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Music > Albums > Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium (1999) Retail CD
added on April 10, 2007, at 22:38 by allcdcovers

It may sound slightly over the top, but 'Forest of Equilibrium' represents all that so-called heavy metal or alternative music should be. For a start the artwork is simply fantastic, suiting the music perfectly. The riffs on the album are so slow and yet so h-e-a-v-y that they they compliment the well thought out lyrics - ultimately insuring that the album works as a complete whole. As for the catharsis that people often claim is the meaning behind 'doom' music, well that's here too - the lyrics from the title track are at once both introspective and suitably mysterious. Also, the way the organ spirals upwards at the end of 'Reaching Happiness, Touching Pain' heightens the sense of release that the song sets claim to.Alongside Godflesh's 1989 album 'Streetcleaner' and any of the first three albums by Burzum, Forest of Equilibrium is to my mind a true classic not only of 'heavy metal', but music as a whole. If you haven't heard it and like alternative music then I suggest doing so, but steer clear of the albums that followed, where Cathedral started wearing purple flares and dancing in a very odd and funky way.

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