Lee Dorrian

Lee Dorrian
Lee Dorrian, owner of Rise Above Records, currently in With The Dead
Background information
Born	(1968-06-05) 5 June 1968 (age 48)
Origin	Coventry, England
Genres	Grindcore, doom metal, stoner metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Rise Above
Associated acts	Napalm Death Cathedral Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine Probot Paul Chain With The Dead
Website	www.riseaboverecords.com

Lee Dorrian (born 5 June 1968) is an English singer, best known as the former vocalist of Napalm Death and later frontman of Cathedral. He is currently the vocalist of With the Dead.

During his early teenage years, he was the editor of a local punk fanzine called Committed Suicide. This led to him becoming a local punk promoter during the mid-late 80's, bringing bands such as , Amebix, Antisect, Negazione, AntiCimex, Disorder, Bannlyst, Heresy, Icons of Filth, Anti System, Conflict, Concrete Sox, The Varukers and many others to various Coventry venues, such as the back room of The Hand & Heart public house on Far Gosford Street. During this time he was a passionate animal rights activist and involved in various anarchist groups and demonstrations.

In 1987 he became vocalist and lyricist with Napalm Death, recording one and a half albums with them, namely the second side of Scum and the whole From Enslavement to Obliteration album. During his time in the band, they were majorly championed by John Peel and recorded two sessions for his Radio One show. The band also made several significant TV appearances on BBC shows such as Snub TV,Arena and children's music show What's That Noise? They also appeared on the front cover of NME, which was the inspiration to the lyrics of a song "No Mental Effort". This track appeared on Dorrian's final recording with Napalm Death, on the Mentally Murdered EP. To coincide with its release in 1989, friend Peel had helped to arrange a slot for them at Reading Festival. Unfortunately, the appearance had to be cancelled as Dorrian left the band due to disillusionment following their tour of Japan in July of that year.