💥My Top 15 Funeral Doom Metal Albums💥

💥My Top 15 Funeral Doom Metal Albums💥

The story of funeral doom, however, truly begins in Finland, with the work of Thergothon and Skepticism. Thergothon formed first, and were for all intents and purposes a death metal band on their 1991 demo, pushing back against that genre’s rapidly congealing orthodoxy; they followed it up in 1994 with the unimpeachable Stream from the Heavens, cited by many as the first true funeral doom album. Skepticism weren’t too far behind, releasing the genre’s foundational masterpiece, Stormcrowfleet, in 1995. Further bolstering Finland’s role in funeral doom’s origin story were the doomsayers in Unholy, whose terminally-grim doom/death rubbed off on the aforementioned influencers thanks to two crucial (and perennially underrated) albums, 1993’s From the Shadows and 1994’s The Second Ring of Power.

Finland’s claim to funeral doom might be preeminent, but it is hardly exclusive. England’s Esoteric released their first demo in 1993, and while Australia’s Disembowelment fall much more clearly on the death/doom side of the fence, their classic 1993 album Transcendence into the Peripheral was hugely influential on the development of the genre (in no small part because of a wider distribution courtesy of Relapse Records). Lastly, New Jersey’s Evoken released one of the first American examples of the form with their 1994 demo Shades of Night Descending. No matter where funeral doom sprang up, though, its acolytes all worshipped at the same altar of atmosphere.

Throughout its 25-year history, funeral doom has seen considerable expansions in geography as well as stylistic diversity. Thus, while its ranks have always included bands continuing to hone the classic sound of the genre, there are also bands pushing at the margins and blending that sound with other styles. Accordingly, this guide highlights both ends of the spectrum, comprising four bands in the traditional funeral doom mold, followed by four bands who’ve mutated the genre’s preexisting DNA entirely.
Alright so lets get into my top 15 funeral doom metal albums shall we?

►#15 Elysian Blaze-Cold Walls And Apparitions(Released in 2005 on Northern Silence Productions)
►#14 Deep Well of Horror-Drone (Released In 2005 Independently)
►#13 Bosque-Passage (Released in 2009 on Total Holocaust Records)
►#12 Esoteric-The Pernicious Enigma(Released in 1997 on Aesthetic Death Records)
►#11 Mournful Congregation-The Mondad of Creation(Released in 2005 on Weird Truth Productions)
►#10 Funeral Mourning-Drown In Solitude(Released in 2006 on Goatwarex Records)
►#9 Skepticism-Lead and Aether (Released in 1998 on Red Stream Inc Records)
►#8 Abyssmal Sorrow-Lament (Released in 2008 on Deaden Productions)
►#7 Frowning-Funeral Impressions (Released in 2014 on Solitude Productions)
►#6 Dictator-Dysangelist(Released in 2008 on Seprene Heli Music Productions)
►#5 Nortt-Ligfaerd(Released in 2006 on Total Holocaust Records
►#4 Bell Witch-Mirror Reaper (Released in 2017 on Profound Lore Records)
►#3 Wormphlegm –Tomb Of The Ancient King(Released in 2006 on Paniac Records)
►#2 Black Bile-Cloacal Meditation(Released in 2006 Independantly on CDr, Reissued in 2015 on Dying Sun Records)
►#1 Ahab-The Call Of The Wretched Sea(Released in 2006 on Napalm Records