Cathedral

Cathedral
Genre(s)
Doom Metal (early), Stoner / Doom Metal (later)
Lyrical theme(s)
Mythology, doom, occultism
Origin	Formed in	Current label	Status
United Kingdom (Coventry)	1989	Nuclear Blast Records	Active
Current line-up
Lee Dorrian - Vocals (1989-) (Napalm Death, S.O.B. (Jpn), Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine, Paul Chain) Gary "Gaz" Jennings - Guitar (1989-) (Acid Reign) Leo Smee - Bass (1994-) (Firebird, Trespass, Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses) Brian Dixon - Drums (1994-) (Horakane)
Former/past member(s)
Guitar: Adam Lehan (1989-1994) (Acid Reign) Bass: Mark Griffiths (1989-1992) (Year Zero (UK), Blackstar) Drums: Ben Mochrie (1990) Mike Smail (1991) (Dream Death, Penance, Pentagram (US), Internal Void) Mark Ramsey Wharton (1992-1994) (Cronos (UK), Asomvel, Acid Reign)
Additional notes
Formed by Lee Dorrian after leaving Napalm Death for the reason that he was getting sick of the punk scene and didn't 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 Black Sabbath,Candlemass, Pentagram (US), Trouble (US) and so on. Lee Dorrian is the owner of Rise Above Records.

Discography

In Memorium	Demo, 1990		[1 review, 95%]
Demo # 2	Demo, 1991
Forest of Equilibrium	Full-length, 1991		[6 reviews, average 90%]
Gods of Grind	Split album, 1992		[1 review, 91%]
Soul Sacrifice	EP, 1992		[4 reviews, average 91%]
Grim Luxuria	Single, 1993
Midnight Mountain	Single, 1993
Ride	Single, 1993
Twylight Songs	Single, 1993		[1 review, 100%]
The Ethereal Mirror	Full-length, 1993		[6 reviews, average 87%]
In Memorium	EP, 1994
Statik Majik	EP, 1994
Cosmic Requiem	EP, 1994		[1 review, 80%]
The Carnival Bizarre	Full-length, 1995		[4 reviews, average 89%]
Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)	EP, 1996		[2 reviews, average 74%]
Supernatural Birth Machine	Full-length, 1996		[2 reviews, average 76%]
Caravan Beyond Redemption	Full-length, 1998		[3 reviews, average 76%]
Statik Majik / Soul Sacrifice	Best of/Compilation, 1999
In Memoriam	Best of/Compilation, 2000		[1 review, 99%]
Our God Has Landed	DVD, 2001
Gargoylian	Single, 2001		[1 review, 80%]
Endtyme	Full-length, 2001		[2 reviews, average 90%]
The VIIth Coming	Full-length, 2002		[3 reviews, average 86%]
The Serpent's Gold	Best of/Compilation, 2004
The Garden of Unearthly Delights	Full-length, 2005		[1 review, 95%]

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