Album: The Carnival Bizarre by Cathedral (1995)
Genre: Doom Metal | Style: Metal
Record Label: Earache Records
Format: Album

Description: 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. 
Jem Aswald, in Trouser Press, wrote: "Pagan idolatry aside, Carnival Bizarre is Cathedral’s best and tightest album yet, rectifying many of the indulgences of the past and concentrating on throbbing grooves and viscous riffage – and a shout-out to Huggy Bear."

Artist Background: Doom metal band from Coventry, England. The group was formed in 1989 by Lee Dorrian (formerly vocalist of Napalm Death), Mark ‘Griff' Griffiths (a Carcass roadie) and Gary ‘Gaz' Jennings (previously a member of UK thrashers Acid Reign). The band forged a link between early doom metal and a 1990s extreme metal aesthetic, making doom slower and heavier. Their debut album, Forest Of Equilibrium, is considered a classic of the genre, though the band would later add psychedelic and progressive... Part of the Coventry, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Doom Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Music Scene: Part of the Coventry, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Doom Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Doom Metal, Metal, 1990s, Album, Earache Records

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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. 
Jem Aswald, in Trouser Press, wrote: "Pagan idolatry aside, Carnival Bizarre is Cathedral’s best and tightest album yet, rectifying many of the indulgences of the past and concentrating on throbbing grooves and viscous riffage – and a shout-out to Huggy Bear."

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