Traditional Doom Metal

1) American one-hit wonder pop group from Florida. They released an album in 1969 entitled Mercy - Love Can Make You Happy; this peaked at #38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 200 chart[1] as a result of the success of their hit single, "Love (Can Make You Happy)". The tune spent two weeks at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and also peaked at #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. 2) Metal band from Sweden. The death of its remaining member in 2005 ended the group, which generally passed unnoticed.

40 Watt Sun is the new music project of singer/guitarist/songwriter Patrick Walker, best known for his previous band, Warning. 40 Watt sun sees Patrick Walker accompanied by drummer/percussionist Christian Leitch, previously best known as the guitarist and founder-member of london-based band The River, and bass player William Spong. They made their live debut at a small, intimate show at the scream lounge, London, on the 20th December 2009 playing with the London-based band Wake.

Serpentcult, a band featuring former members of Thee Plague of Gentlemen and Welkin, has a deal with Sweden's I Hate Records. Cozy (drums)
Steven (bass)
Fred (guitar)
Michelle (vocals) They have a doom metal sound comparable to that of Thee Plague Of Gentlemen, but with clean female vocals, managing to retain an original style.

There are at least five bands called Solstice... www.myspace.com/solsticeenglander
Solstice (Doom Metal, UK) formed 1990 in Bradford and is currently signed to the Miskatonic Foundation, which the founding guitarist, Rich Walker is in charge of, the MIskatonic Foundation, which has released CDs by Twisted Tower Dire, Ritual Steel, Ironsword, Revelation (US), and The Lord Weird Slough Feg. He was also apart of one of the first and most infamous grindcore and noisecore band Sore Throat. Since formation, they are active to this day.