Doom Band Name Generator

Doom metal was named after a feeling, and its band names carry the same slow dread. The genre's foundation is Black Sabbath, so traditional doom bands reach for occult, funereal and churchy words: Candlemass, Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Cathedral, Reverend Bizarre. Stoner and desert rock, the fuzz-drenched branch that grew out of Kyuss and Sleep, prefers weed jokes, deserts and space (Electric Wizard, Bongripper, Weedeater, Acid King). Sludge, born in New Orleans, is swampy and mean (Eyehategod, Crowbar, Thou), while funeral doom is glacial and mournful (Skepticism, Mournful Congregation, Bell Witch). The names above are generated to fit each of these subgenres.

A strong doom name is heavy in the mouth. Words with long vowels and hard endings (Slab, Weight, Coffin, Monolith) sound slow even before you hear a riff. Traditional doom loves religious language turned sinister: Church, Sermon, Cathedral, Priest, Reverend, Sabbath. Stoner names get away with humor because the scene is in on the joke, but a sludge or funeral doom band with a pun name will confuse listeners. Two-word compounds dominate the genre and fit best on the huge, ornate logos doom bands favor.

Doom is a smaller world than death or black metal, so a quick search on Bandcamp and Metal Archives will tell you within a minute whether your name is taken.