Cathedral

The definitive behind-the-scenes histories of 50 of the greatest miracles of metal creation now immortalized in Volume I and Volume IV of Decibel Hall of Fame Anthologies.

British doom legends Cathedral celebrate three decades of Hall of Fame album Forest of Equilibrium.

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.

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

The inside story of the legendary 1992 Napalm Death, Carcass, Cathedral and Brutal Truth U.S. tour

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

Putting all of doom metal legends Cathedral‘s albums in their rightful place.

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.

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.

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

Stream a new Septic Tank song, featuring Lee Dorrian, Scott Carlson and more.

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

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

For our 150th Decibel Hall of Fame induction, we honor Soundgarden’s noisiest, heaviest release. 

Hear and acquire the brand new With the Dead (ex-Cathedral, ex-Electric Wizard, ex-Bolt Thrower) flexi disc here. 

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

In Memoriam
Slowness will prevail
dB Rating: 9/10

Just in time for fall:  doom over the world… now available in ones and zeros. 

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.

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).

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…

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…

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.