The Carnival Bizarre

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The Carnival Bizarre is the third album by British doom metal band Cathedral. It was recorded in Nottingham, England. The album was re-released in Australia in August 2008.

Reception

The album has enjoyed highly positive reviews from many music critics. Allmusic and Sputnikmusic were very impressed with this release and both gave the album four and a half stars out of five. Terrorizer Magazine gave the album eight and a half stars out of ten and Spirit of Metal scored the release eighteen points out of twenty.

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Dorrian/Jennings, except where noted.

1. "Vampire Sun" - 4:06 (Carlson, Dorrian, Jennings)
2. "Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)" - 5:18
3. "Utopian Blaster" - 5:41
4. "Night of the Seagulls" - 7:00 (Carlson, Dorrian, Jennings)
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
11. "Karmacopia" - 5:06 (Bonus track for Japanese release only)

Credits

Cathedral

• Lee Dorrian - vocals, percussion
• Garry Jennings - guitar, percussion, keyboards, mellotron
• Leo Smee - bass, vocals, mellotron
• Brian Dixon - drums, percussion, Arabian drum, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Tony Iommi: Additional guitar (Utopian Blaster)
• Kenny Ball: Trumpet
• Mitchell Dickinson: Gong, additional vocals

Production

• Produced By Kit Woolven
• Engineered By Doug Cook
• Mastered By Noel Summerville

References

http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cathedral&titel=The+Carnival+Bizarre&cat=a Retrieved April 13, 2009
http://www.allthatisheavy.com/info.asp?item_num=ATH-5413 Retrieved April 13, 2009
http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Cathedral-nom_album-The_Carnival_Bizarre-l-en.html Retrieved April 13, 2009
http://www.musicmademe.com/album/33425 Retrieved April 13, 2009