Cathedral discography

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The discography of the English doom metal band Cathedral consists of ten studio albums, eight EPs, a number of singles, one live album and two collections. [1] Led by ex-Napalm Death vocalist Lee Dorrian, the band was signed to Earache Records in 1991. They briefly switched to Spitfire Records in 2002 and released The VIIth Coming. Later, they switched to Nuclear Blast and released two more studio albums. Cathedral's final album, The Last Spire was released through Dorrian's own label, Rise Above.

Contents

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
JPN
[2]
UK
[3]
FIN
[4]
SWE
[5]
GRC
[6] [7]
US
Heat
[8]
Forest of Equilibrium
  • Released: 6 December 1991
  • Label: Earache, Relativity
  • Formats: CD, CS, DualDisc, LP, DL [9]
40
The Ethereal Mirror
  • Released: 1 February 1993
  • Label: Earache, Columbia
  • Formats: CD, CS, DualDisc, LP, DL [10]
40
The Carnival Bizarre
  • Released: 26 September 1995
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: CD, CD+DVD, CS, LP, DL [12]
73130
Supernatural Birth Machine
  • Released: 12 November 1996
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL [13]
56
Caravan Beyond Redemption
  • Released: 6 December 1998
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL [14]
64
Endtyme
  • Released: 26 February 2001
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL [16]
57
The VIIth Coming
  • Released: 5 November 2002
  • Label: Spitfire
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL [17]
The Garden of Unearthly Delights
  • Released: 26 September 2005
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL [18]
154
The Guessing Game
  • Released: 26 March 2010
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL [20]
10322
The Last Spire
  • Released: 29 April 2013
  • Label: Rise Above, Metal Blade
  • Formats: CD, LP, DL
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs

TitleAlbum details
Soul Sacrifice
  • Released: 20 October 1992
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL [23]
Twylight Songs
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Ultimatum
  • Formats: LP
Statik Majik
  • Released: 5 April 1994
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL [24]
In Memorium
Cosmic Requiem
  • Released: 30 August 1994
  • Label: Earache, Columbia
  • Formats: CD, CS
Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)
  • Released: 9 April 1996
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL [25]
Live in London
  • Released: 10 December 2010
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: DL [26]
A New Ice Age
  • Released: 2 December 2011
  • Label: Rise Above
  • Formats: LP

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Anniversary
  • Released: 31 October 2011
  • Label: Rise Above, Metal Blade
  • Formats: CD, DL

Demos

TitleAlbum details
In Memorium
  • Released: October 1990
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CS
Demo No. 2: Forest of Equilibrium sessions
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CS

Singles

TitleYear
Grim Luxuria1993
Ride
Twylight Songs
Gargoylian2001
Vengeance of the Blind Dead (Flexi Version)2013

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
In Memoriam
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Rise Above
  • Formats: CD
The Serpent's Gold
  • Released: 21 June 2004
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: CD, DL [27]

Split albums

TitleAlbum detailsNotes
Rock Hard Presents: Gods of Grind
  • Released: December 1991
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: CD
Cutting Through Columbia Hard Music
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CS
Gods of Grind
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: CD
  • split with Entombed, Carcass and Confessor
New Metal Messiahs!
  • Released: June 1995
  • Label: Kerrang! Magazine
  • Formats: CD

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Our God Has Landed
  • Released: 18 January 2000
  • Label: Earache
  • Formats: VHS

Music videos

YearTitleDirectedAlbum
1991"Ebony Tears"James McBrideForest Of Equilibrium
1992"Autumn Twilight"Jefferson Spady [28] Soul Sacrifice
1993"Midnight Mountain"James McBride [29] The Ethereal Mirror
"Ride"Angus Cameron [30]
1994"Cosmic Funeral"
Statik Majik
1995"Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)"Nigel WingroveHopkins
1996"Stained Glass Horizon"
Supernatural Birth Machine
1999"Black Sunday"
Caravan Beyond Redemption
2013"Tower Of Silence"Paraffin City Productions [31] The Last Spire

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