Cathedral 20th Anniversary

On December 3, 2010 English doom metal pioneers Cathedral will celebrate their 20th anniversary with a special show in London.

The show at Islington Academy will see the original line-up of remaining founders Lee Dorrian (vocals) and Garry Jennings (guitar), plus guitarist Adam Lehan, bassist Mark Griffiths and drummer Mike Smail reunite to play the band’s debut album Forest of Equilibrium in it’s entirety.

The current line-up of Dorrian, Jennings, bassist Leo Smee and drummer Brian Dixon will then play a second set of songs from their other albums.

Lee Dorrian: “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 twenty 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 favour 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 twenty year marathon, we thought it would be a cool idea to regroup the line up of our first studio album for a special one-off show, and perform it in it’s 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.”

Tickets are priced at £15 plus fees and are on sale now.

Written by Jukebox:Metal Admin
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