Thergothon
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- Posted: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 03:53:49 +0000
So, if anyone can tell by my username, I'm a total doomster. Not a hipster that's into doom metal either.
There's an obscure subgenre of doom called Funeral Doom that was pioneered by several bands in the early 1990s, one of them being Thergothon. Those guys released a demo and an album before disbanding. Niko Skorpio moved on to electronica and such in the following years.
Another band that is considered a very important influence on the genre is Skepticism, also from Finland. Definitely not the first on the scene though.
Mordor from Switzerland has some really dark stuff. Odes and Csejthe may be "just demos" but both are 40-50 minute epics in their own right.
Perhaps the earliest funeral doom band is Voj, from Russia. There seems to be a pattern of funeral doom bands coming from really cold places. Their full length album was released in early 1991, several months before Thergothon's demo "Fhtagn..." and sounds sludgy and with a definite Celtic Frost influence in both the riffs and the vocals.
Coming from a land that is not so cold is Mournful Congregation from Australia, my personal favorite. The Monad of Creation is a masterpiece, as are all of their other albums. Seriously, check out Book of Kings. It may have a thirty minute song, but it doesn't feel like a thirty minute song.
Esoteric is another band that's been around for a while from the United Kingdom. I actually got to see these guys live a few months ago in Baltimore. What a show! There are a few bands that try and imitate their sound but none come close (except maybe Urna) they are a very psychedelic and unique band. Four of their albums are double albums, often exceeding two hours in length - recent compositions involve three guitars. Even their bass player has two rows of pedals at his feet.
Evoken is often compared to Esoteric. They are from New Jersey and should be a band I'd get to see. One of these days I will. They are darker, more death/doom and stuff.
Worship from Germany is a famous band. Most of their releases are splits with other bands, not all of them doom. They have three albums out - I consider their "Last CD before Doomsday" a true full length instead of a demo because of how awesome it is.
Can you believe there is a funeral doom band called Funeral? They're from Norway, though their recent albums are more of a melodic death/doom sort with massive gothic influences. Their most recent album, Oratorium, sort of returns them to their funeral doom roots with death growls and slow songs.
I could talk about more bands but I might mention all of the bands the rest of you might have possibly heard of.
So I'll just continue anyway because I feel like mentioning Murkrat and Mandy Andresen, who is in two other doom metal projects that would appeal to fans of funeral doom: Crone and The Slow Death.
Omit is another female fronted funeral doom group. Also one of my all time favorites!
I'll have more bands to talk about if discussion really gets going, and seeing how I've already come across a few posts in other topics about bands I've never heard of I'm hopeful that some undiscovered funeral doom treasure is out there awaiting to be discovered.
There's an obscure subgenre of doom called Funeral Doom that was pioneered by several bands in the early 1990s, one of them being Thergothon. Those guys released a demo and an album before disbanding. Niko Skorpio moved on to electronica and such in the following years.
Another band that is considered a very important influence on the genre is Skepticism, also from Finland. Definitely not the first on the scene though.
Mordor from Switzerland has some really dark stuff. Odes and Csejthe may be "just demos" but both are 40-50 minute epics in their own right.
Perhaps the earliest funeral doom band is Voj, from Russia. There seems to be a pattern of funeral doom bands coming from really cold places. Their full length album was released in early 1991, several months before Thergothon's demo "Fhtagn..." and sounds sludgy and with a definite Celtic Frost influence in both the riffs and the vocals.
Coming from a land that is not so cold is Mournful Congregation from Australia, my personal favorite. The Monad of Creation is a masterpiece, as are all of their other albums. Seriously, check out Book of Kings. It may have a thirty minute song, but it doesn't feel like a thirty minute song.
Esoteric is another band that's been around for a while from the United Kingdom. I actually got to see these guys live a few months ago in Baltimore. What a show! There are a few bands that try and imitate their sound but none come close (except maybe Urna) they are a very psychedelic and unique band. Four of their albums are double albums, often exceeding two hours in length - recent compositions involve three guitars. Even their bass player has two rows of pedals at his feet.
Evoken is often compared to Esoteric. They are from New Jersey and should be a band I'd get to see. One of these days I will. They are darker, more death/doom and stuff.
Worship from Germany is a famous band. Most of their releases are splits with other bands, not all of them doom. They have three albums out - I consider their "Last CD before Doomsday" a true full length instead of a demo because of how awesome it is.
Can you believe there is a funeral doom band called Funeral? They're from Norway, though their recent albums are more of a melodic death/doom sort with massive gothic influences. Their most recent album, Oratorium, sort of returns them to their funeral doom roots with death growls and slow songs.
I could talk about more bands but I might mention all of the bands the rest of you might have possibly heard of.
So I'll just continue anyway because I feel like mentioning Murkrat and Mandy Andresen, who is in two other doom metal projects that would appeal to fans of funeral doom: Crone and The Slow Death.
Omit is another female fronted funeral doom group. Also one of my all time favorites!
I'll have more bands to talk about if discussion really gets going, and seeing how I've already come across a few posts in other topics about bands I've never heard of I'm hopeful that some undiscovered funeral doom treasure is out there awaiting to be discovered.
