Radio Metal has published an interview with CATHEDRAL vocalist Lee Dorian, in which he discusses the band's upcoming album, The Guessing Game, his guest performance at the Hellfest with NAPALM DEATH, his dislike of nu metal and his record label, Rise Above Records.

The following is an excerpt:

Q: The Guessing Game is out soon and it’s the first double album in Cathedral's career. Did you feel particularly inspired while composing for this album?

A: "Like I said, initially we were coming up with stuff that was a lot different from what's actually on the album in the end. The reason for this is, we hadn't recorded anything for a while, so we thought we had nothing to lose. We just wanted to do a good album. We tried to do what we'd always wanted to do, but to do it properly. Instead of playing around with progressive rock elements and experimental vocals, we decided to take these elements and make them more defined. As time went on, even in the studio, we were still coming up with songs. We did four more songs in the studio, and we had to scrap two that we recorded but didn't finish. In the end we had so much material that we didn't want to lose half an hour's worth of songs, cause we all thought they were quite good. If we'd done a single fifty-minute album, it would have been hard to pick which songs to actually lose. So we suggested to the record company that we'd do a double album. Luckily, they went for the idea, and that's the reason it's a double album."

Find the complete interview at this location.

To celebrate the release of their latest album, The Guessing Game, Cathedral have announced 6 live shows in late April / early May 2010. Taking in England, Scotland and both Southern and Northern Ireland these dates will represent the bands first headlining tour since the Doomed Trinity package of 2006.

Keeping in the Cathedral tradition of delivering the best possible touring package they can, the band are proud to announce the addition of Tokyo’s heaviest sons of Sabbath, CHURCH OF MISERY, and the Orthodox doom meets true metal powerhouse that is Indianapolis's THE GATES OF SLUMBER.

Dates incude:

April

26 - Manchester, England - Academy 3
27 - Dublin, Ireland - The Village
28 - Belfast, Ireland - Limelight
29 - London, England - ULU
30 - Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's

May

1 - Birmingham, England - Academy 2

The official press release from Nuclear Blast Records for The Guessing Game can be seen below. The Guessing Game will be released on March 26th in Europe and on April 20th in North America.

Doom metal? Prog punk? Psychedelic metal? British legends Cathedral make all categories, genre boundaries and conventional approaches to metal seem redundant. Each one of their past albums showed a different face of Cathedral, and The Guessing Game stays true to this tradition: guess what they came up with this time around!

Produced once again by Warren Riker (DOWN, CROWBAR), who also took care of the band's last effort, The Garden Of Unearthly Delights, in 2005, The Guessing Game is one wild and unpredictable ride with one of the most unique and exciting acts the metal genre has got to offer! For the first time in the band's history, they have recorded a double album that boasts thirteen tracks offering a colourful variety of musical styles and lyrical themes: 'Requiem For The Voiceless' for example is pure, down 'n' out crawling doom – and the first animal rights song in doom metal history! Then you'll get classic stomping and grooving Cathedral material with the catchy 'Painting In The Dark', plus many songs wading through psychedelic and proggy waters – especially 'Funeral Of Dreams' featuring none other than Alison O`Donnell of MELLOW CANDLE ('70s Irish folk rock band) fame doing guest vocals has to be mentioned here! It comes as no surprise that this time around Cathedral went as far as to include exotic instrumentation such as Mellotron and Sitar. And pay special attention to the lyrics of 'Journeys Into Jade': Lee Dorrian and co are celebrating 20 years of Cathedral with this one!

And what a way to celebrate this anniversary: traditional Cathedral cover artist Dave Patchett came up with one of his finest artworks in the band's history, mirroring the themes and musical quirkiness of the album itself. Let's look forward to another twenty years with Cathedral!

The Guessing Game tracklisting:

Disc One:

'Immaculate Misconception'

'Funeral Of Dreams'

'Painting In The Dark'

'Death Of An Anarchist'

'The Guessing Game'

'Edwige's Eyes'

'Cats, Incense, Candles & Wine'

Disc Two:

'One Dimensional People'

'Casket Chasers'

'La Noche Del Buque Maldito (aka Ghost Ship Of The Blind Dead)'

'The Running Man'

'Requiem For The Voiceless'

'Journeys Into Jade'