Influences from Cathedral include bands like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, and Gentle Giant.The album is loaded with Mellotron, the band used the small white M400 model, and they tended to use a lot of that choir sound (like what you hear on Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway). Lyrically, this is dense and melancholy subject matter about a man’s self-actualization, delivered in a tortured style not unlike John Wetton in his days with King Crimson.

We built stages, lighting and sound rigs, whatever it took to get up and play” says keyboardist, Tom Doncourt. Tom and Rudy had been working in a previous project with Foreigner bassist Ed Gagliardi, so Rudy was brought on board. Can you tell?We got it all together in 2003.

2) An American progressive rock band, whose 1978 album, “Stained Glass Stories,” was later released on CD by Syn-phonic in 1991. I would say the singer generally has a very Crimson-esque sound (specifically from the "Larks"/"Red"/"Starless" era), and only struggles when he gets into the higher registers, which happens rarely. It is dynamic.

- Hippy.com, CATHEDRAL (70'S) — Stained Glass StoriesReview by Steve Hegede (Steve Hegede) PROG REVIEWER CATHEDRAL is usually mentioned with other 70s American prog bands like YEZDA URFA and MIRTHRANDIR. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This, or especially an original of Stained Glass Stories, are very rare, but back in 1991 Syn-Phonic reissued the Cathedral masterpiece, which included great packaging.

No, they are the near-perfect sum of their influences. [12], While Cathedral had contemplated disbanding in the past, most recently after the release of The Garden of Unearthly Delights in 2006,[4] on 6 February 2011, Cathedral announced that they would disband after the release of The Last Spire[13] in April 2013. 2) An American progressive rock band, whose 1978 album, “Stained Glass Stories,” was later released on CD by Syn-phonic in 1991.

For quite a few of the cognoscenti this stands as the hallmark achievement in American symphonic rock (with courteous nods to many others notwithstanding). Cathedral's major label debut, The Ethereal Mirror, was noted by Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic for its experimentation, upbeat tempos, and groove-laden guitar riffs. It became a sought after collectable, eventually being hailed as “the best American progressive rock album ever”.

In 1990 Syn-Phonics rereleased it on CD. We weren't exactly comfortable with it. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon.

The band forged a link between early doom metal and a 1990s extreme metal aesthetic, making doom slower and heavier. [12], While Cathedral had contemplated disbanding in the past, most recently after the release of The Garden of Unearthly Delights in 2006,[4] on 6 February 2011, Cathedral announced that they would disband after the release of The Last Spire[13] in April 2013. It was founded by the ex-keyboardist of “Medina Azahara”, Pablo Rabadán.

The rest of the album follows suit. However, the band's sound evolved quickly and began to adopt characteristics of 1970s metal, hard rock and progressive rock. [17], Three out of four of the final members of Cathedral reformed the band Septic Tank not soon after Cathedral's break up.
You won't find any traces of AOR or anything like that (this band wasn't interested in having those huge FM hits like their AOR contemporaries like Boston, Styx, Foreigner, etc. There is more than one artist with this name.

They are undoubtedly a major influence for the early 90’s prog rock band Anglagard. I guess that’s why we look back on a lot of older bands, because they were so unrestricted, and things are too restricted and categorized these days. Very Yes-like in many ways while giving a nod to Gentle Giant at several turns in the road. Try and put me in a box and I jump out of it.

And thanks to Internet, we could meet them.Hi Cathedral!

While I thought the last song drags on a bit, I feel "Stained Glass Stories" is the ultimate prog rock masterpiece, and if you like ÄNGLAGARD, or you want a Mellotron-heavy album, you can't go without this!Posted Saturday, May 01, 2004, 18:53 EST | Permanent linkCATHEDRAL (70'S) — Stained Glass StoriesReview by progmonster (Domenico Solazzo) PROG REVIEWER There is definitely a Yes touch on this one shot ; something circa "Tales from Topographic Oceans" and "Relayer" (not their best, but hey, they did really really worse).
Anyway, this impressive album was carefully crafted from beginning to end, and it is a perfect introduction to the seventies American-prog scene.Posted Monday, March 22, 2004, 17:22 EST | Permanent linkCATHEDRAL (70'S) — Stained Glass StoriesReview by lor68 PROG REVIEWER An important, great reference for bands such as ANGLAGARD or SHYLOCK, enriched with tasteful light dissonances and captivating passages in the vein of YES. Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2012. We've got nothing to prove as much as we've got nothing to lose. The Guessing Game represented another development in the band's sound, with Cathedral's progressive and psychedelic influences coming to the forefront.

However, the band's sound evolved quickly and began to adopt characteristics of 1970s metal, hard rock and progressive rock. - Planet Mellotron, With a lush, intricate sound made up of multi-voiced Gothic chants, razor sharp stop time breaks, tricky tempo turnarounds, wizzo guitar runs, kickass Rickenbacker bass lines, cascading keyboards and the able tones of a very Anglo singer, Cathedral is not your run of the beer mill copy band. But the compositions really bear little resemblance to Yes. [15], Shortly before the release of The Last Spire, Dorrian told Noisecreep that there will never be a Cathedral reunion, and called that idea "absolutely stupid.

As prog began to rise again, so did interest in CATHEDRAL. Shortly after, it was announced they would be splitting up after the release of "The Last Spire" (2013). Some foley sound effects devices were found in an old music store around the corner and used on tracks. [18], Cathedral's releases have been marked by sharp shifts in style. It took us awhile to sort all the new ideas into a clear and cohesive whole and now the band is really strong. Our musical values are very much the same but the technologies have dramatically changed (still using the Mellotron and Rickenbacker though).

Cathedral were a doom metal band from Coventry, England.