Forest of Equilibrium
| Forest of Equilibrium | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 14 October 1991 | |||
| Recorded | July–August 1991 | |||
| Studio | Workshop Studios, Redditch, England | |||
| Genre | Doom metal | |||
| Length | 54:09 | |||
| Label | Earache, Relativity | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10 |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Kerrang! | (1991) (2011) |
| Metal.de | 9/10 |
| Ox-Fanzine | |
| Rock Hard | 9/10 |
Forest of Equilibrium is the debut studio album by British doom metal band Cathedral, released on 14 October 1991 through 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.
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.