CATHEDRAL — Supernatural Birth Machine (review)

CATHEDRAL — Supernatural Birth Machine album cover Album · 1996 · Stoner Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2.5/5 ·
Warthur
Cathedral play a little joke on the listener with the opening track, Cybertron 71/Eternal Countdown, which opens in a gothic-doom metal approach reminiscent of the gothic metal work of Anathema, My Dying Bride, or Paradise Lost - the three other major death/doom bands that emerged in the UK in the early 1990s - before the subsequent song, Urko's Conquest, bursts forth in Cathedral's trademark effusive and enthusiastic stoner metal style. Whilst I am glad that there were bands such as Cathedral who felt confident enough to work against the dominant aesthetic of their local scene, I feel that as far as stoner doom goes Cathedral's material just seems a bit light and tame compared to the likes of Electric Wizard and Sleep.
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Wilytank wrote:
more than 2 years ago
And really, Supernatural Birth Machine is one of the least well received Cathedral albums around. It is pretty weak, but not as bad as Caravan Beyond Redemption.
Warthur wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I can't agree with you on that front, Tupan, but how about posting a review if you want to expand on that point?
Doomster wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Opinionssssss
Tupan wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Dude, Cathedral is the best doom metal band of all...

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