I like the Doom soundtrack. Recommend me more instrumental metal.

[Reynard]

I write to the Doom soundtrack a lot, especially when I am working on Science-fantasy Shadowdark monsters and adventures. While I am of an age where I am familiar with the likes of iron maiden and Anthrax, I don't know much about instrumental metal, and frankly I don't quite understand all of the different subgenres. But I need more music to write to.

So, recommend me instrumental metal that is good for blasting words of power into the blinky box. It can be artists, albums, Spotify playlists or YouTube videos.

Note that I am specifically looking for instrumental aka no vocals metal (although i guess chanting in latin is fine). I can't concentrate on writing if there is singing.

Thanks!

 

[Scribe]

I'll have to check, but younger me loved the Quake 3 soundtrack.

Oh, and various forms of synthwave are my go to "leave me to my work" background tracks. Darksynth may work for your purposes.

 

[Alzrius]

Here's something that's just like you imagined:

 

[TwiceBorn2]

Try some Russian Circles... Russian Circles - Topic

 

[Reynard]

Oh. I think I found a thing: Spotify Classic Music Metal Covers

 

[JEB]

Andromida has done both Doom-esque tracks as well as progressive metal/djent stuff.

 

[Alzrius]

Also this one. A few intermittent lyrics in there, but mostly instrumental.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Pelican: their first album is entirely instrumental. They made videos for their singles making fun of that fact. I don’t recall if they ever hired a vocalist.

Others I can think of over the decades:

Tosin Abasi/Animals As Leaders
Tony MacAlpine
Buckethead
Nadja
Praxis

I don’t know if HEX ever made it, but I’ve always loved this track.

Of those I listed, Praxis albums are probably the most experimental. Some of their stuff does have human voices, but there’s no actual lyrics.

 

[GMMichael]

I'll have to check, but younger me loved the Quake 3 soundtrack.

Oh, and various forms of synthwave are my go to "leave me to my work" background tracks. Darksynth may work for your purposes.

Quake 2 had a mean OST. I'll have to check out 3.

 

[Zardnaar]

Two steps From Hell. Protectors of the Earth.


Globus -Preliator vocals but in Latin.