Cathedral

Country	United Kingdom
Formed	1989, Coventry, England
Disbanded	2013
Genres	Doom Metal, Stoner Metal
Labels	Rise Above Records

Line-up (members)

Lee Dorrian : Vocals (1989-2013)
Gaz Jennings : Guitars (1989-2013), Bass (1993-1994), Keyboards (1994-1996)
Scott Carlson : Bass (2011-2013)
Brian Dixon : Drums (1994-2013)

Former members

Andy Baker : Drums (1989)
Mark Griffiths : Guitars (1989-1990), Bass (1990-1992)
Adam Lehan : Guitars (1989-1994)
Ben Mochrie : Drums (1990)
Mike Smail : Drums (1991)
Mark Ramsay Wharton : Drums (1992-1994), Keyboards (1992)
Leo Smee : Bass (1994-2011), Guitars (2010)

Album Photos (53)

Cathedral - Supernatural Birth Machine CD Photo by melodic

Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre Cassette Photo by DawnWuzHere

Cathedral - The Serpent's Gold CD Photo by melodic

Cathedral - The Garden of Unearthly Delights CD Photo by 꽁우

Cathedral - Supernatural Birth Machine CD Photo by 꽁우

Cathedral Discography

Album	Lyrics	Type	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
In Memorium		Demo	Oct 1990	90	1	0
Demo # 2		Demo	1991	-	0	0
Entombed / Carcass / Cathedral / Confessor Rock Hard Presents: Gods of Grind		Split	Dec 1991	-	0	0
Forest of Equilibrium	Lyrics	Album	Dec 6, 1991	83.3	14	4
Entombed / Carcass / Cathedral / Confessor Gods of Grind		Split	1992	-	0	0
Soul Sacrifice	Lyrics	EP	Oct 20, 1992	91.7	3	0
Twylight Songs		Single	1993	70	1	0
Ride		Single	1993	-	0	0
Grim Luxuria		Single	1993	-	0	0
The Ethereal Mirror	Lyrics	Album	Feb 1, 1993	86.5	12	2
After Forever		Split	1994	-	0	0
Statik Majik	Lyrics	EP	Apr 5, 1994	80	4	0
Pitchshifter / My Dying Bride / Paradise Lost / Cathedral New Metal Messiahs!		Split	Jun 1995	-	0	0
The Carnival Bizarre	Lyrics	Album	Sep 29, 1995	87.9	7	0
Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)	Lyrics	EP	Apr 9, 1996	80	4	0
Supernatural Birth Machine	Lyrics	Album	Nov 12, 1996	83.8	4	0
Caravan Beyond Redemption	Lyrics	Album	Dec 6, 1998	80	3	0
Endtyme	Lyrics	Album	Feb 26, 2001	78.8	4	0
The VIIth Coming	Lyrics	Album	Oct 21, 2002	80	3	0
The Serpent's Gold		Compilation	Jun 21, 2004	-	0	0
The Garden of Unearthly Delights	Lyrics	Album	Sep 26, 2005	90	2	0
The Guessing Game	Lyrics	Album	Mar 26, 2010	92.5	2	0
A New Ice Age	Lyrics	EP	Dec 2, 2011	-	0	0
Vengeance of the Blind Dead (Flexi Version)		Single	Feb 7, 2013	-	0	0
The Last Spire	Lyrics	Album	Apr 29, 2013	86.7	3	0
Society's Pact with Satan		EP	Oct 3, 2025	75	1	0

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Best Cathedral Songs

Rank	Song	Album	Rating	Votes
1	Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)	The Carnival Bizarre (1995)	93	5
2	Carnival Bizarre	The Carnival Bizarre (1995)	88.8	4
3	Midnight Mountain	The Ethereal Mirror (1993)	88.3	3
4	Vampire Sun	The Carnival Bizarre (1995)	86.3	4
5	Ebony Tears	Forest of Equilibrium (1991)	85	5
6	Soul Sacrifice	Forest of Equilibrium (1991)	85	5
7	Utopian Blaster	The Carnival Bizarre (1995)	85	3
8	Night of the Seagulls	The Carnival Bizarre (1995)	85	3
9	Electric Grave	The Carnival Bizarre (1995)	85	3
10	A Funeral Request	Forest of Equilibrium (1991)	82.5	6
11	Reaching Happiness, Touching Pain	Forest of Equilibrium (1991)	82	5
12	Fangalactic Supergoria	The Carnival Bizarre (1995)	83.3	3
13	Serpent Eve	Forest of Equilibrium (1991)	81	5
14	Equilibrium	Forest of Equilibrium (1991)	81	5
15	Violet Vortex	The Ethereal Mirror (1993)	81.7	3

Best Cathedral Songs (16)

Additional notes

Cathedral was formed by Lee Dorrian after leaving Napalm Death because he was getting sick of the punk scene and didn't like the death metal direction Napalm Death was heading towards.