The Carnival Bizarre
- 艺人
- Cathedral
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Earache
- 发行时间
- 1995年10月03日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Jason Birchmeier
The Carnival Bizarre finds Cathedral nailing down their neo-Black Sabbath sound consistently from beginning to end with no filler, setting them apart from nearly every other band in the mid-'90s heavy metal scene. The album's consistency arises most likely from the band's streamlined line-up with only vocalist/lyricist Lee Dorrian and guitarist Gaz Jennings remaining from proceeding releases. These two collaborate on each of the ten songs, perfecting their formula for gothic fairy tales set to monstrous grooves of castle-sized guitar riffs. The album's title track serves as a perfect example of how Cathedral has grown and polished its unique style more easily explained by what it isn't than what it is. On this particular song, Jennings breaks off almost immediately into the song's central riff as Dorrian begins to map out his fantastic motifs: &Ride with me on a shooting star/Through galaxies of death we chase/Skeletal king of paradise.& The song has a catchy chorus that has Dorrian changing the pitch of his voice from his deep, dark gravely tone to a juxtaposing high-pitched voice nearly as rough. Several tangents make this song more than just a standard rock tune in the style of &Ride& from the group's preceding album. It is at these moments that Jennings proves just how amazing of a guitar player he has become, moving through an ambient section of psychedelic-phasing guitar tones to a contemplative guitar solo with an overdubbed backing riff that takes the song on a journey to its post-eight minute conclusion. Nearly every one of the other ten songs makes small alterations on this same template, with Dorrian's mapped-out lyrics keeping the songs within the confines of traditional rock structuring and Jennings' ever-mobile guitar serving as the musical equivalent to the other-worldly lyrical topics.
最新简评（共6条）
- @Sh1rø())：.
- @yvonnelala(我还没想好要写什么...)：
- @总在灵魂深处藏了一些喜悲(行到水穷我才开始害怕，夕...)：-
- @张余烟(垂首抚琴，不得其味)：封面太美了
- @金属聚集地：流动的艺术！
- @LogyFox(就是如此清新脱俗)：牛逼专辑