Supernatural Birth Machine

Supernatural Birth Machine
Studio album by Cathedral
Released	12 November 1996 (1996-11-12)[1]
Recorded	May–June 1996
Studio	Parkgate Studio
Genre	Heavy metal, doom metal, stoner metal
Length	57:57
Label	Earache
Producer	Kit Woolven
Cathedral chronology
The Carnival Bizarre (1995) Supernatural Birth Machine (1996) Caravan Beyond Redemption (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	7/10[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]

Supernatural Birth Machine is the fourth studio album by British doom metal band Cathedral, released on 12 November 1996 through Earache Records.[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cybertron 71/Eternal Countdown (Intro)"	1:18
2.	"Urko's Conquest"	4:02
3.	"Stained Glass Horizon"	5:29
4.	"Cyclops Revolution"	7:07
5.	"Birth Machine 2000" (Written by Dorrian, Jennings and Leo Smee)	8:59
6.	"Nightmare Castle"	6:31
7.	"Fireball Demon"	4:12
8.	"Phaser Quest" (Written by Dorrian, Jennings and Smee)	3:42
9.	"Suicide Asteroid"	4:13
10.	"Dragon Rider 13"	5:52
11.	"Magnetic Hole"	6:32

Japanese version bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Tuckers Ruck"	4:59

Personnel

Cathedral

• Lee Dorrian – vocals
• Garry Jennings – guitar, mellotron (1, 5), piano (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

1. "Cathedral 'Supernatural Birth Machine'". earache.com. Earache. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
2. Raggett, Ned. Cathedral: Supernatural Birth Machine at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
3. Bromley, Adrian (2 January 1997). "CoC : Cathedral - Supernatural Birth Machine : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
4. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
5. Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Cathedral". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE Inc. pp. 990–991. ISBN 0-333-74134-X – via Internet Archive.