Supernatural Birth Machine

Supernatural Birth Machine
Supernatural Birth Machine
Studio album by Cathedral
Released	12 November 1996
Recorded	May–June 1996
Studio	Parkgate Studio
Genre	Stoner metal, doom metal
Length	57:57
Label	Earache
Producer	Kit Woolven
Cathedral chronology

Last updated March 04, 2025

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	7/10^[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]

Supernatural Birth Machine is the fourth studio album by British doom metal band Cathedral, released on 12 November 1996 through Earache Records.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cybertron 71/Eternal Countdown (Intro)"	1:18
2.	"Urko's Conquest"	4:02
3.	"Stained Glass Horizon"	5:29
4.	"Cyclops Revolution"	7:07
5.	"Birth Machine 2000" (Written by Dorrian, Jennings and Leo Smee)	8:59
6.	"Nightmare Castle"	6:31
7.	"Fireball Demon"	4:12
8.	"Phaser Quest" (Written by Dorrian, Jennings and Smee)	3:42
9.	"Suicide Asteroid"	4:13
10.	"Dragon Rider 13"	5:52
11.	"Magnetic Hole"	6:32

Japanese version bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Tuckers Ruck"	4:59

Personnel

Cathedral

Lee Dorrian – vocals
Garry Jennings – guitar, mellotron (tracks 1 and 5), piano (track 6)
Leo Smee – bass
Brian Dixon – drums

Technical personnel

Kit Woolven – production, engineering
Doug Cook – assistant engineering
Noel Summerville – mastering
Antz White – art direction, design, digital image manipulation
Dave Patchett – cover painting
George Chin – band photographs

References

1 2 "Cathedral 'Supernatural Birth Machine'". earache.com. Earache . Retrieved 4 November 2016.
↑ Raggett, Ned. Cathedral: Supernatural Birth Machine at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
↑ Bromley, Adrian (2 January 1997). "CoC : Cathedral - Supernatural Birth Machine : Review". Chronicles of Chaos . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
↑ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Cathedral". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE Inc. pp. 990–991. ISBN 0-333-74134-X – via Internet Archive.

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[earacherel-1] 1 2 "Cathedral 'Supernatural Birth Machine'". earache.com. Earache . Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[allmusicrev-2] Raggett, Ned. Cathedral: Supernatural Birth Machine at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[3] Bromley, Adrian (2 January 1997). "CoC : Cathedral - Supernatural Birth Machine : Review". Chronicles of Chaos . Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[4] Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[5] Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Cathedral". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE Inc. pp. 990–991. ISBN 0-333-74134-X – via Internet Archive.

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v t e Cathedral
Lee Dorrian Garry Jennings Brian Dixon Scott Carlson Adam Lehan Mark Griffiths Ben Mochrie Mike Smail Mark Ramsey Wharton Leo Smee
Studio albums	Forest of Equilibrium The Ethereal Mirror The Carnival Bizarre Supernatural Birth Machine Caravan Beyond Redemption Endtyme The VIIth Coming The Garden of Unearthly Delights The Guessing Game The Last Spire
EPs	In Memorium Cosmic Requiem Statik Majik
Compilation albums	The Serpent's Gold