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| Origin | Coventry, England |
| Genre(s) | Doom metal Heavy metal |
| Years active | 1989-present |
| Label(s) | Earache Records Rise Above Records Nuclear Blast Records (Present) |
| Website | www.cathedralcoven.com |
| Members | |
| Lee Dorrian Garry Jennings Leo Smee Brian Dixon |
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Cathedral are a heavy metal/doom metal band from Coventry, England.
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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 released through Earache. They later incorporated elements of stoner rock and progressive rock into their sound and some of their albums were released through Dorrian's own label, Rise Above Records. 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 odour 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.
Members
Current members
- Lee Dorrian - Vocals
- Garry Jennings - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Backing Vocals and Drums
- Leo Smee - Bass
- Brian Dixon - Drums
Former members
- Mark Griffiths - Bass
- Adam Lehan - Guitar
- Ben Mochrie - Drums
- Mike Smail - Drums
- Mark Wharton - Drums, Whistle and Flute
- Scott Carlson - Bass
- Victor Griffin - Guitar
- Joe Hasselvander - Drums
- Barry Stern - Drums
- Dave Hornyak - Drums
Discography
Demos
- In Memoriam (1990)
- Demo # 2 (1991)
Full-length albums
- Forest of Equilibrium (1991)
- The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
- The Carnival Bizarre (1995)
- Supernatural Birth Machine (1996)
- Caravan Beyond Redemption (1998)
- Endtyme (2001)
- The VIIth Coming (2002)
- The Garden of Unearthly Delights (2005)
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 Memoriam (1994, EP)
- Statik Majik (1994, EP)
- Hopkins (The Witchfinder General) (1996, EP)
- Gargoylian (2001, Single)
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 record)
Videography
DVDs
- Our God Has Landed (2001)
References
External links
- Cathedral Coven — Official website
- Cathedral discography at MusicBrainz
