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this is what I was looking for.” VW: “Give me something like Smashing Pumpkins, but more satanic.” [laughs] Is there a difference between doom and sludge, to you? FH: I think doom is more broad, and sludge is generally dirtier … closer to hardcore punk.  Carlos, you grew up here in Nashville. What was your musical upbringing like? CO: My dad was always into rock music, 105.9 The Rock and stuff. The first shop I ever went to was Phonoluxe. Thirteen was when I really started getting into music that was heavier, faster, weirder … collecting CDs and trying to learn...

The story of doom metal in 29 songs The long, dark, winding story of doom metal, told through its most vital tracks – from Black Sabbath to YOB Words: Nick Ruskell You could spend a very long time telling the story of doom. Literally, you could, given its frequently slow tempos naturally leading to songs of notable length. But also because its history stretches so far back, and splinters into so many different tangents. From the ​“scary music” idea Sabbath had in 1970, through to bands who took that idea and really ran with it, to funereal dirges and explorations of doom where it...