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4 unusual facts about Doom


Cyberdemon

A miniature figure of the Cyberdemon was included with the 1996 video game collection id Anthology and another appears in the 2011's Doom: The Boardgame.

Doom, Gloom, Heartache, and Whiskey

It was recorded in Royersford, USA, at the Dome Sound Studios, under the direction of Rich Gavalis.

It is the first album to feature the band's two new guitarists, Dom Wallace (formerly of English band Deadeye) and Gnarkill guitarist, Rich Vose.

Melvin O'Doom

Melvin was presenting Swap Shop with Basil Brush in 2008 on Saturday mornings, alongside his days of playing various characters for the long running and BAFTA award winning Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow.


A Past and Future Secret

Specifically, it details the doom of Camelot and the destruction of King Arthur's dream at the Battle of Camlann, where the king and his bastard son Mordred slew each other.

A slumber did my spirit seal

Draconian, a Doom Metal band from Sweden, composed music for this poem, and was included as part of their debut album Where Lovers Mourn (2003).

Allison Fisher

Fisher was nicknamed "the Duchess of Doom" and gained a reputation similar to that of the fifteen-time darts world champion Phil Taylor and snooker players Joe Davis, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry in the 1930s and 80s–90s, respectively.

Blelack

The “Cold” Hill O’ Fare is near Banchory some miles further down the Dee valley, Dool is the Doric dialect term roughly equivalent to Doom.

Ceryneian Hind

Eurystheus and Hera were greatly angered to find that Heracles had managed to escape from the claws of the Nemean Lion and the fangs of the Lernaean Hydra, and so decided to spend more time thinking up a third task that would spell doom for the hero.

Complicated Mind

Complicated Mind is the second full-length studio album by the Japanese band Doom.

Cynthia Von Doom

On one midsummer evening, Doctor Doom sent his Swarmbots to abduct Franklin Richards from Four Freedoms Plaza and bring him to Latveria.

Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights

#”Salt in Our Wounds (Thulsa Doom Version)” – 7:02 (In Joy and Sorrow Limited edition Finnish/German Maxi single)

Doom II: Hell on Earth

Final Doom consists of two 32-level megawads (level files), TNT: Evilution by TeamTNT, and The Plutonia Experiment by the Casali brothers.

Doom VI – Illegal Soul

Doom VI – Illegal Soul is the fifth studio album by the Japanese band Doom.

Doombot

During the Acts of Vengeance storyline, a Doombot was used by Doctor Doom to serve as his proxy at the time when Loki has gathered some criminal masterminds to help in his plot.

Doomguy

In Doom 3, Doomguy appears similar to his classic Doom incarnation, with the exception that his facial features are not concealed, since he does not wear a helmet (even though all other marines in the game wear the same helmet as the original Doomguy).

In the Doom 3 novels his name is John Kane (who has the same last name as Quake 4 protagonist Matthew Kane).

Elasti-Girl

Following the One Year Later jump, the Doom Patrol changes considerably, losing several members and gaining Beast Boy, Bumblebee and Vox.

Tragedy strikes when the Doom Patrol's enemies, the Brotherhood of Evil, threaten a small New England fishing village.

Elizabeth Báthory

In 2010, Swedish heavy/doom metal band Ghost released "Elizabeth" as the first single of their debut album Opus Eponymous.

Garguax

Garguax returns in Doom Patrol #96, this time allying himself with the Brotherhood of Evil.

Giganta

She later appeared in the Super Friends short episodes "Two Gleeks are Deadlier Than One" and "Revenge of Doom" again voiced by Ruth Forman.

Ground Zero: In Your House

Legion of Doom were the first to be eliminated after being disqualified for attacking The Godwinns with their own slop bucket.

Heavy Lord

After Belgium they made their debut in Germany, supporting Crowbar and High on Fire, and did their first tour with Belgian doom band Mose.

Hellboy: Strange Places

The origins of God, angels, the Earth, the Ogdru Jahad and their spawn are revealed, as well as the exact source of the Right Hand of Doom.

Hexen: Beyond Heretic

Whereas Doom, Doom II, and Heretic rely on lines within the maps to perform simple actions, Hexen also allows these actions to be activated via Action Code Script (ACS).

Hulk Robot

During the Acts of Vengeance event, Doctor Doom gave Jester II the Hulk Robot's parts and Jester rebuilt it (with the addition of humorous weapons in its arsenal) as a member of the Assembly of Evil.

Ian Arkley

Arkley was briefly a member of the Australian doom outfit Paramaecium, and recorded the album A Time to Mourn with them.

Islamic view of angels

Lūṭ (Lot) also had angels come to him to warn him of the impending doom of his people.

Joan Freeman

In 1962, Freeman was cast as Marilyn Hayes in the doom and gloom classic film, Panic in Year Zero! alongside veteran film stars Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, and singer teenage heart-throb Frankie Avalon.

John Gallo

Originally the webmaster/creater of the doom metal website/festival/fanzine, Born Too Late.

Kim Jong-suk

This led to the construction of a 105-story Ryugyong Hotel, which is still not opened and is nicknamed 'hotel of doom'

Kingdom of Doom

"Kingdom of Doom" is a song by the supposedly unnamed British alternative rock supergroup made up of Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong and Tony Allen and is the fourth track on their 2007 album The Good, the Bad and the Queen (see 2007 in British music).

Knowing

The Knowing, an album by the doom/death metal band Novembers Doom

Leah Siegel

The 90 second clip was shown in its entirety in the It's not all doom and gloom section of Russell Howard's Good News on BBC2 in 2010.

Marc Faber

He was the subject of a book written by Nury Vittachi in 1998 entitled Doctor Doom - Riding the Millennial Storm - Marc Faber's Path to Profit in the Financial Crisis.

Monks of Doom

Guitarists Greg Lisher and Chris Molla, bassist (and in the case of the Monks of Doom, lead vocalist) Victor Krummenacher and drummer Chris Pedersen began the group as a casual side project to explore some of their interests that did not fit into Camper Van Beethoven's sound.

Novembers Doom

In November 2006, Novembers Doom performed their first full length overseas tour in Western Europe, touring with the bands Agalloch, Saturnus, and Thurisaz in support.

Omega Supreme

Although no toy exists for Omega Doom, his design is based on the toy for Cybertron Menasor, with a head that resembles that of Generation 1 Omega Supreme.

Palle Torsson

Using the graphic engine of existing video games such as Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake and Half-Life they transformed the museum architecture into violent first-person shooter games where the museum visitor could wander around inside a virtual version of the museum killing and blowing up master pieces.

Plant of Doom

"Plant of Doom" is the second episode of Supermarionation television series Stingray, originally broadcast as episode 34 on 23 May 1965.

Put 'Em Under Pressure

The Horslips song "Dearg Doom", was itself based on the traditional Irish tune, O' Neill's March, (which appeared as Marcshlua Uí Néill on Sean O Riada's 1969 album "O'Riada sa Gaiety",) and which refers to Hugh O'Neill and his part in The Nine Year War.

Questionable Content

Penelope Gaines (often called Penny or Pen-pen over her objections, or will have her name pronounced to rhyme with "Antelope" to similar objections) is an employee of Coffee of Doom.

Richard Rosenberg

At the time of his death from carbon monoxide poisoning in Wentzville, Missouri he had written and was filming what was intended to be the fourth film in the series, The 100% All-Beef Doom.

Sybil Danning

Her photograph posing on the infamous Lorelei Rock on the Rhine River in nothing but her long blonde tresses while luring sailors to their doom through song made her a sensation in the European press.

The Doom Brigade

The Doom Brigade chronicles the former First Dragonarmy Engineering Regiment’s quest to recover the first female draconians on Krynn after the War of the Lance.

The Firebrand of Florence

Sculptor Benvenuto Cellini has been sentenced to hang for the attempted murder of Count Maffio ("When the Bell of Doom is Clanging").

The Justice of Suffering

The Justice of Suffering is a doom metal song from the Finnish death metal band, Swallow the Sun features the vocals of Jonas Renkse of Katatonia during the chorus.

The Miser's Doom

The Miser's Doom is one of the earliest films featuring a ghost, although previous examples had been produced by Georges Méliès and George Albert Smith the previous year.

Video game controversies

Contrary to certain rumors, however, neither student had made a Doom level mimicking the school's layout and there is no evidence the pair practiced the massacre in Doom.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle

The first edition, written by Bryan Ansell, Richard Halliwell, Graham Eckel and Rick Priestley was published in 1983 and consists of a boxed set of 3 black and white books illustrated by Tony Ackland: Vol 1: Tabletop Battles, which contains the core rules, turn sequence, creature lists, potion recipes and features an introductory battle 'The Ziggurat of Doom'.

Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls

Built in 1982 at a cost of $15 million, the Arena-Auditorium commonly called the AA (or "Dome of Doom") seats over 15,000.


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