Album: The Last Spire by Cathedral (2013)
Genre: Doom Metal | Style: Metal
Record Label: Rise Above Records
Format: Album

Description: The Last Spire is the tenth and final studio album by the British doom metal band Cathedral. Intended by the band as their farewell album, it was released in April 2013 on Rise Above Records and Metal Blade Records. The album was praised for returning the band to its doom roots, with Nick Green of Decibel Magazine observing that "few bands get to write their own epitaphs in such vivid, exacting terms"

Artist Background: Doom metal band from Coventry, England. The group was formed in 1989 by Lee Dorrian (formerly vocalist of Napalm Death), Mark ‘Griff' Griffiths (a Carcass roadie) and Gary ‘Gaz' Jennings (previously a member of UK thrashers Acid Reign). The band forged a link between early doom metal and a 1990s extreme metal aesthetic, making doom slower and heavier. Their debut album, Forest Of Equilibrium, is considered a classic of the genre, though the band would later add psychedelic and progressive... Part of the Coventry, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Doom Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Music Scene: Part of the Coventry, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Doom Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Doom Metal, Metal, 2010s, Album, Rise Above Records

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The Last Spire is the tenth and final studio album by the British doom metal band Cathedral. Intended by the band as their farewell album, it was released in April 2013 on Rise Above Records and Metal Blade Records. The album was praised for returning the band to its doom roots, with Nick Green of Decibel Magazine observing that "few bands get to write their own epitaphs in such vivid, exacting terms"

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