The Groove

The greatest doom metal artists of all time

32 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Anathema

United Kingdom · 1990–2020 · alternative rock

19.240

Why this number?

The full board

Black Sabbath

United Kingdom · 1968–2025 · heavy metal 14.084

3 My Dying Bride

United Kingdom · 1990– · doom metal 13.529

Paradise Lost

United Kingdom · 1988– · gothic metal 9.812

5 Sleep

United States of America · 1990– · doom metal 6.130

6 Theatre of Tragedy

Norway · 1993–2010 · gothic metal 4.973

Katatonia

Sweden · 1991– · alternative metal 4.654

8 Cathedral

United Kingdom · 1989–2013 · doom metal 4.500

Agalloch

United States of America · 1995– · black metal 4.268

10 Neurosis

United States of America · 1985– · post-metal 3.608

11 Electric Wizard

United Kingdom · 1993– · doom metal 3.086

12 Candlemass

Sweden · 1984– · doom metal 2.875