Supernatural Birth Machine
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{{Infobox album
| name = Supernatural Birth Machine
| type = studio
| artist = Cathedral
| cover = Cathedral-1996-Supernatural Birth Machine.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1996|11|12|df=y}}{{cite web |url=http://www.earache.com/catalogue/mosh156.php |title=Cathedral 'Supernatural Birth Machine' |website=earache.com |publisher=Earache |access-date=4 November 2016}}
| recorded = May–June 1996
| venue =
| studio = Parkgate Studio
| genre = Stoner metal, doom metal
| length = {{Duration|m=57|s=57}}
| label = Earache
| producer = Kit Woolven
| prev_title = The Carnival Bizarre
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Caravan Beyond Redemption
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=supernatural-birth-machine-mw0000664684 |tab=Overview |label= Cathedral: Supernatural Birth Machine |last=Raggett |first=Ned |accessdate=4 November 2016}}
| rev2 = Chronicles of Chaos
| rev2score = 7/10{{Cite web |last=Bromley |first=Adrian |date=2 January 1997 |title=CoC : Cathedral - Supernatural Birth Machine : Review |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-301 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Chronicles of Chaos}}
| rev3 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev3score = 6/10{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |year=2007 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=74}}
| rev4 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo02lark/page/990 |publisher=MUZE Inc. |year=1998 |isbn=0-333-74134-X |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin |volume=2 |chapter=Cathedral |pages=990–991 |via=Internet Archive}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Supernatural Birth Machine is the fourth studio album by British doom metal band Cathedral, released on 12 November 1996 through Earache Records.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, except where noted
| title1 = Cybertron 71/Eternal Countdown (Intro)
| length1 = 1:18
| title2 = Urko's Conquest
| length2 = 4:02
| title3 = Stained Glass Horizon
| length3 = 5:29
| title4 = Cyclops Revolution
| length4 = 7:07
| title5 = Birth Machine 2000
| length5 = 8:59
| note5 = Written by Dorrian, Jennings and Leo Smee
| title6 = Nightmare Castle
| length6 = 6:31
| title7 = Fireball Demon
| length7 = 4:12
| title8 = Phaser Quest
| length8 = 3:42
| note8 = Written by Dorrian, Jennings and Smee
| title9 = Suicide Asteroid
| length9 = 4:13
| title10 = Dragon Rider 13
| length10 = 5:52
| title11 = Magnetic Hole
| length11 = 6:32
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese version bonus track
| title12 = Tuckers Ruck
| length12 = 4:59
}}
Personnel
=Cathedral=
- Lee Dorrian – vocals
- Garry Jennings – guitar, mellotron (tracks 1 and 5), piano (track 6)
- Leo Smee – bass
- Brian Dixon – drums
=Technical personnel=
- 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
{{Reflist}}
{{Cathedral}}
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Category:Cathedral (band) albums
Category:Earache Records albums
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