CATHEDRAL — Soul Sacrifice (review)

CATHEDRAL — Soul Sacrifice album cover EP · 1992 · Doom Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Soul Sacrifice" is an EP release by UK doom metal act Cathedral. The EP was released through Earache Records in October 1992. The EP bridges the gap between the band´s debut- and second full-length studio albums "Forest of Equilibrium (1991)" and "The Ethereal Mirror (1993)" and features 4 track and a total playing time of 24:46 minutes. So there´s quite a bit of quantity for the money...

...Quality is another matter though and in that respect "Soul Sacrifice" does come off a bit weak. The EP features a re-recorded (and a couple of minutes longer) version of "Soul Sacrifice", which was originally featured on "Forest of Equilibrium (1991)". This version is considerably faster paced than the original version and quite frankly it sounds soulless compared to the original version. I think the irresistable groove of the original version is lost in the faster pace of this re-recorded version. "Autumn Twilight" is another groove laden and rocking doom metal track, but it´s rather forgettable. "Frozen Rapture" is more slow and doomy but again we´re dealing with a very standard quality track. "Golden Blood (Flooding)" is more interesting with it´s psychadelic sections and vocals, but it´s kinda half-baked compared to later output by the band in this style.

So all in all I´m not that impressed by "Soul Sacrifice". The cold and non-organic production really doesn´t help on my impression either. I´ve had this EP since the day it was released and it hasn´t really grown on me the way some other releases do when given multible spins. In fact to my ears this EP is even less interesting today than it was upon release. It´s probably needless to say, but that´s not a good thing in my book. Now we´re not talking anything horrible here but taking into consideration the two masterpiece doom metal albums that bookend this EP I find it rather odd that Cathedral would release something of this standard. A 2.5 - 3 star (55%) rating is warranted.
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