, and places an emphasis on evoking a sense of emptiness and despair. Typically, electric guitars are heavily distorted and dark ambient aspects such as keyboards or synthesizers are often used to create a "dreamlike" atmosphere. Vocals consist of mournful chants or growls and are often in the background. Funeral doom was pioneered by Mournful Congregation, Esoteric, Evoken, Funeral, Thergothon, and Skepticism.