Top 10 Doom Metal Albums of the 90s

This countdown is my opinion of course.
Other albums I considered are (I should note that some may be considered sludge or stoner metal):

My Dying Bride – As the Flower Withers (1992) and The Angel and the Dark River (1995)
Anathema – Serenades (1993)
Paradise Lost – Lost Paradise (1990) and Gothic (1991)
Tiamat – The Astral Sleep (1991) and Clouds (1992)
Saint Vitus – Children of Doom (1993) and Die Healing (1995)
The Obsessed – Lunar Womb (1991)
Trouble – Trouble (1990)
Bethlehem – Dictius Te Necare (1996)
Barathrum – Eerie (1995) and Infernal (1997)
Electric Wizard – Electric Wizard (1995)
Esoteric – Epistemological Despondency (1994), The Pernicious Enigma (1997) and Metamorphogenesis (1999)
Sleep – Holy Mountain (1993)
Paramaecium – Exhumed of the Earth (1993)
Pentagram – Be Forewarned (1994)
Septic Flesh – Mystic Places of Dawn (1994) and Esoptron (1995)
Solitude Aeturnus – Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991) and Through the Darkest Hour (1994)
Solstice – Lamentations (1994)
Pagan Altar – Volume 1 (1998)
Thergothon – Stream from the Heavens (1994)
Skepticism – Stormcrowfleet (1995) and Lead and Aether (1998)
Funeral – Tragedies (1995)
Crowbar – Crowbar (1993)
Cathedral – Forest of Equilibrium (1991) and The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Novembers Doom – Amid its Hallowed Mirth (1995)
Autopsy – Mental Funeral (1991)
Acid Bath – When the Kite String Pops (1994)
Down – Nola (1995)
Asphyx – The Rack (1991) and Last one on Earth (1992)
Amorphis – The Karelian Isthmus (1992)
Candlemass – Chapter VI (1992)
Nightfall – Parade Into Centuries (1992) and Macabre Sunsets (1993)

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25 Responses to Top 10 Doom Metal Albums of the 90s

  1. rss313 says:

    @ChaosRiddenReaper …
    @ChaosRiddenReaper No, you’re thinking of Dopesmoker (aka “Jerusalem”), and yeah, that track is 63 min. long. I’m talking about Holy Mountain, most famous for “Dragonaut”.

  2. ChaosRiddenReaper says:

    saint vitus
    saint vitus

  3. ChaosRiddenReaper says:

    thats an hour long …
    thats an hour long or something, haha sleep i love that band

  4. bloodvamp78 says:

    very funny hank
    very funny hank

  5. hankdenner says:

    I prefer summer
    I prefer summer

  6. bloodvamp78 says:

    I love Winter
    I love Winter

  7. rss313 says:

    Good list. Don’t …
    Good list. Don’t agree w/ #1, but thats why its a good list! I love 20 minute epics like every other stoner, but nothing beats Sleep’s Holy Mountain for me. :)

  8. lateralus12345 says:

    REVEREND BIZARRE!!! …
    REVEREND BIZARRE!!!!!

  9. cosmicasgard says:

    that came out in …
    that came out in the 80s that is why it is not on here.

  10. Sionkg says:

    Lacrimas Profundere …
    Lacrimas Profundere? =S

  11. Sionkg says:

    Lacrimas profundere …
    Lacrimas profundere??? =S

  12. DoomMetalSludge says:

    What about …
    What about Forbidden by Black Sabbath? JK!

  13. dubya68 says:

    maybe it’s because …
    maybe it’s because that album was released in 1986

  14. Opeth798 says:

    endtyme is the best …
    endtyme is the best cathedral.
    and really? no candlemass?

  15. skinheadkkk88 says:

    PLEASE LET ME DIE …
    PLEASE LET ME DIE IN SOLITUDE

  16. leyytard says:

    SLEEP????
    SLEEP????

  17. Mayhamsdead says:

    This guy needs more …
    This guy needs more subscribers…

  18. adekito says:

    electric wizar is …
    electric wizar is the best of doom..and there is missing candlemass with “epicus doomicus metallicus”

  19. Metalfucker999 says:

    electric wizard art …
    electric wizard art the best doom metal band ever thus having great albums too

  20. SSJ3Ulcer says:

    No Celestial Season …
    No Celestial Season or Revelation? Thlpppbbbtt!! : P

  21. TheFrenchfry20 says:

    Electric wizard was …
    Electric wizard was a fantastic choice, chap.

  22. ryanamays says:

    best cd ever …
    best cd ever!!! i totally agree!! i saw those guys open up for pungent stench and brutal truth and they blew me away. pagan terrorism tactics is great also but when the kite string pops is by far the best

  23. DancingMedicineMan says:

    quite right
    quite right

  24. DancingMedicineMan says:

    for sake …
    for sake number 1 should be Kite string by Acid Bath. Im as…..

  25. PrimevalRealm says:

    I would’ve made ” …
    I would’ve made “Through The Darkest Hour” #1, but cool video nonetheless…