In Memorium

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In Memorium
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EP by
Released7 October 1990
Recorded1990
StudioRhythm Studios
Genre Doom metal [1]
Length29:16
Label Rise Above
Producer Cathedral
Cathedral chronology
In Memorium
(1990)
Forest of Equilibrium
(1991)

In Memorium is a demo EP by British doom metal band Cathedral, released in 1990 through Rise Above. It was re-released in 1994 and was later re-released again in 1999 as In Memoriam, with additional live tracks from the 1991 the Netherlands and Belgium tours. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Mourning of a New Day"8:00
2."All Your Sins" (Pentagram cover)5:54
3."Ebony Tears"8:20
4."March"7:02

Personnel

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

The EP received a score of three out of five from AllMusic, with Alex Henderson finding it to be "not for casual listener". He stated that the EP was "assembled with the diehard fan in mind". [3]

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References

  1. Gitter, Mike (26 April 2013). "Cathedral's Lee Dorrian on the Band Ending, How Their Former Label Tried to Make Them the Next Black Crowes". Noisecreep . Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. Henderson, Alex. "In Memoriam – Cathedral". Allmusic . Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "Cathedral In Memoriam review". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 April 2015.