The words “heavy metal” to most people conjure up visions of blazing-fast guitars, rapid double-bass drumming, and whiplash-inducing headbanging. The bands below, however, are the antithesis. In fact, there’s a growing substrata of groups that are defying metal stereotypes, slowing their music to a molasses pace, incorporating slow-motion riffs, and allowing their songs to come up for air only briefly before plunging back into the murky depths once again. Our five slowest metal bands may move only a few miles an hour, but the destination is well worth the wait.
5. Yob
Yob founder / vocalist / guitarist Mike Scheidt has plowed through lineup changes, breakups, and lawsuits over the years, but has never abandoned the trademark crush that has made his Eugene, Oregon-trio a favorite in doom metal circles for over a decade. Yob’s new album Atma continues to showcase riffs bathed in a dirty cloud of slow-bake grim.
4. Esoteric
Possessing more in common with European gothic bands (such as Paradise Lost) than American doom bands, Esoteric’s music is an appropriate backdrop for those rainy days that never seem to end. Their 2008 work The Maniacal Vale is an ambitious double-disc, a 100-minute slab of pure depression that is as lively as a funeral. Currently working on a new record, Esoteric has set the bar very high.
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