If you’re a fan of Doom Metal, you no doubt know who Cathedral is. And you’re probably dying to hear something new from the band before their inevitable demise. Well, it’s here and you can hear it and get more details below.
UK mainstays and international cult act Cathedral, has released their first new recorded material in three years exclusively via Decibel Magazine‘s subscriber-only Decibel Flexi Series. The song, “Vengeance of the Blind Dead,” can be heard in the flexi included in this month’s issue, which hits newsstands on February 7. The track is also streaming on Decibel‘s soundcloud page: soundcloud.com/decibelmagazine. Limited quantities, for all you collectors, of the issue with the flexi can be ordered on decibelmagazine.com.
Additionally, Cathedral will be the featured cover story for Decibel Magazine‘s May issue, on newsstands in April. The feature will highlight the band’s storied career, as well as discuss their final studio release, The Last Spire. More info on The Last Spire, including cover art and music will be available shortly. The album is scheduled for worldwide release this April/May.
In 2011, Cathedral released Anniversary, a two-disc live album, captured during a special show at the Islington Academy in London. Disc one features the band’s original line up performing their 1991 debut, Forest of Equilibrium, in its entirety. The second set featured the longstanding line-up of Lee Dorrian, Garry Jennings, Brian Dixon, and Leo Smee, in which they performed a raucous selection of songs, old and new. Sample a track from Anniversary and order your copy at metalblade.com.
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