Name: The Ethereal Mirror [Bonus Tracks]
Brand: Warner Music UK
SKU: 1391798
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The Ethereal Mirror [Bonus Tracks]

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Album: The Ethereal Mirror [Bonus Tracks]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Violet Vortex (Intro)	More Info...	0:02
2)	Ride	More Info...	0:04
3)	Enter the Worms	More Info...	0:06
4)	Midnight Mountain	More Info...	0:05
5)	Fountain of Innocence	More Info...	0:07
6)	Grim Luxuria	More Info...	0:04
7)	Jaded Entity	More Info...	0:08
8)	Ashes You Leave	More Info...	0:06
9)	Phantasmagoria	More Info...	0:08
10)	Imprisoned in Flesh	More Info...	0:01

Performer Notes

The reissue of THE ETHEREAL MIRROR is part of RED's Welcome Home campaign and includes previously unreleased tracks.
Cathedral: Lee Dorrian (vocals); Adam Lehan (acoustic & electric guitars, 12-string guitar); Garry Jennings (acoustic & 12-string guitars, bass); Mark Ramsey Wharton (drums).
Recorded at The Manor Studios, Oxford, England.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Lee Dorrian (vocals); Garry Jennings (guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, bass guitar); Adam Lehan (guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar); Mark Ramsey Wharton (drums).
Audio Mixer: David Bianco.
Cathedral's second full-length album, The Ethereal Mirror, finds the group experimenting a bit with new sounds on their path to discovering the patented sound they would polish on succeeding releases. Hints of their lumbering doom sound from Forest of Equilibrium characterize songs such as "Phantasmagoria," but for the most part Cathedral picks up the pace and instills a welcome sense of groove into their monolithic guitar riffs. Two songs from the album in particular stand out due to their up-beat tempos: the anthemic opener, "Ride," and the metal-disco of "Midnight Mountain." These two songs aren't up-tempo in the sense of death metal or grindcore, but they actually owe a lot to late '60s and early '70s hard rock anthems such as Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" and Black Sabbath's "Supernaut." Singer/lyricist Lee Dorrian's background as a member of the U.K.'s grindcore movement in the late '80s and the ultra-heavy guitar tones of the group elevates songs such as "Ride" above generic proto-heavy metal recycling. Dorrian's voice sounds unlike traditional rock vocalists as he tries his best to sing despite the grave darkness remaining from his past as a growling madman in Napalm Death. Furthermore, his lyrics feature more fairytale-inspired nightmarish qualities than Ozzy Osbourne ever came close to writing. But for as important as Dorrian is to Cathedral as their undeniable leader, the epic guitar riff-laden soundscapes of Garry Jennings and Adam Lehan drive these songs and set perfectly gloomy moods for Dorrian's black magic poetry. ~ Jason Birchmeier