The Carnival Bizarre

The Carnival Bizarre
Studio album by
Cathedral
Released29 September 1995 (1995-09-29)
Recorded29 May – 14 June 1995
StudioParkgate Studios
GenresStoner metal, doom metal
Length62:48
LabelEarache
ProducerKit Woolven
Cathedral chronology
Statik Majik
(1994)		 The Carnival Bizarre
(1995)		 Supernatural Birth Machine
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star
Chronicles of Chaos6/10
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar
Kerrang!StarStarStarStar
Metal.de7/10
Ox-Fanzine7/10

The Carnival Bizarre is the third studio album by British doom metal band Cathedral, released in September 1995 through Earache Records.

Released in 1996, the related Hopkins (The Witchfinder General) EP features that titular track along with four additional songs.

Critical reception

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."

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
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
Japanese version bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Karmacopia"5:06

Personnel

Cathedral

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Cathedral 'The Carnival Bizarre'". earache.com. Earache. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. Cathedral: The Carnival Bizarre at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Filicetti, Gino (1 October 1995). "CoC : Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre : 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.
  6. ↑ Shiels, Liam (23 September 1995). "Albumz". Kerrang!. No. 564. EMAP. p. 48.
  7. ↑ Florian (27 September 1995). "Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre Review". metal.de. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  8. ↑ Hiller, Joachim (October 2008). "Review - Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Cathedral".