CATHEDRAL - Anniversary 2CD Live Album To Be Released In North America Via Metal Blade
October 13, 2011, 13 years ago
In conjunction with Rise Above Records, Metal Blade will be releasing the double-disc live album, Anniversary, from UK mainstays and international cult act CATHEDRAL. Set for release on Monday, November 21st in North America, Anniversary captures Cathedral in all their raw and live glory and marks the first official live album to be ever released by the doom metal legends.
Recorded live in London, 2010, Disc 1 features Forest Of Equilibrium in its entirety, delivered impeccably by the original lineup of Lee Dorrian on vocals, Garry Jennings and Adam Lehan on guitar, Mark Griffiths on bass and Mike Smail on drums. Disc 2 is a greatest hits set courtesy of the long lasting lineup featuring Leo Smee (bass) and Brian Dixon (drums) alongside Dorrian and Jennings.
Vocalist Lee Dorrian comments on the band's first ever live album and the impending final live show: "The release of Anniversary is both exciting and sad for us. Exciting, as it is the first ever official Cathedral live album, recorded at our twentieth anniversary show on December 3rd in London last year, where we reunited with our original lineup and performed the entirety of or debut album Forest Of Equilibrium for the first (and last) time ever. Sad, because December the 3rd this year will be the night we perform our last show ever, before calling it a day as a live band. So more than anything, we would like to dedicate Anniversary to everyone who has followed and supported Cathedral over the years. Your support really means and has meant the world to us – thanks and stay heavy!
Tracklisting:
Disc One - Back To The Forest
'Picture Of Beauty And Innocence'
'Comiserating The Celebration (Of Life)'
'Ebony Tears'
'Serpent Eve'
'Soul Sacrifice'
'Funeral Request'
'Equilibrium'
'Reaching Happiness Touching Pain'
Disc Two - Bleak Winter
'Funeral Of Dreams'
'Enter The Worms'
'Upon Azrael's Wings'
'Midnight Mountain'
'Cosmic Funeral'
'Carnival Bizarre'
'Night Of The Seagulls'
'Corpsecycle'
'Ride'
'The Last Spire Pt.1 (Entrance)'
'Vampire Sun'
'Hopkins'
Metal Kaoz has posted the setlist from Cathedral's show in Athens, Greece at Gagarin205 on October 1st. The setlist was as follows:
Intro
‘Vampire Sun’
‘Enter The Worms’
‘Soul Sacrifice’
‘Midnight Mountain’
‘Funeral Of Dreams’
‘Cosmic Funeral’
‘Carnival Bizarre’
‘Night Of The Seagulls’
‘Ebony Tears’
‘The Casket Chasers’
‘Upon Azrael's Wings’
‘Corpsecycle’
‘Ride’
‘Utopian Blaster’
‘Hopkins (Witchfinder General)’
A full concert report can be found here.
Video of the band performing ‘Hopkins (Witchfinder General)’ at the show can be seen below: