Cathedral

Dick Brucinson

Dick Brucinson

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Anybody else here who likes Cathedral (Coventry/UK)?

Actually I heard of them for the first time around 1992 when they were doom metal orientated, then forgot them for years - but now revisited some of their stuff and I must say I really like them. Liked them in 1992 already, but their later more uptempo stuff has a lot to it, plenty of nodding to the 1970s.

Maybe anybody in here having seen them live?

The video to Midnight Mountain is... disturbing, partly quite funny... and very, very cool.

 
I actually really like them! First discovered them through Hopkins (Witchfinder General) music video and got hooked. The Ethereal Mirror is an awesome album. A small fun fact: vocalist Lee Dorian was earlier in the band Napalm Death.

BTW, why do you find the video for Midnight Mountain disturbing? Are hand claps not your thing? LOL!
 
Was aware of them from the Midnight Mountain video, and have a couple of albums. I'd be more of a "best of" sort of fan of these than a die hard
 
Siddharth said:
BTW, why do you find the video for Midnight Mountain disturbing? Are hand claps not your thing? LOL!
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Mmhh, difficult to describe. Perhaps it's this "acid party vibe" along with the groovy 70's style while still metal. Perhaps the "disco" elements? More than that they are dressed like Hippies. Then... A slightly aggressive, grumpy singer in a white suit, dancing... :bigsmile: Plus the fact that the singer always turns to the viewer. Like he definitely has to say something. Great stuff.
 
Big fan, here. Used to talk a lot with Lee Dorrian and Brian Dixon, online. They're the only band that carried on the adventurous spirit of 70's Sabbath. Hope they reform at some point. Garry Jennings is an underrated riffmaster and they're very cool people. Saw them live, in São Paulo (June 24th, 2011), Garry gave me and a friend a plectrum each, talke to him during the show and we had a bit of a laugh, Lee Dorrian gave me mic to scream 'Utopian Blaster', on the gig and beat his chest in acknowledging the dedication and I told Brian he's one of my fave drummers and he thanked me, went to the drum riser and gave me a drumstick. Love 'em!
 
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Cathedral on vinyl is worth pure gold! I recommend the whole catalogue 'cos there's no weak, much less bad albums; it's one of the strongest discographies there is, full of b-sides, rare tracks and a compilation with unreleased material. This is my ranking, so, you can use as a reference, if you want. I tagged some EP's, alongside a few albums and all of them are really great:

The Ethereal Mirror
Caravan Beyond Redemption
The Carnival Bizarre/Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)
Soul Sacrifice/Statik Majik
Supernatural Birth Machine
Endtyme
In Memorium/Forest Of Equilibrium
The Garden Of Unearthly Delights
The VIIth Coming
The Guessing Game/A New Ice Age
The Last Spire

Also, if you play guitar, I made loads of tabs for some albums, the full tracklist. A guy, from Brasil, also, took off the credits of the tab files and published on some sites as if were his, but, it's my work.

Cheers, man.
 
Jeffmetal said:
Cathedral on vinyl is worth pure gold! I recommend the whole catalogue 'cos there's no weak, much less bad albums; it's one of the strongest discographies there is, full of b-sides, rare tracks and a compilation with unreleased material. This is my ranking, so, you can use as a reference, if you want. I tagged some EP's, alongside a few albums and all of them are really great:

The Ethereal Mirror
Caravan Beyond Redemption
The Carnival Bizarre/Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)
Soul Sacrifice/Statik Majik
Supernatural Birth Machine
Endtyme
In Memorium/Forest Of Equilibrium
The Garden Of Unearthly Delights
The VIIth Coming
The Guessing Game/A New Ice Age
The Last Spire

Also, if you play guitar, I made loads of tabs for some albums, the full tracklist. A guy, from Brasil, also, took off the credits of the tab files and published on some sites as if were his, but, it's my work.

Cheers, man.
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Very interesting, thank you so much. So I get it right: Ethereal Mirror is the best album according to your ranking?
I will try to get a hold of all the stuff you listed by YT captures.
And yep, I do play guitar (and bass).
Well, the Forest Of Equilibrium vinyl LP I have... I suppose my copy is not worth THAT much. I bought it in 1992 when I was 17 and was treating all my vinyls very, very rough back in the day. Unfortunately.
The thing that hurts me most is an originally 1968 release of the Beatles White Album I got from my father, one from the first edition with individual number printed on it. I had no clue about its value and it looks like shit, really... Plus lots of Led Zeppelin 7 inches, also all from the era they got originally released.
 
Dick Brucinson said:
Very interesting, thank you so much. So I get it right: Ethereal Mirror is the best album according to your ranking?
I will try to get a hold of all the stuff you listed by YT captures.
And yep, I do play guitar (and bass).
Well, the Forest Of Equilibrium vinyl LP I have... I suppose my copy is not worth THAT much. I bought it in 1992 when I was 17 and was treating all my vinyls very, very rough back in the day. Unfortunately.
The thing that hurts me most is an originally 1968 release of the Beatles White Album I got from my father, one from the first edition with individual number printed on it. I had no clue about its value and it looks like shit, really... Plus lots of Led Zeppelin 7 inches, also all from the era they got originally released.
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The Ethereal Mirror is my fave. If you want some tabs, just give a shout.

Cheers!
 
Big fan of cathedral here :shred:

I was starting to get into death metal around the early 1990’s which included the death doom movement in the uk. Discovered cathedral around the same time as paradise lost, my dying bride and Anathema.

I remember buying the ethereal mirror on release day and was so excited as I loved the forest of equilibrium. I love the ethereal mirror but it did take a while for the album to fully sync with me as it was a bit of a departure from the debut. Whilst it retained the heaviness it was more mid paced and groovy compared to the slow funeral doom of the first album. They hit a commercial peak with their third album, the carnival bizarre and I remember the Hopkins video being played loafs on MTV.

Followed them through their career and was fortunate enough to see them live quite a few times and they always delivered a great show. Was sad to see them call it quits but I understood. After the carnival bizarre their stock dropped a bit as they went even more into 70’s doom a la sabbath and moved further away from their death/doom roots and they never seemed to really build on their early momentum and by the end they were playing small venues and barely scrapping by financially.

Would love to see them make a come back at some point as the time away might spark some renewed interest and push them up the food chain a bit.
 
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