The Carnival Bizarre | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 29 September 1995 [1] | |||
Recorded | 29 May – 14 June 1995 | |||
Studio | Parkgate Studios | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, doom metal, stoner metal | |||
Length | 62:48 | |||
Label | Earache | |||
Producer | Kit Woolven | |||
Cathedral chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Chronicles of Chaos | 6/10 [3] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10 [4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
Kerrang! | [6] |
Metal.de | 7/10 [7] |
Ox-Fanzine | 7/10 [8] |
The Carnival Bizarre is the third studio album by British doom metal band Cathedral, released in September 1995 through Earache Records. [1]
Released in 1996, the related Hopkins (The Witchfinder General) EP features that titular track along with four additional songs.
Jem Aswald, in Trouser Press , wrote: "Pagan idolatry aside, Carnival Bizarre is Cathedral’s best and tightest album yet, rectifying many of the indulgences of the past and concentrating on throbbing grooves and viscous riffage – and a shout-out to Huggy Bear." [9]
All tracks are written by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Vampire Sun" (Written by Jennings, Dorrian and Scott Carlson) | 4:06 |
2. | "Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)" | 5:18 |
3. | "Utopian Blaster" | 5:41 |
4. | "Night of the Seagulls" (Written by Jennings, Dorrian and Carlson) | 7:00 |
5. | "Carnival Bizarre" | 8:35 |
6. | "Inertia's Cave" | 6:39 |
7. | "Fangalactic Supergoria" | 5:54 |
8. | "Blue Light" | 3:27 |
9. | "Palace of Fallen Majesty" | 7:43 |
10. | "Electric Grave" | 8:25 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Karmacopia" | 5:06 |
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