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black doom

black doom is a genre. black doom grew out of Black metal, Doom metal and death-doom. It sits close to war metal, dark jazz, pop black metal, stoner doom and melodic black metal, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into symphonic black metal, viking metal, folk black metal, pagan metal and war metal, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 17 connections around black doom. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where black doom came from and where it led.

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black doom connections

black doom grew out of Black metal, Doom metal and death-doom, shares an orbit with war metal, dark jazz, pop black metal and stoner doom, went on to shape symphonic black metal, viking metal, folk black metal and pagan metal. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

What influenced black doom

Roots3

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Kindred6

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What black doom shaped

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