Supernatural Birth Machine

Supernatural Birth Machine is the fourth album by British doom metal band Cathedral, released in November 12, 1996 by Earache.[1]

Supernatural Birth Machine
Studio album by
Released12 November 1996 (1996-11-12)[1]
RecordedMay–June 1996
StudioParkgate Studio
GenreHeavy metal, doom metal, stoner metal
Length57:57
LabelEarache
ProducerKit Woolven
Cathedral chronology
The Carnival Bizarre
(1995)
Supernatural Birth Machine
(1996)
Caravan Beyond Redemption
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chronicles of Chaos7/10[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Cybertron 71/Eternal Countdown (Intro)"1:18
2."Urko's Conquest"4:02
3."Stained Glass Horizon"5:29
4."Cyclops Revolution"7:07
5."Birth Machine 2000" (Written by Dorrian, Jennings and Leo Smee)8:59
6."Nightmare Castle"6:31
7."Fireball Demon"4:12
8."Phaser Quest" (Written by Dorrian, Jennings and Smee)3:42
9."Suicide Asteroid"4:13
10."Dragon Rider 13"5:52
11."Magnetic Hole"6:32
Japanese version bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Tuckers Ruck"4:59

Personnel edit

Cathedral edit

Technical personnel edit

  • Kit Woolven – production, engineering
  • Doug Cook – assistant engineering
  • Noel Summerville – mastering
  • Antz White – art direction, design, digital image manipulation
  • Dave Patchett – cover painting
  • George Chin – band photographs

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Cathedral 'Supernatural Birth Machine'". earache.com. Earache. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. ^ Raggett, Ned. Cathedral: Supernatural Birth Machine at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. ^ Bromley, Adrian (2 January 1997). "CoC : Cathedral - Supernatural Birth Machine : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Cathedral". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE Inc. pp. 990–991. ISBN 0-333-74134-X – via Internet Archive.