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To me, doom is a feeling I get when I listen to certain bands music. But if you really want a definition of doom, there is always Wickipedia or tons of forums clogged with opinionated ‘experts’ who I’m sure will be only too happy to enlighten you. One person, who we will be talking about in some detail in this article, even described it to me in a conversation long ago as: “metal doesn’t always have to be ugly or brutal its allowed to be pretty sometimes”. Some also like to describe doom as metal which incorporates more gothic (old-school goth) components in terms of vocal styles and instrumentation sensibilities. Although V.O.D were never specifically doom, some of their music clearly drew from influences of the time which had impacted a legion of doom bands from around the world. Cape Town band Grämlich played a big part in creating genre awareness back then, and SA greats V.O.D ( Voice Of Destruction – not USA’s later Vision Of Disorder) even went so far as to record at the same studio (Academy Studio, Yorkshire) as bands such as My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost and Anathema (nicknamed “The Peaceville Three” or “The Holy Trinity” in local doom circles).
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Regardless, we’ve still seen our own pittance share of local doom acts over the years, particularly during what one might describe as the doom ‘heyday’ of the mid-nineties. First off: “What the hell is doom?” I hear some of you ask, “Is it something to do with a computer game?”ĭoom metal is a sub-genre that enjoys very little appreciation in South African territory, with only a small but fiercely loyal fan-base.