Warthur
Cathedral play a little joke on the listener with the opening track, Cybertron 71/Eternal Countdown, which opens in a gothic-doom metal approach reminiscent of the gothic metal work of Anathema, My Dying Bride, or Paradise Lost - the three other major death/doom bands that emerged in the UK in the early 1990s - before the subsequent song, Urko's Conquest, bursts forth in Cathedral's trademark effusive and enthusiastic stoner metal style. Whilst I am glad that there were bands such as Cathedral who felt confident enough to work against the dominant aesthetic of their local scene, I feel that as far as stoner doom goes Cathedral's material just seems a bit light and tame compared to the likes of Electric Wizard and Sleep.