Posts Tagged ‘doom’

Cathedral To Celebrate 20 Years With Original Lineup; Presenting Their Seminal Album Forest of Equilibrium In Its Entirety

Posted on Monday, July 26th, 2010

The year 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of Cathedral and in order to commemorate the occasion the band will perform a one-off show on December 3 2010 at the O2 Academy in Islington, North London.

For one night only Cathedral will be performing two sets, including the entirety of their landmark debut album and doom metal classic, Forest of Equilibrium, where Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings will be joined by the recording lineup Mark “Griff” Griffiths, Adam Lehan and Mike Smail. This will be followed by a second set of songs performed by the current lineup of Lee Dorian, Garry Jennings, Brian Dixon and Leo Smee.

Vocalist Lee Dorrian elaborates: “Cathedral has come along way since those dirge-ridden smoke-filled, cheap-lager- and sweat-infested early rehearsals back in 1990. To be brutally honest, back then we never imagined that we would have continued on a 20-year journey and still be here to tell the tale.

A lot of bands that have been around this long tend to shy away from their roots, in favor of more ‘accessible’ material that they wrote in their ‘maturing’ stages. Well, despite the fact that we may have expanded on our sound and style since those early days, we are certainly not embarrassed by our origins, in fact the opposite is true. To commemorate (commiserate?) this 20-year marathon, we thought it would be a cool idea to regroup the lineup of our first studio album for a special one-off show, and perform it in its entirety. Fortunately, everyone from those days agreed. This will mark the beginning of the evening, which will be followed by a set of material ‘post-Forest,’ bringing us right up to date with our latest album, ‘The Guessing Game’.

“We are excited about this event and look forward to seeing you there.”

Continue reading: BLABBERMOUTH.NET – CATHEDRAL To Celebrate 20 Years With Original Lineup.

Tags: Blabbermouth, cathedral, doom, Forest of Equilibrium, garry jennings, lee dorrian
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Shrinebuilder: European Tour Dates Announced

Posted on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Shrinebuilder— the project that features in its ranks Scott “Wino” Weinrich (St. Vitus, The Hidden Hand), Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Al Cisneros (OM, Sleep) and Dale Crover (Melvins) — has scheduled the following European tour dates: Nov. 09 – Tivoli – Utrecht, Netherlands Nov. 10 – De Kreun – Kortrijk, Belgium ...read more

Cathedral: European Headlining Tour Announced

Posted on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Veteran British doom / stoner band Cathedral will embark on a European headlining tour in November. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Nov. 07 – Köln, Germany – Underground Nov. 08 – Stuttgart, Germany – Die Röhre Nov. 09 – Vienna, Austria – Szene Nov. 11 – Pratteln, Switzerland ...read more

Album of the day: Alkerdeel – De Spleenzalvinge

Posted on Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Praise for Alkerdeel‘s De Spleenzalvinge from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Brand new record from these blackened Belgian weirdoes, whose sound has changed dramatically from our first exposure to these guys. The grim noisy Luizig cassette, releases on Silvester Anfang’s Funeral Folk label, which seemed apt at the time, a raw ...read more

Zoroaster: New Album Available For Streaming

Posted on Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

The new album by Zoroaster called Matador is now available for streaming, courtesy of ThinkIndie. (Internet Explorer user may need to click this link to listen to Matador) Matador is scheduled for a July 13 North American release via E1 Music.

While Heaven Wept: Live Album Details Announced

Posted on Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Virginia-based epic doom metallers While Heaven Wept will release a new live album, Triumph: Tragedy: Transcendence – Live At The Hammer Of Doom Festival, in November. Triumph: Tragedy: Transcendence will be made available as a CD / DVD set courtesy of Cruz Del Sur Music, as well as a 2xLP ...read more

Album of the day: Jex Thoth – Witness

Posted on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Hellbound.ca: Jex Thoth’s debut album was all creaky organ and fuzz-blasted guitars, like something on the Vertigo or Dawn labels circa 1971. This was a band not made for these times: a contrarian, antiquarian enigma railing against the sterile modern sound-world. For those eager to hear the ...read more

Album of the day: Crowned In Earth – Visions Of The Haunted

Posted on Friday, June 25th, 2010

Praise for Crowned In Earth‘s Visions Of The Haunted from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records:  Doomhounds, arise from ye slumbers! The Shadow Kingdom label knows what you want, and have dug up yet another dismal dirge-like debut for your delight. Right on the spine it proudly says “English Doom” and indeed ...read more

Legendary Stoner Rock Icons Sleep Announce Fall Tour

Posted on Monday, June 21st, 2010

Legendary stoner rock band Sleep split in 1997 after two hugely influential albums. Members went on to form underground heroes OM and High on Fire, and more recently metal supergroup Shrinebuilder. This fall, original members Al Cisneros and Matt Pike will be joined by drummer Jason Roeder of Neurosis to ...read more

Candlemass To Perform Entire ‘Epicus Doomicus Metalicus’ Album At Stockholm Concert

Posted on Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Legendary Swedish doomsters Candlemass will celebrate their 25-year anniversary as a band with an extra-long performance at Debaser Medis in Stockholm on December 18. The band’s classic 1986 album, “Epicus Doomicus Metalicus”, will be performed in its entirety for the first time with Candlemass’ original singer Johan Längqvist. Commented the ...read more