CATHEDRAL — Statik Majik (review)

CATHEDRAL — Statik Majik album cover EP · 1994 · Stoner Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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The voyage of the doom-ladden sapien...

Genre: heavy metal / stoner metal / doom metal

The CD version starts out with "Midnight Mountain", which I think is an unnecessary track, since it is already included on "Thereal Mirror". But, since the main theme of "Statik Majik" seems to be stonin', trippin' and groovin', I guess it fits well into the framework of the EP.

"Hypnos 164" is a groovy stoner rock song which starts out with a barrage of screaming, ear-piercing (no, not like that!), noisy feedback. "Cosmic Funeral" starts out a dark and slow doom metal song, but about halfway into the song, it changes into an uptempo groovin' and trippin' rocker. The magnum opus of the EP, and perhaps of the nand, is the 22 minutes long epic, "The Voyage of the Homeless Sapien", which, I guess, is essentially a progressive doom metal track. There are surprisingly few stoner elements in this opus although, through its progressive nature, it does appeal to psychedelia.

I would recommend this album to all fans of doom metal just because it contains a track that offers 22 minutes of doom and gloom (I think that it will appeal to fans of My Dying Bride's avant-garde approach to doom metal). The other songs are also quite good, but it is the 22 min. track that makes this EP really interesting.
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