Cathedral (band)

Cathedral are a heavy metal/doom metal band from Coventry, England

Biography

The band was founded in 1990 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 adopted a more stoner rock sound and their latest albums were released through Dorrian's own label, Rise Above Records.

In 1989 Lee Dorrian left his former band Napalm Death mainly becase 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 of course Witchfinder General (who Dorrian would later name a song after). Thus, Cathedral was born as a death/doom band on their first releases, but overtime 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 notable for being 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.

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 Memorium (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 (2003)
The Garden of Unearthly Delights (2005)

Singles and EPs

Soul Sacrifice (1992, EP)
Grim Luxuria (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)

Other releases

In Memoriam (2000, Reissue, EP)
Statik Majik/Soul Sacrifice (1999, Reissue)
The Serpent's Gold (2004, Best Of/Rarities)

Videography

DVDs

Our God Has Landed (2001)

External links

Cathedral Coven — Official website

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