Cathedral

Fight Fire with Fire: ‘Forest of Equilibrium’ vs. ‘Gothic’

December 10, 2020

It’s a 1991 doom showdown as we face off Forest of Equilibrium and Gothic to find out if it’s Cathedral or Paradise Lost in the top spot.

A Funeral Request: Former Cathedral Members Talk ‘New’ Live Albums

July 23, 2020

Catching up with doom metal legends Cathedral to talk about their two “new” live albums recorded a decade ago.

Track Premiere: Workshed – ‘Safety Behaviours’

August 30, 2019

Hear ex-Cathedral members Adam Lehan and Mark Ramsay Wharton resurface in crushing new doom band.

Hear Exclusive New Septic Tank Song “Burning Bridges” Via Decibel Flexi Series

July 26, 2018

Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Septic Tank flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new track recorded by current and ex-members of Napalm Death, Cathedral, Repulsion and With the Dead, right here.

Septic Tank to Release Exclusive New Track via Decibel Flexi Series!

July 5, 2018

Former and current members of Napalm Death, Repulsion and Cathedral are welcomed back to the Decibel Flexi Series. Be sure to get a deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, July 9th at 10am EST to get this exclusive single.

Track Premiere: The Skull – ‘The Endless Road Turns Dark’

June 1, 2018

Doom royalty The Skull are back with a new album due out in September. Listen to “The Endless Road Turns Dark” now.

Interview: Septic Tank’s Lee Dorrian on How Music Shaped Him

March 1, 2018

Lee Dorrian discusses his band Septic Tank and the impact hardcore punk had on his life.

With the Dead

September 12, 2017

British doom practitioners With the Dead are this week’s Best New Noise.

With the Dead Record Exclusive New Track for the Decibel Flexi Series!

March 30, 2017

Former Cathedral, Electric Wizard and Bolt Thrower members join forces and record new With the Dead track for the Decibel Flexi Series.

Cathedral

September 21, 2015

In Memoriam
Slowness will prevail
dB Rating: 9/10

MOURNING OF A NEW SAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH GAZ JENNINGS

June 29, 2015

What do Cathedral, Death Penalty, and cover artist Lucifer have in common? Guitarist Gaz Jennings, of course. Here’s our exclusive interview with the grand maestro of doom riffs.

Cathedral Unveil Early ’90s “All Your Sins” Live Video

June 23, 2015

Doom legends Cathedral called it a career in 2013, but we all get to enjoy a nice, nostalgic death spasm with the CD/DVD reissue of 1990 cassette demo In Memorium (now spelled In Memoriam).

Decibel’s Top 5 Doom Metal Logos

May 8, 2013

5. Saint Vitus. Crosses galore on the second Vitus logo. Three of them. For the Trinity perhaps. The original SVS logo only had one. Three’s a crowd, we say. But this logo is boss. Looks a bit cheap and overdone at first blush, but the barbed letters? Could be heavy metal cliché. Nope. Crown of…

Interview: Witchsorrow on forthcoming album, God Curse Us

April 20, 2012

Witchsorrow’s sophomore album will be ripe for picking come the end of May. This is exciting news for doom heads. But what’s that you say, the timing could be better? The British trio’s Sabbath/Vitus morbido-doom doesn’t really make for a summer record, right? Those who think that crestfallen pessimism and slo-mo riff ‘n’ dirge was…

Cathedral – “Forest of Equilibrium”

February 19, 2006

In 1989, while the extreme metal underground was bingeing on the high-speed savagery of death metal and grindcore, ex-Napalm Death vocalist Lee Dorrian and Carcass roadie Mark “Griff” Griffiths were getting ripped on British cider, brown weed, and the down-tuned Sabbathian histrionics of Trouble, St. Vitus, and Witchfinder General.