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Title: Reek of Obsolesence, or, Tyme to Call it a Day
Review: Hard to see the point of this one. It seems like a big step backward for Cathedral. Like, all the way back to Forest of Equilibrium. I didn't like it then, I don't like it now. I LIKED the oddball doom-boogie thing Cathedral had going the last few CDs. I guess they got tired of it. So it's back to leaden riffs, no grooves, and annoying singing. I can see moving their style backwards, but it seems like they got worse as musicians, too - nothing terribly impressive on the whole record. Lee Dorrian's vocals are as...unique...as ever. Hard to take doom seriously when it sounds like that. I dunno, with a goofy voice like that, seems like you'd WANT to sing about Planet of the Apes and Captain Cook. But I guess that's just me. Anyway, I thought Endtyme was a big disappointment. It's been a good 10 years for Cathedral, but if this is all they've got left in the tank, maybe it's time to quit.
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