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recently mentioned to somebody, that I'm gonna go and see this band
tonight, I got the answer: "well, I'm a little too old for
this".- Hmmm.... I presume, there has been some exchanging with
something else. Because Cathedral ain't no new band, but in fact do
celebrate their 20th birthday this year. But maybe that person who feels
to old for this, has thought in 40 or even more dimensions - who knows?.
But never mind now... I just want to get straight, that Cathedral do
exist for quite a while on the Heavy Metal heaven and their bandmembers
are aged beyond 40 - most of them.... To define it a bit closer, - Lee Dorrian has christened his baby already in 1990, after he had left Napalm Death. - With the 'Guessing Game' the so called Doom Metalheads have released now their 10th album. Thanks god for that, because it's been pretty quiet during the past 5 years. And nobody really knew, what's gonna happen. But now Lee Dorrian and Co have woken up again from their winter's sleep and the new CD is a respectable pretty decent piece of music. And it has been pretty obvious, that there will be a tour to promote the album. Well, here we go - Cathedral 2010, though there is only Lee Dorrian and guitarist Gary Jennings left from the original line up. Never mind, as it's them, who once created the musical style of the group. In opposition to our english neighbours, the supportact 'Gates Of Slumbers' are from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
It's their second Europe
visit and this band also go for the Doom Metal style. The threesome are
Karl Simon (Voc/Git), Jason McCash (Bass) and 'Iron'Bob Fouts (Drums),
and they are going since 1998. This european slot is supposed to support
their latest and sixth release "The
Scourge ov Drunkenness".
No seriously, but Lee Dorrian himself rather seems like 30+ than 40 something. Halleluja, how did he do it - please tell me? The second half of the band - by the way, consists of Leo Small on bass and Brian Dixon on drums. Both have joined the group in 1995. So you can't really describe 'em as newbes, can you?!
Although Cathedral
are, as I mentioned already above classified into the Doom Metal genre,
their music is, compared to some other collegues of this style, somehow
faster.For the average pleasure of all photographers here tonight, the
band is playing up there on stage in almost complete darkness. Well, I
guess, they have to beware an image or so. I do remember about one
concert of Cathedral back in 1991 at the London Marquee Club. And I'm
probably the only on in here, who've seen this band back then.
From the new CD 2 songs can be found on the setlist - the opner Opener ‚Funeral Of Dreams’ und ‚The Casket Chasers’.Apart from that we got songs like 'Ghost Galleon' or the great 'Carnival Bizarre' from the same titled album in 1995, and of course 'Ride' just to name a few of the 12 pearls by name.
But it is in the end Lee Dorrian himself who impresses us most with his stage presence.
One thing is for sure,
these english guys have stand the test here in Munich. And basically
it's one of those shows, not leaving any request open. Almost none....
because personally I do miss my very favorite song of this band. And
what else could this be than the legendary 'Midnight Mountain'.
But bands not playing
their biggest hits or best songs, that's what we experienced here latey
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