The Carnival Bizarre
by Cathedral
- Type: Album
- Released: September 1995
- Label: Earache
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:02:51
- Community rating: 3.76/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Mitchell Dickinson, Kit Woolven, Tony Iommi, Leo Smee, Brian Dixon, Kenny Ball, Garry Jennings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The British pioneers fully pivoted away from the grueling, monolithic doom metal of their early work towards highly energetic, heavily 1970s-influenced stoner rock. Lee Dorrian's distinctively erratic vocals soar over wildly groovy, immensely heavy guitar riffs drenched in psychedelic atmosphere. The critically acclaimed recording notably features a legendary guest guitar solo from Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, effectively endorsing the band's retro-doom evolution.
Genres
Descriptors: fantasy, melodic, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Vampire Sun (4:06)
- Hopkins (The Witchfinder General) (5:19)
- Utopian Blaster (5:41)
- Night Of The Seagulls (7:00)
- Carnival Bizarre (8:36)
- Inertias Cave (6:39)
- Fangalactic Supergoria (5:55)
- Blue Light (3:27)
- Palace Of Fallen Majesty (7:43)
- Electric Grave (8:25)
Credits
- Cathedral - primary artist
- Dave Patchett - artwork [front cover art], task artwork
- Leilah Wendell - artwork [inside art], task artwork
- Garry Jennings - guitar, percussion [assorted], written-by, keyboards, mellotron
- Scott Carlson - written-by
- Tony Iommi - featuring, guitar [additional]
- Kenny Ball - trumpet