CATHEDRAL

Cathedral was formed by Lee Dorrian after leaving Napalm Death because he was getting sick of the punk scene and didn't like the death metal direction Napalm Death was heading towards. He met Mark Griffiths at a Carcass show in Cardiff, and they discussed their love for doom bands like Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Pentagram, Trouble and so on.

The first line-up was Lee, Gaz and Mark Griffiths (both on guitars) and Andy Baker. Soon afterwards, Ben Mochrie replaced Andy on drums, and Gaz's replacement in Acid Reign, Adam Lehan, joined on guitars, thus Mark switched to bass.

Their first European tour was supporting Saint Vitus.

Joe Hasselvander and Victor Griffin of Pentagram filled in on drums and guitar on the band's 1994 tour with Black Sabbath, but neither were full-time members.
Victor Griffin left halfway through this tour, leaving Gaz to play the remaining shows as the sole guitarist. Tony Iommi commented that they sounded better with just one guitar, so Cathedral continued from then on as a quartet.

In February 2011, Dorrian announced that Cathedral would be splitting up permanently. The band eventually played their last shows in 2012, and released their final album "The Last Spire" in 2013.