Forest of Equilibrium

Forest of Equilibrium

Track Listings

1. Picture of Beauty & Innocence (Intro)/Commiserating the Celebration

2. Ebony Tears

3. Serpent Eve

4. Soul Sacrifice

5. Funeral Request

6. Equilibrium

7. Reaching Happiness, Touching Pain

Forest of Equilibrium,Cathedral,Relativity,Doom Metal,Heavy Metal,Popular Music,Rock

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666 BILLION ''STAR's'' is not enough for this!!

Soul Sacrifice

Their absolute best

Slow and Heavy

Unknown to many, absloutely phenomenal album!

Forest of Equilibrium
Cathedral
Manufacturer: Earache Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005831
Release Date: 1995-06-13

Tracks:

PICTURE OF BEAUTY & INNOCENCE (INTRO) COMISERATING THE CELEBRATION
EBONY TEARS
SERPENT EVE
SOUL SACRIFICE
A FUNERAL REQUEST
EQUILIBRIUM
REACHING HAPPINESS, TOUCHING PAIN

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666 BILLION ''STAR's'' is not enough for this!!.......2005-10-08

FOREST OF EQUILBRIUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1991!!!!!!!!!BUT NO TIME..It's TIMELESS!!
EARACHE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of the most BEAUTIFUL artwork ever is on this album! AN ALBUM COVER THAT MATCHE's it's MUSIC..100%%%!!

If you played a MILLION copies of this all at once..THE EARTH WOULD EXPLODE!!!!! IT's LIKE TEN MILLION BOULDER'S..ALL FALLING ON YOUR HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HEAVEEEEEEYYYYYY..CANT EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THIS HELL!!!!!

This is one of the best DOOM album's..it's also near DOOM DEATH..it's just not as DEATH like as WINTER and disEMBOWELMENT!!!! CATHEDRAL's first EP..was more DOOM DEATH..but this is close!!

This is just one of the ALBUM's that I will always BLAST!!! A TOTAL MASTERPEICE..and also one of the very few album's that SCARE's me!!! the feeling on this is so ERIE that you get shiver's when this hit's the CREEPEY part's..the ENDING of this album come's to mind!!!!!

EVERY FUKKING SONG..IS A MASTERPEICE!!!!!! I BLEED FOR THIS ALBUM!!!! THIS OF COURSE INFLUENCED TON's just like CANDLEMASS,SABBATH,KING CRIMSON and WITCHFINDER GENERAL before them!!

I HAVE NO MORE WORD's..MAYBE THE BEST ALBUM EVER MADE..IN ANY FORM OF MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOOM PERFECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

''ALL LOVE IS BROKEN SOMBRE IN DEVOTION, THE HEARSE OF SELFISHNESS HAS DROVE IT ALL AWAY''-REACHING HAPINESS, TOUCHING PAIN lyrcis by DORIAN!

Soul Sacrifice.......2005-08-07

When Lee Dorian announced the formation of Cathedral, no one quite knew what the hell to expect. Dorian had been part of the first legendary line up of Napalm Death, so a Doom Metal band seemed like the polar opposite. Add to that a guitarist from one of the UK's leading Thrash bands of the time, and it seemed like a very odd proposition. Would this be the first ever high-speed Doom band?

The first few notes of "Comiserating The Celebration" showed what was in store. Cathedral was slow, heavy and well, doom-laden. The rhythm guitar came straight from the Tony Iommi school of riffs. Discordant guitar lines played counter to the rhythm, seemingly out of tune, but fitting perfectly. Dorian's psychotic screech was gone, replaced by a deep, soulful moan. Like a mammoth struggling for it's life in a prehistoric tar pit, the whole effect is one of sinking, a hopeless inescapable fate.

And basically, that was the tone for the entire album. The band explores the plummeting depths of despair repeatedly. There is not an element of cheer anywhere on the album. "Soul Sacrifice" picks up the pace a little, and apart from a final flourish, hardly raises the tempo beyond a slow march. "Equilibrium" also rumbles like a rolling shockwave of an earthquake across a continent.

Lee Dorian's vocals were something of a revelation. Until the release of this album, Doom vocalists basically emulated Ozzy Osbourne's high-pitched tenor. Some like Trouble's Eric Wagner favoured the tripped out, stoned Ozzy, while others like Candlemass' Messiah Marcolin went with full operatic pomposity. Paradise Lost predates `Forest Of Equilibrium', with Nich Holmes employing a similar vocal technique, but there was a large Death Metal component to Paradise Lost's sound. Cathedral was pure Doom. Dorian sounds like he's on the ultimate downer trip, all life and energy sapped from his body, his voice the croak of a man who has seen his own demise and has accepted it resignedly. The lyrics are tales of mysticism and natural majick, but Dorian would inspire dread no matter what the subject matter.

Guitarist Adam Lehan was also treading new ground. He'd formerly been a member of UK Apple Core nutters Acid Reign. It might have been tempting to play old Acid Reign riffs at half pace, but there is nothing here which even hints at Thrash. The odd ropey riff is excusable in Thrash, because playing at high speed mean it's gone again fairly quickly. However, playing at the leaden pace of Cathedral Lehan and fellow guitarist Gary Jennings had to deliberately place every note, or it would hang there rotting like a corpse in a gibbet.

`Forest Of Equilibrium' helped relaunch Doom Metal into the general Metal conscious. It attracted notice because of the band members' previous gigs, but kept the interest because of it's own musical merit. It was also Cathedral's only pure Doom release. From `The Ethereal Mirror' and beyond, a large Stoner Rock component was added to the sound. `Forest Of Equilibrium' stands alone as a dread monolith in Cathedral's career.

Their absolute best.......2005-03-12

This is Cathedral's punishing and crushing debut effort and it's still, in my opinion, the best thing they've ever put out. I just bought this today used. I had it before, but had to pair down my CD collection when I moved to Japan a few years ago. So today was the first time I've heard it in about 3 years, but when I put it on, it sounded even better than I remember.

The only other Cathedral album that I've really liked since this one is ENDTYME. ETHEREAL MIRROR had its' moments, most of their other stuff was pretty mediocre, although I confess to not hearing anything after ENDTYME. I think one of the things I really like about this one is Lee Dorian's vocal style, which was doubled to great effect. Some of the most eerie, depressing and drunken doom vocals I've ever heard. Sadly, that eerieness was never captured quite as well on subsequent releases. Lee tried to sing after that, and well, he can't. Some of Lee's vocals on later Cathedral stuff is actually pretty embarrassing at times, sounds like he's trying too hard.

I would rate this one of my top ten Doom releases of all time. Too bad they never reached this high again. Go and grab a copy.

Slow and Heavy.......2005-01-29

Metal is a bipolar genre, on one end of the spectrum, musicians like Jason Becker, Racer X and Yngwie Malmsteen play lightning fast guitar, sometimes at tempos exceeding 200. Then at the other side of the spectrum, bands like Cathedral crank out music that moves at snail speed. But this ain't no normal slug, this is a 200 Ton slug made out of pure metal.

The songs are long. They are played very slow. And they are mighty heavy. There is enough distortion on this album to destroy most small amplifiers. That said, I like it. I like it alot. The album starts on a good note with an ambient melody, then segues into ultra-heavy, honest to Satan, sludge metal. The vocals are few and far between, but I doubt that you will notice as you will be nodding along with the distorted yet strangely melodic guitar. Then, they start sloing. Cathedral seems to be able to take it up a notch and unleash perfectly acceptable metal solos right out of the slow moving riff. Each song, lasts for about ten minutes, giving you plenty of time to get into it.

If slow heavy music is your thing, then you really can't go wrong with Cathedral. If it is not your thing, well, then grab a joint, you it will be.

Unknown to many, absloutely phenomenal album!.......2004-01-26

Just from reading the titles like "Commiserationg the Celebration", "Ebony Tears", "Funeral Request" or "Reaching Happiness, Touching Pain" you can understand that these guys aren't the happiest lot around. But I promise, your expectations for oppressingly slow, heavy and gloomy music will be superceded by what you'll hear.

Lee Dorrian, an ex-singer for grind-core legends Napalm Death, has made a U-turn and delved into the opposite end of musical extremes. To say that this album is slow won't tell you just how painfully sluggish and crushingly heavy these riffs are. Of 58 minutes, perhaps only in 2 or 3 minute-time the tempo rises above 80 bpm. The ending part of "Ethereal Architect", while pretty mid-tempo will seem to you like a Slayer-esque break in.

The music is based on Black Sabbath inspired down-tuned dual guitar work. Solos are sparse and chaotic. Lee Dorrian shines throughout the album. His singing is mixed of 2 tracks, 1 is a tortured, low, moaning growl, and the second is painful moaning tone. These over-dubbed vocals work extremely well to create an atmosphere of cold inevitable depression. It seems that Lee's voice is coming from a grave, breaking it's way through shovel-loads of earth that are being thrown from above. The other highlight of this record is the drummer's work. It takes much of skill to be a doom-metal drummer, because you need to be inventive to fill in the gaps between the sparse rhythm beats. Mike Smail's performance is exemplary in this department. Too bad he is buried somewhat deep in the mix, and the cymbals are barely audible. And there's more to this album - the flute! It only appears in 2 tracks, but it plays in such a haunting screaming manner that it gives you chills.

This is an excellent album, that firmly steps on an unknown before ground, and stays there alone. Unless you are naturally depressed, buy this album. (If you are, then stay away from it, you might not survive, and I'm not joking).

Charles Koechlin: Les Chants de Nectaire (The Nectaire Songs), Book I, Book II "In the Ancient Forest" & Book III "Prayers, Processions & Dances for Familiar Gods" - Alexa Still, Flute
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Charles Koechlin: Les Chants de Nectaire (The Nectaire Songs), Book I, Book II "In the Ancient Forest" & Book III "Prayers, Processions & Dances for Familiar Gods" - Alexa Still, Flute

Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001SJZ
Release Date: 1997-01-21

Tracks:

Book II: In The Ancient Forest: The Light Forest
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: Games In The Clearing
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: The Rustling Of The Leaves
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: Drink In The Shade, In Summer
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: Dance Of Nymphs In The Sun
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: The Goatherd
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: Dance Of The Fauns
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: The Sea With Innumerable Noises
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: The Satyr
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: On The Death Of A Cat
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: Evening Stillness
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: Fresh Morning Breeze On The Sea
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: Dances In The Forest
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: The Birds Are Intoxicated
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: Silenus
Book II: In The Ancient Forest: For The Procession Of Dionysus
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Procession Of Young Girls
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Dances To Greet The Return Of Spring
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Epithalames
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Dances To Celebrate Father's Return
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Funeral Prayer
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Dance To Celebrate A Happy Engagement
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Tityre Thanks The Gods
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Hymn Of A Philosopher To A Starry Night
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Dances Of Adolescents In Front Of A Happy House
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: The Teacher Teaches His Pupils The Harmonious Life Of Ancient Sagas
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Joyous Round In Flowering Meadows
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Prayer To The Sages Of The Forest
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Prayer To The Gods Protectors Of The Hearth
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Dance
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Procession
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Dance Of The Familiar Fawns
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Procession
Book III: Prayers, Processions And Dances For Familiar Gods: Thanksgiving Procession
Book I: Without Title: Preamble
Book I: Without Title: Beginning Of Life
Book I: Without Title: Youth Of The World
Book I: Without Title: The Tranquil Clarity Of Intelligence
Book I: Without Title: ...Error And Stupidity Riddled With Arrows
Book I: Without Title: The Conquering Laughter
Book I: Without Title: Light-Moderation-Equilibrium
Book I: Without Title: The Garden Of The Muses
Book I: Without Title: The Tendrils Of The Vine
Book I: Without Title: Gaiety Of A Sunlit Morning
Book I: Without Title: Meditation On Human Suffering