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Cathedral: U.K., Ireland Dates Announced; New Track Available For Streaming

Posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010

To celebrate the release of their latest album, The Guessing Game, veteran British doom/stoner band Cathedral has announced six live shows in late April / early May 2010. Taking in England, Scotland and both Southernand Northern Ireland, these dates will represent the group’s first headlining gigs since the “Doomed Trinity” package of 2006.  Check out the first track off the album, ‘Edwige’s Eyes’ posted HERE.

Cathedral

Keeping in the Cathedral tradition of delivering the best possible touring package it can, the band has announced the addition of Tokyo’s heaviest sons of Sabbath, Church of Misery OF MISERY, and the Orthodox-doom- meets-true-metal powerhouse that is Indianapolis’s THe Gates of Slumber.

Cathedral tour dates:

Apr. 26 – Manchester, UK – Academy 3
Apr. 27 – Dublin, IRE – The Village
Apr. 28 – Belfast, IRE – Limelight
Apr. 29 – London, UK – ULU
Apr. 30 – Glasgow, UK – King Tut’s
May 01 – Birmingham, UK – Academy 2

Cathedral will release its ninth full-length album and second for the Nuclear Blast label, The Guessing Game, on March 26 in Europe and on April 20 in North America.

Produced once again by Warren Riker , who also took care of the band’s last effort, The Garden Of Unearthly Delights, in 2005, The Guessing Game is one wild and unpredictable ride with one of the most unique and exciting acts the metal genre has got to offer! For the first time in the band’s history, they have recorded a double album that boasts thirteen tracks offering a colourful variety of musical styles and lyrical themes: “Requiem For The Voiceless”, for example, is pure, down ‘n’ out crawling doom — and the first animal-rights song in doom metal history! Then you’ll get classic stomping and grooving Cathedral material with the catchy “Painting In The Dark”, plus many songs wading through psychedelic and proggy waters — especially “Funeral Of Dreams”, featuring none other than Alison O’ Donnell of Mellow Candle (’70s Irish folk rock band) fame doing guest vocals.

It comes as no surprise that this time around Cathedral went as far as to include exotic instrumentation such as Mellotron and Sitar. And pay special attention to the lyrics of “Journeys Into Jade”: Lee Dorrian and Co. are celebrating 20 years of Cathedral with this one!

And what a way to celebrate this anniversary: traditional Cathedral cover artist Dave Patchett came up with one of his finest artworks in the band’s history, mirroring the themes and musical quirkiness of the album itself.

The Guessing Game track listing:

Disc 1:

01. Immaculate Misconception (02:24)
02. Funeral Of Dreams (08:28)
03. Painting In The Dark (06:18)
04. Death Of An Anarchist (07:12)
05. The Guessing Game (03:08)
06. Edwige’s Eyes (07:08)
07. Cats, Incense, Candles & Wine (06:01)

Cathedral - The Guessing Game

Disc 2:

01. One Dimensional People (02:30)
02. The Casket Chasers (06:41)
03. La Noche del Buque Maldito (a.k.a. Ghost Ship of The Blind Dead) (05:46)
04. The Running Man (08:46)
05. Requiem for the Voiceless (09:50)
06. Journey Into Jade (10:36)

Last year, Night Of The Vinyl Dead Records released Cathedral’s Caravan Beyond Redemption album on limited-edition double splatter vinyl with a gatefold cover. The LP, which was originally released by Earache in 1998, was limited to 500 copies.

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Album of the day: Cathedral – The Guessing Game

Posted on Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: A double album is always a curious read, and Cathedral’s ninth full-length, The Guessing Game, with which the legendary UK doom outfit celebrates their 20th anniversary, is no exception. All the more so considering The Guessing Game is so close to the 80-minute limit of ...read more

Cathedral New Album Details Revealed

Posted on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Veteran British doom / stoner band Cathedral will release its ninth full-length album and second for the Nuclear Blast label, The Guessing Game, on March 26. The CD was recorded at the Chapel studios in Lincolnshire, U.K. and was once again produced by Warren Riker (Down, Crowbar). It also sports ...read more

First bands For Hole In The Sky Announced

Posted on Monday, December 7th, 2009

Our good friends over at Terrorizer announced the first bands for Hole in The Sky 2010 (a.k.a. Bergen Metal Fest XI), set to take place August 25-28 in Bergen, Norway:
The fest has been eager to book the mighty hard hitters Cathedral for quite some time and this time they finally ...read more

Cathedral to enter the studio

Posted on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

After several years of speculation, Cathedral enter Chapel Studio’s in November to record their ninth full-length album and second for the Nuclear Blast label. To be titled The Guessing Game, it will once again be produced by Warren Riker and sport stunning new artwork from band collaborator Dave Patchett.
Songs for ...read more

Cathedral: Trailer released for The Ethereal Mirror reissue bonus DVD

Posted on Monday, July 6th, 2009

A short trailer for the bonus DVD, Ethereal Reflections, that comes with the reissue of  The Ethereal Mirror, the classic 1993 album from British doom metal legends Cathedral, can be viewed below.

Ethereal Mirror was almost as drastic a departure from Cathedral’s slow and meloncholic doom-drenched debut, Forest Of Equilibrium, as ...read more

Album of the album: Cathedral – The Garden of Unearthly Delights

Posted on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

The recent Cathedral albums while replete with voluminous riffs lacked the quirky, anachronistic otherworldliness which makes them so endearing, especially Lee Dorian’s livid Moorcock / Colin Wilson prose extolling the pleasures of myopic zombies, malevolent magi, and all other manner of devilish, altered states chicanery coupled with Garry Jennings’s cavernous ...read more

Roadburn 2009: first audio streams on line

Posted on Sunday, May 24th, 2009

For those who didn’t get to take part in  Roadburn Festival 2009, and for those who did, but want to relive it, Holland’s major media network Vpro 3voor12 has put up the first on-demand audio streams for your listening pleasure.
Baroness, Ufomammut, Cathedral, Mono, White Hills, Roadsaw, Amon Duul II ...read more