1) Saint Vitus – Saint Vitus
"The definitive album of doom metal. Scott Reagers is my favorite doom metal vocalist because he basically sounds like a ghoul. That's the most doom metal vocalist you will ever hear. Doom metal has to be eerie, and Scott is just that. Dave, Mark and Armando provide the perfect background and the perfect riffs for Scott's vocals, the lyrics are about psychopaths and Zombies...i'm telling you if Black Sabbath didn't convince you to get into doom metal, this album will help you make the decision immediately. It's one of those albums that everyone wishes they have written. But they didn't. And now we all feel inferior, yet we bow down to the mighty Saint Vitus."
2) Candlemass – Epicus Doomicus Metalicus
"This was number one for me before i heard Vitus. This is epic doom metal, it's another form. This type of doom metal is conceptual, somewhat religious and very dramatic. This album is epic doom metal at its best, in fact this album defined epic doom metal, as the "latin" terms give the title of the album so it's easier to identify the source of this sub-genre. Messiah's vocals are melodic, yet groundbreaking. A milestone in metal, a must have for any rock music lover who respects himself, otherwise they will be doomed to open the DEMON'S GATE, where they will suffer in SOLITUDE after they have hung themselves UNDER THE OAK, their soul being sold for a BLACK STONE WIELDER...well at least this is the SORCERER'S PLedge....and what he saw in THE CRYYYYSTAL BAAAALLL!!! No pun intended"
3) Confessor – Condemned
"If you know me, you know i like technical/progressive forms of music a lot. Confessor was (and still is) the first technical/progressive doom metal band...nothing compares itself to this album. The drums are so complex that Steve Shelton is a stand-alone drummer in his right and should have a statue built in every country, Scott Jeffrey's vocals resembles Geddy Lee's (Rush), Rob Halford's (Judas Priest) or Jason McMaster's (Watchtower), and the guitars and bass make the most pissed off doom riffs. So three totally different elements mixed together are bound to make something unique...and colossal!!!"
4) Black Sabbath – Vol. 4 / Master Of Reality
"It'll probably be the shortest description. It's Black Sabbath for bible's sake! They took what were the heaviest sounds that came before them...and then topped them. Topped all. The first form of metal was doom metal...thanks to black sabbath. That's why doom metal will never stop being old-school. These albums are so ahead of their time compared to what was around, it;s ridiculous!"
5) Pentagram – Day Of Reckoning
"The riffs Black Sabbath never wrote! Pentagram will crush your face. Bobby Liebling has a lot Ozzy in him but steps it up a notch. His voice is more macabre, the riffs are way more pissed off than Sabbath's...the music breaks doom metal boundaries. These guys crushed everything in their way and it's hard for me not to place them even higher up...number 5 is not really where they were meant to be put but if it was up to me, i would put the first top 5 on the same rank. Then it would be a top 12."
6) Trouble – Psalm 9
"Another sample of epic doom metal, this time we get introduced to another original and legendary doom metal vocalist, Eric Wagner, another form of macabre voice...in a different way. High-pitched yet evil as fuck. And the concept, the riffs...everything is so impeccably put together. I love it!"
7) Solitude Aeturnus – Beyond the Crimson Horizon
"What? Epic doom metal again? Well yes, because it's different from trouble and Candlemass. And to prove it, when i listen to the current Candlemass with SA's Robert Lowe on vocals...i hear a Solitude Aeturnus vocal track with a Candlemass instrumental..not Candlemass. Rob Lowe gives SA the personality it has, but that isn't to say the other musicians aren't crushing as well. In fact through this album it's the closest a doom metal band ever got to Confessor's 'Condemned' writing style. This is truly a beautiful album."
8) My Dying Bride – The Dreadful Hours
"A new form of doom. The growling kind. Influenced by Cathedral probably, MDB arose at the same time with Paradise Lost, early Cradle Of Filth and early Anathema, but something set them apart. The Violin, certainly...they just expressed a different sadness and doom than the rest of the bands...i don't know, they were unique from the beginning i knew that they would change their sound and create something totally unique...and they did! Aaron managed to turn this band into a personal sad masterpiece, this album expresses their best work, it's the most concise. 'Songs of Darkness...' is just as great but...this came first...and is better. It's amazing!"
9) Witchfinder General – Death Penalty
"Can you believe that these guys came out of the NWOBHM storm of bands? Every other NWOBHM band sounded almost the same, but these guys' parents probably swallowed some Black Sabbath, Budgie and Blue Cheer tapes that made their way into the uterus, crawling their way into WFG's members' ears, so they came out with doom metal in their veins. The sound and everything on this album is so doom and old-school, it's impossible not to love it. i know I do!"
10) The Obsessed – Incarnate
"Wino's primordial band. It's obvious that besides Saint Vitus, his heart always belonged to The Obsessed...everything comes together slightly better than anything else he ever worked on. The Obsessed is fueled with hate and a somber yet angry atmosphere. Henry Rollins once said 'every time Wino plays his guitar...someone's lawn dies'. I don't have a lawn...by choice! I knew that if i owned one and i listen to the Obsessed...the two elements would clash!"
11) Anathema - The Silent Enigma
12) Sleep – Holy Mountain
13) Katatonia – Brave Murder Day
14) Saint Vitus – Hallow’s Victim/Born Too Late/Die Healing
15) Count Raven - Destruction Of The Void
16) Cathedral – Forest Of Equilibrium
17) Memento Mori – Life, Death And Other Morbid Tales
18) Paul Chain - Life And Death
19) Pagan Altar - Volume 1
20) Black Hole - Land Of Mystery
