Forest of Equilibrium explained

Forest of Equilibrium
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cathedral
Cover:	CathedralForestOfEquilibrium.jpg
Recorded:	July–August 1991
Studio:	Workshop Studios, Redditch, England
Genre:	Doom metal
Label:	Earache, Relativity
Prev Title:	In Memorium EP
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	The Ethereal Mirror
Next Year:	1993

Forest of Equilibrium is the debut studio album by British metal band Cathedral, released on 14 October 1991 on Earache Records. It is considered a classic of its genre, doom metal. Forest of Equilibrium was notably inducted into Decibel magazine's Hall of Fame in February 2006 being the 12th inductee for the Decibel Hall of Fame.^[1]

In 2009, Earache Records reissued the album along with four "bonus" songs that comprise the long out-of-print 1992 Soul Sacrifice EP. This deluxe digipak reissue also includes a poster of Dave Patchett's cover art and a new 40-minute documentary entitled "Return to the Forest" on DVD.^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics by Lee Dorrian unless noted; all music by Garry Jennings unless noted

Personnel

Personnel per liner notes.^[3]

Cathedral

• Lee Dorrian – vocals, production assistant
• Garry Jennings – guitar, production assistant
• Adam Lehan – guitar, acoustic guitar
• Mark Griffiths – bass guitar
• Mike Smail – drums

Additional personnel

• Reverend Wolski – keyboard
• Helen Acreman – flute

Production

• Steve Gurney – production (credited as PBL)
• Mark Tempest – engineering
• Dave Patchett – sleeve artwork
• Jason Tilley – photos
• J. Barry – layout

Bibliography

• 31 August 1991 . Alexander . Phil . Record News . . . 79 . 7.
• News: Ayers . Chris . 19 April 1996 . There's no Trouble in the Cathedral when these bands play . . . 7D.
• Badin . Olivier . The Depths of Doom. . May 2006 . Dark Arts Ltd . 144 . 52.
• Bennett . J. . February 2006 . Doom On: The Making of Cathedral's Forest of Equilibrium . . Red Flag Media, Inc. . 42-44, 46-48, 50 . 16.
• Gitter . Mike . October 26, 1991 . Rekordz . . . 22 . 364.
• Book: https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo02lark/page/990 . The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . MUZE Inc. . 1998 . 0-333-74134-X . Larkin . Colin . Colin Larkin . 2 . 990–991 . Cathedral . Internet Archive.
• Book: Popoff . Martin . The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties . . 2007 . 978-1-894959-62-9 . . 73 . Martin Popoff.
• Ruskell . Nick . November 2011 . Cathedral: Forest of Equilibrium . Kerrang!: 666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die! . . 24.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chase. Jesse. Cathedral – "Forest of Equilibrium". Decibel. 2018-05-11.
2. Web site: CATHEDRAL: 'Forest Of Equilibrium' Reissue To Include 40-Minute Documentary. Blabbermouth.net. 1 May 2016.
3. Forest of Equilibrium . . 1991 . booklet . . MOSH 43.