Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre (1995) (RE-UP, PROPER)

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Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre (1995)
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Doom Metal/Stoner | Label: Earache Records #MOSH 130CD | RAR 3% Rec. | FilePost
… US First Press CD …

The Carnival Bizarre finds Cathedral nailing down their neo-Black Sabbath sound consistently from beginning to end with no filler, setting them apart from nearly every other band in the mid-'90s heavy metal scene. The album's consistency arises most likely from the band's streamlined lineup with only vocalist/lyricist Lee Dorrian and guitarist Gaz Jennings remaining from proceeding releases. These two collaborate on each of the ten songs, perfecting their formula for gothic fairytales set to monstrous grooves of castle-sized guitar riffs. The album's title track serves as a perfect example of how Cathedral has grown and polished its unique style more easily explained by what it isn't than what it is. On this particular song, Jennings breaks off almost immediately into the song's central riff as Dorrian begins to map out his fantastic motifs: "Ride with me on a shooting star/Through galaxies of death we chase/Skeletal king of paradise." The song has a catchy chorus that has Dorrian changing the pitch of his voice from his deep, dark gravely tone to a juxtaposing high-pitched voice nearly as rough. Several tangents make this song more than just a standard rock tune in the style of "Ride" from the group's preceding album. It is at these moments that Jennings proves just how amazing of a guitar player he has become, moving through an ambient section of psychedelic-phasing guitar tones to a contemplative guitar solo with an overdubbed backing riff that takes the song on a journey to its post-eight minute conclusion. Nearly every one of the other ten songs makes small alterations on this same template, with Dorrian's mapped-out lyrics keeping the songs within the confines of traditional rock structuring and Jennings' ever-mobile guitar serving as the musical equivalent to the otherworldly lyrical topics.

~ by Jason Birchmeier, allmusic.com
Tracklist :

1. Vampire Sun - 4:06
2. Hopkins (The Witchfinder General) - 5:19
3. Utopian Blaster - 5:41
4. Night Of The Seagulls - 7:00
5. Carnival Bizarre - 8:36
6. Inertias Cave - 6:39
7. Fangalactic Supergoria - 5:55
8. Blue Light - 3:27
9. Palace Of Fallen Majesty - 7:43
10. Electric Grave - 8:25

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Cathedral / The Carnival Bizarre (MOSH 130CD)

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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.49 dB -9.11 dB 4:06 01-Vampire Sun
DR8 -0.40 dB -8.99 dB 5:19 02-Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)
DR8 -0.56 dB -9.97 dB 5:41 03-Utopian Blaster
DR8 -0.52 dB -10.19 dB 7:00 04-Night Of The Seagulls
DR9 -0.40 dB -9.78 dB 8:36 05-Carnival Bizarre
DR9 -0.76 dB -10.44 dB 6:39 06-Inertias Cave
DR8 -0.48 dB -8.88 dB 5:55 07-Fangalactic Supergoria
DR8 -0.56 dB -9.94 dB 3:27 08-Blue Light
DR8 -0.52 dB -9.63 dB 7:43 09-Palace Of Fallen Majesty
DR8 -0.52 dB -10.27 dB 8:25 10-Electric Grave
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR8

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Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 1411 kbps
Codec: PCM
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• Lee Dorrian - Vocals
• Garry Jennings - Guitar
• Leo Smee - Bass
• Brian Dixon - Drums

Produced & Engineered by Kit Woolves
Assistant Engineer Doug Cook
Recorded at Parkgate Studios, May 29th, June 14th 1995
"Utopian Blaster" features Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi on guest guitar.

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