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Forest of Equilibrium is the debut album of the British doom metal band Cathedral, released in 1991 on Earache Records. It is considered a classic of its genre, doom metal.[3] 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.[4]

Forest of Equilibrium
Studio album by Cathedral
Released	6 December 1991 (1991-12-06)
Recorded	July–August 1991
Studio	Workshop Studios, Redditch, England
Genre	Doom metal
Length	54:09
Label	Earache
Producer	PBL, Lee Dorrian, Gary Jennings
Cathedral chronology
In Memorium EP (1990) Forest of Equilibrium (1991) The Ethereal Mirror (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
High Speed Death	Favourable[2]

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.[5]

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Picture of Beauty & Innocence (Intro)/Commiserating the Celebration"			11:16
2.	"Ebony Tears"			7:46
3.	"Serpent Eve"	Mark Griffiths	Jennings, Adam Lehan	7:40
4.	"Soul Sacrifice"	Griffiths		2:54
5.	"A Funeral Request (Ethereal Architect)"	Griffiths, David Park Barnitz	Lehan	9:17
6.	"Equilibrium"			6:08
7.	"Reaching Happiness, Touching Pain"			9:08

Personnel

Cathedral

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

Additional musicians

• Reverend Wolski – keyboard
• Helen Acreman – flute

Technical personnel

• PBL – production
• Mark Tempest – engineering
• Dave Patchett – sleeve artwork
• Jason Tilley – photos
• J. Barry – layout

References

Bibliography

• "Doom Top Tens: The Depths Of Doom" (2006). Terrorizer, 144, 52–53.

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