Carnival Bizarre (W/Dvd) [Limited Edition]

Cathedral | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 1995
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Limited Edition
• Label: Earache Records
• ASIN: B001CFLHCW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,808 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Vampire Sun

2. Hopkins (The Witching General)

3. Utopian Blaster

4. Night of the Seagulls

5. Carnival Bizarre

6. Inertia's Cave

7. Fangalactic Supergoria

8. Blue Light

9. Palace of Fallen Majesty

10. Electric Grave

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars doom metal at its head grinding best., October 30, 2004

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magician of sadness "forbidden_sorcery" (Kentucky) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carnival Bizarre (Audio CD)

This album is what doom metal is all about..Grinding heavy riffs coupled with psychedelic acid trip lyrics guaranteed to melt your pagan mind.From the album's opener Vampire Sun to its closer,this record just doesn't stop grinding and lurching along in its Sabbath-worshipping glory,including Tony Iommi on the third song Utopian Blaster..The sludgy Night of the Seagulls was the album's crowning achievement to this doomhead,but there's not a downer to be had in any of this record's ten cuts.To be honest,Hopkins(Witchfinder General)is about as catchy as you can get and should have been the song that broke them through to the mainstream the way Smells Like Teen Spitit broke Nirvana through to the record buying masses. this record is nothing short of a masterpiece and should be in any doomsters collection,not to mention any metalhead,goth or grunger's.Go out,buy this album,and pray that Cathedral grace your presence with a live performance the way they did mine in 2003,and get yer friggin head blown right the hell off..Shake yer butt Lee..shake it fer all your worth..

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Cranks!!.....Better Than Ethereal Mirror !!!, June 19, 2001

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Masked Jackal (Ft. Lauderdale, FL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Carnival Bizarre (Audio CD)

I thought that Cathedral was done after they released "The Ethereal Mirror".....I was seriously mistaken.

This CD cranks with maximum neck-breaking riffs, and a sound that will take you off into another world. I love this CD!!

Go Buy It!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars no losers here, September 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Carnival Bizarre (Audio CD)

10 for 10. not a bad tune on this bad boy. i have all cathedral except the way too slow equilibrim, and as soon as they speeded there sound up they won me over. 1st song vampire sun is beyond excellent a metal cruncher with great choruses. witchfinder general with voice overs from dead vincent price makes you feel like your hunting witches a powerhouse of a tune. utopian blaster with the sabs tony iommi riffing a little make the first three songs (gacy, manson, and bundy) real killers-they stomp and mash with deadly intent. night of the seagulls slows the tempo down but the sonic blast is still there cracking your skull. title track carnival bizarre is my second favorite catedral tune ever (voodoo fire) with outstanding chrous and singing. inertias cave really ploughs your brains and its got a nasty groove. fangalatic supergoria gets better the longer the song goes on and eventually grabs your jugular until you submit. blue light is very lightweight cathedral but still hits the cerebellum in a positive way. palace of fallen majesty also gets stronger the longer it goes. electric grave like the sabs electric funeral just kicks ass so hard youll need help getting out of the pit youve been diven into. another one of my top ten cathedral songs. and just cause theres 10 songs dont think your getting 40 minutes of crunching music oh no theres over 60. we all miss original sabbath but these guys are damn good and guarenteed to melt your metal mind