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Cathedral are in Australia later this month to play their last two headlining shows ever. They're also making a number of festival appearances at a big, touring rock fest, with a lineup so cringe-inducingly bad that I'd rather do this to my ears than subject myself to a minute of it.
I'm not too crazy about Cathedral's recent output, but their earlier stuff is epic doom incarnate, and in my opinion some of the best the genre as a whole has ever produced, right up there with doom gods Pagan Altar, Saint Vitus, Corrupted, Electric Wizard etc. I don't know how much of their classic material Cathedral are including in their recent sets, but I'm hoping for a track or two off of Forest Of Equilibrium.
The blood sacrifice I'm offering you today is their long out of print and very rare Gargoylian 7". It's the obvious choice for the EYE, given its Blind Dead cover art, and b-side track that is pure, raging, early UK d-beat (completely out of character for the band, but not too surprising considering singer Lee Dorrian's earlier stint with Napalm Death).
Details for Cathedral's Sydney show HERE. Have a listen to the 7'' HERE.
In addition to the soundtracks that I'm linking to here, I've decided to start contributing to your screaming tinnitus with some other music that I listen to. In keeping with my obsession it will all relate in some way to the films I watch. All links will be to bandcamp or youtube. As with the soundtracks, if you hear something you like I encourage you to support the artists and labels.
First up, Fulfill The Curse, the crushing 2008 debut by Finnish death-doom metal band Hooded Menace. Just looking at the cover art on all their releases, it's plain to see that guitarist/vocalist Lasse Pyykko has an impressively single-minded obsession with Amando de Ossorio's Blind Dead movies. As well as the obvious influence of Ossorio's mouldering Knights Templar, Fulfill The Curse also pays tribute to another Spanish horror icon - the recently departed Paul Naschy - in the track The Love Song Of Gotho, Hunchback Of The Morgue (a reference to Javier Aguirre's '73 flick The Hunchback Of The Rue Morgue). The album switches to Italian horror for it's conclusion, with a slightly disappointing reworking of Fabio Frizzi's Theme From Manhattan Baby.
Fulfill The Curse follows a 7" titled The Eyeless Horde, both released on vinyl by Czech label Doomentia Records (who also have a split 7" with Asphyx in the works). Hooded Menace have a new album out later this year on Profound Lore Records called Never Cross The Dead. It's being touted as one of the heaviest albums of the year. Beware the Eyeless Horde!
I'm not too crazy about Cathedral's recent output, but their earlier stuff is epic doom incarnate, and in my opinion some of the best the genre as a whole has ever produced, right up there with doom gods Pagan Altar, Saint Vitus, Corrupted, Electric Wizard etc. I don't know how much of their classic material Cathedral are including in their recent sets, but I'm hoping for a track or two off of Forest Of Equilibrium.
