Forest Of Equilibrium - Cathedral

Arguably the start of death-doom metal, a direction that would be furthered by fellow Brits Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema in subsequent years, the debut release from Coventry's Cathedral (the band, not the building) is a milestone in doom metal history, and the real point of convergence from what had previously been a fairly linear family tree from Black Sabbath and Trouble in the seventies through to Candlemass and St. Vitus in the eighties. The death metal influence oddly seems like an accident, as if the band was unable to fully shake off its origins in Napalm Death, despite the obvious efforts to produce the most contrasting sound possible in ...  Read the complete review