What better day - the 48th anniversary of Black Sabbath's debut album - to post about the Doom Metal Lexicanum, a beast of a book by journalist Aleksey Evdokimov that covers the history and culture of doom metal in incredible detail.
The book features interviews and profiles on 365 bands, including the likes of Acid King, Candlemass, Cathedral, Conan, Cauchemar, Church Of Misery, Conan, Count Raven, Doom Dogs, Electric Wizard, Fall Of The Idol, Internal Void, Isole, Lord Vicar, Lucifer, The Obsessed, Pantheist, Pentagram, Pagan Altar, Revelation, Reverend Bizarre, Saint Vitus, Solstice, Sleep, Solitude Aeturnus, Trouble, Witchfinder General, Wretch, Witchsorrow, The Wounded Kings and quite literally hundreds more.