Cathedral (band)

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Cathedral
Origin Coventry, England
Genre(s) Doom metal
Stoner doom
Years active 1989-present
Label(s) Rise Above Records (1990)
Earache Records (1991-99)
Ultimatum Records(1993)
Columbia/Sony Records (1992-1994)
Southern Lord Records (1999)
Dream Catcher Records (2001-2002)
Nuclear Blast Records (2004-Present)
Website www.cathedralcoven.com
Members
Lee Dorrian
Garry Jennings
Leo Smee
Brian Dixon

Cathedral are a doom metal band from Coventry, England.

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[edit] Biography

The band was founded in 1989 by Lee Dorrian (a former member of Napalm Death), Mark 'Griff' Griffiths (a former Carcass roadie) and Garry 'Gaz' Jennings (formerly of Acid Reign). At first they played very heavy and slow doom metal that was first released through Rise Above Records, vocalist Lee Dorrian's indie label, before signing to Earache. They later incorporated elements of stoner rock and progressive rock into their sound when the band signed to Columbia Records in the USA in 1992 (while still under contract with Earache U.K.). They were later dropped by Columbia Records in 1994. The band continued with Earache Records until 2000. Then signed to Dream Catcher Records for one lp and a tour. In 2004 Cathedral signed to their current label Nuclear Blast.

In 1989 Lee Dorrian left his former band Napalm Death mainly because he was getting sick of the punk scene and did not like the death metal direction Napalm Death was heading towards. Cathedral was formed after Lee Dorrian and Mark Griffiths met and discussed their love for doom bands like Candlemass, Dream Death, Pentagram, Trouble, and Witchfinder General. Thus, Cathedral was born as a death/doom band on their first releases, but over time became what many consider to be "modern doom metal" and today, they are a stoner/groove metal band with some doom influences.

The only original band members in the current line-up are Lee Dorrian and Garry 'Gaz' Jennings on guitars, although Jennings did once leave the band in their early history, only to rejoin shortly afterwards.

Their most recent album, The Garden of Unearthly Delights, is a scratch and sniff CD - rubbing the CD itself (printed with an apple) will produce the smell of apples. The CD getting warm in certain CD players will also produce this effect. However, the smell does wear off after a while and starts to emit an odor more like celery than apples - whether this is intentional or not is unknown.

Lee Dorian has also stated in an interview with the Chronicles of Chaos that Cathedral will end one day. That, unlike his previous band Napalm Death, Cathedral won't be around forever.

[edit] Members

[edit] Current members

  • Lee Dorrian - Vocals
  • Garry Jennings - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Backing Vocals and Drums
  • Leo Smee - Bass
  • Brian Dixon - Drums

[edit] Former members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Demos

  • In Memorium (1990)
  • Demo # 2 -Forest of Equilibrium sessions (1991)

[edit] Full-length albums

[edit] Singles and EPs

  • Soul Sacrifice (1992, EP) (Also featured as 1/4 of the Gods of Grind Earache CD)
  • Grim Luxuria (1993, Single)
  • Midnight Mountain (1993, Single)
  • Ride (1993, Single)
  • Twylight Songs (1993, Single)
  • Cosmic Requiem (1994, EP)
  • In Memorium (1994, EP)
  • Statik Majik (1994, EP)
  • Hopkins (The Witchfinder General) (1996, EP)
  • Gargoylian (2001, Single)

[edit] Other releases

  • In Memoriam Reissue (2000, Reissue, EP)
  • Statik Majik/Soul Sacrifice (1999, Reissue)
  • Our God Has Landed (2001, DVD)
  • The Serpent's Gold (2004, Best Of/Rarities, Two disc lp)

[edit] Professional Bootlegs

  • Echoes of Dirges From the Nave (1991, Holland 4-6-91)
  • The Gods of Grind (1992, Campaign For Musical destruction Tour)
  • Ride Through the Decay (1992, Stuttgart, 12-28-92)
  • Let's Groove (1994, Milan 12-24-94)
  • Cosmic Funeral (1995, Milan 5-24-94)
  • Black Birth Machine (1997, California 4-14-97)
  • Voodoo Caravan (1999, Osaka 6-11-99)


[edit] Videography

[edit] DVDs

  • Our God Has Landed (2001)

[edit] References

Official Cathedral website
Includes discography and extensive band biography

[edit] External links