Supernatural Birth Machine

{{Infobox album

| name = Supernatural Birth Machine

| type = studio

| 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

Category:Cathedral (band) albums

Category:1996 albums

Category:Earache Records albums