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Category: Doom Metal
Year: 1993
Label: Earache/Columbia
Catalog Number: MOSH77CD
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Personnel
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Lee Dorrian vocals
Garry Jennings guitar, bass
Adam Lehan guitar
Mark Ramsey Wharton drums
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Tracks
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| 1. | Violet Vortex | |
| 2. | Ride | |
| 3. | Enter the Worms | |
| 4. | Midnight Mountain | |
| 5. | Fountain of Innocence | |
| 6. | Grim Luxuria | |
| 7. | Jaded Entity | |
| 8. | Ashes You Leave | |
| 9. | Phantasmagoria | |
| 10. | Imprisoned in Flesh | |
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| From: Doghouse Reilly |
Date: August 4, 2025 at 10:37 |
| There was a bit of a misconception in 1993 that the metal mainstream was ready for more extreme sounds, now that Pantera were bona fide stars and Metallica's Black Album was supposedly serving as a gateway drug into heavier territory. Labels like Earache and Roadrunner were gaining wider distribution, and bands like Morbid Angel and Carcass were turning up on Headbangers' Ball. The optimism proved misplaced, alas, but one of the bands caught up in that wave was Cathedral. This second album is a much more lively affair than their soul-crushing debut, leading Lee Dorrian to describe the music as "doom-rock." And rock it definitely does, as the intro "Violet Vortex" gives way to would-be hit single "Ride," with a fantastic, lumbering rhythm that gets your head bobbing as soon as the drums kick in. "Midnight Mountain" is even more oddly upbeat, but there are still plenty of trudging doom riffs to be had in the likes of "Enter The Worms," "Fountain Of Innocence," "Phantasmagoria," and prett
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| From: Doghouse Reilly |
Date: August 4, 2025 at 10:46 |
| ... pretty much every other song, before the disc wraps up with a somber, acoustic half-song that ends abrumptly. Dorrian's vocals are still extremely gruff, but he manages to inject each song with just enough melody and hooks to keep things thumping along. There's a darkly festive vibe to the album, like a Halloween party in a decrepit English castle. It's too bad the world wasn't ready for this in 1993 after all, and Cathedral were only heroes to those in the know.
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