folk plus metal

[NateS]

i know this is coming off kind of stupid, but i promise i'm asking for something other than folk metal. At least, not in the sense of, say, Korplikaani.

I'm sitting here with TS, listening to Electric Wizard, Doomsword, Scale The Summit, etc, thinking of different bas tones. And I as i think of this, i start thinking of different parts of the music fitting together, with influences of different genres into the metal. And it made me want to listen to The Decemberists, for the clean, "pretty" vocal delivery, and sparse instrumentation. Trying to tie them into metal, i thought of something like symphonic gothic metal, such as Leaves eyes and (to an extent) Nightwish. But then i realized that the instrumentation is too lush. And yes, i'm including Doomsword as too lush, because of the epic-ness of the lyrics.

Long story short, does anybody knows of any bands with sparse, slow, doom music, but with clean, pretty, or symphonic singing? Not so much "epic", but "pretty"? My vast music library fails me.

[Ursus Tyrannus]

Humm... just spitballin here but I thought of...

Ayreon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plkne8iNYx0

Cathedral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCvAxvbgIfs

Darkseed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZyjpXYp7Vo

Lyriel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6iXTreOT3I

The Gathering
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5PySbFS6Tg

Theatre Of Tragedy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ylCeG101A

Tiamat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9voy_LFplP0

You may know all these bands, I might be way off, I'm not sure I got the jist of what your looking for.

[pklima]

For something completely different, check the Steeleye Span album "Below The Salt". It's folk-rock versions of traditional songs, but some of it sounds kinda Sabbathy but more sparse, like "Sheep-crook And Black Dog" or "King Henry". Or Fairport Convention doing "Tam Lin" on the "Liege & Lief" album, that's got a metally bit between verses.

[NateS]

wowsers. those are great!

[HaMMerHeD]

I don't know if this fits what you're looking for, but this is the first thing I thought of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc-7FXzbeA0

[IconBasser]

OPETH!!!!

[The Last Rebel]

That's a pretty specific request, but fortunately I can help.

Check out Grayceon. They play an odd mix of sludge, doom, progressive, and since they have a cellist instead of a bassist they also incorporate a bit of symphonic and some chamber type music. It's very good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_mO_QkcDc

[the byronic man]

Therion

[VoodooDust]

Rose Kemp! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSelURcwkb8
Interestingly enough, both her parents are in Steeleye Span, who have already been mentioned.

[jollygiantchris]

Its not doom persay but you might really like Katatonia. Their singer is excellent. They are kind of similar to opeth but not.

Instrumentation wise you'd probably really like Agalloch but hate the vocals.

Red Sparroews maybe?

Minsk might work for you as well.

[walker rosewood]

Extol
http://www.myspace.com/extol

probably not exactly what your looking for, but they have some acoustic infused stuff that is killer. Here check out the tracks 'undeceived' and 'meadows of silence'

http://www.rhapsody.com/extol

[queevil]

I wouldn't call Acid Bath a doom band as much as I would call them doom inspired in some of their songs. Their music is inspired by a bit of everything from grindcore to folk and even though the singer, Dax Riggs, uses harsh abrasive vocals he also uses a lot of clean vocals. The only word I can think of to describe the sound of his clean vocals would be otherworldly. Acid Bath broke up probably 15 or so years ago after the death of their bass player who was killed by a drunk driver. The aforementioned singer has been involved in other projects since then such as Agents of Oblivion, Golgatha, Deadboy & The Elephantmen to name a few. You should check it all out but in reference to your question Acid Bath might be something you're looking for.

[the byronic man]

and Ember, for sure. killer song.

Originally Posted by walker rosewood

Extol
http://www.myspace.com/extol

probably not exactly what your looking for, but they have some acoustic infused stuff that is killer. Here check out the tracks 'undeceived' and 'meadows of silence'

http://www.rhapsody.com/extol

[NateS]

Originally Posted by IconBasser

OPETH!!!!

Love em love em love!

Originally Posted by jollygiantchris

Its not doom persay but you might really like Katatonia. Their singer is excellent. They are kind of similar to opeth but not.

Instrumentation wise you'd probably really like Agalloch but hate the vocals.

Red Sparroews maybe?

Minsk might work for you as well.

Katatonia's alright. a little too hard rock, not enough metal for my general tastes - but when i'm in the mood they're good. agalloch, red sparrows and minsk are amazing, as well.

Originally Posted by The Last Rebel

That's a pretty specific request, but fortunately I can help.

Check out Grayceon. They play an odd mix of sludge, doom, progressive, and since they have a cellist instead of a bassist they also incorporate a bit of symphonic and some chamber type music. It's very good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_mO_QkcDc

i know it's a pretty specific quest, which is why i started this thread - i consider myself pretty decently versed in metal but couldnt' think of a single band that did what i was looking for.

between this and the "metal bands \m/" thread i have a lot of listening to do! of the ones i have listened to so far, Lyriel is probably the closest to what i was hearing (at least that i can remember now, i listened before work and now it's afterwards, haha)

[defiend]

"Shatter" by Triptykon, sweet chorus and a generally slow tempo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrRi25jZRFY
not sure but I think that one will qualify ^^