The Carnival Bizarre

The Carnival Bizarre
Studio album by Cathedral
Released	September 1995 (1995-09)
Recorded	29 May–14 June 1995
Studio	Parkgate Studios
Genre	Heavy metal, doom metal, stoner metal
Length	62:48
Label	Earache
Producer	Kit Woolven
Cathedral chronology
Statik Majik (1994) The Carnival Bizarre (1995) Supernatural Birth Machine (1996)

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The Carnival Bizarre is the third album by British doom metal band Cathedral, released in September 1995 through Earache.

Released in 1996, the related Hopkins (The Witchfinder General) EP features that titular track along with four additional songs.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Vampire Sun" (Written by Jennings, Dorrian and Scott Carlson)	4:06
2.	"Hopkins (The Witchfinder General)"	5:18
3.	"Utopian Blaster"	5:41
4.	"Night of the Seagulls" (Written by Jennings, Dorrian and Carlson)	7:00
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

Japanese version bonus track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Karmacopia"	5:06

Personnel

Cathedral

• Lee Dorrian – vocals, sleeve concept
• Garry Jennings – guitar, mellotron (5, 8), keyboard (4, 10), percussion (5, 10), choir (4)
• Leo Smee – bass, mellotron (3, 8), choir (4)
• Brian Dixon – drums, choir (4)

Additional musicians

• Tony Iommi – guitar (3)
• Kenny Ball – trumpet (7)
• Mitchell Dickinson – gong (3), choir (4)

Technical personnel

• Kit Woolven – production, engineering
• Doug Cook – assistant engineering
• Noel Summerville – mastering
• Dave Patchett – front cover
• Leilah Wendell – inside art
• Ray Palmer – photography
• Aston Stephens – layout