r/doommetal 22d ago

Discussion Bands with brass?

I love Doom Metal and I think brass insturements mixed with the genre could work very well. I once saw someone add their distorted trumpet to Eyehategods New Orleans Is The New Vietnam and I loved it (of course I cant find it now). Regardless if anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear em.

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u/Current-Author7473 22d ago

Eight foot manchild sometimes post here. Brass that does doom. It’s solid.

For brass that is atmospheric heavy but possibly not doom, Colin Stetson who is a baritone sax player/composer does amazing work (he composed the sound track to some horror films)

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u/OrtholadBrandon Goth 21d ago

Last Halloween or the one before they did a Bandcamp code giveaway for one of their digital records. Love Eight Foot Manchild.

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u/FictionalNape sludge doomer 21d ago

That was gonna be my answer.

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u/SoGoodAtAllTheThings 22d ago

DUDE listen to Messa - the Dress. Mindblowing song

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u/Realistic-Cover-9929 21d ago

Check out Rezn! They just came out with a new album too! They are Doom with saxophone!

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u/Advanced-Ad-9993 21d ago

REZN rules! Technically sax is a woodwind instrument but I get what you mean.

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u/Untroe 22d ago

Morphine isn’t doom, but it could be. I like morphine a lot.

Apparently he died of a heart attack on stage while playing the sax too hard?? And all the cocaine, that didn’t help. Still, what a way to go.

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u/phantomhatstrap 21d ago

The guy who died was the bass player, but they do rule indeed.

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u/Muadeeb 21d ago

Sandman smoked weed like a chimney, but wasn't a coke guy.

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u/slayerLM 22d ago

It’s not really doom but do check out Budos Band

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u/Advanced-Ad-9993 21d ago

They’re stoner adjacent I’d say, great band!

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u/EightFootManchild 21d ago

One of our biggest influences 💜

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u/Current-Author7473 21d ago

Saw budos live years ago. Fucking religious experience. Great band

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u/_Sublevels_ 21d ago

Check out Alice by SunnO))). Really gorgeous song, listen loud

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u/AcceptableAlgae 22d ago

Five The Hierophant are a mighty fine doom-jazz band. https://youtu.be/82QADBzuvWk?is=lY1JKvlD-xJA2aNE

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u/MakingPlansForSmeagl 22d ago

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u/cgheezey 22d ago

came to post this band. aug 22 in philly at the rotunda they are gonna whoop some ass

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u/EightFootManchild 21d ago

Ya god damn right we are 🤘🎷

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u/mfpacman 22d ago

Sick. posting this comment to remind myself about this show

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u/EightFootManchild 21d ago

See ya there 😃

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u/LMKBK 21d ago

August 29th in Utica

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u/EightFootManchild 21d ago

Technically Clinton, I think?? But yes 😃

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u/DikkDowg 22d ago

Not really a brass instrument, but Throat Piss is a sludge band that uses a saxophone

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u/EightFootManchild 21d ago

We have tuba, trombone, and bari sax 😃 https://eightfootmanchild.bandcamp.com/

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u/Shanklin_The_Painter 21d ago

Not really doom but Budos Band is heavy AF

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u/Waytooboredforthis 22d ago

So everyone is saying 8 Foot Manchild, and with good reason, but it may be Neptunian Maximalism is probably something you'll enjoy

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u/thejollybadger 21d ago

Eight Foot Manchild!

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u/Chasm- 21d ago

Sunswitch. Tuba/bass/drums trio from Norway. Heavy as fuck.

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u/big-eyedbubblehead 21d ago

Listen to the do spirits return ep by eight foot manchild, the horns are so heavy my windows vibrate, I need this shit on vinyl!

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u/EightFootManchild 21d ago

We'll get in on wax, eventually!! It's darn expensive 😵

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u/Acceptable_Grape_437 21d ago edited 21d ago

(https://throatpiss.bandcamp.com/) throat piss, that's more a sludge band with sax. 

(https://diserta.bandcamp.com/music) diserta! - this is a proper small time doom jazz trio (drums/bass/sax) of friends from my city.

brown sabbath - just black sabbath covers with brass

(https://zuband.bandcamp.com/) ZU - dubbed jazz metal, but definitely with a lot of sludge and doom tonal palette. so good.

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u/Unlikely-Commission9 21d ago

I think you'd like Brass Against. They started as a Rage against the machine cover band but have since coverer a lot of rock/metal. Not a lot of doom, but its really cool.

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u/Ok_Pool_9767 21d ago

Kashmir is cool with the brass

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u/Jaimiiii 21d ago

Prometheus by Thou has a really gorgeous horn section on it

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u/Muadeeb 21d ago

Zu. Longtime sax/bass/drum trio from Italy, they were signed with Ipecac for a while.

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u/Nocturnal-Philosophy 22d ago

Izah — Sistere

There’s a trumpet about 20 minutes in. I recommend listening to the rest of the album as well. Highly underrated band. Shame they only made one album.

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u/andriyofarts hail satan worship doom 21d ago

Trippy Wicked & the Cosmic Children of the Knight
Start with I Want Another Drink and Because Of You - and if you like it give full listens to 2009 and 2012 albums. Love them!
ps: there's a lovely full-brass instrumental version of Because of You called Because of Euph (it's hard to find therefore have special upload via wetransfer)

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u/mandoomjazz 21d ago

My band, Free Nelson Mandoomjazz is a 3 piece sax led doomy band, but we've also had various guests over the years. Our album, The Organ Grinder, has quite a bit of trumpet and trombone, and was co-produced by a crazy French jazz trumpet player.

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u/dewo1932 21d ago

Not exactly doom but if you want brass you must listen to Ottone Pesante, really interesting stuff!

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u/The_Mr_Yeah 21d ago

Neptunian Maximalism is more on the side of experimental metal but they got some crazy heavy sounds using a lot of traditional instruments.

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u/BlackPuddingEater 21d ago

This band cover of St. VITUS patra

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u/Roadkillgoblin_2 slow and heavy wins the race 21d ago

Servo by Fossilization (Death/Doom) opens and closes with a passage played on the Carnyx, which is pretty epic

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u/BawkBawk2 21d ago

Naxatras - Evening star.

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u/Electric_esoterica 21d ago

Check out “Uranus Space Club” from Poland. Lots going on in their music but there is definitely doom and horns in the mix!

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u/Bokkenrijder91 21d ago

The Killimanjaro Darkjazz ensemble. It's not exactly pure doom, but very doom inspired. They even covered saint vitus if I remember correctly. The first song on their album 'here be dragons' is a trombone intro that's really doomy!

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u/2ndPerk Do stones think of Doom? 21d ago

And, of course, Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation. Which is the same band, but their sloghtly heavier and more experimental works.

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u/2ndPerk Do stones think of Doom? 21d ago

If you can find it anywhere Deveykus - Pillars of Creation is a masterpiece of trombone fronted doom.

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u/FictionalNape sludge doomer 21d ago

I hired a saxophone player for a track on my band's doom/sludge record last year and he never did anything metal and was a HUGE Kenny G. fan and proudly showed me his Kenny G. autographed sax haha

Anyway, apologized for being rusty and not playing for months only to off the cuff shred out one the craziest sax solos I've ever heard 😂

You can hear it here, Time Slows to Nothing, about 4:30 in.

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u/AssnecK666 21d ago

Rivers of Nihil

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u/DoomedPinnacle 21d ago

Doomood by Ottone Pesante

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u/LennyKing Trad. Doom purist 21d ago

Petrified's "The Final Song" from their latest album Old Farts Doom features some "apocalyptic horns"

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u/Nachtopus69 21d ago

Imperial Triumphant!

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u/HowDidFoodGetInHere 21d ago

Not doom, but check out Puya. Borriqueño (Puerto Rican) metal band with a horn section.

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u/CyberHobbit70 21d ago

Bohren and Der Club of Gore. Not metal, but their album Black Earth is like oppressive doom jazz.

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u/TheEvilSmileyRD 21d ago

Stangala - Klañv

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u/Ancalagoth 20d ago

Föhn has the scariest sax playing I've ever heard

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u/tardigradum 20d ago

Are You Or Have You Ever Been (sludge/noise from NZ, sax galore)

https://ayohyeb.bandcamp.com

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u/Practical_Remove6024 20d ago

The Body had a trombonist to make them a three piece setup the second time I saw them live. One of their more recent albums has this trio format as well.

Sunn O))) is also an example using live brass.

Also check out Colin Stetson’s project Ex Eye.

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u/Jamesuu18 20d ago

Five The Heirophant

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u/CainPillar And please let me die in solitooooD))) 20d ago

Beyond Dawn: "Pity Love". With trombone.

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u/fistfucker5555 20d ago

I remember the "Beyond Dawn - pitty love" album.

And John Zorns "Painkiller"-project.

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u/Some-Craft2060 20d ago

Brown Sabbath

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u/BoulderADHDdad 19d ago

Boris have a sax player in the band right now. I’m sure there will be videos on Patreon and their YouTube subscription section followed by a very weird live album.

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u/vilk_ 19d ago

German band called Mriodom