melodic doom metal
melodic doom metal is a genre. melodic doom metal grew out of Doom metal. It sits close to proto doom, traditional doom metal, gothic doom metal, dark jazz and stoner doom, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into Funeral doom, gothic metal, death-doom, doom-death and epic doom, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 16 connections around melodic doom metal. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where melodic doom metal came from and where it led.
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melodic doom metal connections
melodic doom metal grew out of Doom metal, shares an orbit with proto doom, traditional doom metal, gothic doom metal and dark jazz, went on to shape Funeral doom, gothic metal, death-doom and doom-death. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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