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Doom metal is the genre’s dark horse. The often painfully slow approach and morose lyrics have never attracted wider appeal despite the fact that Black Sabbath – the world’s first heavy metaller – were also the original doom metal band.
Like Sabbath before them, Cathedral hail from England, but took the template further, adding extreme vocals and a dirge-like, almost funereal approach to their songwriting. At a time when metal was upping the ante on speed, and grind ruled the roost (vocalist Lee Dorrain was a former member of Napalm Death), Cathedral’s approach was revolutionary.
After 23 years, Cathedral are calling it a day. The band have a final album titled The Last Spire in the works, but have also seen fit to release their first live album, Anniversary. Disc one features a performance of their debut Forest of Equilibrium in its entirety, by the original line-up, while disc two features the current line-up storming through Cathedral’s most well-known numbers.
Doom metal is an acquired taste, but Anniversary proves that the style has a depth and rawness to it that is unique and so utterly metal.
- Simon Lukic
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Cathedral: Anniversary
Reviewed by Simon Lukic on .STACK Magazine Review - Cathedral: AnniversarySTACK reviews new album "Anniversary" by Cathedral, in-store at JB Hi-Fi.Rating: 4.0
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