Serpent's Gold

Cathedral | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Earache Records
• ASIN: B0002CX10C
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,001 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Ride

2. Hopkins (Witchfinder General)

3. Autumn Twilight

4. Midnight Mountain

5. Soul Sacrifice

6. Enter the Worms

7. Stained Glass Horizon

8. Vampire Sun

9. Cosmic Funeral

10. Ebony Tears

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Hide and Seek

2. Neophytes for Serpent Eve (demo)

3. Violet Breath

4. Night of the Seagulls (demo)

5. Magic Mountain

6. A Funeral Request (live) feat. Victor Griffin/Joe Hasselvander (Pentagram), & Scott Carlsson (Repulsion)

7. The Olde Oak Tree

8. Schizoid Puppeteer

9. Carnival Bizarre (demo)

10. Rabies (Witchfinder General cover)

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic "doom" hard rock collection, April 28, 2005

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Metacortex "Synapse" (New England, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Serpent's Gold (Audio CD)

Great collection on two loaded discs. If you haven't heard Cathedral's hard pounding, doom-like sound before, this isn't a bad place to start. If you listen and feel disappointed that their sound isn't doom-like enough for you, you probably have company. I think they get this label due in part to some of their sound but also since they've been around so long, way before some of the more classic doom bands E.G. Electric Wizard; Cathedral's vocalist can growl with the best but they tend to mix it with more straightforward singing (not a bad thing in my book).

Nonetheless, if you like the heavy rock sound at all, and don't mind it with an occasional sense of humor, you can't fail to appreciate Cathedral and their healthy output of material. If you are looking to own Cathedral's CD catalog, you would do well to seek out the Japanese releases as some of them (Caravan Beyond Redemption, Carnivale Bizarre, Supernatural Birth Machine, Endtyme) contain bonus tracks (Black Sunday, Karmacopia, Tuckers Ruck, Gargoylian) not on disc 2 of this compilation.

FYI, the Japanese edition of this CD set (TFCK-87373) does contain some extras in the form of: a sticker (repro of the cover), a postcard (in Japanese), and a Japansese insert that includes lyrics in both Japanese and English. It also has the big full-color booklet about Cathedral with explanations of the bonus material. It does not contain more tracks nor a different track listing however.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Disciples of the riff, obey!!!, August 16, 2004

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D. J. Galante Jr. "GoaT" (watchcity, Ma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Serpent's Gold (Audio CD)

Simply indispensible collection...for those who love their Sabbath dirge with a dose of good ol' 70's groove, you cannot go wrong with this. TWO discs, over TWO hours of riffs, howls, and leads...DOOM for those who know how to be DOOMED. Lee Dorrian (vocals) just adds so much personality to the genre-check out "Magic Mountain"-a disco inferno topped off with goofy hand claps and tongue in cheek Dorrianisms' such as "OOOOOh!","Come on now!!!",and my favorites, "FEEL THE GROOOVE!!!" and "Dyn-o-mite!!!". It works, really. Simply stated, if "Hopkins (Witchfinder General)" doesn't have you banging your head with glee, horns in the air, you don't love the rock. How can Vincent Price snippets go wrong? Elsewhere you'll find the more "serious" side of Cathedral revealed;"Melancholy Emperor" drags you through the quigmire after the bass break, followed by "Equilibrium", an exercise in what it truly means to be heavy.
Disc two contains true rarities-all but one track are previously unreleased. These 12 tracks consist of demos, live tracks, outtakes...these will appeal to the purist as much as they will the neophyte-fun stuff on here. The booklet contains an enlightning interview with Dorrian concerning all things Cathedral, as well as an interview with guitarist Gaz concerning the details of disc 2.
If nothing else, this collection proves that bell-bottoms and metal can mix...not to mention the occasional cowbell...all together now-"VOODOO!!!FIRE!!!"

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Doom forever, August 14, 2004

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J. H. Infante (Guadalajara, Ja, Mex) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Serpent's Gold (Audio CD)

An amazing collection of the best Cathedral tracks that shows why this band are the masters of doom , powerfull , deligthfull , depressive , appealing , simply theres no other band on earth as heavy, groovy and poetic, like Cathedral, across the songs contained on this cd is like a travel, the amazing "ride" the explosive "Hopkins" , "enter the worms" , the beautifull "impressioned in flesh" . the second cd is a total surprise eleven unreleased tracks were songs like "violet breathe" with a very unnusual Zeppelin sound and "magic mountain"
an alternative version of "midnigth mountain" completes this great compilation of cds , hurry and get your copy here in Amazon.com you wont regret
HM