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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 5715374">I realize this page is already well into 22 pages but figured I would contribute what I could. I started out on bands like Iron Maiden, Queen, Sabbath and Metallica and by the time I was in my own band in the 90s was very into classical music and doom metal (my guitar teacher turned me onto classical when he realized there was a lot of overlap between classical--particularly baroque--and metal). Don't know if doom metal has been brought up or not.  Going mostly by memory here. Doom metal was basically heavy, slow and modeled after bands like Black Sabbath. I think some of the early "prot-doom" bands were Count Raven (basically sounds like ozzy) and St. Vitus (but I could be wrong there). I first became aware of Doom Metal with Candlemass. Soon after you had others bands like Solitude Aeturnus and Cathedral (who veered into a strange psychodelic/doom style after their first album---though that one was trippy as well). There were also a bunch of bands that were associated with Doom metal even though they were probably more properly labeled death metal and death rock, bands like My Dying Bride and Paradise Lost. MDB had a violist in the group (or at least a violin on their albums) and Paradise Lost had a recurring female vocalist.  Keep in mind I haven't really followed doom since the late 90s, so lord knows how this stuff has gelled over time.</blockquote>